"Hang on, what is this, the interwar period? Have I time travelled back to the 20's/30's and isolationism? Don't get me wrong, when I was a Brit I wasn't a big fan of Brussels telling me how straight my cucumber had to be etc. but isolationism was arguable one of the causes of the 2nd world...
Debating climate change is completely missing the point. Passing enough legislations to curb emissions without overstepping government boundaries will not be possible.
Do we want to live in a world where government establishes the amount of emissions that is allowed to raise a cow, transport...
The only ethics that apply is that you look out for your financial interests while they look out for theirs. All within legal boundaries, of course. Give them a two week notice before leaving, and all is even.
I had a similar question on this board. Needless to say, the employer in question...
I'm in a similar situation having graduated with a BSME degree last year. If indeed.com is any indication, I did a nation wide search for "entry level mechanical engineer". On the first page, there's two job listings with "entry level engineer" as a title. Here are their...
Look at the dollar index. The U.S. government is printing money to "fix" the economy, with nothing backing the value of the dollar. There's $750 billion recently printed on top of a $11 trillion deficit. If there's no lasting impact of these actions, then money really do grow on trees.
Then...
Engineers are treated like migrant workers with a calculator, as someone described on another message board. Had I known this earlier, I would've become an auto mechanic.
Cutiee, don't feel bad about being unemployed due to circumstances beyond your control. The economy is in historically bad...
Thank you all for your advice and kind words.
You obviously can't deal with employers that are dishonest - because dishonest people believe in their lies, and factual reasoning falls on deaf ears. I would counter the manager's accusations, only for him to bring something else up. He wouldn't...
JMW, thanks for your insightful reply. I do have email correspondence of my job acceptance, detailing salary conditions. My performance review, nor what my expectations within the company were written. I should have taken better precaution, but nothing ever gets responded through email since...
Here's the short story:
S - supervisor
M - manager
I accepted a job offer that stated I was to be paid X amount for a month, and was to be later given a performance review in which my salary would increase to Y amount. This is a full time, "permanent" position.
The employer kept putting off...
I also recommend the Lindeberg book. Also review (buy or download from NCEES website) the reference manual that is supplied during the exam, this will allow you to quickly find formulas you need.
The OP's superiors are either dumber than a box of rocks or are up to something shady. If the vendors lose the certificate, the equipment is no longer useful to the company. No certificate means a liability to the company (a piece of paper goes very far in litigation).
If they put that...
Do you have a work objective listed in your resume? That would help with interviewers accusing you of being flaky.
Use your cover letter to indirectly explain what others have perceived as discrepancies in your work history.
What's wrong with removing jobs listed in your resume that, as you...
I was in the same situation as the OP recently, as a recent grad and having doubts of taking a job that was not in my field of interest. Take the job, since opportunities are few and far in between.
Think of it as an opportunity instead of shackles. What penalty would you incur, should you...
Job searching online is like playing the lottery. There's a massive number of applicants, resulting in a stack pile of resumes that the hiring person will have to pick out of.
I've had some success with craigslist.org. Mostly smaller companies that don't scan for buzz words from resumes and...
I am about to decline a job offer since it is not what I am looking for longterm. I will be doing CAD drawings, with not much engineering done within the company, as told by the interviewer.
I feel bad about it, since having a steady paycheck is good given current events.
This is my first job...
Thanks for all your responses.
Cedarbluffranch:
I'll look into Boeing in the Seattle area. I already have a job search account set up at the Boeing website, but haven't looked outside California. I'm not too overly concerned with the PE, but it gives me a goal to achieve.
I am currently job searching after graduating with a BSME degree. The amount of entry level jobs posted on job boards and company websites are very scarce, compared to the number of engineers wanted with at least 5 years of experience. Is there a surplus of mechanical engineers in the U.S.? I...
