...and that saga is finally over

Career Education: Report Calls For No Further Action >CECO Oct 18, 2007 15:43:39 (ET)
Career Education Corp. (CECO) said Thursday that a special committee of a regional accrediting body won't recommend further corrective action for the company's American InterContinental University, whose accreditation is on probationary status.
Career Education said the committee's recent report isn't a final determination on the probationary status, and that the Commission on Colleges isn't required to accept the committee's conclusions.
American InterContinental University has been on probation since December 2005, and that status will continue through the end of this year.
The Hoffman Estates, Ill., for-profit provider of post-secondary education expects the Commission on Colleges to announce any actions in December, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

And in a related story, Brown Buddy just made a dick load of money! Ok, so maybe not a dickload, but the stock skyrocketed to $35.00 a share, and since its unlikely it'll get any higher than $40 (and more likely to drop to the $30 range), I sold it off. All of it. Made about 4 grand or so...not bad for a days work :)

Yo Yo Yo!! Bitches!!!1

Got some big news coming up soon but I can't tell you what. No, I didn't get any chick pregnant. That can't happen when you bone dudes.

Been Around The World And I, I, I -- by J.O.B.

1) I'm still alive - that reminds me of one of my favorite "countdowns" in movie history. The Michelle Pfeifer rant as Catwoman in the second Batman movie is ridiculous. She's all yang-hooo'd and such, crackin' her whip around - "Four, five, still alive!!! Six, seven, all good girls ... go to heaven." Classic.

2) If someone can locate either the chick who does the voice or the moron that came up with the banner ad for the iPod Nano giveaway for me, I'll give you everything in my bank account. I can't get through a browsing of celebrity idiocy photos at my favorite celeb blog without this bishes voice vamping about how "I've been selected." Can I select to shoot you in the head?

3) Hope springs eternal - it's baseball season again. I know it's Ted Lilly's first time around the National League, so expecting him to fare well is the norm, but he looked good last night. The White Sox play in such a competitive division. Any 2 of the 4 top teams in that division could go to the playoffs. Dice-K rocks 10 to sleep while giving up only 1 ER. And the Twins come to town with temps still in the 30's. Oh yeah!!!

4) Like any j.o.b., the new location has it's ups and downs. On the positive side, I get paid weekly, insurance is about 1/2 what it was before, I get credit when people order through customer service or online, I'm basically an order taker, and the girl to guy ratio is about 10:1. On the bad side, I can get to this page online but can't comment or even log in. I also can't reach any other blogs or personal e-mail from work. However, all the news sites, ESPN, and my favorite car site work fine. Also, it's shirt and tie with no casual Friday, and even though it's 10:1 girl-guy ratio, it's also about 10:1 good looking girl-girl ratio. Whatever, it's all temporary.

Bonus goals for being AWOL:
5) Speaking of temporary: Have a meeting in Michigan on Saturday with regards to the music thing. Mrs. J.O.B. has also gotten an invite, which means serious business discussion. To me, all that means is that we are full speed ahead.

6) Anybody free Sunday afternoon and want to see the Sox beat the Twins? I've got two tickets that I bought from someone before realizing it was Easter Sunday. One of you local heathens should go. Two tickets and a Stadium Club pass for $40 (what I paid for them.) Otherwise, I have to go and exchange them for another game at the ticket window.

7) Gilbert Arenas is out for the season. If the Bulls weren't so on it right now, I'd be done with basketball. Yes, Phoenix is fun to watch and seeing who is going to come out of the West is going to be interesting, but if the Bulls were worse, I'd be in full baseball mode.

8) Guilty indulgence admittance: I know they are nearly an incarnation completely of MTV, MySpace and such, but I've been listening to a lot of Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco type stuff lately. Not necessarily because I think the quality of what's coming out is revolutionary or the inspiring, but because they're essentially on the pop end of rock, hence - catchy and melodious enough for repeated listening. Don't get me wrong, there's talent there, but this isn't ground-breaking music. Speaking of which, there's a lot of good stuff coming out this year.

Talk Time Quotas -- by J.ust O.ver B.roke

I understand the concept - a certain amount of time on the phone has to lead to an expectation of a certain amount of deals. It makes total sense. Here's where it gets retarded: when you start tying in people's commission to their talk time on the phone. Obviously, I'm talking about this because it's something that goes on in our office. If someone is struggling, it makes perfect sense. You go down the checklist of why the sales aren't there and you ask, "Is this person making enough phone calls? Is this person talking to people long enough?" Those are two basic questions to ask in a phone sales job. But there are people in this office who have excelled past quotas in a number of areas, who have less than the required amount of talk time that will, because of company policy, not recieve commission this month.

Here's why it's really dumb: most sales departments don't have the personnel to look at every dial of every salesperson, nor to call on every suspicious looking dial. Hence, the talk time quota can be beaten by any half-way seasoned pro. I currenlty have 10 numbers that have voice mails that either loop automatically or that loop with a press of either the star or pound key. Some loop endlessly and some loop for 3 or 4 minutes before trying to transfer you to an operater/voice mailbox.

Now don't get me wrong, I actually try and do work while I'm in the office. I'm just not going to miss getting paid because of a talk time quota. I can get the work I need to get done with about an hour of talk time. The other half hour is pure fluff. Eff the establishment.

Just Got Out Of A Meeting -- by J.O.B.