EDITED RANT: So my co-worker was really depressed and .....

[CoolTech]

So my co-worker was really depressed and he's like Im not gonna find a new job.

A little back story is my co-worker and I work as a contractor for a large prominent financial firm in a major city and the contract is ending soon. Me, being the nice guy I am decided to give him a little help finding a new job.

So, I searched the alumni database of the university we both attended and found a person with a lot in common with him that could be a good networking contact. The person was female, from the same city as him (4 blocks away), went to the same university of course, and works for the same company as he does now but as a full-time employee.

Turns out the company we work for now offered him a position in another state based on the tip and him having lunch with this lady.

So, my question is this, how much do you think my very specific and relevant tip played in him getting the job. He and another co-worker are saying that my information means nothing and anyone could've done that. The fact is, everyone knows about google, but everyone doesnt know how or what to search for. Just kinda pisses me off how ungrateful some people can be.... after a few months of saying, "I could never get a real job at this place" he now has a job.

 

[Kev]

you fvcking suck ass at ranting

what is your point?

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: CoolTech
So my co-worker was really depressed and he's like Im not gonna find a job.
A little back story is I work as a contractor for a large prominent financial firm in a major city. Me, being the nice guy I am decided to give him a little help. So, I searched the alumni database of our university and found a person with a lot in common with him. The person was female, from the same city as him (4 blocks away), went to the same university of course, and works for the same company as he does now but as a full-time employee. Turns out they offered him a position in another state. So, my question is this, how much do you think my very specific and relevant tip played in him getting the job. He and another co-worker are saying that my information means nothing and anyone couldve done that. The fact is, everyone knows about google, but everyone doesnt know how or what to search for. Just kinda pisses me off how ungrateful some people can be....

2/10
Your story doesn't make sense. You need to learn to tell a story to someone who doesn't have intimate knowledge of the subject. Otherwise, we can't understand it.

 

[thatsright]

Originally posted by: CoolTech
So my co-worker was really depressed and he's like Im not gonna find a job.
A little back story is I work as a contractor for a large prominent financial firm in a major city. Me, being the nice guy I am decided to give him a little help. So, I searched the alumni database of our university and found a person with a lot in common with him. The person was female, from the same city as him (4 blocks away), went to the same university of course, and works for the same company as he does now but as a full-time employee. Turns out they offered him a position in another state. So, my question is this, how much do you think my very specific and relevant tip played in him getting the job. He and another co-worker are saying that my information means nothing and anyone couldve done that. The fact is, everyone knows about google, but everyone doesnt know how or what to search for. Just kinda pisses me off how ungrateful some people can be....

WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

 

[wiredspider]

i'm confused...

 

[nycxandy]

404 Rant not found.

 

[Rastus]

Originally posted by: Kev
you fvcking suck ass at ranting

what is your point?

 

[sixone]

Did you do it because you're a nice guy, or so that he'd thank you?

Don't take his failure to acknowledge the favor personally. It says more about him than it does about you.

 

[CoolTech]

Originally posted by: sixone
Did you do it because you're a nice guy, or so that he'd thank you?

Don't take his failure to acknowledge the favor personally. It says more about him than it does about you.

I was definitely being a nice guy, I mean I had multiple job offers and he had nothing, so I felt bad and decided to help, but people being ungrateful just sickens me.

 

[postmortemIA]

some people are not worth helping, others are.

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: CoolTech

Originally posted by: sixone
Did you do it because you're a nice guy, or so that he'd thank you?

Don't take his failure to acknowledge the favor personally. It says more about him than it does about you.

I was definitely being a nice guy, I mean I had multiple job offers and he had nothing, so I felt bad and decided to help, but people being ungrateful just sickens me.

Yeah, it makes you wish you weren't so nice. But it's a special person who can keep being nice, when people don't deserve it.

 

[Chrono]

Ah? Yeah. Fvck him.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Who cares man, you were being nice and that should give you internal happiness. Whether he thanks you or not shouldn't matter... cheers.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

 

[AreaCode707]

Cliffs:

- Coworker was a contractor at company A
- I helped coworker network and look for work at company B
- Company A offered coworker a full time job because they thought company B was going to take him away
- Coworker hasn't said thanks
- I'm pissed at coworker for being ungrateful.

