OT: Career advice Part II

[smoneil]

Sorry but it's not NY.
In fact.. Being in NY should just push you to work even harder.

"If you can make it in NY you can make it anywhere" holds true.

He just doesn't want to put in the work necessary in order to get ahead.

Just because you have credentials doesn't mean that you're qualified and you have to have experience to back it up.

What ever happened to the good old honest hard working people?

Pshh.. I'll be up at 3am tomorrow on a Sunday!

This seems...needlessly harsh.

 

[NYR]

This seems...needlessly harsh.

You're right.. Sorry but sometimes I bring the tough love.
Deleted..

 

[SnowblindNYR]

When it rains it pours. I got two interviews two days in a row.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I feel like I'm talking to myself now, but it looks like I'll be going through to the next round. I will say that I think I've had a wakeup call despite what glassdoor said FP&A analyst make less than I expected and I'm not as underpaid as I thought.

 

[Emptyvoid]

Operations. More specifically Clinical Trial/Project Management.

My wife is, I know a bit about the field and can ask her questions for things i don't know.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Is anyone on here involved in the pharmaceutical industry?

Yes. Sorry it took me so long to respond. PM me when you have some time.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

I feel like I'm talking to myself now, but it looks like I'll be going through to the next round. I will say that I think I've had a wakeup call despite what glassdoor said FP&A analyst make less than I expected and I'm not as underpaid as I thought.

Anecdotally, I've found Glassdoor to be inflated vs what I could actually squeeze as well. Makes sense due to it being self reported, and because Glassdoor is incentivized to have people continually looking and applying for jobs (traffic -> referrals /ads -> $).

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Anecdotally, I've found Glassdoor to be inflated vs what I could actually squeeze as well. Makes sense due to it being self reported, and because Glassdoor is incentivized to have people continually looking and applying for jobs (traffic -> referrals /ads -> $).

It actually aligned well with what people were getting out of business school for senior analyst roles. That said I think business school salaries are inflated themselves and once you're done with OCR (on-campus recruiting) it's harder to find the same rates.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Anecdotally, I've found Glassdoor to be inflated vs what I could actually squeeze as well. Makes sense due to it being self reported, and because Glassdoor is incentivized to have people continually looking and applying for jobs (traffic -> referrals /ads -> $).

I can't speak to the salary ranges on there, but the issue with the site is the issue with many other ratings services. Only people with dramatic experiences tend to participate.

It's not very often you'll see people go out of their way to say "its fine. It serves the purpose. I work and they pay me. that's our arrangement".

It's always I HATE THIS PLACE, or I MET MY SPOUSE HERE AND LOVE IT

 

[Irishguy42]

Have a job offer that I'm potentially going to get in on. Will be the furthest I've gotten since March.

The light at the end of the tunnel is near, folks. Knock on wood, ofc.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I can't speak to the salary ranges on there, but the issue with the site is the issue with many other ratings services. Only people with dramatic experiences tend to participate.

It's not very often you'll see people go out of their way to say "its fine. It serves the purpose. I work and they pay me. that's our arrangement".

It's always I HATE THIS PLACE, or I MET MY SPOUSE HERE AND LOVE IT

I get it but unlike Amazon where every product is 4 to 5 stars I see good variety on Glassdoor.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Anyone have any stories about recruiting recently? I've been applying for a few months now and think I may have a good opportunity, I had a good interview with the hiring manager yesterday and I'm really excited about it. But I also have a lot of nervous energy and it sounds like I won't have the result for up to a couple of weeks. So maybe someone else can share on their end to help with my nervous energy, haha.

 

[Irishguy42]

Have a job offer that I'm potentially going to get in on. Will be the furthest I've gotten since March.

The light at the end of the tunnel is near, folks. Knock on wood, ofc.

UPDATE: It's been about 1.5 months working this new gig and I love it.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

UPDATE: It's been about 1.5 months working this new gig and I love it.

Congrats! Remind me what the job is.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

BTW, I'm going to give you folks some advice. Unless you have constraints that have to do with you needing a certain level of paycheck don't be afraid to take a low salary, particularly if you're switching careers. I had a top 20 MBA that in 2016 paid on average 115k base. By the end of 2018 however I had more time since the MBA unemployed than employed and the job I had for a year was the worst job experience of my life (at least the first half of it). Anyway, the current job I have was advertising itself as a 35k business intelligence role. At the time I was out of work for a year and a half and working for a year so I took it, they gave me 45k. I got a promotion within a year and received a 5k bump and some stock. Shit pay, but I learned a lot and the BI role transformed into an FP&A role, which is something I was recruiting for out of business school. Now that I'm applying again I'm getting a lot more interest in my resume. Last time I applied I got almost no interest. I think I had one or two interviews in 6 months that I didn't get through networking. I have already had 8 companies in less time, none with networking.

 

[Irishguy42]

Congrats! Remind me what the job is.

