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Old 10-07-2024, 09:42 PM   #21
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Sorry to hear that, I hope you still get an offer of some kind with them.

Took two tries with my current employer, too. Def try again another time.
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Old 10-07-2024, 10:05 PM   #22
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Thanks.

The part where I see the mistake I made was that I was unprepared for the Telview phone interview, because being new to this sort of thing, I didn't know what was going to be asked. Plus it felt really awkward not talking to an actual person, but a phone app. This evening, I typed out the questions and I gave better answers on a Words document. So next time, I'll be better prepared.

So as sad as it felt, it didn't come to a surprise, because stuff like jobs falling through is the story of my life. I just see this opportunity as a way to improve myself for the next time the chance comes back in the future.
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Old 10-08-2024, 03:50 AM   #23
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I've done remote chats myself, but never an interview via an automated app rather than a person. I would have been a bit thrown too.
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Old 10-08-2024, 04:37 PM   #24
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I may of spoken too soon, because just minutes ago, I got an email from the manager of the Best Buy I applied at and they want to schedule an in-person interview in the upcoming days this week. I thought I lost my chance when the career page no longer shows the position I applied for, but it appears I still have a sporting chance. I'm going to reply the email and schedule the interview.
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Old 10-08-2024, 04:49 PM   #25
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I may of spoken too soon, because just minutes ago, I got an email from the manager of the Best Buy I applied at and they want to schedule an in-person interview in the upcoming days this week. I thought I lost my chance when the career page no longer shows the position I applied for, but it appears I still have a sporting chance. I'm going to reply the email and schedule the interview.
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Old 10-08-2024, 05:28 PM   #26
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Woo! Good luck! Awesome they are calling you in.
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Old 10-08-2024, 05:32 PM   #27
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After I scheduled the interview for Friday at 1:30, I called my mom to tell her the good news and she turned on me. At first she was happy, but then with a desperate begging for me to get information from my mental health facility and social security to get information on how much I can make before I start losing my benefits that we tried so hard to get. So it sounds like my mom is in part for the job, but mostly against it, if they pay me past a certain amount. I spent 12 years in school, and my entire adulthood trying to get a job and now she pretty much wants (more like begging) me to back off. More than 5 years ago, she would of been all over my ass for not working, but now that something I really want maybe coming up for me, she wants to discourage me from pursuing it.

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Old 10-08-2024, 05:52 PM   #28
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After I scheduled the interview for Friday at 1:30, I called my mom to tell her the good news and she turned on me. At first she was happy, but then with a desperate begging for me to get information from my mental health facility and social security to get information on how much I can make before I start losing my benefits that we tried so hard to get. So it sounds like my mom is in part for the job, but mostly against it, if they pay me past a certain amount. I spent 12 years in school, and my entire adulthood trying to get a job and now she pretty much wants (more like begging) me to back off. More than 5 years ago, she would of been all over my ass for not working, but now that something I really want maybe coming up for me, she wants to discourage me from pursuing it.
So to translate... Mom: "Get a job!" and then, also Mom: "Oh wait, if you get a job I'll have to pay for all of your mental health stuff? Never mind! Don't get a job!" On the plus side, at least you called her bluff?

I mean, yeesh. I don't know what to say to that. It's not unlike the parents (both single and not single alike) begging their boss not to pay them past a certain hourly wage because then they wouldn't qualify for cheaper or free daycare from the state. On the one hand you don't really blame the person for taking advantage of something that's so clearly available and yet, it still all feels really, really dirty.
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Yeah, I'm gonna ignore that "women" part...

Does she think the benefits will easily support you alone when she is gone? I mean what then? You might need something else to support you and without much experience, good luck when agism starts to come into play.

Does she indirectly benefit from you having them? Let's be honest, sometimes parents (or Boomers in general) can be self-centered and controlling for one reason or other. Some won't see their 'kid' as their own person and want to keep a thumb on them.

