The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

Just read in Time that the Greek railroad generates $100 million annually in revenue and pays out $400 million in wages.

[Ideologue]

NR      We have not reviewed your qualifications for this specialty and grade. However, we have accepted your   

        application and will review it when a job exists which matches your availability and skills.  If upon later     

        review we find that you are ineligible, we will notify you.     

Er?

[Ed Anger]

NR      We have not reviewed your qualifications for this specialty and grade. However, we have accepted your   

        application and will review it when a job exists which matches your availability and skills.  If upon later     

        review we find that you are ineligible, we will notify you.     

Er?

"Don't call us, we'll call you"

[Neil]

NR      We have not reviewed your qualifications for this specialty and grade. However, we have accepted your   

        application and will review it when a job exists which matches your availability and skills.  If upon later     

        review we find that you are ineligible, we will notify you.     

Er?

It's HR talk for 'Not a chance'.

Sorry.

[Ideologue]

I thought it was strange since it didn't follow the usual template.  I was absolutely qualified for the job.  :shrug:

[Razgovory]

I thought it was strange since it didn't follow the usual template.  I was absolutely qualified for the job.  :shrug:

Was the job waiting tables?

[Ed Anger]

I thought it was strange since it didn't follow the usual template.  I was absolutely qualified for the job.  :shrug:

This is the key part:

will review it when a job exists which matches your availability and skills

Translation:

We threw it on the reject pile, but the person writing you was sparing your feelings.

[Josquius]

Just read in Time that the Greek railroad generates $100 million annually in revenue and pays out $400 million in wages.

railways are meant to be like that, they're not for making money on their own but  boosting the economy through  bdtter infrastructure.  the greeks aren't too spectacularly  greek on that one.

[MadImmortalMan]

Leland Stanford disagrees with you.






Along with countless other tycoons who made a fortune on the rails.

[Ideologue]

I thought it was strange since it didn't follow the usual template.  I was absolutely qualified for the job.  :shrug:

Was the job waiting tables?

Have you ever even had a job?

[Admiral Yi]

railways are meant to be like that, they're not for making money on their own but  boosting the economy through  bdtter infrastructure.  the greeks aren't too spectacularly  greek on that one.

I don't know if there are a whole lot of countries where the railroads operate with a 75% operating subsidy (and that's not counting non-labor costs).

[Tonitrus]

Just read in Time that the Greek railroad generates $100 million annually in revenue and pays out $400 million in wages.

Is there any railroad in the world that makes a profit?

Though I imagine the profit/expense ratio for highways is far worse.

[Ideologue]

I thought it was strange since it didn't follow the usual template.  I was absolutely qualified for the job.  :shrug:

This is the key part:

will review it when a job exists which matches your availability and skills

Translation:

We threw it on the reject pile, but the person writing you was sparing your feelings.

No, I get that.  But it was a government gig, so the notion that they didn't review my qualifications is baffling.  Maybe they changed their (automated) responses, or what have you, but the usual reply is "qualified, but not best qualified" or similar.  An NR is strange.  Perhaps some computer in the OPM is getting tired of reading my applications.

[Admiral Yi]

Is there any railroad in the world that makes a profit?

Though I imagine the profit/expense ratio for highways is far worse.

CSX, Norfolk & Southern, I don't know the names of any more...

[Tonitrus]

Is there any railroad in the world that makes a profit?

Though I imagine the profit/expense ratio for highways is far worse.

CSX, Norfolk & Southern, I don't know the names of any more...

Ok, so basically only freight rail.

I am sure we're thinking more along the lines of passenger rail.