#I'm available for hire

[starcurtain]

Please someone redraw this with Dr. Ratio and Aventurine because this is the exact vibe they have in my head post-Penacony.

#ratiorine #aventio #aventurine #dr. ratio #honkai star rail #hsr #not exactly #2.1 spoilers #but the vibe isn't present until then #this is canon I'm Hoyo #just trust me #I think my favorite thing about this ship #is that I went in expecting slap slap kiss #but came out of 2.1 convinced that these two could #in fact #get their shit together faster than virtually any other Hoyoverse pair #they're gonna be two years into their relationship before Seele manages to ask Bronya on a date #they're gonna be married before Renheng get their next ship tease #I just think they deserve to be those two guys who show up together #in the background of every promotion and event #and Hoyo never confirms anything #but you never see the one without the other #so everybody just KNOWS #LISTEN HOYO #I'm available for hire #you can pay me to print the money for you

[romanreigns]

It was me whistling.

#roman reigns #wwe #*mystuff #i still want to know who rubs that on his back for him cause i'm still available for hire.

[chaoticbooklesbian]

I suggest this to people individually regularly enough that I need to make a post about it:

If you need a job, and you hate the "finding things to apply for" part of job searching, and you feel like you've hit a dead end, do yourself a favor and look into temp agencies. Some are industry-specific, some are function-specific, and some are these-companies-need-warm-bodies-specific, but in general, they're pretty similar functionally.

There's two ways (usually) that a temp agency can get you work. One is traditional temping, where you're an employee of the temp agency and work fixed term assignments at various companies and move around from assignment to assignment. The other is temp-to-hire, where you start out like the first way, but at the end of the fixed term, the company you're doing work for decides whether or not they want to hire you. (There can also be direct hire postings, where the company just...hires you right away, facilitated by the temp agency, but that's less common than the first two.)

And the most important part here is that YOU ARE NOT THE ONE PAYING THE TEMP AGENCY FOR SERVICES. The companies looking for workers are the ones paying the temp agencies, NOT THE WORKERS. If you find a temp agency trying to charge you for finding you placements, THAT IS A SCAM AND YOU SHOULD RUN AWAY SCREAMING.

Point is: Job searching sucks. Temp agencies can make it suck less.

#pedanticblah #i got my current job via temp agency #on the temp to hire track #and like. it took out the worst part of job searching #the agency would call me up #and be like 'we have these five postings you'd be suited for' #and i'd say 'ok! send them my resume' #and then however long later they'd call me again #and say 'this company is interested in interviewing you on one of these days' #and i'd go 'ok! i'm available at x time on y day' #and then the interview would just. happen! #and after the agency would call again #and be like 'so how did it go? also here are three more postings'

[literalnobody]

Hi can I ask about The Water Dog? When is it going out (no pressure), could you share what it's going to be about, or if it's already out and I missed it could you direct me to it. ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you

Hi there! No worries, The Water Dog is not out yet but it's a pretty major project I plan to develop during the hiatus of my webcomic, and I'm not sure when it'll be out as I'm hoping to pursue getting it published when it's finished ^_^ I can tell you the general premise though!

The story follows a young nurse named Sybil who has to suddenly upend her life to care for her estranged grandfather, who lives on an extremely remote and insulated island off the western coast of Ireland (the story is set in 1930). She arrives amidst the tensions of the islanders and the Irish soldiers who are there to enforce a mandatory evacuation of the entire (very small) population to the mainland in the wake of a series of violent and mysterious deaths. The island has no police force, no fire fighters, one doctor, no social services and a population rapidly aging out of able bodied labour. Are wild dogs to blame for the sudden deaths, or is the ferocious monster that the islanders believe in actually real? 🤔 Ultimately this is a story about community, found family, romance, horror, and most importantly, the dignity and kindness we owe to one another ^_^ I hope you'll consider checking it out when it's finished, which I hope to be in Spring of next year!

