Where's the JW Mariott?
it's in Helwan, near the new campus of the American University in Helwan! (AUH)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Interviews
"You can work as a physician, a pharmacist, an engineer and paid trivial money or; work for our sales department - selling insurance - and get paid a basic of 2000 EGP plus a hefty bonus for each and every business you bring"
Mmm.. A salesman, I'd rather be a janitor ..
"Your Basic salary will be 1500 EGP, it may increase according to your performance to 1700 EGP in the first 6 months, by next year I promise you a senior position with a net salary of 2000 EGP, you will be often asked to work on weekends and even stay up to 8 and 9 pm to finish whatever project you are handling
Oh, I almost forget, your contract will have a 15,000 EGP penalty if you left us in the first 2 years"
Your promise is as good as your "special" offer, and don't get me started on the contract penalty.. Little man stuck in little business.
"Definitely, Definitely it's a sales Job, I know the add said "health advisor", but you'll be advising customers about our exquisite health insurance package"
Wtf?
"Sorry, but you lack leadership skills"
And you discovered that from our 30 minute interview? You must be psychic .. Or better, you see the matrix !
"We went for someone with more experience" – an email sent to me 8 months after conducting the final interview.
It's a pointless email, if they don't call within 2 months from the final interview, chances are you are not selected. I emailed them back with a piece of my mind.
"Your qualifications are not best suited for the position"
You should have written what kind of qualifications you need in the job post instead of wasting both your time and mine
"Ideally, we are looking for a female who lives in heliopolis .."
So what The hell am I doing here?
Mmm.. A salesman, I'd rather be a janitor ..
"Your Basic salary will be 1500 EGP, it may increase according to your performance to 1700 EGP in the first 6 months, by next year I promise you a senior position with a net salary of 2000 EGP, you will be often asked to work on weekends and even stay up to 8 and 9 pm to finish whatever project you are handling
Oh, I almost forget, your contract will have a 15,000 EGP penalty if you left us in the first 2 years"
Your promise is as good as your "special" offer, and don't get me started on the contract penalty.. Little man stuck in little business.
"Definitely, Definitely it's a sales Job, I know the add said "health advisor", but you'll be advising customers about our exquisite health insurance package"
Wtf?
"Sorry, but you lack leadership skills"
And you discovered that from our 30 minute interview? You must be psychic .. Or better, you see the matrix !
"We went for someone with more experience" – an email sent to me 8 months after conducting the final interview.
It's a pointless email, if they don't call within 2 months from the final interview, chances are you are not selected. I emailed them back with a piece of my mind.
"Your qualifications are not best suited for the position"
You should have written what kind of qualifications you need in the job post instead of wasting both your time and mine
"Ideally, we are looking for a female who lives in heliopolis .."
So what The hell am I doing here?
P.s: HR specialists, you are so full of it, and you know it
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Top 5: Smart Comedians
5- Maz Jobrani
4- Billy Crystal
3- Jerry Seinfield
2- John Stewart
1- George Carlin
4- Billy Crystal
3- Jerry Seinfield
2- John Stewart
1- George Carlin
On Tipping
My definition of a tip: a courteous financial jester towards a service well provided, or to encourage service providers to stick with a positive attitude towards service receivers.
In Egypt, it’s a right and the consequences of not tipping/not tipping enough vary between frowns and verbal abuses. That’s why the best tippers are foreigners; they want to avoid being embarrassed or worse; being abused.
I mean do you tip according to the size of the bill or according to the quality of service provided? Do you tip because you have to and as not to come off as a “cheap”? Do you tip because you are programmed to; conditioned since your early childhood years or out of conviction? The actions of tipping and how much to tip are two tangled issues that comprise a state of discomfort and confusion.
Dwight Shrute from the hit show (The Office) refused to tip a delivery man for the following witty logic:
“Why tip someone for a job I am capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can – and do – cut my own hair, I did however tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my kidney stones”.
As funny as that statement sounds; he does have a point .. That’s why I tip according to the quality of service and often out of pity to the less fortunate and underprivileged labors.
I really despise the fact that people expect a big fat tip for a job they are supposed to do. Moreover, In their twisted minds they think they have earned this charitable jester. You don’t earn a tip, you earn a raise, a promotion .. Not a tip. A tip is totally up to the tipper and it’s absolutely a judgment call.
