Some people are full of crap.

[Cogman]

New hire is a moron.

What sort of moron joins a large corporate company in Texas and on the first day starts making comments like "Oh, capitalism is so bad and evil!".

Then to justify his statement he goes on to say crap like "I owned a company that had BILLIONS of dollars flowing through my hand. I was so tempted to steal it!" Which says two things about this fellow to me.
1. He is a liar. You don't go from "owning billions" to "working in entry level IT". No matter what the breaks are, you can do better.
2. He is probably untrustworthy. There are PLENTY of people that handle large amounts of money that aren't tempted to steal it.

I'm pretty sure the guy completely lied on his resume. My manager over lunch was saying about the same thing (doesn't know how he got through, his resume is 3 pages of buzz words and fluff. etc).

 

[spidey07]

Sounds like he won't be working there for much longer. Tell him "you're right, capitalism doesn't work so you're fired."

 

[Cogman]

Sounds like he won't be working there for much longer. Tell him "you're right, capitalism doesn't work so you're fired."

, I'm not the manager.

 

[dainthomas]

new higher. He is a moron.

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[moshquerade]

why yes, yes they are.

 

[Albatross]

:\

:biggrin:

 

[Zeze]

Coworker, new higher. He is a moron.

lol? I had to second guess this thinking it's a corp jargon. You meant HIRE?

 

[zinfamous]

thread ruined (or made awesome?) with first sentence.

:thumbsup:

 

[Cogman]

lol? I had to second guess this thinking it's a corp jargon. You meant HIRE?

woops. Somehow my brain always seems to fail when talking about the failing brains of others.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I was full of crap a couple hours ago, now I'm good though.

 

[hanoverphist]

Then to justify his statement he goes on to say crap like "I owned a company that had BILLIONS of dollars flowing through my hand. I was so tempted to steal it!" Which says two things about this fellow to me.
1. He is a liar. You don't go from "owning billions" to "working in entry level IT". No matter what the breaks are, you can do better.
2. He is probably untrustworthy. There are PLENTY of people that handle large amounts of money that aren't tempted to steal it.

having a job that monitors transactions worth billions is not the same as "owning billions". responsibility for those transactions could be in range with his past work history.

but i agree, he sounds like a tool that regrets whatever made him go find a new job. i also agree with your #2

 

[Cogman]

having a job that monitors transactions worth billions is not the same as "owning billions". responsibility for those transactions could be in range with his past work history.

but i agree, he sounds like a tool that regrets whatever made him go find a new job. i also agree with your #2

The way he was speaking about it, it sounded like he was the boss.

 

[hanoverphist]

The way he was speaking about it, it sounded like he was the boss.

ya, a lot of tools try to boost their importance level to others, especially when they are entering a new environment where they are scum on the porch. my old baby engineer was like that as well, a year or two of getting reminded of the stuff he was still learning put him in a good place tho.

 

[Slew Foot]

Everyone is full of crap. What do you think comes out of your ass?

 

[moshquerade]

I was full of crap a couple hours ago, now I'm good though.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/5fmN9k...red.com/audio/5fmN9kuP/Toilet_Flush.html[/URLToilet Flush.mp3

 

[HAL9000]

Did someone ring his references?

 

[Cogman]

Everyone is full of crap. What do you think comes out of your ass?

Candy canes and roses. Why? Is this not normal?

 

[zinfamous]

Did someone ring his references?

ring?

wtf is wrong with you? that's disgusting!

D:

 

[HAL9000]

ring?

wtf is wrong with you? that's disgusting!

D:

...?

 

[Cogman]

...?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ring&defid=24193
See definition #2

 

[HAL9000]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ring&defid=24193
See definition #2

Not really a verb in that context.

 

[Locut0s]

Did someone ring his references?

References don't necessarily mean much. They will get their friends to pose as their previous bosses. And if I remember correctly there are laws on the book (at least here) that prevent a reference from saying certain negative things about a former employee anyway (though these are probably more along the lines of anti defamation or something).

 

[Locut0s]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ring&defid=24193
See definition #2

Yeah as HAL said not a verb. That would be rim.

 

[HAL9000]

References don't necessarily mean much. They will get their friends to pose as their previous bosses. And if I remember correctly there are laws on the book (at least here) that prevent a reference from saying certain negative things about a former employee anyway (though these are probably more along the lines of anti defamation or something).

Same here, it's any negative thing that can't be formally backed up with paper work, warnings and so on.

 

[Locut0s]

Same here, it's any negative thing that can't be formally backed up with paper work, warnings and so on.

Right. Legally you can't say he was a horrible employee, always late, stole money from us etc.. unless you can back it up with documentation, right? These laws went into effect a number of years back but I never knew any of the details.

You guys have something similar in the US?