I'll take it!

Post #125,617 by gdaustin 11/13/03 11:29:49 PM Reply	I'll take it! Been trying to get on with Raytheon for some time now. Perfect background. Never been out of the country. No close foreign friends. No arrests. Honest as the day is long. Sunday school teacher. But, because I've never worked for a defense company before (and therefore have never applied for a clearance), I don't qualify. Just rejections. Glen Austin
Post #125,624 by deSitter 11/13/03 11:46:27 PM Reply	Only one thing really matters Are you in serious debt - risk of subtrefuge for money. Raise some hell, that'll get you in faster. You think you're dealing with schoolboys? PS - you don't want in. Not if you value your soul. -drl
Post #125,729 by gdaustin 11/14/03 4:47:01 PM Reply	Credit I can pass just fine there, too. We're not deeply in debt. As for "selling your soul", I would say that's pretty much every job in America these days, not just defense. Glen
Post #125,760 by deSitter 11/14/03 9:03:49 PM Reply	Typecasting The other big drawback to defense work - you get cast as a defense worker. The last Bush economic rapine - DoD work went out the window in the late 80s - taught me that. No one would touch me for a year or so. "You're a defense worker." Don't know why this is true... See the movie "Falling Down" :) -drl
Post #125,779 by gdaustin 11/14/03 10:49:22 PM Reply	Saw It, Related To It I was working at SABRE at the time, there were days I certainly felt like Michael Douglas. It appears I'll be staying in the "pharmacy track". I got a call from the director of the company I interviewed with ( 2 "in person" interviews, 2 phone ), and they are pleased to present me with an offer. I won't call back tonight, got the VM at about 8pm. But, if they're true to form, it will be a 10% pay cut (on top of the 10% pay cut I just took), on top of the 10% I took in 2001. So, if the offer holds true, I'll be down 30% from what I made in 2001 before being laid off. I guess I should be thankful? Glen Austin
Post #125,783 by deSitter 11/14/03 11:12:59 PM Reply	Re: Saw It, Related To It Medical software of any kind is where it's at for stability. Good move. And in some way, you might be helping someone. When I was a DoD worker, I sometimes could not drink off my mind the shit I was doing for money. -drl

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