N.B: a Tip disguised as charity is not a tip .
In Egypt, it’s a right and the consequences of not tipping/not tipping enough vary between frowns and verbal abuses. That’s why the best tippers are foreigners; they want to avoid being embarrassed or worse; being abused.
I mean do you tip according to the size of the bill or according to the quality of service provided? Do you tip because you have to and as not to come off as a “cheap”? Do you tip because you are programmed to; conditioned since your early childhood years or out of conviction? The actions of tipping and how much to tip are two tangled issues that comprise a state of discomfort and confusion.
Dwight Shrute from the hit show (The Office) refused to tip a delivery man for the following witty logic:
“Why tip someone for a job I am capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can – and do – cut my own hair, I did however tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my kidney stones”.
As funny as that statement sounds; he does have a point .. That’s why I tip according to the quality of service and often out of pity to the less fortunate and underprivileged labors.
I really despise the fact that people expect a big fat tip for a job they are supposed to do. Moreover, In their twisted minds they think they have earned this charitable jester. You don’t earn a tip, you earn a raise, a promotion .. Not a tip. A tip is totally up to the tipper and it’s absolutely a judgment call.
N.B: a Tip disguised as charity is not a tip .
Thursday, April 10, 2008
الحكومه حطه ايديها علي خدها يا سعاد - عادل امام في فيلم كاراكون في الشارع
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بقلم مجدي الجلاد
المصري اليوم
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..حكومة سجلت حالة قياسية لم تسجلها حكومة من قبل: أزمات خانقة في السولار.. كارثة في سماد الفلاحين.. نقص حاد في مياه الشرب في معظم المحافظات.. ارتفاعات قياسية في أسعار السلع الغذائية مع غياب تام للأجهزة الحكومية.. سيطرة «مافيا» منظمة ومتشابكة علي أسواق الحديد والأسمنت.. ثم أزمة «طوابير الخبز» التي لم تواجهها مصر من قبل
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حكومة اشتراكية ترفع شعار «الاقتصاد الحر».. وزراء يتحدثون ليل نهار عن تحرير الاقتصاد والخصخصة وفتح الأسواق، بينما يصدرون قرارات ويتبنون سياسات المنع والإغلاق وتوزيع السلع التموينية بالبطاقات، وزيادة الدعم العيني
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. وستجد أن الحكومة في واقع الأمر ليست حكومة واحدة.. ستجدها حكومتين في قضية الدعم.. واحدة تحارب من أجل بقائه.. وأخري تقاتل لرفعه نهائياً.. وستجدها ثلاث حكومات في التوجه الاقتصادي العام
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واحدة متحررة تعمل بنظرية «بيع يا لطفي».. والثانية «اشتراكية» تدافع عن الاقتصاد الموجه.. والثالثة تعمل بعقلية «الموظف».. وستجد أن لكل حكومة من الثلاث حزباً داخل الحزب الوطني والدولة.. لا تجانس ولا تناغم.. وفي بعض الحالات «خلافات وصراعات وضرب من تحت الحزام
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.. حكومة عاجزة عن حل مشاكل تجاوزتها دول كثيرة.. وعاجزة ـ وهذه هي الأزمة ـ عن إقرار قوانين وتوجهات صنعتها بيدها.. والأمثلة كثيرة.. منها قانون التأمين الصحي الذي دخل الثلاجة، وقانون الضريبة العقارية الذي يواجه صراعاً داخل الحكومة والحزب الوطني.. وقانون تداول المعلومات الذي استقر في خزائن النسيان!
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.. حكومة لا تعرف الشارع.. حكومة ليس لها في السياسة.. وألف باء السياسة هو التعامل الواعي مع الرأي العام.. لذا كان طبيعياً أن تخلق لك أزمات متتالية مع المواطنين، وتضطر ـ وأنت الرئيس ـ إلي التدخل المباشر في كل أزمة، ففي أزمة «الخبز» مثلاً، لم تتحرك الحكومة، وضربت «لخمة» حتي تدخلت شخصياً، وكلفت جهاز الخدمة الوطنية ووزارة الداخلية بمواجهة المشكلة.. فهل يستوي ذلك مع دولة بها حكومة، وحزب يخطط للحكومة؟ .
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