Wife interviewed for job, said don't contact current employer, and they did.

[Beau Vine 54430]

So there's a box on the application that says "May we contact your current employer?" and she checked no.

In another place on the application, she wrote "Please do not contact my current employer without my approval."

She pulled up the application and showed me both of these things.

 

Today, they called her current employer, and shit hit the fan.

 

What do we do?

Degree of difficulty: The job she applied for is a state agency job.

 

 

Edited June 1, 2018 by Beau Vine

[Fred Willard 115]

Pics?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21921]

Call Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer.

 

 

[swraith 347]

I assume your wife is taking this as a sign she does not want to work for this state agency that can not follow simple instructions.

At this point are you mostly concerned about fallout with existing employer ?

[Upgrayedd 5818]

She should ask for a raise and more vacation 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

She does not want to work for a state agency unless she likes completely stupid and lazy ass dweebs of an excuse for employees actually intent on making actual progress on anything ....

[Quagmire 2147]

Post her tits and we’ll go from there

[DaysOff 7974]

Her current employer sounds like a pussy/asshole ( great band name ). She has every right to test the waters and should tell pussy/asshole that's all I was doing.

[BottleRocket 647]

Parley for raise at current employer.  Lemons - Lemonade  

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 minutes ago, BottleRocket said:

Parley for raise at current employer.  Lemons - Lemonade  

If you're leaving private practice for the state, you aren't making an upward move in my opinion.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Difficult decision without pics. 

[RDCanecutter 26473]

I am surprised that someone at a State agency mustered up the gumption to call anybody listed on the application.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

42 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

I am surprised that someone at a State agency mustered up the gumption to call anybody listed on the application.

Yearly quota: 1 phone call.

[jimmyjazz 46131]

10 hours ago, swraith said:

At this point are you mostly concerned about fallout with existing employer ?

Seems kinda obvious.

I don't know what the legal ramifications are -- my gut says "not much".  What a shitty thing to do.  I guess they're interested in hiring her if they took that step.

Regarding state jobs:  not all suck.  I worked at UT doing research for years after grad school, and it was a cushy job.  Most of those people don't have any idea how easy their life is.

Edited June 1, 2018 by jimmyjazz

[bernorange 8363]

10 hours ago, Upgrayedd said:

She should ask for a raise and more vacation 

That's Boss mode.  Thumbs up.

[RDCanecutter 26473]

31 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Yearly quota: 1 phone call.

Except State Supervisor Missy McCornbread caught flak for none of her staff calling to check on anybody, so she sat them all down with phones and stacks of applications and told them to call EVERYBODY.

I assume there was some Soviet sort of decision making involved.

Edited June 1, 2018 by RDCanecutter

[RDCanecutter 26473]

18 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Regarding state jobs:  not all suck.  I worked at UT doing research for years after grad school, and it was a cushy job.  Most of those people don't have any idea how easy their life is.

Working an indoors job at UT is as close to being an Eloi as it gets.

[Sbbruin 21888]

11 hours ago, Fred Willard said:

Pics?

First post.  We haven't lost a step in the transition.  Good work, gentlemen.

[jimmyjazz 46131]

11 hours ago, Fred Willard said:

Pics?

Whatever you do, don't ask for pics of his dog.

[Gene Parmesan 4014]

Current employer shouldn't be such a bitch about an employee looking for better opportunities.  There are tons of variables that go into those decisions beyond anything they can even control.  Wife is either an asset to them in which that should try to convince her to stay, or she's replaceable in which they should be fine with replacing her if the time comes.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

18 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

Current employer shouldn't be such a bitch about an employee looking for better opportunities.  There are tons of variables that go into those decisions beyond anything they can even control.  Wife is either an asset to them in which that should try to convince her to stay, or she's replaceable in which they should be fine with replacing her if the time comes.

Bingo.

 

Counter argument: Her manager is a fuckwad who thinks everyone LOVES to work for him/her.

[elnimo 55]

Does anyone ever answer yes to that question?

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

1 hour ago, RDCanecutter said:

Working an indoors job at UT is as close to being an Eloi as it gets.

[Hugh G. Rection 156]

2 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

Current employer shouldn't be such a bitch about an employee looking for better opportunities.  There are tons of variables that go into those decisions beyond anything they can even control.  Wife is either an asset to them in which that should try to convince her to stay, or she's replaceable in which they should be fine with replacing her if the time comes.

Or somewhere in the middle, at which point they can work her twice as hard and make her feel like shit for trying to get another job.  If she goes, they got more work out of her than they expected.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

1 hour ago, elnimo said:

Does anyone ever answer yes to that question?

Plenty of people work jobs where their employer knows they will move on and actually wants to help them find something better if possible.

[Sandman 3412]

8 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Plenty of people work jobs where their employer knows they will move on and actually wants to help them find something better if possible.

I wish I had worked at a place like this. I have never understood the attitude of keeping employees down and not letting them succeed. As if it's an insult to have a subordinate that does a good job. Usually those supervisors are afraid they'll look bad and don't want to be called out for their laziness or stupidity.

At my current job (state worker) I have a boss that openly tries to keep us from making more money. I don't understand that. You want people that don't want to put forth any extra effort, because they know you won't reward them for it? I never treated my guys/gals that way when I was a supervisor. I wanted to have the best crew and I wanted everyone to KNOW we were the best.

[horn4life 3783]

Not really sure why this is a negative? Now she has an "offer" (if she's a smart negotiator) to get more money, better perks, better hours or whatever.

She wants a better job, or more likely more money.  I also will say the same that many others have said.  Unless you are doing time in your job like a prisoner, then moving to the state is simply to make the rest of your life secure, as well as boring and frustrating as a mofo. 

[InkaUtexas 26109]

Did we get pics yet? no pics, no advice. 

[CooterBrown 18029]

She’s lying. I don’t have a phone in the interview room.

 

 

[dcbc 14509]

Re: State employment, with the right agency, it's excellent.  Working on 18 years here. 

Pay your property taxes.  Find oil.

 

I'd just as soon keep workin'.  Keep a little change in my pocket.

[Beau Vine 54430]

Yeah, so they offered her the job, and she's going to take it.  I think. 

It's a big pay raise from "basically nothing" to "acceptable for someone with two master's degrees."

 

[Quagmire 2147]

That’s great , can we see her tits now ?

[jimmyjazz 46131]

1 minute ago, Quagmire said:

That’s great , can we see her tits now ?

He's in line ahead of you.