#even if i cant get it professionally published I will either self publish or make it available online #just not sure how things will pan out right now. I just gotta write it and hope for the best! #i started developing this story in Easter but once RTR goes on hiatus I'm planning to- #-basically do a nanowrimo type month to get the first draft written #and then i'd like to hire a professional editor because I've been saving #and i'd like this to be my like. published debut if that makes sense #since its tonally more serious than my other work and also much closer to #-my own personal lived experiences #asks #the water dog

[megalo-station]

I'm a beta tester for Salt 2 Shores of Gold (which I HIGHLY recommend btw) and I started a new game without thinking and I just had the horrifying realization that I have to choose between shirking my responsibility as a tester, or sacrificing my dignity by reporting bugs, which automatically sends the devs the world seed I'm using

I WASN'T THINKING WHEN I SEEDED MY WORLD WITH "looks like you've got a baby penis" HELP

#IT'S A GAME GRUMPS REFERENCE BUT LIKE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT I LOOK LIKE AN INSANE PERSON HDJSGDH #salt 2 #also it's not like I'm some super official hired tester or anything i just backed the game on kickstarter #and paid enough to get into the beta #the game has been available to everyone in early access for a good year now #but i still like thinking of myself as a beta tester dammit

[whatthefoucault]

Ok so listen I don’t know what’s going to happen with these dorks, but hear me out, WHAT IF

Nandor gains enough of a sliver of emotional awareness to express his feelings to Guillermo, and says something nice about how precious Guillermo is to him, and how it’s about time he acknowledge what’s been in his heart for some time. And he takes Guillermo in his arms, and they close their eyes, and

ok so Nandor’s going in for a kiss, but Guillermo thinks he’s going in for a bite, so Nandor’s trying to reach Guillermo’s mouth, but Guillermo’s leaning over like “my neck’s over here!” and this awkwardly carries on for a protracted period of time until they’re practically bent horizontal and eventually Nandor gets a smooch in and it is SO DEEPLY AWKWARD and like, I mean, despite this they both emerge from the Literal Worst Kiss Of All Time feeling a little breathless and silly and in love with each other but also deeply bewildered and confused and honestly I love that for them

#nandermo #what we do in the shadows #wwdits #nandor the relentless #guillermo de la cruz #i mean #if the show wants to hire me to write this i'm extremely available

[foolishnpd]

me when i'm getting booted from my low wage, shitty part time job where i'm not even trusted with basic shit that new hires get to do, where it's obvious i hold no value to them: OH you fire ME, you KICK ME TO THE CURB????? oh! oh! fuck you!! you would not survive a single day without me, I'm the best fucking worker here, you're going to regret this when I'm gone and if you want me back you're never gonna get me >:), everyone else here is an idiotic loser who can't even do basic tasks right, unlike me, the best worker, the only one who does anything correctly or efficiently

#lilyroaring #actually npd #grandiosity #i was on vacation for two weeks and based on my boss's texts. soooo many things were going wrong #and based on how often it's just me and one other person available #he's either going to have to find a new hire very quickly #or he'll suffer when nobody else cares to step in or has the time to come in #you rely on me so much but you want me gone #fucking idiot #you're going to fucking regret that decision #i'm the best damn person you have #and you chose to value sociality over actual work ethic #cry about it when nothing gets done/done correctly #you won't have me around to clean up after your newbies' mistakes anymore #my *manager* likes me and wants me to stay #and why wouldn't she? #my boss is just a stupid piece of shit who doesn't even deserve to be running this place #he doesn't do anything right #nice job violating health codes btw you're reallyyyyy giving me reasons to report you <33333

[briars-by-any-other-name]

//I'd also like to second the "you're completely welcome to do stuff with my ocs-" sentiment! I don't always have the energy for plot, which is why my characters are usually just vibing, but if there's something in particular you'd like to do please hmu and we can figure something out!

