The Off Topic Topic

[Zanza]

I love how notice of termination letters only take effect the first or fifteenth day of the month. How wonderfully anal. I mean, German.

A full month and a half of notice. I'm sure that'll make my upcoming job hunt easier.

Are you looking for another job in Germany? A month and a half isn't long here. Employers expect that so it does not hurt your chances. 
Worst I have seen is effective at the end of the following quarter, which can lock you in for almost half a year...

[Zanza]

Wait, were you fired or do you want to quit yourself?

[Eddie Teach]

Are you looking for another job in Germany? A month and a half isn't long here. Employers expect that so it does not hurt your chances. 
Worst I have seen is effective at the end of the following quarter, which can lock you in for almost half a year...

Couldn't he still give 2 weeks notice when he gets an offer?

[Zanza]

Are you looking for another job in Germany? A month and a half isn't long here. Employers expect that so it does not hurt your chances. 
Worst I have seen is effective at the end of the following quarter, which can lock you in for almost half a year...

Couldn't he still give 2 weeks notice when he gets an offer?

Not likely. The law stipulates four weeks notice as of the 15th or the end of the month. It also lengthens that period for the employer up to seven months (after you've been employed there for more than 20 years).
Collective bargaining agreements or individual work contracts will usually include a longer period of notice for the employee than the minimum four weeks in the law.

[Iormlund]

I'm leaving. Pretty much made up my mind already. Conditions at the company are quite poor, and it is clear to me now that they are by design. Though why this is the case I can't understand. This is not the kind of job where you want high staff rotation. Basically the problems are long hours (which is normal during commissioning but not for regular office work), frequent and poorly planned travel and a toxic management culture. This leads to people leaving and newbies joining which leads to even more workload/travel/stress in a vicious circle.

Where I go I don't really care. Germany, Spain, UK ... I'll consider any interesting offer.

My German is still really poor, though. The technical staff is made of expats like me, the contractors I oversee speak English and I don't have time to study. This makes it harder to get another job in Germany.
In Spain employee notice can be given with only two weeks, which makes finding a job more complicated there as well.

At least I'm not in a hurry.

[Josquius]

My hob is broken.
The lights come on and the temperature numbers adjust but no light for the hobs themselves and no heat. Bah. Overly fancy modern stuff.

[Barrister]

My hob is broken.
The lights come on and the temperature numbers adjust but no light for the hobs themselves and no heat. Bah. Overly fancy modern stuff.

Hob???

[Maximus]

My hob is broken.
The lights come on and the temperature numbers adjust but no light for the hobs themselves and no heat. Bah. Overly fancy modern stuff.

Hob???

Hob or HOB may refer to:

Hob (folklore), a household spirit in Northern England
Hob, a generic term for various Dwarf-like and Elf-like magical creatures in Germanic folklore (see also hobbit)
Hob (hearth), a projection, shelf, grate or bench for holding food or utensils
Hob, the top cooking surface on a kitchen stove
Hob, a male ferret
Hob, a tool used in hobbing, or gear-making
Hob, a raised border around the base of a bathroom shower
Hob, a stake used as a target in the game of quoits
HOB GmbH & Co KG, an international computer company
Hob, a nail on the sole of a hobnailed boot
Acronyms and codes[edit]
Hoboken-Verzeichnis, the catalogue of the compositions of Joseph Haydn
House of Blues, a chain of music halls and restaurants
Hemne og Orkladal Billag, a Norwegian transport company
House Office Building, where members of the United States House of Representatives work - see Congressional office buildings
Heart of Brooklyn, a non-profit organization founded in 2001
HOB, the IATA code for Lea County Regional Airport, Hobbs, New Mexico
hob, the ISO 639 code for the Mari language (Madang Province) of Papua New Guinea
As a name or nickname[edit]
Hob Hiller (1893-1956), an American baseball player
Hob, a robot-like creature in the webcomic Dresden Codak
Hob Gadling, from the The Sandman comic book series by Neil Gaiman
Hob, from the madrigal Who made thee, Hob, forsake the plough? by William Byrd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hob

Presumably a male ferret

[Josquius]

Its a standard cooking appliance/part of an oven.

[Eddie Teach]

Its a standard cooking appliance/part of an oven.

Does it have a household spirit residing in it?

[Malthus]

Its a standard cooking appliance/part of an oven.

Does it have a household spirit residing in it?

If it eats the food on the stove before you can, it would be a Hob-Gobbling. 

[Josquius]

Its a standard cooking appliance/part of an oven.

Does it have a household spirit residing in it?

I think mine is electric. So probably not.

[Grey Fox]

Americans call that a range or a stove.

so a Stove top.

[Zanza]

I'm leaving. Pretty much made up my mind already. Conditions at the company are quite poor, and it is clear to me now that they are by design. Though why this is the case I can't understand. This is not the kind of job where you want high staff rotation. Basically the problems are long hours (which is normal during commissioning but not for regular office work), frequent and poorly planned travel and a toxic management culture. This leads to people leaving and newbies joining which leads to even more workload/travel/stress in a vicious circle.

Where I go I don't really care. Germany, Spain, UK ... I'll consider any interesting offer.

My German is still really poor, though. The technical staff is made of expats like me, the contractors I oversee speak English and I don't have time to study. This makes it harder to get another job in Germany.
In Spain employee notice can be given with only two weeks, which makes finding a job more complicated there as well.

At least I'm not in a hurry.

Good luck with finding a new, better job!

[Barrister]

Its a standard cooking appliance/part of an oven.

But it's not a standard term for it.

Once again Tyr proves to be the most widely travelled insular man on Languish.