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Does she indirectly benefit from you having them? Let's be honest, sometimes parents (or Boomers in general) can be self-centered and controlling for one reason or other.
I'd say that's 1000% more true of most recent generations of parents. Whole droves of parents willing to sacrifice their children to the latest social experiment as long as they get some cred.
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So to translate... Mom: "Get a job!" and then, also Mom: "Oh wait, if you get a job I'll have to pay for all of your mental health stuff? Never mind! Don't get a job!" On the plus side, at least you called her bluff?

I mean, yeesh. I don't know what to say to that. It's not unlike the parents (both single and not single alike) begging their boss not to pay them past a certain hourly wage because then they wouldn't qualify for cheaper or free daycare from the state. On the one hand you don't really blame the person for taking advantage of something that's so clearly available and yet, it still all feels really, really dirty.
That can be an honest concern for public aid recipients - you are encouraged to get a job but the income can diminish your benefits and there is a breaking point where you either need to make enough money to not care if the benefits drop precipitously, or it might be generally better to have no job at all because if you lose the benefits you can't sustain your lifestyle.

And while this is all true (and I've seen it during my casework years), the problem lies directly with the liberal policies that tend to create welfare-states. Hence more of the "liberal lie", but your average peasant-thinker won't compute all of that - they'll just say "it's not fair!" and blame someone other than the liberal policy makers who woo people into the welfare-state.

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I'd say that's 1000% more true of most recent generations of parents. Whole droves of parents willing to sacrifice their children to the latest social experiment as long as they get some cred.
As for the point about the mother benefitting? That goes deeper than most people will compute as well. For example, sometimes a parent isn't benefitting directly-financially. HOWEVER< depending on the depth of issues of the problem-person, often parents will have relief of "being rid of them" in a manner of speaking once they get on public aid. The parents can finally lean back a bit from the burden and so the aid becomes MORE IMPORTANT to the parent who has been alleviated of their burden somewhat by their kid being on public aid. It's terrifying for a parent that the kid will 'bounce back' to them because it really is an incredible burden to a parent to have a kid who can't be self-sustaining. It's just the truth, again, I've seen it.

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Old 10-08-2024, 09:00 PM   #32
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I made a call this evening to my mental-health facility and left a message that should be returned tomorrow. I need answers from both them, social security and my attorney.

My mom isn't benefiting from me having disability benefits. She provided me a coach house above the garage behind her main house. She's not asking for anything; no rent, no taxes, no utilities (I pay only $35 a month for Nicor Gas to Nicor themselves). The only condition I have is that I keep the place neat and clean and I follow her rules.

I don't see what the big deal is if my benefits go down, because the only bills I have to pay off my Sony (soon-to-be PlayStation Card after the New Year) VISA and that is car insurance ($89.11 a month); gas for the house ($35 a month); food with SNAP (varies $125 - $150 twice a month) and cat supplies ($60 every several months from Costco I buy in bulk).

Anything else that I need to pay for like dental, vision, car repair or whatever, I have a special needs trust that my aunt set up with the money my dad left for me, and with a debit card. So if I need special needs, I'll tell her what I need and she'll put the money onto the debit card and I just pay the merchant and get a receipt.

So if my benefits do go down because of this part-time job, I should actually be quite well. If I have to keep my bank account below a certain amount ($2,000 cut off), then I'll just withdrawal the parts I don't need for that month and put the cash into my safe like I did before.

One of many things I have issues with my mom is that it seems like she's controlling and running every aspect of my life; has been for 42 years. I mean since I had to live here, I have all these ridiculous (some I understand is fine) rules that I have to follow or else she threatens to take my lifestyle away from me. These rules are: no sweatpants; shave twice a day; I have to make my bed; I have to do laundry three times a week; hold my silverware in a certain way and not like autistic person does; keep the volume on the TV and computer low; drive my car for at least a half hour a week so the battery doesn't drain.

