I’m flattered you ask, though I don’t think you’re being serious about it 🙂
From a story view, there’s loads of possible directions.
Personally I’m wondering why it’s an onsite interview and whether the company has remembered to include an actual job requiring work at the end of the process this time?
Will the Gawk Wall return? Has management gone crazier than a crazy thing and made DeeDee hold the interview?
Ultimately I guess it all depends on what you’re planning!
Weird, I’ve just realized there’s over 30 employees at Game Fortress and yet there’s no payroll or accountancy staff listed on the Company Staff Directory
I guess the owner could be doing it, but that’s often a hands on job dealing with staff members calculating overtime rates, reimbursements for offsite work as well as tax deductions from regular wages etc
Wow! That’s a perfect fit for Game Fortress as a dysfunctional hellhole that fires half it’s staff at the end of every product cycle
Do they get all get rehired three weeks later on slightly worse terms?
Now I’m thinking of some poor young lady locking herself in a cupboard for three days and crying because she’s been told to go onsite and deal with the Game Fortress Gawk Squad directly
For all we know, they’re hiring a trouble shooting programmer for their admin and financial systems and she’s got the right stuff for the job
Not everyone in a games company has to be into gaming culture to be what a gaming company needs
While it’d be nice for your accountant to be an oldschool Doom UberFragMeister, ultimately you want them to get the wages out on time, pay the bills, forecast expenditure and costs accurately and generally handle the company money well
So Game Fortress outsources all the key business functions which would be cheaper to run inhouse and allow them to react to issues more quickly; but that might encourage a feeling of sanity, professionalism and the idea women aren’t aliens?
Ahhah, someone who can defeat the mighty intercom!
Happy New Year to all.
Don’t give up on the Mighty Intercom! I’m sure one day he’ll become the HAL9000 of Game Fortress Inc.
Oh Deaaar…
This isn’t just trouble, it’s T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Happy New Year and kudos for publishing on New Years Day too!
So, Stephen, is that a “Yes” or “No” on hiring the job applicant?
I’m flattered you ask, though I don’t think you’re being serious about it 🙂
From a story view, there’s loads of possible directions.
Personally I’m wondering why it’s an onsite interview and whether the company has remembered to include an actual job requiring work at the end of the process this time?
Will the Gawk Wall return? Has management gone crazier than a crazy thing and made DeeDee hold the interview?
Ultimately I guess it all depends on what you’re planning!
What could this applicant possibly bring to the table that would appeal to anyone but the lawyer?
Iron will. Granite-like inflexibility. Wrecking-Ball certitude. Take your pick!
You could have mentioned “good at the job they’re being interviewed for”
But does anyone know what job it is? In the case of Deedee noone, including the people who hired her, seem to have ever known-
Weird, I’ve just realized there’s over 30 employees at Game Fortress and yet there’s no payroll or accountancy staff listed on the Company Staff Directory
I guess the owner could be doing it, but that’s often a hands on job dealing with staff members calculating overtime rates, reimbursements for offsite work as well as tax deductions from regular wages etc
External Payroll Services Firm: Look for one to appear in the future!
Wow! That’s a perfect fit for Game Fortress as a dysfunctional hellhole that fires half it’s staff at the end of every product cycle
Do they get all get rehired three weeks later on slightly worse terms?
Now I’m thinking of some poor young lady locking herself in a cupboard for three days and crying because she’s been told to go onsite and deal with the Game Fortress Gawk Squad directly
Thorfinn makes a good point, but I’m afraid that sort of thinking has no place at Game Fortress, Inc.
For all we know, they’re hiring a trouble shooting programmer for their admin and financial systems and she’s got the right stuff for the job
Not everyone in a games company has to be into gaming culture to be what a gaming company needs
While it’d be nice for your accountant to be an oldschool Doom UberFragMeister, ultimately you want them to get the wages out on time, pay the bills, forecast expenditure and costs accurately and generally handle the company money well
Tsk tisk! That sort of efficient, rational approach to business operations would undermine the company culture 😉
So Game Fortress outsources all the key business functions which would be cheaper to run inhouse and allow them to react to issues more quickly; but that might encourage a feeling of sanity, professionalism and the idea women aren’t aliens?
No wonder Princess rules the roost so easily
I don’t know if she’ll fit in here.
Have faith. The Author probably has something up his sleeve 😉
Is it an arm? Is it an entire underground culture? Is it that the new person is bad at the job they want to do?