Radke Land

Ok, sorry for the lapse in blogging ... too many reasons why. At any rate, I was asked at work to start looking for a Chemical Technician to help with projects. Well, besides it being quite overdue, it's good news. So I started working on something for our Human Resources person to post to get the ball rolling.

Due to this and that at work, I've been a bit ... snarky, annoyed, whatever. This is what came out of that. A couple of people told me it was 'genius' ("every Human Resources person in the world should read it", one of my coworkers said), so I thought I'd record it for posterity.

Here’s my unorganized free form “what we need” stuff.

1. Show up to work every day. Really. I don’t care if you sneezed this morning. Oh, you gawt a runny dose? Sorry, no sympathy. Can you handle that?
2. Integrity. Can you tell the truth even if you really f$*@(ed it up? Really … I mean it.
3. Are you obsessive with being organized? Do you like to tidy stuff up? This is need #1 – we can teach you everything else.
4. From here on it, I don’t care that much – work it out.
5. Can you fix stuff? I don’t care if you know what it’s called, figger it out!
6. How’s your Ego? Oh, you’re pretty smart? Oh, we’re so pleased to talk to you. Bye.
7. What happens when you’re following one of my experiments, and I apparently made a typo or something – it doesn’t make any sense! Do you …

a) Look for someone to help you, and keep looking … 45 minutes later wishing you knew what to do
b) Shrug your shoulders, fill in the blanks yourself, and move on, knowing you’re probably screwing something up
c) If you answered a, go away.

8. If you got the degree, you’d better remember something … cramming to pass a test and forgetting later makes you worth the same amount as a GED guy.
9. Can you laugh? Seriously … some days rock, some days suck … we joke around. Laughing is important.