Goddamn procrastinators.

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Look, another work/move related thread from me!

I just need to vent.

Cody got interviewed for the job transfer the Monday after Easter. Got told “We’re ready for you whenever you get down here” the next day.

Two weeks after that, Cody calls the HR guy, Brian, to get info about the job. “We don’t know what position you’re going to have yet. I need to talk to the manager.”

Last week, he calls, asking for some sort of paper income verification to send along with our apt application for the place in Austin. Well, he’ll be making between $10-$12/hour. Well, we need income verirification, and at the complex we currently live in, that was a signed paper from the HR department. We assume the other place will also need this. We also need to know what positon he’ll have. “I’ll talk to the manager and get back to you.” Okay . . .

Wends, Cody calls and leaves a message on his voicemail - we REALLY need this info. Please get back to us as soon as possible.

Nothing. We’re moving in exactly 2 weeks (we’ll actually be leaving for the drive in 2 weeks, 1.5 hours from now).

We can’t send in the application until we know how much he’ll be making. It’ll take 2-3 days for the application to get to my friend (who’ll be taking it in for us, so she can explain that we’ll be the ones taking over her lease, since she bought a house and moved out early), and she’ll take it in the next day. We should find out if we get the apartment the next day. So, that’s FIVE DAYS from when we get the job info until we know if we get the apartment.

Assuming a miracle happens and we get the info on Tuesday, that will leave me a week to arrange stuff down there. Like working out signing details with the manager, turning on utilities, etc. Lucky for us, the complex we want is open every day of the week.

If we get rejected (not likely, but still), we’re completely SCREWED. If we’d been denied 3 or 4 weeks ago, I’d be fine to find a new place. But if we get denied, that means I’ll have to move in with my friend (including boxes and furniture) until we find a new place. Hassle for me, hassle for her.

Fuckers. I’m about to start bustin’ in heads.

I have a loooong list of nasty names living in my brain for these people.

Deeeeeeaaath.

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I was gonna answer this earlier…

What about a copy of a pay stub? Or a W-2 from last year? Call the new apartment up and ask them.

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And/or a reference letter from your current apartment manager.

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Maybe I misunderstand, so forgive me.

But are you saying you have accepted a job without knowing what the position will be or the wage you will be paid?

And that you’re preparing to move, not just house but towns to accept this job?

Seriously?

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We can’t use a paystub because it’s not a local job. He’ll be taking a slight paycut. (like, $2/hr). If you were an aprtment manager, would you accept a paystub from a job 1,200m away? Nope.
We know apx. how much he’ll be making. He doesn’t plan on keeping the job for long - we’re just using it to be able to move back to Austin, so we already know we’ll have some sort of income when we get down there. Last time we moved across the country, there was no job waiting, and no idea where to get a job. It’s not like Kalamazoo has a kalamazoohelpwanted.com. I don’t think.

We started arranging the move just after he got the job, assuming the place he’s transfereing would get their shit together like a normal job, y’know? Already have an idea what job he’ll have and quickly figure it out. We’ve never, EVER had a job that took this long to get all the details down, so we weren’t expecting it. We know he has a job waiting for him, but we just don’t know what he’ll be doing. But we can’t really tell that to the complex, can we? “Yeah, he has a job. Making somewhere between 10 and 12 dollars an hour. Here ya go!”

Basically, we’re desperate to get back to Austin, and this was our only real opportunity. We had to take it.

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Hey now not all procrastinators are bad. I’ll tell you why tomorrow.

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Ehh, tomorrow I’ll check to see if someone’s already used this joke…

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I suspect that just the info you have on the new job will be enough. Ask the HR person to write a letter saying where he’ll be working and the expected pay rate.

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I thuoght of it first. I just kept putting off using it.