Hello Rob!

** On Sunday 06.04.25 - 01:43, Rob Mccart wrote to AARON THOMAS:

Ha.. On a somewhat unrelated line.. I once applied for
work at the post office when they had a hiring blitz going
on. I figured it was a relatively stable job with good pay
and benefits, but the hiring process was pretty extreme
with I.Q. and Psyche tests required. I later heard back
from them and was told that I was not suited for the job
because I'd scored too high on the I.Q. tests.

There was probably a message in there somewhere.. B)

I think they are factoring in likelyhood of turnaround with
that one. If the candidate scores higher, that probably means
they will get disatisfied with the job sooner and quit, which
would cost the company downtime and expense to hire a
replacement.

So.. for basic, repetative, meanial jobs that don't require
critical thinking, they want people who are satisfied with
routine and doing same-old stuff every day without complaints.

I worked at the post office as a summer student in my last year
of high-school. When minimum wage was around $6, I was getting
$11.01 (yep.. there was an extra $.01 !!! in the contract!)
First, I was intended to be part-time, and on-call. But after
a couple of weeks I was in there every day.

I don't remember if there was an IQ test.

My main task was running the watermark machine for standard
letter-size mail, and stashing the mailboxes. But when things
got less busy, there was always something to keep tidy or
sweep, or help load and unload the vehicles at the loading
dock. I didn't mind the work, but I couldn't see myself having
a "career" doing that stuff for the rest of my life.





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A 4 year course to grade 12 where you took those technical courses
like auto repair and electronics..

Then there was the 5 year course to grade 13 with more complex maths
and sciences to prep you for University.

Normally you didn't take classes from both of those but I decided
I wanted to and they cursed me trying to sort out a schedule that
would let me do it, but it was worked out in the end..

That's pretty clever actually. I took the "normal" route of

>classes to gr 13 to qualify for university, but I squeezed in
>one tech/electrical course which I thought would be fun - and
>it was!

Yes, it can come in handy.. I also took Machine Shop and while the
rest of the class were making a Vice, I kept talking the teacher
into letting me make custom parts for a motorcycle I was building..
Then one day I realized the term was nearly over that I had barely
started working on the Vice that we were to be graded on..

I went to the teacher freaking out over maybe getting a zero for
the term and he laughed and said I was there to learn the machines
and I was using more different devices than the rest of the class
and not to worry about it.. He gave me a mark in the upper 80's..

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on. I figured it was a relatively stable job with good pay
and benefits, but the hiring process was pretty extreme
with I.Q. and Psyche tests required. I later heard back
from them and was told that I was not suited for the job
because I'd scored too high on the I.Q. tests.

I think they are factoring in likelyhood of turnaround with

>that one. If the candidate scores higher, that probably means
>they will get disatisfied with the job sooner and quit, which
>would cost the company downtime and expense to hire a
>replacement.

Yes, they actually mentioned that at the time. I don't know if
I would have been able to do a simple job all day for years or
not. Maybe I could and I'd have more challenging things I'd get
into after work. At the time a reliable paycheque and good
benefits sounded great to me. I figure you don't have to like
your job, and probably the number of people who do are in the
minority of workers. Most I think just do their jobs and can't
wait to get out of there at the end of the day.

That said, virually all jobs I've ever had that lasted for any
length of time, I usually ended up being moved or promoted into
a different job before too long, and usually the new position
was more challenging.

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