It has been a lazy, lazy, lazy weekend. Woke up just before noon, had lunch, watched a couple of Kekkon Dekinai Otoko episodes, raided the kitchen for more edibles and generally ambled about like a shamelessly overfed cat. Life's great when you get D-Addicts english sub releases for three episodes in one sitting over a bowl of Japanese-style ground beef curry.
Last Friday, the company I'm currently applying at started doing some serious background check and called each of the references listed in the application form I filled out. They even dropped by my home address for an unannounced interview with Sulley. It was lucky he was home at the time. But he also happened to be resting, so the lobby guard turned the interviewer away — with good reason.
The pre-employment background check was done by a third party company, which I hear was pretty costly. I take it this means they're serious about hiring me, right?
I've had companies who've called my character references before as part of the pre-employment screening process. This was the first time, though, that someone actually went to my home to, i dunno, find out if I kept a 15-foot shark in my livingroom?
Amazingly thorough, if a little kind of freaky.
But I like this company, so I do hope that for all it's worth, they'd offer me a good package. Am keeping my fingers crossed in the meantime. Oooh, I hope there'll be good news to write about soon.