#//kitty & b are both available for hire as thieves #//bernie's available for hire as a detective #//and I straight up have one and a half fully fleshed out city #settings in the north east of england that I'm doing nothing with ajskhds #//I like to be involved I'm just bad at being involved sometimes is all- #ooc

[khaoray]

mildly frustrating that my new job is like ‘hey we’re setting your official start date two days before we know you’re going on holiday for a week’ bc i know they’re doing it so they can deduct those days from my allotted number of holiday days

#vic.txt #i have told them at every stage of the process that i'm not available that week so i am. not particularly happy rn. #it's just shitty bc i had this booked before they hired me AND they told me the background checks would take longer than they did #so me being away wouldn't be a problem but now it's like... are y'all punishing me for something i told you about very clearly

[tempestuousserenity]

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#started working a second job tonight #it was. hm. #not bad and there are definitely some major perks to it but it's just not what i want to do with my life yanno? #like it's not even adjacent really #why won't anyone hire me to research/write/do paperwork for 8-10 hours per day #all i'm asking for is $30000. that's entry level and i even have a degree. c'mon #and now a job i've been coveting is opening up but i literally just took this other job #the job i want might be more fulfilling but my availability may not suit it since i'm almost done becoming a shift manager at my first job #and i need to prioritize it bc it looks good on a resume and one of my bosses is going on maternity leave in a few weeks #and i promised i'd cover for her. it would be so shitty to back out on an 8 months pregnant woman who's been so good to me like that #plus the job i want actually pays less than the second job i just got #and stockpiling money is my main priority atm tbh #i can't escape my current situation unless i make enough to actually put some in savings every month #and every bit helps #idk. what a conundrum.

[stonedopossums]

the new girl we JUST hired who JUST finished her training quit :)

#.txt #now its back to working insane hours for everyone! :) #we were JUST about to get back to a set schedule too :) #im not going insane :) #i changed my ENTIRE SCHEDULE so she could be hired and work the days she was available :) #but fuck that i guess :) #now i have to talk to my boss and see if my days are going to switch AGAIN #and if im ONCE AGAIN going to be working 6 days a week #i'm so fucking tired of this why fucking apply if you're just going to quit a week or two in

[ktempestbradford]

I have been on a Willy Wonkified journey today and I need y'all to come with me

It started so innocently. Scrolling Google News I come across this article on Ars Technica:

At first glance I thought what happened was parents saw AI-generated images of an event their kids were at and became concerned, then realized it was fake. The reality? Oh so much better.

On Saturday, event organizers shut down a Glasgow-based "Willy's Chocolate Experience" after customers complained that the unofficial Wonka-inspired event, which took place in a sparsely decorated venue, did not match the lush AI-generated images listed on its official website.... According to Sky News, police were called to the event, and "advice was given."

Thing is, the people who paid to go were obviously not expecting exactly this:

But I can see how they'd be a bit pissed upon arriving to this:

It gets worse.

"Tempest, how could it possibly--"

source of this video that also includes this charming description:

Made up a villain called The Unknown — 'an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls'

There is already a meme.

Oh yes, the Wish.com Oompa Loompa:

Who has already done an interview!

As bad (and hilarious) as this all is, I got curious about the company that put on this event. Did they somehow overreach? Did the actors they hired back out at the last minute? (Or after they saw the script...) Oddly enough, it doesn't seem so!

Given what I found when poking around I'm legit surprised there was an event at all. Cuz this outfit seems to be 100% a scam.

The website for this specific event is here and it has many AI generated images on it, as stated. I don't think anyone who bought tickets looked very closely at these images, otherwise they might have been concerned about how much Catgacating their children would be exposed to.

Yes, Catgacating. You know, CATgacating!

I personally don't think anyone should serve exarserdray flavored lollipops in public spaces given how many people are allergic to it. And the sweet teats might not have been age appropriate.

Though the Twilight Tunnel looks pretty cool:

I'm not sure that Dim Tight Twdrding is safe. I've also been warned that Vivue Sounds are in that weird frequency range that makes you poop your pants upon hearing them.

