Month: June 2022

Okay, so my mid year performance review is today and I'm dreading it. I basically work in compliance of a (futures/physical) trading arm of an organization. The job is mostly monitoring trades and setting up new trader accounts. In preparation for this review, I told boss a month ago that I'm basically setting up people to do the job that I want to do. It pays really well (golden handcuffs), have some WFH (2 days a week plus every other Friday off), reasonable daily start and end times, and boss is mostly cool (him being hands off is a double edged sword). I have three major financial designations (yes, I'm an acronym whore with a CPA, CFA, and CMT) and I am bored out of my skull. With Covid and the high pay, I got it good, but I am BORED OUT OF MY SKULL. The problem is that it's…

I’ve been working at a health care facility for about 7 months, found out yesterday the new guy who started last month gets paid 2 dollars an hour more and we essentially have the same background masters degree and each about 10 years experience in our field. Obviously I want to go ask for a raise because of this shit, but I want to do it right so my company takes me seriously. Any tips on how I should do it? I also usually work offsite so email is likely the best communication to reach my bosses. Thanks in advance!

1 asking to come in on a day off bc ppl called in ( I was part time) 2 Being touched and harassed by a manger 3 being shocked by faulty equipment for 3 days straight. 4 had a gun pull on and being shown off and joking that this rando customer wanted to rob the store and that his gun coudnt be tracked. 5 Being soaked bc the roof was built by some cheap ass company thus holes in the roof and getting rained on. 6 being promised a position w higher pay and being denied bc I called in sick. Honestly the whole sick points shit is stupid.. 7 Being moved to another deparment bc we were too efficient and thus needed something to do. They had a deparment falling and fired off like half their staff…. 8 Being told that we were volunteering… to move to a…