If I get told every year that no matter how hard I work, my manager can’t rate me above “standard” due to internal politics and limits about how many people total in the company can be given the higher rating, why would I work beyond “standard” level? If we’re told that there will be no promotions and the hiring freeze will continue this year because of “difficult times” while the company continues to make 3-4 acquisitions a year and boast record profits, what is my motivation to donate extra hours of work for free at the cost to my loved ones and my health? I volunteer my free time at nonprofit causes I care about, not at giant corporations who will lay me off to make the CEO’s quarterly bonus without thinking twice.
I am so confused, I don’t mean to be annoying, but I’ve never had any of these issues. How is it that so many people can have such a bad experience! Trust me, if I had this happen, I would have posted on here right away.
Keep in mind that people are much more likely to leave a review when it’s a negative one. Most people don’t bother to review products that working as expected. So the percentage of people having issues may not be as big as it seems
He’s been at his company about 2 years too long. Time to move on and get his raise elsewhere. New hires almost always make more than existing employees in the same position
If your salary was $200K + bonus and perks, would you think differently? I know someone who cancelled family vacation in that position because he was told that he would be out of a job if he left on vacation.
A salary like that is usually not a coverage-based job, and if there are busy seasons or major project deadlines that can’t be missed, they are known ahead of time. When you make that much, you also have a skill set that can’t be replaced with just anyone off the street, so they aren’t going to fire you for taking a two week vacation and stick themselves with a multi-month hiring process and all the stress of an unfilled role just to spite you.
I bought some hybrid gel polish from Manucurist Green Flash brand before I heard about Picture Polish Curable line. Same concept of hybrid between gel and regular polish - cure under a lamp and remove much faster than regular gel. $19 for 0.5oz compared to $16 for 0.34oz for PP Curable. Honestly my experience with the Manucurist was that it was extra effort of applying the hybrid gel carefully to avoid skin and extra time for curing each layer under the lamp and in the end it didn’t last any longer than regular polish and didn’t look more plump like gel. Also it’s almost all creme finish, but at least a nice color range. Not sure how PP compares with their hybrid. I prefer regular polish from indies with fun colors and finishes and quick dry topcoat.
The industry is so saturated with educated applicants that employers have the opportunity to demand a PhD for a tech position and they will be able to fill it.
I finished my PhD (genetics) in 2009 and had a very hard time getting into industry. I was told over and over that my degree made me overqualified for Research Associate positions but my lack of industry experience made me under-qualified/not competitive for PhD level Scientist positions. I ended up doing a postdoc and then eventually landed a lower level Scientist position (BS, MS preferred) in a well known company and then moved up/moved departments internally to finally a true PhD level position only three years ago. Looks like now they’ll happily take PhDs as RAs/techs. The field is definitely oversaturated and I have advised people to think long and hard about their career goals and prospects before doing a PhD. Academia is no better with most PhDs getting stuck in crappy non-tenure-track lecturer positions or multiple postdocs because there are so few tenure-track openings.
Of my grad school cohort, only two are tenured professors at research universities. One has a stable teaching position at a community college. One went to law school for patent law. A couple did vet school after their PhDs proved useless. A bunch are in quality or regulatory. A couple more in technical writing/editing. Some of us did find our footing in biotech, but not always doing R&D like we had envisioned (my job is mostly data analysis and writing with very very little lab work). Some left biology behind entirely.
They can call it whatever they want, but it’s the result of every incentive to go above and beyond being taken away by corporations. There are no more pensions. “Merit” raises don’t even match inflation anymore and there are no COLAs. My company has a limit on how many people can be rated above standard on annual reviews so they don’t have to promote them. Every year they get all managers together in October to vote on that handful who is going to be rated as above standard the following March and get promoted or get a bigger raise. It’s a popularity contest among the managers as to who gets to push their pet reports up. Everyone else gets “at standard” and 3% no matter what you write on your self-evaluation in December or what your manager thinks. Bonuses are minimal. All other perks have been cut one by one (return to office, worse health insurance coverage, no more employee appreciation event and fewer company events in general). Multiple rounds of layoffs while they boast their record profits. Why would anyone do more than they have to?
