Mojo Request (minor) - Job interview today

Punchy

Punchy

Slacker Supreme
Hi guys, I've been in corrections a little over a decade now, and it's been a good gig for me. Close to home, good benefits, work I'm familiar with (warehouse), ok promotional path. Lately it's gotten a little strained just due to a lot of things changing all at once, but some of those changes must have aligned a few stars, because right next door at the Cal Fire training academy a position opened up for an analyst position. Completely out of my career ladder, but not out of my wheelhouse - I've been using databases and spreadsheets professionally and recreationally for decades. This would be a great opportunity to get out of the very negative prison environment, as well as spread my wings past warehouse work and supervision.

Anywho, I've got an interview at 0915 PDT, anybody who can spare a minor mote of mojo, I'd sure appreciate it. :thu::cool::cheers:
 
Peen Simmons said:
Congrats on getting released. Keep your nose clean and I’m sure you’ll reintegrate into society no problem—you’ve got the esteemed council of Internet guitarists in your corner.
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We joke about that all the time, because sometimes it feels close to the truth. At least we get to leave after our shift. Working in that environment changes a person though, and not usually for the better lol.
 
You’re ready for this. Believe it. Get your mojo working.

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Job mojo. Even if you like what you do, I can see how a job in the jails would grind you down.
 
jbj said:
Job mojo. Even if you like what you do, I can see how a job in the jails would grind you down.
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It's got its ups and downs, gutters and strikes, for sure.

Every once in a while there's a bit of "harmless" excitement. . . yesterday a strange car drove by the warehouse, stopped for a minute, then drove off. . . called our investigative unit and ended up losing both our incarcerated workers lol. Happened to be a drop and they got caught in the act of packaging it up for distribution into the facility. Almost a half pound of meth, some tobaccy, some phones, not the first time it's happened I'm sure. Both these guys were short to the house, too, getting out before the end of the year. Now they're not, lol. They didn't get in there by making good decisions.

Other than that, though, it's a civil service job, and dealing with bureaucracy is tough for a personality like mine. I've done well enough, but am getting the itch to look elsewhere. Obviously :bigg: Charles Stross had a good quote about bureaucracy and I find it's fitting:
It is a government agency. And government agencies are run as bureaucracies. There is a role for bureaucracy; it's very useful for certain tasks. In particular, it facilitates standardization and interchangeability. Bureaucracies excel at performing tasks that must be done consistently whether the people assigned to them are brilliant performers or bumbling fools. You can't always count on having Albert Einstein in the patent office, so you design its procedures to work even if you hire Mr. Bean by mistake.
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I worked civil service for the Navy for 8 years. It was worse than soul crushing.
Good luck on the new job!
 
Mojo for the new position!

If I've learned nothing else from watching 60 Days In, it's that you can get out of a corrections environment by doing something like scratching your right ear very obviously and announcing 'I think I got bitten by a mosquito', or something like that.
 
Motorik said:
Mojo for the new position!

If I've learned nothing else from watching 60 Days In, it's that you can get out of a corrections environment by doing something like scratching your right ear very obviously and announcing 'I think I got bitten by a mosquito', or something like that.
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Thank you!

Thats. . . something. Not sure if I would take that as gospel, at least not in the United States of Dysfunction.
 
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