Archive for the 'Employment' Category

Thank You Lisa Anderson: My Comcast Employee of the Year

July 26th, 2008

There will be a real post tomorrow, but before I go back to regularly scheduled programming, I have to vent a little. A lot, really, because being without internet service when you don’t want to be is not like having an unplugged vacation. Instead of lazing on some redwood deck near a quiet [...]

God, the USPS, and me - the next Charles Bukowski.

July 20th, 2008

Leaning back in the cheap office chair, his hands behind his head, the Bastard tries to defend the indefensible. If pressed by the God he believes in, he would have to admit to being drunk with power and high on self-satisfaction, but God is a long ways off and he has years of Sundays [...]

Would You Hire Me?

July 4th, 2008

A revolution just isn’t that easy to pull off when you’re a former white-collar executive turned blue-collar working class stiff. There’s the whole pesky business of finding a new job in a new state, and explaining why your resume is wildly diverse. Media buyer, marketing manager, cook, writer, postal worker, salesperson, career counselor. [...]