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Ofiuco
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 		Got an outstanding quick response from Victoria.

Victoria Alverez wrote:
Hello Agent Viajera,

Let me see what I can answer really quick before I head out the door...

1) SAVER Corporation contracts for the US State Department primarily.

2) I'm not really sure how large LM or Xe are at this point, but I know we have somewhere in the area of 1,200+ employees worldwide. Though, most of those are themselves contractors and other companies. The numbers on the website are a bit inflated. Eric likes to exaggerate these things. I didn't tell you that of course!

3) I can't really say as I don't know. The recruiting efforts started focus on that aspect a few months ago (about the time I joined SAVER Corp) but I am not sure. A lot of things involving the more... weird stuff (for lack of a better term) is withheld from us in HR. Sounds cheezy I'm sure, but my assumption is that we don't "need to know", if you know what I mean.

I hope that helps!

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Victoria Alverez
Human Resources
SAVER Corporation


Ha ha, the numbers on the website are a bit inflated, huh? :D

I'm fascinated by the fact that Saver appears not to be a defense contractor after all, but a State Dept contractor. Will we be negotiating a trade agreement with Dracula? I really hope so. Or maybe we're diplomatic security for the US Embassy to the Black Lagoon.

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Musicluver315
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 		Response time! I just heard back on my email.

Victoria wrote:
Hello again Wink

Here in HR, we don't have anything to do with the ranking of Agents, so I can't help you there. Your ranking did indeed increase from 1 to 2 when we updated your account and at this point I would attribute that to you adding your Twitter account. I think that is pretty important to management. Future increases in rank will be related to participation in your department among other things, but I am not sure of the specifics.

As far as the company information goes, the company has been around for a few years though only recently under the name SAVER Corporation. It was previously a sub group of another company contracting to the Department of Defense (if I recall correctly), but I do not remember the name of that company. I myself have not been here that long.

SAVER Corporation has a number of clients (most of which are classified), though the US State Department is the most prominent and well known.

Anyway, I hope that helps! In the meantime, I am heading home soon. They worked us like dogs today, haha Wink


So to recap for anyone going "TL;DR" : HR =/= ranking (so no info there), company was a subgroup of another until a few years ago, and the US State Department is a prominent client.

Edit: Beaten again! Curse you people with faster fingers!

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YourFriendlyNeighborhoodR
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Hi Rich,

I have updated your account.

As for what kinds of supernatural forces you might be dealing with, I really can't say. Eric and his team keep things pretty close to their chests. If we knew more, we could be of more help here in HR, but that's Eric for you. You didn't hear that from me though, haha Razz


So no word on what exactly we're gonna working to stop. Just unnamed supernatural terror threats for now.

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 		Crap, you're all too quick for me, I asked a shower of the same questions. I really hope we get to go crazy and come up with all sorts of absurd weaponry.

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Tha Duckman wrote:
Crap, you're all too quick for me, I asked a shower of the same questions. I really hope we get to go crazy and come up with all sorts of absurd weaponry.


Same. I'm assuming a big corporation like this would have a large amount of funds, and therefore our designs would more than likely only be limited by our imaginations.

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 		Hi All!

Yet another long-time lurker joining the ranks Smile

Have applied so hoping I'll get an email soon...

I quite like this quote -

Quote:
SAVER leads the way when it comes to the most advanced tactics and technologies. SAVER currently holds over 3,000 patents in technologies from quantum computing to research of potential dimensions that may exist beyond our own.


Leaves the possibilities rather open for what we might be tasked with!

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Cesque
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 		Saver Corp now has a new CIO: http://twitter.com/SAVER_Jared
There's a post on the blog about him too. I must say, he has an awesome avatar!

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 		Sent a note to Victoria with my twitter address and some more information. This is the response I got; so maybe ranking (so far) is determined by the number of forms of contact you give them? Anyone give them a phone number too?

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I have updated your account and it looks like your rank was increased from 1 to 2! While here in HR we aren't told how that is calculated, based on other updates today I think it had something to do with adding your twitter information.

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cyng
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 		i got a three, and all I gave was twitter (and it was sent by email); but I also wrote a half page resume too highlighting experience, qualifications and skill set

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Cesque
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 		Awww, he had to change his avatar Sad I like Final Fantasy!

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 		I've been accepted into Research, and promoted to Rank 2 for adding how excited I am to be involved in this operation. Smile

I wonder when we'll get our first task.

In-game matters:

Seems like there has been a great deal of overhaul in personnel--a new CIO, new HR, sudden call for recruits, use of new technology (Twitter). It would seem prudent to ask why... Musiclover or Oficuo are probably in the best position to ask that, since they have already established a connection with Alvarez, who has divulged that information.

Also, Alvarez doesn't seem like the most professional employee to be talking about her superiors without their knowledge.
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Thespius
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 		I've actually sent an email to HR about when a new phase is supposed to start, or if there's going to be an orientation. Email was sent about an hour ago, so I'll let you know if/when I get a response.

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Cesque
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 		I still don't have a reply to the email I sent about 12 hours ago, so I don't know where that went...

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Ofiuco
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Cesque wrote:
I still don't have a reply to the email I sent about 12 hours ago, so I don't know where that went...


I'm going to hazard a guess that the predominant update times will be US Primetime, aka 6-9 PM Eastern Standard Time. So, any minute now!

leelzebub wrote:
Seems like there has been a great deal of overhaul in personnel--a new CIO, new HR, sudden call for recruits, use of new technology (Twitter). It would seem prudent to ask why... Musiclover or Ofiuco are probably in the best position to ask that, since they have already established a connection with Alvarez, who has divulged that information.

Also, Alvarez doesn't seem like the most professional employee to be talking about her superiors without their knowledge.


Actually, one of the questions I asked (my #3) was how long SAVER's been doing supernatural stuff, and whether or not there was something that happened that caught their interest. As you can see from my previous post, Victoria played the Need to Know card. I can keep asking her questions, but she seems pretty friendly, I wouldn't want to hog all the questions. :)

And I totally talk about my boss the same way, but maybe I'm not very professional either! :D

In the meantime, perhaps we could try to figure out what Jared's email address is and interact with him. Since he's on Twitter now, he could well have one.

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Thespius
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 		Reply from Victoria
I sent an email to HR that said the following:

Quote:
Hello,

As we understand that recruitment does take some time, is there an anticipated start to the next phase of the operation? Will there be some sort of orientation in regards to our duties in various departments? If so, when? Thank you.

Agent Morrison


I got this back from Victoria:

Quote:
Hi!

Yea, we are kinda of buried right now as far as the recruiting process, and to be honest I am not sure when you will be hearing from the head of your department or what he/she might have you do. I think the department heads will be getting to their people within a week or so, but don't quote me on that. We are kept out of the loop for the most part unless it's something we absolutely need to know.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help Sad


--
Victoria Alverez
Human Resources
SAVER Corporation


So it looks like like we'll be hearing from our department heads within the next week or so.

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