Month: May 2023

I’ve done so many interviews in tech and I’ve struggled with being nervous. The industry I’m in typically requires a lot of experience and I have a couple years of experience. But I keep getting rejected and I only got one offer that paid WAY below market (but so many people applied and I was the only one that got it) People tell me I look/sound 16 (am actually 23) so am I getting discriminated or is it cause I seem nervous? Or a combination of the two? My voice is very high pitched and child-like and I have a babyface Can anyone give advice because I really want a job soon that actually pays on-market lol

$15 for a 40 hour work week no weeks off is 31200 per year. Minus taxes since it’s in a low gc bracket it is about 23-24000 net income per year. Housing would be at most for someone working minimum wage 1000 if it’s more they need to gtfo to a new place. That means they have about 11500 leftover. For 1 person food if you are buying in bulk and the right things would be 1250 I did the calculations, assuming sauces and seasoning is negligible. So that’s about 10,000 leftover, and utilities will take out about half of that at most. A cell phone+ plan would be about 1500 per year if you have to buy a new one. So it is enough money to live albeit not comfortably. Now this is just for a minimum wage worker, which the majority of American workers are not. Now College…

Not specifically aimed at me but sure as heck feels like it. So I work on the federal side of things and got an interesting tidbit from a higher up. Essentially the way it works in my building is Employee / 1st line / 2nd line / Chief / Assistant Director/ Director. Hes the Chief in this scenario. As anyone who knows federal work you earn leave time off and sick leave every paycheck which are every 2 weeks. Depending on your time there you could potentially earn 4/4, 6/4, or 8/4 Comp/sick leave, and to cap out it takes roughly 2 years to hit 240 hours depending on what level you are at. (Hint: it takes nearly 15 years of service to hit the 8/4). Context over. So I was at a meeting on Friday discussing safety measures within the building and the meeting ended and we were doing…

I started work for a local company in November as an accountant and collections person. I've since taken on AP and purchasing for all 6 of our locations because we're shorthanded. My issue is that I am a single parent, and really don't have a support network. I'm not asking for charity or for people to watch my kiddo. Right now, I pay someone to watch him from 3-5:15pm. Not an issue. However, I live in the real life equivalent of Winterfell and I live about 30 miles away from work. In the winter, the roads ice over and it makes driving to work dangerous. We are expected to show up even if our state DOT says there's a no travel advisory. I just dont think it's safe to try and drive with a small child on black ice for 30 miles when I could SAFELY work remotely in emergency…

Today I had to leave 15 minutes early to go to a doctor appt. I work OT 30 minutes every day. I eat at my desk. I rarely ever take the two 15 minute breaks the owner of the company gives us. As I’m about to leave the office my manager says, “are you going to make that time up?”.