No thank you. I want my completed categories to stay completed. It’s much more fun for me to explore my town to seek out places where I can find the new ones (like the curry) than to use more detectors at the same cafe to gather something like new coffee bean decor and get a bunch of old coffee cup duplicates in the process. There are so many places they haven’t done decor for yet. I’m really hoping for pet supplies store decor with different animals represented someday, little tacos for Mexican food, boba tea shops (we have so many near me!). They can do jewelry stores, hardware stores…so many fun possibilities
Pet store, toy store, Mexican restaurant, dim sum, gyms, ice cream/gelato shops (maybe with milkshake decor since they already did an ice cream event set), home goods/furniture store, florist/garden center
The well off of older gens always accuse the younger gens of not wanting to work and being lazy. You can find articles in every decade going back 100+ years saying this shit.
These things don’t happen “normally” - they started them not that long ago for some of the events as a bonus/extra. I guess this weekend wasn’t one of those weekends.
Did you do the weekly planting challenge? The reward was Sweet Pea petals. You also get special flower nectar by battling mushrooms. The non-mystery mushrooms give more nectar rewards, but no chocolate bunny pops, so it’s a trade off.
Same. They were so comfortable. I bought the new Ultra ones and they’re ok, comfort wise, but put some pressure on the cartilage and hurt after a while. I could wear the StayHear style all day
How much is BKL Pretend You Like Me?
All you can do is grow it out (4-6 months) and never go there again
We get a $10 gift card for our company cafeteria
I can only do the 10lb magnet against the 30lb.
Not a fan because of a tight fit or poor magnetic effect?
If I get told every year that no matter how hard I work, my manager can’t rate me above “standard” due to internal politics and limits about how many people total in the company can be given the higher rating, why would I work beyond “standard” level? If we’re told that there will be no promotions and the hiring freeze will continue this year because of “difficult times” while the company continues to make 3-4 acquisitions a year and boast record profits, what is my motivation to donate extra hours of work for free at the cost to my loved ones and my health? I volunteer my free time at nonprofit causes I care about, not at giant corporations who will lay me off to make the CEO’s quarterly bonus without thinking twice.
“Cartwright also suggested whipping slaves who were sulky and dissatisfied without cause”
I am so confused, I don’t mean to be annoying, but I’ve never had any of these issues. How is it that so many people can have such a bad experience! Trust me, if I had this happen, I would have posted on here right away.
Keep in mind that people are much more likely to leave a review when it’s a negative one. Most people don’t bother to review products that working as expected. So the percentage of people having issues may not be as big as it seems
Same. It’s not syncing and the app is not loading fully
He’s been at his company about 2 years too long. Time to move on and get his raise elsewhere. New hires almost always make more than existing employees in the same position
If your salary was $200K + bonus and perks, would you think differently? I know someone who cancelled family vacation in that position because he was told that he would be out of a job if he left on vacation.
A salary like that is usually not a coverage-based job, and if there are busy seasons or major project deadlines that can’t be missed, they are known ahead of time. When you make that much, you also have a skill set that can’t be replaced with just anyone off the street, so they aren’t going to fire you for taking a two week vacation and stick themselves with a multi-month hiring process and all the stress of an unfilled role just to spite you.
I guess I won’t be using my rewards then since I only buy 1-2 polishes at a time. Oh well, more reason to shop elsewhere
I bought some hybrid gel polish from Manucurist Green Flash brand before I heard about Picture Polish Curable line. Same concept of hybrid between gel and regular polish - cure under a lamp and remove much faster than regular gel. $19 for 0.5oz compared to $16 for 0.34oz for PP Curable. Honestly my experience with the Manucurist was that it was extra effort of applying the hybrid gel carefully to avoid skin and extra time for curing each layer under the lamp and in the end it didn’t last any longer than regular polish and didn’t look more plump like gel. Also it’s almost all creme finish, but at least a nice color range. Not sure how PP compares with their hybrid. I prefer regular polish from indies with fun colors and finishes and quick dry topcoat.
