Yeah, thanks but no thanks

[IRonMaN]

How many folks here are going to jump at this fine Intuit offering that I found in today's e-mail?

Intuit Select Pro Staffing

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[PATAX]

It seems like they are an octopus to me, they are getting their hands everywhere. The chances of me or you Iron Man signing up for this service is the same chance of anyone ever getting a thumbs up or kudos from our friend QB.😉

[qbteachmt]

So now, we can all hire each other?

[IRonMaN]

There is no chance of ever hiring them but I really truly wonder where they are finding all of those "qualified" helpers.  Maybe the prestige of working for Intuit draws all of that qualified help that tax preparers can't seem to find. 😬

[PATAX]

Maybe they are finding them at the Victor Lustig placement agency? I don't know I'm just asking.😉😁

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

My email program must sweep Intuit mail to spam, I didnt see this one.

[IRonMaN]

Maybe the first ones on their their list were the preparers they thought were the longest shots to bite😜

[ljr]

Wonder what Country they are outsourcing to? I deleted the email. 

[IRonMaN]

They ran out of countries.  The new recruits are coming from Mars.  That’s why Elon Musk has made a big push for getting to Mars - he wants a pool of new workers that will work cheap😜

[TaxGuyBill]

From the FAQs on that page:

"Intuit has partnered with 3 outsource staffing providers"

"Staffing varies across sites in the US and India."

[IRonMaN]

I assume there could be a language barrier involved.  I've watched enough Swamp People episodes to know that some of those folks in Louisiana are harder to understand than some of those US tax experts in India😜

[PATAX]

@IRonMaN 👍 the Swamp People and the Viking episodes were two of the best series on TV.

[IRonMaN]

Being someone that grew up fishing for walleyes, I always got a chuckle out of “fishing” for gators.  But I did like watching the show😁

[PATAX]

@IRonMaN Yeah you are exactly right. Should be hunting Alligators and not fishing. I used to go fishing years ago for walleye too, up on Lake Erie. One day it was extremely hot, so we dove off the boat to cool down. I had a nice money clip in my shorts, probably still at the bottom of Lake Erie. I didn't mind losing the money, but the money clip came from my Grandfather in Europe.

[IRonMaN]

You should go out magnet fishing.  Lake Erie isn't that big of a lake so I'm sure you remember exactly where you lost it 😀

[PATAX]

Yeah that's a good idea. I see a lot of people doing that in lakes. But we were way far out that day almost at the Canadian border which runs through the lake. Probably some big carp ate it.

[IRonMaN]

On a serious note, it's too bad that you lost the money clip.  I was given my grandfather's 1914 pocket watch a few years back.  I brought it in to get it up and running so now I have it displayed in my office.  Every so often I give it a couple of winds to keep it in working order.  The watch isn't worth a lot of money, but it is worth a lot to me because of where it came from.