I do not think it means what you think it means.
I work for a company that offers people money to buy new homes...sometimes, even homes they can afford! (Some people come in still thinking that it's 2007, and we won't check your employment history, tax returns, or bank statements...)
You have to be a special breed of person to be a loan officer, I've noticed. You have to have a BIG dose of salesman/womanship, and you have to be a real go-getter.
Since these people earn their money mainly from commissions off of the loans they bring in, I can let some asshattery slide as part and parcel of the process. If your computer doesn't work, I understand if it is distressing.
What really grinds my goat's gears, is the ones who think that they are 'special', need different things, and the worst ones are the ones who think that I'll have no problem waiving my magic wand (no, not THAT one) and ignoring the rules for them. This industry LIVES on regulations, both company and government, and it's my ass if I break them. Severs have logs, ya know!
We recently brought on a new employee who insisted on having BRAND NEW equipment, instead of used equipment. He also insisted on having a solid state drive instead of a regular one, and not just a small one - a 512GB one! Decent ones of that capacity start at about $210.
There's no need for a hard drive that size, we only supply 500GB regular hard drives because that's the lowest HP offers! Most of our work is server based.
SSDs are nice, I have them in my machines at home, but there's no need for it aside from the slightly lower chance of borking your machine if you drop it (it's a laptop), due to the lack of moving parts compared to a regular HD. We aren't generating new video files out of Final Cut Pro out in the field and need to squeeze every second out of them...
The best part? He's been with us for a week, and has sent in a minimum of one ticket every day about things that were explained to him on day one, and he claims he's "low maintenance".
TRUST me - more stories to come.
I work for a company that offers people money to buy new homes...sometimes, even homes they can afford! (Some people come in still thinking that it's 2007, and we won't check your employment history, tax returns, or bank statements...)
You have to be a special breed of person to be a loan officer, I've noticed. You have to have a BIG dose of salesman/womanship, and you have to be a real go-getter.
Since these people earn their money mainly from commissions off of the loans they bring in, I can let some asshattery slide as part and parcel of the process. If your computer doesn't work, I understand if it is distressing.
What really grinds my goat's gears, is the ones who think that they are 'special', need different things, and the worst ones are the ones who think that I'll have no problem waiving my magic wand (no, not THAT one) and ignoring the rules for them. This industry LIVES on regulations, both company and government, and it's my ass if I break them. Severs have logs, ya know!
We recently brought on a new employee who insisted on having BRAND NEW equipment, instead of used equipment. He also insisted on having a solid state drive instead of a regular one, and not just a small one - a 512GB one! Decent ones of that capacity start at about $210.
There's no need for a hard drive that size, we only supply 500GB regular hard drives because that's the lowest HP offers! Most of our work is server based.
SSDs are nice, I have them in my machines at home, but there's no need for it aside from the slightly lower chance of borking your machine if you drop it (it's a laptop), due to the lack of moving parts compared to a regular HD. We aren't generating new video files out of Final Cut Pro out in the field and need to squeeze every second out of them...
The best part? He's been with us for a week, and has sent in a minimum of one ticket every day about things that were explained to him on day one, and he claims he's "low maintenance".
TRUST me - more stories to come.
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