I moved into doing home automation/network/AV installs for commercial and residential. It's a lot of fun, and I'm learning a lot of new things about general construction, and I'm able to put to us a lot of networking knowledge and whatnot that I picked up previously that most in the company don't know.

It was the part of ProAV that I enjoyed the most, networking, programming, and doing cabling/equipment installs, and now I do that 100% of the time.

And it's giving me the hours I need, despite the pandemic. The live events side, which I was in, is still a mess but slowly picking back up.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

And I got rejected again. He knew I could do the job. Must have not liked my personality or thought I would be too much of an analyst who can't work with people. Of course I'm not going to get feedback and would have no idea why I got rejected.

 

[BBKers]

Hi there guys. Been a bit out of the loop for a while. My pending multimillion U$D lawsuit in Iceland, which is taking place more than 7,5 years after the day I sold my shares back to the Company, is Finally to be decided with a verdict set to be announced on Wednesday - December 16. The lawsuit has been ongoing for over 4 years and has really been stressful. Add 2 heart attacks, double bypass heart surgery, lung surgery, pulmonary fibrosis, serious depression/pharmaceutical addiction and a life threatening outbreak of COVID 19 for my entire family into this timeframe, and yeah...it gets tedious.

I am suing both the Company itself and the Directors personally (providing no mercy regarding COVID losses) for fraudulent misrepresentation, forgery and associated punitive damages due to the fact that the Directors presented clearly false written information to me preceding the sale. Which they never rectified. The profits for 2012 were 128% higher in reality than the numbers - signed and validated - the BOD gave me before the buyback. The EBITDA was also off by similiar numbers. The profits for 2013 and thereafter were also more than 100% above the Numbers I had gotten for 2011. The Company was additionally, in stealth, trying to sell all its shares and tendered external offers to outside buyers - Which They Then ironically found too low and declined- that were well over 100% above the share price I received. This is all documented and also occurred before the buyback took place. They also then tried to conceal this in a long trail of falsified bookkeeping and incomplete/changed numbers in the annual reports... for several years.

The trial, which was held on November 18-20, went very well and my excellent lawyers (on a set procentage retainer fee) are all very optimistic. It was very high profile with witnesses from 5 countries providing testimony. In the US, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Danmark, Germany and Poland - this would be a clear cut case. But this is a small island nation and the opposing party is led by a real big shot in the Icelandic corporate world, so you never know how these things pan out. He has been in hot water for his hanky panky business dealings before, but always gotten off the hook. It is time he gets his karma due. Anyways, I need all the positive energy and good luck I can get... I really need some closure here... Peace!

 

[Crease]

Hi there guys. Been a bit out of the loop for a while. My pending multimillion U$D lawsuit in Iceland, which is taking place more than 7,5 years after the day I sold my shares back to the Company, is Finally to be decided with a verdict set to be announced on Wednesday - December 16. The lawsuit has been ongoing for over 4 years and has really been stressful. I am suing both the Company itself and the Directors personally (providing no mercy regarding COVID losses) for fraudulent misrepresentation, forgery and associated punitive damages due to the fact that the Directors presented clearly false written information to me preceding the sale. Which they never rectified. The profits for 2012 were 128% higher in reality than the numbers - signed and validated - the BOD gave me before the buyback. The EBITDA was also off by similiar numbers. The profits for 2013 and thereafter were also more than 100% above the Numbers I had gotten for 2011. The Company was additionally, in stealth, trying to sell all its shares and tendered external offers to outside buyers - Which They Then ironically found too low and declined- that were well over 100% above the share price I received. This is all documented and also occurred before the buyback took place. They also then tried to conceal this in a long trail of falsified bookkeeping and incomplete/changed numbers in the annual reports... for several years.

The trial, which was held on November 18-20, went very well and my excellent lawyers (on a set procentage retainer fee) are all very optimistic. It was very high profile with witnesses from 5 countries providing testimony. In the US, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Danmark, Germany and Poland - this would be a clear cut case. But this is a small island nation and the opposing party is led by a real big shot in the Icelandic corporate world, so you never know how these things pan out. He has been in hot water for his hanky panky business dealings before, but always gotten off the hook. It is time he gets his karma due. Anyways, I need all the positive energy and good luck I can get... I really need some closure here... Peace!

Best of luck. Litigation can be very stressful. Have settlement discussions picked up since end of trial?

 

[BBKers]

Best of luck. Litigation can be very stressful. I'm sorry there wasn't a reasonable opportunity to settle up to this point. Have discussions picked up since trial?

Thanks!, yeah, the Defendants, which are very wealthy, have just said they under no circumstances are willing to settle (which we wanted from the very beginning) and have said they will throw whatever resources it takes to break me and thereby starve me out. Scrooge style indeed...

 

[Crease]

yeah, the Defendants, which are very wealthy, have just said they under no circumstances are willing to settle (which we wanted from the very beginning) and have said they will throw whatever resources it takes to break me and starve me out. Scrooge style...

I guess you can expect them to appeal a bad verdict. Hang in there.