Yes, Virginia, these folks used an AI image generator for everything on the website and used Chat GPT for some of the text! From the FAQ:

Q: I cannot go on the available days. Will you have more dates in the future? A: Should there be capacity when you arrive, then you will be able to enter without any problems. In the event that this is not the case, we may ask you to wait a bit.

Fear not, for this question is asked again a few lines down and the answer makes more sense.

Curious about the events company behind this disaster, I took myself over to the homepage of House of Illuminati and I was not disappointed.

I would 100% trust these people to plan my wedding.

This abomination of a website is a badly edited WordPress blog filled with AI art and just enough blog posts to make the casual viewer think that it's a legit business for about 0.0004 seconds.

Their attention to detail is stunning, from how they left up the default first post every WP blog gets to how they didn't bother changing the name on several images, thus revealing where they came from. Like this one:

With the lovely and compact filename "DALL·E-2024-01-30-09.50.54-Imagine-a-scene-where-fantasy-and-reality-merge-seamlessly.-In-the-foreground-a-grand-interactive-gala-is-taking-place-filled-with-elegant-guests-i.png"

"Concept.png" came from the same AI generator that gets text almost, but not quiiiiiite right:

There are a suspicious number of .webp images in the uploads, which makes me think they either stole them from other sites where AI "art" was uploaded or they didn't want to pay for the hi-res versions of some and just grabbed the preview image.

The real fun came when I noticed this filename: Before-and-After-Eventologists-Transformation-Edgbaston-Cricket-Ground-1024x1024-1.jpg and decided to do a Google image search. Friends, you will be shocked to hear that the image in question, found on this post touting how they can transform a boring warehouse into a fun event space, was stolen from this actual event planner.

Even better, this weirdly grainy image?

From a post that claims to be about the preparations for a "Willy Wonka" experience (we'll get to this in a minute), is not only NOT an actual image of anyone preparing anything for Illuminati's event, it is stolen from a YouTube thumbnail that's been chopped to remove the name of the company that actually made this. Here's the video.

If you actually read the blog posts they're all copypasta or some AI generated crap. To the point where this seems like not a real business at all. There's very specific business information at the bottom, but nothing else seems real.

As I said, I'm kinda surprised they put on an event at all. This has, "And then they ran off with all our money!" written all over it. I'm perplexed.

And also wondering when the copyright lawyers are gonna start calling, because...

This post explicitly says they're putting together a "Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory Experience" complete with golden tickets.

Somewhere along the line someone must have wised up, because the actual event was called "Willys Chocolate Experience" (note the lack of apostrophe) and the script they handed to the actors about 10 minutes before they were supposed to "perform" was about a "Willy McDuff" and his chocolate factory.

As I was going through this madness with friends in a chat, one pointed out that it took very little prompting to get the free Chat GPT to spit out an event description and such very similar to all this while avoiding copyrighted phrases. But he couldn't figure out where the McDuff came from since it wasn't the type of thing GPT would usually spit out...

Until he altered the prompt to include it would be happening in Glasgow, Scotland.

You cannot make this stuff up.

But truly, honestly, I do not even understand why they didn't take the money and run. Clearly this was all set up to be a scam. A lazy, AI generated scam.

Everything from the website to the event images to the copy to the "script" to the names of things was either stolen or AI generated (aka stolen). Hell, I'd be looking for some poor Japanese visitor wandering the streets of Glasgow, confused, after being jacked for his mascot costume.

HE LIVES IN THE WALLS, Y'ALL.

