# Interviewing to keep your job

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewing-to-keep-your-job/192111>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 31, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewing-to-keep-your-job/192111 "2003-07-31T12:41:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewing-to-keep-your-job/192111/21 "2003-08-01T02:30:10Z")

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I have a feeling “C” is on his way out. As I said, he was bucking for VP. But scuttlebutt says he’s not well-liked by other directors. I don’t know why, but he does tend to get a little over-enthusiastic about things. I don’t know if he sees the _mene, mene, tekel_ but it seems to be obvious to us proles.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewing-to-keep-your-job/192111/22 "2003-08-01T02:32:03Z")

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> I wish I had you across the table with some beers.

Unfortunately, beer has too many carbohydrates for the time being. ☹

BTW: I used to work for a government contractor. (Or two, or three…) I know how the contract thing goes.

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**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewing-to-keep-your-job/192111/23 "2003-08-01T03:42:44Z")

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My last apparently wasn’t accepted. If it shows up again, my apologies.

**Johnny** you and the Atkins thing is gonna put a crimp in our relationship if we ever get together because I really want to party with you. I wish I had your willpower because carnivore that I am, and Atkins follower that I want to be, I love bread. A lot. I wish I had your willpower.

I left the government because of my own ethics problems that I had with my IPT lead, who was very much like the management that you are talking about. I loved my job, and without shame, was the best in the country, and arguably, among colleagues around the world, at what I did. Now I’m a nobody. I went from a 600 cu. ft office to sharing a cubicle with someone as a nameless nobody and I couldn’t be happier. It was cool being “the man”, but I like the lack of political pressure. It has it’s downsides, but overall, sometimes change is good. Go with what makes you happy. You will be better off.

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