Summer

I tore off the front bumper of our Audi in a parking lot so I guess I have to confirm the audi driver thing lol. Other than that no accidents hehe.

We just 'finished' renovating and there's a lot of detailing still to do so it's actually kind of nice I finally got to finish all those things. Did a lot of painting, shelf hanging, organising etc. Visiting relatives I hardly get to see, play some games. It's been pretty good!

@motosubatsu yep, I have a lovely paid holiday of 4 weeks. :)

Hello!

Already regret posting my last question as 99% of the people who answer/comment completely disregard the fact that it’s interim work and about The Netherlands. Nobody gives a thing about references here, nor can they say they won’t pay me if I sit at home.

When you said that I realised it's also my holiday lol @IDrinkandIKnowThings

Also I would have made that joke with 'so does my wife' but classy you.

You should start a support group

Drupal sucks...

That would be low key hilarious.

I also wonder if that's really that person's full name.

Yeah I read it and was like yeah okay I have nothing better to say than 'That's not how any of this works' and decided to just click off lol.

Yeah well worst case scenario I still have a job after Christmas so I guess I'm in a bit of a luxury position :p @motosubatsu

Yeah I'm happy I'll get the offer before christmas tho, so I can get the ball rolling before the end of the month. Best case scenario they'll let me go at the end of december, seems like it would be best for both parties.

So fun, awkward times.

Meanwhile I had an interview through social slaughterhouse yesterday and they're trying to get me on a new project + I will have christmas dinner party with them on friday, after I've received the offer from the 'dream job'.

Well. A company I have been trying to get into for 3 years now but always had no open spots or just said no to me contacted me. So I will have my 3rd interview there tomorrow and salary offer on friday.

Morning!

I have AC Origins, played 30 mins and was done with it lol. Played the first few as well, hated Black Flags.

I'm getting my offer friday at 2, and then I have christmas dinner at 6 with the current company. I wasn't feeling like going anyway but if the offer is good it'll be even worse lol.

Yep, has to be meant to be lol

Haha yeah, that's a nice christmas present.

Excited to play a lot during my christmas break tho. Work has been super stressful with me applying for the 'dream job' and having to deal with the current job.

I think a lot of people, like me, mostly get excited about the events tho, I play more when there's an event.

Just looked it up and it fluctuates between 30-40mil players

It's still one of the most popular games lol

Overwatch winter event started so I've been playing that, the few hours I've had time. I am in the process of applying for a new job while my current interim manager is trying to find new projects for me and I'm still on project working fulltime so it's been a joy.

I think the story is really good, the start is just very slow. It takes until like chapter 4 or so for the story to get more interesting.

You?

No not yet, almost though

LOL

I have been secretly lurking here hehe, but just been very busy.

Oh sweet :) I talked to someone a while back who said housing on hawaii is extremely expensive?

Netherlands to be exact

Yes, europe :)

Well, good luck. Maybe the week in between christmas and new year's! Lot of my coworkers go into the office for a day or two to clean up their inbox and do all left over chores of the year. So maybe you'll get a reply then!

Can you take something with a lower pay rate while still searching for something better? I know it's a bit shitty for the new/in-between employer but you gotta make ends meet I guess.

Oh I'm sorry! Christmas is a shitty moment for job hunting, everyone is off or busy. I hope you find something new soon :)

Well, it's morning here hehe. But good, you?

Hello!

I should probably change my name this time of yea

Doesn't happen often that you and I are in the chat at the same time ;)

@WoJ that depends on what you both agree, they can ask you to use up your days but I have no left so there’s not much to do there.

@WoJ that’s not possible under the Dutch law.

@d-b as I’ve already explained under your answer, this is interim work. My employer acts as a middleman and does not write my references, as I don’t work on any work for him? i work on things for companies he ‘sells me to’. So no, I do not need references from my employer. And even then, references in The Netherlands are not nearly as important as they are in other countries. It hardly ever happens that a new employer will contact your old employers or even asks for a reference from someone.

@radu murzea because the work is interim based and we’re usually placed on projects on location by ourselves, I hardly know any of my colleagues, let alone former employees.

@criggie, since I do interim, there is no actual ‘work’ being done at the main office, aside from doing sales and managing accounts so they can put away more people onto more projects. I possess no sales or account managing skills.

@maksimov as far as I know, it does not.

@htmlcoderexe well the interim part I'm in is 80 people, but they have about 300 people in total... So idk? Does that influence the answers?

@thursdaysgeek yeah it probably will, leaving perfectly in between projects seems like a stretch in most cases, especially because most projects are ended/prolonged on very short notice. I thought the same as you, they acted like this has never happened to them yet they have about 80 interim employees now so I highly doubt that.