OT: Hiring

[OK_Cat]

you should hire the ghost that is in cns casey's house.  would be pretty funny.

[8manpick]

This is 8mp's job to lose.

 

[Trim]

Why do you need a physical presence?

Unfortunately, a lot of problems are averted or solved here as a result of me walking down a hall and seeing something and asking WTF.  The successful candidate will be creating systems to avoid those scenarios in the future.  Still, a lot of the staff here doesn't take accountability seriously and needs to have things physically put in front of them and completion demanded in person.  There may also be things I'd work on remotely that need to be processed within the office and I'd rather have somebody I trust seeing to it that it happens.

[Trim]

This is 8mp's job to lose.

 

When can you interview?

[wetwillie]

Why do you need a physical presence?

Unfortunately, a lot of problems are averted or solved here as a result of me walking down a hall and seeing something and asking WTF.  The successful candidate will be creating systems to avoid those scenarios in the future.  Still, a lot of the staff here doesn't take accountability seriously and needs to have things physically put in front of them and completion demanded in person.  There may also be things I'd work on remotely that need to be processed within the office and I'd rather have somebody I trust seeing to it that it happens.

I still think at least half the answer to your problem is a virtual assistant from elance.com or similar sites that have MBA grads from Mumbai and other areas working for $6 an hour.  They could probably figure out how to solve your physical presence issue for less money than the time you would have to spend interviewing and training.

[Trim]

Why do you need a physical presence?

Unfortunately, a lot of problems are averted or solved here as a result of me walking down a hall and seeing something and asking WTF.  The successful candidate will be creating systems to avoid those scenarios in the future.  Still, a lot of the staff here doesn't take accountability seriously and needs to have things physically put in front of them and completion demanded in person.  There may also be things I'd work on remotely that need to be processed within the office and I'd rather have somebody I trust seeing to it that it happens.

I still think at least half the answer to your problem is a virtual assistant from elance.com or similar sites that have MBA grads from Mumbai and other areas working for $6 an hour.  They could probably figure out how to solve your physical presence issue for less money than the time you would have to spend interviewing and training.

No.  There will be a human being of my choosing seeing to it that crap gets done while I'm away.  I'm fine with investing time and money into finding that person and setting them up to succeed.

[steve dave]

robot that drives around the office with a video feed back to your laptop and your face showing up on the robot's face or if not presentable a stock photo of your face in various levels of happiness/anger of your choosing.

[ChiComCat]

EMAWpprentice

[Trim]

robot that drives around the office with a video feed back to your laptop and your face showing up on the robot's face or if not presentable a stock photo of your face in various levels of happiness/anger of your choosing.

Seems unrealistic.  Saul?

Did I mention there's a brand new nu-way opening up minutes from the office?

[Trim]

EMAWpprentice

[Trim]

Also, wild idea.  Vaughn Scribner?

[Saulbadguy]

robot that drives around the office with a video feed back to your laptop and your face showing up on the robot's face or if not presentable a stock photo of your face in various levels of happiness/anger of your choosing.

Seems unrealistic.  Saul?

Did I mention there's a brand new nu-way opening up minutes from the office?

Believe it or not it is realistic. I saw one at the last trade show I went to. It provides 2 way video/audio, and can be driven remotely.

[Saulbadguy]

Something like this.

[Trim]

robot that drives around the office with a video feed back to your laptop and your face showing up on the robot's face or if not presentable a stock photo of your face in various levels of happiness/anger of your choosing.

Seems unrealistic.  Saul?

Did I mention there's a brand new nu-way opening up minutes from the office?

Believe it or not it is realistic. I saw one at the last trade show I went to. It provides 2 way video/audio, and can be driven remotely.

I need it to operate independently though.  The successful human/robot candidate will be getting a lot of crap done independently, without me having to drive it around and make its decisions.

[Trim]

Something like this.

That's not going to work here.

[steve dave]

the robot I had in mind is much more awesome than that.  like C3PO with a video monitor on his chest.

[pissclams]

Something like this.

that is not a robot

[Saulbadguy]

robot that drives around the office with a video feed back to your laptop and your face showing up on the robot's face or if not presentable a stock photo of your face in various levels of happiness/anger of your choosing.

Seems unrealistic.  Saul?

Did I mention there's a brand new nu-way opening up minutes from the office?

Believe it or not it is realistic. I saw one at the last trade show I went to. It provides 2 way video/audio, and can be driven remotely.

I need it to operate independently though.  The successful human/robot candidate will be getting a lot of crap done independently, without me having to drive it around and make its decisions.

Ah, you need one with an AI. That might be cost prohibitive/impossible.

[Saulbadguy]

the robot I had in mind is much more awesome than that.  like C3PO with a video monitor on his chest.

Biped would be difficult. "wheels" are much easier to operate.

[Trim]

the robot I had in mind is much more awesome than that.  like C3PO with a video monitor on his chest.

Sounds unrealistic.  Saul?

[steve dave]

ok.  maybe like a Johnny 5 type then

[pissclams]

we're going to look back at the day saul posted  a link to a terrible looking non-robot and laugh our  asses off for hours.

[Saulbadguy]

It would probably be easier to put each office/cube under constant video/audio surveillance. Also, direct access to the subordinates email and telephone would be required. Easier than the robot scenario, that is.

[Dr Rick Daris]

trim,

would the person that you are hiring be able to purchase a robot and use the robot to do the work needed or would a human body have to be in the office doing the work. cause if it's just a robot then sd and i would be willing to tag team this thing for 45k/year.

[steve dave]

the robot will have to have a taser for motivational purposes only