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   Ásbjørn 🏳️‍🌈 (praetor@social.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 16:36:16 JST Ásbjørn 🏳️‍🌈

   Ooo. Company just called I applied for.
   Them: We'd like to get you into a round of interviews!
   Me: GREAT! How many interviews?
   Them: There are six
   Me: Oh, Three interviews are my max.
   Them: *frustrated* You don't get to decide that.
   Me: Oh, but I DO. *click*
   Back to #pascal programming :) Fight back #tech bros! Fight back.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 01:33:18 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @praetor @thomasfuchs
     This reminds me of a conversation I had early in my career during a project crunch:

     BOSS: We’re asking the team to come in on Saturday to get the project on track

     ME: Um, OK, when should I take the weekday off to make up for it?

     THEM: We don’t do comp time

     ME: And I don’t work weekends, but I’m sure we can work something out

     THEM: [flustered]

     (Spoiler: they did in fact do comp time.)

     Employers keep thinking they’re the only ones with negotiating power.