For over 20 years she kept nagging on me about me not having a job (something she hasn't had since winter of 1996, believe it or not), but now that a job at Best Buy that I'm happy about came up, she's wants to step in the way of me getting it. I kind of see her point about the benefits, because if I lose the benefits due to the job; and then something happens to the job and I'm without both, I'm screwed out of money. This could either be a win-win, or a lose-lose proposition depending on how you want to see it.

Well I'm going to be spending the next day getting the answers I need from my aunt, my attorney, social security, and my mental health case worker and see what I can work with.
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Well the interview is in 24 hours from now, and I have butterflies in my stomach. Part of me is excited about having a job that I can handle and at a tech store like Best Buy; but part of me is scare of a possible life-altering change, which is something people with Asperger's struggle with. I looked at YouTube videos about being nervous of a new job, and according to the video and the comments, my fear of the unknown and major changes, I'm not alone. As far as I can tell, I've been nervous of new things my whole life, including first day of school, job interviews, moving to a new house.
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Goodness no, FAR from alone. Aspergers not even required, still true for a lot of people without and most everyone over at least some things sometimes.

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Well, this afternoon I had the interview with Best Buy, and so far things are turning up well. I wasn't nervous. In fact, I felt pretty good after I got in the store. They asked me their questions, which I did with very little issues and I asked them questions at the end. I also mentioned my Asperger's and that because of my disability benefits, I'm limited on how many hours I can work by showing him the letter from Social Security. He seems to be understanding, because they dealt with employees that have limits. The manager will talk to the general manager on Tuesday and if he wants to continue the hiring process with me, I'll find out within a week. So things appear to be in good standing with me and them.

After the interview, I walked around for a few minutes looking for the OLED TV I'm going to get later this month, but they didn't have it; oh well, I can get it on the company website. While looking around, I introduced myself to a few employees saying that I just had an interview for product flow specialist and everyone seems very nice.
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I walked around for a few minutes looking for the OLED TV I'm going to get later this month, but they didn't have it; oh well, I can get it on the company website.
If you get in, is there an employee discount?
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For what people who've worked for Best Buy say that there is a generous employee discount, but it might not include expensive TVs and I would have to wait several months of work to get it. I want to get the Sony A80L OLED on October 23 or 24th just before my mom flies out to Florida for my aunt's birthday for a week. I'll get it then because if it's delivered while she knows about it, I'm just afraid she'll ask questions that'll feel like a guilt trip or a nag. It's funny, because she's the same person who said that she won't tell me how to spend my money, but one time I bought a bo staff with dragons on it and she threatened to charge me rent because of how I spend my money. Thank God she won't charge me for anything.
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Well it's been a week and a half and still no response about the job. I'm starting to lose hope. I emailed the manager Sunday saying that if the job hasn't been filled yet that I still want it and will take care of it and keep it, but nothing. In fact, last night I found the job posting for the same position twice up again but for the holidays.

However, there is still a part of me that clings to some little hope because the fact that they didn't send any kind of notice saying one thing or another tells me that they still haven't rejected me. According to people on Glassdoor, some people say that it took them longer than a few weeks to get a response and still ended up with the job.

If I don't get this job this time, there's still going to be openings in the future for me to try again. Plus I have another Best Buy in the area a half a mile away from Woodfield Mall (5 miles from home). If I can't get in at Arlington Heights's Best Buy, I'll try Schaumburg after the threat of snow is over next April, because I fear driving past a certain distance in hazard winter conditions. At least here in Arlington, it's just basically one street.
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Hope your job pursuits are going well, RE7.

Any good news yet?
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Any good news yet?
No, not yet. What is worrying me is the job I applied and interviewed for got posted back up after that. I just wonder if the job went to someone else without letting me know their decision and these 2 warehouse positions (the job I wanted) are separate spots than what I went for meant for the holiday season.

Part of me is still clinging to hope, while the other part of me is coming to terms that the job is gone and it just wasn't my time now. If that's the case, I'll just try again in the future, or try at another nearby location after the snow season is over. In the meantime, I still have money coming in from disability and my special needs trust to tie me over and because of that, I can afford to be selective in what jobs I apply for.
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