 

[BBKers]

I expect and am mentally prepared for the the worst. What else can you do...?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Hi there guys. Been a bit out of the loop for a while. My pending multimillion U$D lawsuit in Iceland, which is taking place more than 7,5 years after the day I sold my shares back to the Company, is Finally to be decided with a verdict set to be announced on Wednesday - December 16. The lawsuit has been ongoing for over 4 years and has really been stressful. Add 2 heart attacks, double bypass heart surgery, lung surgery, pulmonary fibrosis, serious depression/pharmaceutical addiction and a life threatening outbreak of COVID 19 for my entire family into this timeframe, and yeah...it gets tedious.

I am suing both the Company itself and the Directors personally (providing no mercy regarding COVID losses) for fraudulent misrepresentation, forgery and associated punitive damages due to the fact that the Directors presented clearly false written information to me preceding the sale. Which they never rectified. The profits for 2012 were 128% higher in reality than the numbers - signed and validated - the BOD gave me before the buyback. The EBITDA was also off by similiar numbers. The profits for 2013 and thereafter were also more than 100% above the Numbers I had gotten for 2011. The Company was additionally, in stealth, trying to sell all its shares and tendered external offers to outside buyers - Which They Then ironically found too low and declined- that were well over 100% above the share price I received. This is all documented and also occurred before the buyback took place. They also then tried to conceal this in a long trail of falsified bookkeeping and incomplete/changed numbers in the annual reports... for several years.

The trial, which was held on November 18-20, went very well and my excellent lawyers (on a set procentage retainer fee) are all very optimistic. It was very high profile with witnesses from 5 countries providing testimony. In the US, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Danmark, Germany and Poland - this would be a clear cut case. But this is a small island nation and the opposing party is led by a real big shot in the Icelandic corporate world, so you never know how these things pan out. He has been in hot water for his hanky panky business dealings before, but always gotten off the hook. It is time he gets his karma due. Anyways, I need all the positive energy and good luck I can get... I really need some closure here... Peace!

This reads like a thriller. Good luck!

 

[Chaels Arms]

Hi there guys. Been a bit out of the loop for a while. My pending multimillion U$D lawsuit in Iceland, which is taking place more than 7,5 years after the day I sold my shares back to the Company, is Finally to be decided with a verdict set to be announced on Wednesday - December 16. The lawsuit has been ongoing for over 4 years and has really been stressful. Add 2 heart attacks, double bypass heart surgery, lung surgery, pulmonary fibrosis, serious depression/pharmaceutical addiction and a life threatening outbreak of COVID 19 for my entire family into this timeframe, and yeah...it gets tedious.

I am suing both the Company itself and the Directors personally (providing no mercy regarding COVID losses) for fraudulent misrepresentation, forgery and associated punitive damages due to the fact that the Directors presented clearly false written information to me preceding the sale. Which they never rectified. The profits for 2012 were 128% higher in reality than the numbers - signed and validated - the BOD gave me before the buyback. The EBITDA was also off by similiar numbers. The profits for 2013 and thereafter were also more than 100% above the Numbers I had gotten for 2011. The Company was additionally, in stealth, trying to sell all its shares and tendered external offers to outside buyers - Which They Then ironically found too low and declined- that were well over 100% above the share price I received. This is all documented and also occurred before the buyback took place. They also then tried to conceal this in a long trail of falsified bookkeeping and incomplete/changed numbers in the annual reports... for several years.

The trial, which was held on November 18-20, went very well and my excellent lawyers (on a set procentage retainer fee) are all very optimistic. It was very high profile with witnesses from 5 countries providing testimony. In the US, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Danmark, Germany and Poland - this would be a clear cut case. But this is a small island nation and the opposing party is led by a real big shot in the Icelandic corporate world, so you never know how these things pan out. He has been in hot water for his hanky panky business dealings before, but always gotten off the hook. It is time he gets his karma due. Anyways, I need all the positive energy and good luck I can get... I really need some closure here... Peace!

Why such a long wait for the verdict? I have worked on trials here in the US and just waiting hours or days for a verdict after the trial has concluded is absolutely brutal. I can't imagine waiting almost a month. Was the trial done in person or virtually? If virtually, how did you feel about the experience?

 

[BBKers]

Why such a long wait for the verdict? I have worked on trials here in the US and just waiting hours or days for a verdict after the trial has concluded is absolutely brutal. I can't imagine waiting almost a month. Was the trial done in person or virtually? If virtually, how did you feel about the experience?

Yeah. It is quite maddening. In Sweden it is up until 3 weeks for a verdict. Which I thought was undurable... This is insane. Yupp, it was almost all held in person. 4 witnesses (minor) were virtual. The other 9 were in person. But no others were allowed in the Courtroom due to COVID. Only Plaintiffs (2), Defendents (3), lawyers (4). the judge (1) and a Courtroom assistant. Plus witnesses one by one. No jury. no journalists, no spectators... a pity actually. In the higher courts - after likely appeal(s), there are 3 judges and then 5. Hopefully the COVID restrictions are lighter then as well