Month: March 2022

Having a great night drinking with friends and playing pool. Buddy's house got broke into and took every single thing that wasn't bolted down. Guy just moved and only very few knew where he loved. Why can't people just do stuff without ruining someone else's shit

To the men, would you accept a second job that requires you to shave your beard due to wearing respirator, Points to consider: It’s a second job 4PM TO 12 AM

Thought I’d way in with a post intended to indirectly counter the “OMG, America’s so messed up. I’m so lucky to live in insert country here” you occasionally see here. I’m in the UK and just accepted a job offer in Germany for around +50% my current salary, with the first three months of rent paid for and money to cover relocation costs. So the package is great (with the job market the way it is, please do get your CV out there if you haven’t already) – but what really struck me was the employment contract itself. It wasn’t 12 pages of austere text explicitly outlining all of the very specific ways the company reserved the right to roger me with a rusty bread knife should it be convenient for their shareholders. It was around 4 pages of all very fair terms, written in regular English rather than muddying…

I honestly feel a little embarrassed about posting about two different jobs twice in a year but here goes. I recently started a job in a field I’m really passionate about. It’s my first time in a real management type role in a department that’s new to me. That’s okay, I was told, we’ll train you up, don’t worry about it. Fast forward to today, it’s been a stressful week for everyone involved and I get sat down and told that it seems like I don’t really want to learn because I’m not putting out 70+ hour weeks to learn everything. my boss thinks I’m going too easy on my guys. Also there were some miscommunications that occurred between my team that happened this week that my boss framed as me deliberately lying even though my teammates backed up my story. I don’t get paid enough (I’m salary) to work…