OT: Job offer from brewery 2 months late
Argh! I was offered a job at Saint Arnold's brewery, the main, pretty much only, microbrewery in south east Texas. I interviewed with them in December before I finalized my continuing education plans, but they had permit issues in opening the "newery" and put off hiring until today. So now I'm living 4 hours away and can't take the job. Had I gotten that job, I'd instead chosen UH instead of a UT satellite campus. Dammit.
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February 16th, 2010 at 2:15 PM ^
What was the position, and how can I apply?
February 16th, 2010 at 2:23 PM ^
Floor guy. I'd welcome people at the door, help direct people to the bar room, discuss their beer and beer making process. Security during/right after events at the brewery. ARGH!
And they did the application stuff all in December. It kills me that I was their choice.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:35 PM ^
If it's like Roadhouse you also had the right to beat the shit out of anyone you wanted as the floor guy.
February 16th, 2010 at 7:57 PM ^
If I got to roundhouse kick dudes for a living that'd be my dream job.
You sir - make bad life choices.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
months" and work with you guys?
Try to keep the door open so to speak?
February 16th, 2010 at 3:03 PM ^
They are keeping the resume on file until I finish. IF they have something open when I move back, they said I have a solid resume for their use. They just don't hire very often. This is their first hire in almost 5 years.
February 16th, 2010 at 5:55 PM ^
So you're going to grad school with the goal of working as a brewery bouncer after?
February 16th, 2010 at 6:12 PM ^
They do chemical engineering at a brewery...
February 16th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
One shot with your beer or two?
Which of these chemicals makes chicks better looking and more willing to go home with you? Beer and whiskey, or beer and more whiskey?
And for my thesis: For every action: there is an equal or opposite reaction. More beer+whiskey=better looking chick. More beer+whiskey=she's more likely to end up scaring the shit out of you in the morning.
February 16th, 2010 at 7:51 PM ^
I hated ChemE.
:(
February 17th, 2010 at 8:35 AM ^
That's some serious Zen stuff there -
True joy may be found in the training of the mind and the use of the body.
Whoa!
February 16th, 2010 at 2:19 PM ^
Will you be a reference for me? And how much can you drink per day without getting dirty looks?
February 16th, 2010 at 2:33 PM ^
I used to work at a bar as the doorman/bouncer, I got paid $25 a night and all the beer I could drink. I did have to stay somewhat sober or at least until around 1am or so. It was many years ago but it was lots of fun.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
Have you considered telling them your situation and then transferring after this semester? Maybe they'll hold your job for you.
February 16th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
Whether he has his spot held, or not, depends on what other top prospects they have ready to commit.
Unfortunately, this sounds like a top tier brewery with plenty of young brew aficionados rating them in their top 5's.
February 16th, 2010 at 8:45 PM ^
Any chance there is a conservative accountant looking bar-maid that works nights with the tatoo S L U T on her lower back?
February 16th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
I probably wouldn't, myself (too cautious), but dude, this sounds like a dream job for you at this point. If it is, man, life is short. It would be hard to go wrong living your dreams. Can you transfer to UH? Credits transfer?
February 16th, 2010 at 7:46 PM ^
It's like raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain on your wedding day....
February 16th, 2010 at 8:00 PM ^
I laughed.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:48 AM ^
Screw St Arnolds. They brew that BJs crap. Thay also sell naming their vats like they are some MSU sports team naming a work out room.
Plus I am pissed for you right now because they sat on your app for so long. Well, mostly pissed for screwing you. That is a dream job.
February 16th, 2010 at 10:04 PM ^
Not along the brewery job line, but along the late-notification-about-jobs line:
For a while I was trying to get work in higher ed. When I applied for a position at University X starting in fall 2009, they sent all the applicants an e-mail after the close date, letting us know that this was the last we'd hear from them unless they were interested in us. Fine. (This is in February 2009, mind you.)
A couple of months pass, and I hear that a woman I know got the job. I'm thrilled for her. Fall semester 2009 comes, she starts the job, Thanksgiving comes, etc.
Sometime in December, I get an e-mail from the university in question, letting me (and all the other applicants) know that they had selected someone to fill the opening and we were no longer under consideration. For a job that had started four months earlier.
I mean, I can't speak for the other applicants, but I wasn't exactly biting my nails waiting to find out by that point ...
February 17th, 2010 at 8:24 AM ^
Damn, that sucks. I'd love to get a job at the X-Men school too.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:40 AM ^
Yeah, that happens all the time. I once got a notification more than a year after I applied for a position that I wasn't selected. The funny thing was, it said that they keep resumes on file for one year after receipt for review for other positions. "Great... so you only threw away my resume three weeks ago, then?"