Again with the snow, plus other insults to my person

[scarlettina]

Falling again. Spanky and Merlin are both sitting by the balcony door, watching. Outside, I hear the scrape of a snow shovel on sidewalk.

I miss other people. I miss my friends. I was miserably ill last year through the holidays and missed all the parties; I was hoping to make it up this year. Unless a miracle happens, this year will be a repeat. I hate this.

Also? I was awakened at 7:30 by a call from a recruiter on the east coast with an Indian accent so thick I could barely understand her. She called both my landline and my cell--twice. I missed the calls but got the voicemail. It was urgent-urgent-urgent. She was from an agency I've never heard of before. And all I could think was that there's no job so urgent that it couldn't wait until a decent hour. And then, to add insult to injury, I walked into the bathroom to discover cat sick all over the floor.

Crab crab crab. I'm going to go have breakfast now.

ETA: Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Joel Connelly tells it like it is. I wrote my angry letter to the mayor yesterday, but I may write another one today, just to let off some steam. And a report in the PI discusses the risks vs benefits of salting roads. Welcome to Seattle, folks! Everything is a hand-wringing, angst-ridden discussion. ::sigh::

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

According to a friend who contracts regularly in technology, Indian-run contracting agencies are proliferating all over the US, generally paying less than American agencies and being incredibly aggressive. They're bringing the outsourcing model back to the US: provide cheaper labor, take higher percentages. They're completely legit. The question is, how much of the money you earn do you want to keep?

[dbara.livejournal.com]

I've been bombarded by this company called Artech. They are paying spit but I'm having them submit me anyway. Most of their contracts are short term, three months or even less sometimes.

And they are super-aggressive.

db

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

That's the company that got me out of bed this morning. I'm going to try to stick with more local agencies. They pay more and have more face time with local companies.