The Water Cooler

12:42 PM

damn people round here are seriously fast with the votes, just had an answer up voted ~5mins after I posted it :)

12:56 PM

@motosubatsu that's nothing. Spam is usually down-voted, flagged and deleted within five minutes.

1:11 PM

@motosubatsu Joe's answers get upvoted even before he posts them. ;)

@MaskedMan Yep, I remain awed by Joe's ability to keep up - having to post so many answers to give all those upvotes a home :)

I know myself and Richard were discussing our relative lack of sleep the other day but I wonder whether Joe ever sleeps!

@RichardU Indeed... much appreciation has to go out to the Workplace SE mods :)

1:37 PM

@motosubatsu I think we need a thread of @JoeStrazzere facts, something akin to Chuck Norris facts, like @JoeStrazzere went in for an interview with a CEO, and hired him.

Q: In interview told I may be expected to lie for company

1:49 PM

I was once in this position.....

I had applied for a developer position with a company. The company trains its employees on mobile app development, then finds contracts with its clients (their clients include several fortune 500 companies). I have passed all but the final interview, however in the last conversation I had with th...

professionalism job-search united-states

I refused to lie, and the recruiter literally tore up my resume and threw it in my face.

Yet another classic one-liner from Joe ...

>> But I do have fears as I might be working for a law firm! Ah the ironing in that. Any thoughts on this?

> My thought is that you intended to use the word "irony" but got it wrong.

workplace.stackexchange.com/a/91427/3192

(10k+ users only ... deleted question) I was laughing for about 5 minutes when I read that. :)

@MaskedMan I may be known for snark, but Joe is the master.

Another Joe fact: Human Resources brings their complaints to Joe for resolution.

2:45 PM

JoeFact - 86.3% of all job interviews conducted in 2016 had either the interviewer or interviewee use advice from Joe

JoeFact - 52.7% had both the interviewer and interviewee using Joe's advice

JoeFact: When he has a meeting with HR, HR gets nervous.

JoeFact: When an employee asks a HR a question they suggest asking Joe instead

3:32 PM

When Joe wants to change his job, recruiters send him their resume.

Q: Should I ask a potential employer about their negative Glassdoor reviews?

JoeFact: at Joe's company, servers don't go down, they BOW DOWN.

David K

3:55 PM

Wow, pretty much the same question with the same top answer:

I was recently approached by a company to interview for a software engineering position. The role sounds great and I'm very comfortable with the technology stack. Aside from an "acquaintance of an acquaintance" relationship, I have no connection to anyone there. In doing some research I found ...

interviewing hiring-process

@DavidK Looks like Monica and I have similar opinions

JoeFact: Joe knows so much about the world of work that he has to use mnemonic devices to forget

4:37 PM

JoeFact: The EIGHT habit of highly effective people is "Listen to Joe"

1 hour later…

5:41 PM

JoeFact: HR IS Joe's friend

When you want to mend your relationship with someone, "that guy pisses me off really bad" is probably not a good way to start.

"this guy is pissing me off really bad" Good luck trying to mend your relationship with a guy whom you hold in such high regard. Honestly, it sounds like you just tacked on that question as an afterthought to a post which was primarily a rant. — Masked Man 5 mins ago