The industry is so saturated with educated applicants that employers have the opportunity to demand a PhD for a tech position and they will be able to fill it.
I finished my PhD (genetics) in 2009 and had a very hard time getting into industry. I was told over and over that my degree made me overqualified for Research Associate positions but my lack of industry experience made me under-qualified/not competitive for PhD level Scientist positions. I ended up doing a postdoc and then eventually landed a lower level Scientist position (BS, MS preferred) in a well known company and then moved up/moved departments internally to finally a true PhD level position only three years ago. Looks like now they’ll happily take PhDs as RAs/techs. The field is definitely oversaturated and I have advised people to think long and hard about their career goals and prospects before doing a PhD. Academia is no better with most PhDs getting stuck in crappy non-tenure-track lecturer positions or multiple postdocs because there are so few tenure-track openings.
Yeah, I'm a few years behind you with 2012. Got similar responses.
Of my grad school cohort, only two are tenured professors at research universities. One has a stable teaching position at a community college. One went to law school for patent law. A couple did vet school after their PhDs proved useless. A bunch are in quality or regulatory. A couple more in technical writing/editing. Some of us did find our footing in biotech, but not always doing R&D like we had envisioned (my job is mostly data analysis and writing with very very little lab work). Some left biology behind entirely.
I’m 5’6. I’m comfortable with how I look around 127-137lbs (size 8 for me)
We are a family here!
So were the Donners
They can call it whatever they want, but it’s the result of every incentive to go above and beyond being taken away by corporations. There are no more pensions. “Merit” raises don’t even match inflation anymore and there are no COLAs. My company has a limit on how many people can be rated above standard on annual reviews so they don’t have to promote them. Every year they get all managers together in October to vote on that handful who is going to be rated as above standard the following March and get promoted or get a bigger raise. It’s a popularity contest among the managers as to who gets to push their pet reports up. Everyone else gets “at standard” and 3% no matter what you write on your self-evaluation in December or what your manager thinks. Bonuses are minimal. All other perks have been cut one by one (return to office, worse health insurance coverage, no more employee appreciation event and fewer company events in general). Multiple rounds of layoffs while they boast their record profits. Why would anyone do more than they have to?
Sparkling water with fruit flavors, tea (iced or hot), just water
No thank you. I want my completed categories to stay completed. It’s much more fun for me to explore my town to seek out places where I can find the new ones (like the curry) than to use more detectors at the same cafe to gather something like new coffee bean decor and get a bunch of old coffee cup duplicates in the process. There are so many places they haven’t done decor for yet. I’m really hoping for pet supplies store decor with different animals represented someday, little tacos for Mexican food, boba tea shops (we have so many near me!). They can do jewelry stores, hardware stores…so many fun possibilities
No way to turn it off. It's the custom tune measurement that adjusts the sound and ANC to your ears.
:( It’s painfully loud
Pet store, toy store, Mexican restaurant, dim sum, gyms, ice cream/gelato shops (maybe with milkshake decor since they already did an ice cream event set), home goods/furniture store, florist/garden center
The well off of older gens always accuse the younger gens of not wanting to work and being lazy. You can find articles in every decade going back 100+ years saying this shit.
At least as far back as the ancient Greeks. There’s probably a cave painting about “lazy kids these days” somewhere
These things don’t happen “normally” - they started them not that long ago for some of the events as a bonus/extra. I guess this weekend wasn’t one of those weekends.
Did you do the weekly planting challenge? The reward was Sweet Pea petals. You also get special flower nectar by battling mushrooms. The non-mystery mushrooms give more nectar rewards, but no chocolate bunny pops, so it’s a trade off.
Battle blue, purple, or water mushrooms and you might get some of this nectar.
Same. They were so comfortable. I bought the new Ultra ones and they’re ok, comfort wise, but put some pressure on the cartilage and hurt after a while. I could wear the StayHear style all day