#long post #Willy Wonka #Wonka #Willy Wonka Experience #Willy Wonka Experience disaster #Willy's Chocolate Experience #Willys Chocolate Experience #THE UNKNOWN #Wish.com Oompa Loompa #House of Illuminati #AI #ai generated

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

so if demons are sticklers for contracts, demand high payment for their services, and have firm/specific rules regarding summoning rituals (aka the hiring process & availability of their labor)—what i'm hearing is demons are fully unionized

[snavian]

Need someone to knock me out so I can take a 2 week holiday from work tbh

#magstext #they hired 2 new people but i STILL have to cover extra shifts cus no one else is available #how do you hire 2 whole new people and i'm still the only one who can cover fridays?? how can no one else be available?? #there's one guy who literally hasn't worked in 2 weeks cus he keeps calling in busy #not even sick just busy #gah i want to sleep for 7 days straight

[cloama]

Not my friend asking me for help in their college calculus homework. I'll have us both sitting there crying and confused.

#I'm a science girlie #i can do math but calculus short notice on a Saturday night #Child what are you doing? #im looking for an online tutor rn for her #the reddit tutors are still reliable and available for hire

[kentucky-daisey]

Work

The head of another department at work doesn’t like my department. Like, to the point that she deliberately withholds information we need to complete tasks and then claims it’s our fault when our work is delayed or incomplete.

We used to be friends but, a few months back, she flipped out at me when I pointed out an issue with a change she wanted to make, and I haven’t really been comfortable around her since. It’s been a lot of scoffing, ignoring me, back handed comments, talking shit behind my back. 

Until very recently.

I’ve seen how she treats people, so I’ve been cautious. Today she proved that I was right to do so.

We have classes that students have to apply to get approval to enroll in. Once approved, a qualification is attached to their account and they can enroll online. Only issue is I recently discovered two of these classes have a glitch that was allowing anyone to enroll, regardless of whether or not they had the qualification. 

The first time I brought it up, her team reached out to the students and had them apply. Both were approved, so it was all good. Her team are the ones who build the classes, so I assumed, since they were aware of the issue, that they would fix it. But when I checked on these classes today, I discovered three more students had enrolled who shouldn’t have been able to. So I emailed her and her team asking them to contact the students, withdraw them, and ask them to apply. I also asked, again, that the problem be fixed. Because of the glitch, the only fix is to rebuild the classes (and transfer the kids over). She didn’t reply. Instead they simply removed the option to enroll in these classes online. 

There’s no note on the class saying families need to call in to enroll. We just accepted five more kids, which means none of them can enroll without calling, an issue considering I let them know they could do so online. I brought it up with one of her team members who I’m friends with and instantly got push back, informing me that the only way to fix it is to rebuild the class. 

I used to work in their department and know it would taken five minutes max. But apparently it’s too much work. Which means we’re now going to lose thousands in  revenue, which I’m going to have to tell my boss. 

We found a bunch of mistakes when they first built the classes and, since then, every time there’s an issue with the classes it’s like pulling teeth to get it fixed. But unlike the previous issues where they refused to budge, so we adjusted on our end, this is actually going to prevent people from enrolling and potentially lead us to cancelling the class. All because they don’t want to deal with a glitch that they didn’t catch and didn’t bother fixing the first time.

I don’t think you need to be friends with everyone you work with. You don’t even have to like each other! I just wish people behaved professionally in the work place. I shouldn’t have to walk on eggshells every time there’s an issue just because someone I work with takes every comment or request as a personal attack.

I’m so fucking tired.

#work is exhausting #and one of my work friends is leaving in the fall and i don't think i'm ready #i've had so many people yell at me for things people above me did #that i flinch when i see certain people #because i don't know if i've committed some imaginary slight #our departments literally have to work together #we program the classes #hiring the faculty #etc #and they make the classes available online #and deal with families looking to enroll #she's literally yelled at senior directors before #but she's performatively nice to the point she rarely gets in trouble for the way she behaves when she's angry #i literally trained her #christ #i need to go back to school #get additional qualifications #and get a higher level job so i have a leg to stand on when people take their shit out on me #she's made people in my department cry #and seems to find it amusing that people are nervous to talk to her #she's so manipulative and until you get on her bad side you'd probably never know #she also gets really angry when i don't cower when she snaps at me anymore #it's a small pleasure #and i'm too over it to care how she feels about me anymore #work #difficult coworkers #non-profit