Is that the story?

 

[maziwanka]

well your coworker sounds like an ungrateful douchebag but whatever. forget about him

 

[CoolTech]

Originally posted by: HotChic
Cliffs:

- Coworker was a contractor at company A
- I helped coworker network and look for work at company B
- Company A offered coworker a full time job because they thought company B was going to take him away
- Coworker hasn't said thanks
- I'm pissed at coworker for being ungrateful.

Is that the story?

"- Company A offered coworker a full time job because they thought company B was going to take him away" except that part, the guy got a job in this place doing IT with no previous background because of nepotism, the staffing agency is for technical jobs, he had neither the motivation or expertise to pursue a career in IT so no, they werent afraid of or were even aware of his communication with company A.

Clarification:

Company A = the physical location of where we work
Company B = the contracting agency who gets paid from company A and they in turn pay us.

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: HotChic
Cliffs:

- Coworker was a contractor at company A
- I helped coworker network and look for work at company B
- Company A offered coworker a full time job because they thought company B was going to take him away
- Coworker hasn't said thanks
- I'm pissed at coworker for being ungrateful.

Is that the story?

- Coworker was a contractor at Company A
- I helped coworker network with a full-time employee at Company A
- Company A offered coworker a full-time job based on the reccomendation of the person I found
- Coworker hasn't said thanks and thinks my efforts were not important in securing him the job.
- I'm pissed at coworker for being ungrateful

That's what I got.

Does he think he would have gotten the offer out of the blue without having met this person? It just shows one reason why you already had multiple offers and he had none. Be happy that you were able to help him even if he is ungrateful.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Why is it whenever we do something for someone else, we EXPECT a return? Why can't it be like the movie "Pay it forward"? Maybe in a perfect world

But honestly, don't look for the return in everything you do, expect nothing, that way everything you recieve will be a gift.

 

[TeeJay1952]

When we help others it isn't so much to help them as helping ourselves. I like living in a world where people help other people with no thought of reward. That means I must help others without thinking of what I gain from them but rather what I gain for myself.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

you did something nice, leave it at that

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: CoolTech
So my co-worker was really depressed and he's like Im not gonna find a new job.

A little back story is my co-worker and I work as a contractor for a large prominent financial firm in a major city and the contract is ending soon. Me, being the nice guy I am decided to give him a little help finding a new job.

So, I searched the alumni database of the university we both attended and found a person with a lot in common with him that could be a good networking contact. The person was female, from the same city as him (4 blocks away), went to the same university of course, and works for the same company as he does now but as a full-time employee.

Turns out the company we work for now offered him a position in another state based on the tip and him having lunch with this lady.

So, my question is this, how much do you think my very specific and relevant tip played in him getting the job. He and another co-worker are saying that my information means nothing and anyone could've done that. The fact is, everyone knows about google, but everyone doesnt know how or what to search for. Just kinda pisses me off how ungrateful some people can be.... after a few months of saying, "I could never get a real job at this place" he now has a job.

yup, it sounds like he;s an ungrateful SOB.

Give him a Glock and ask him if he;s ever played Russian Roulette

 

[altonb1]

Sabotage him and get him fired, then tell him Karma is a b*tch.

 

[Lonyo]

The OP wants money for helping someone else get a job because he's a greedy fvck.

 

[SampSon]

So you're ranting that a co-worker isn't sending you thank you cards, telling everyone he knows that you helped him and fellating you in general?
Exactly how much credit do you want for putting him in touch with someone that you don't know?
You didn't do much except find the contact for a person he went to school with.

You gave him the ball and he ran with it. When a RB takes a handoff and makes a touchdown run, the QB doesn't get thrown into the limelight.
What if nothing came of the contact you gave him? What if the result was a negative one?

The idea that you can't just silently enjoy a good deed really reflects poorly on you, not him.