Month: June 2024

Starting to remote work using my own laptop. If I downloaded something to move my mouse, would IT know since it’s my personal laptop? I am guessing once I logged into the system, they could see whatever they want until I sign off.

top tier: people who are polite/respectful and put CASH in my hand when I come to their house because they understand that most of what they paid goes to my boss, not to me, and that handing me actual cash is the only way the job is actually worth my while. This is like 10% of clients or less. 2nd best: people who are polite/respectful and maybe offer me water or a cup of coffee, are willing to think about how they can make it easier for us, seem to have a genuine recognition of what a favor is being done for them by a real person. yes they paid for it but also it's being done by a person. i'm willing to believe that some of these people don't tip because maybe they don't have the extra cash or aren't prepared to, but the attitude of respect still is…

My current contract to hire role that i have been with for a year has decided to convert me to a Full-time employee. I have been working through a temp agency for two years. I am currently a Senior Healthcare Data Analyst with 6 years of experience. Originally i was getting paid $50/hr but when they extended my contract at the six month period to further review me i requested a raise through the tempy agency and got $54/hr. Now that i am being converted, i started doing research and am conflicted about how to approach things… The average pay for my career in my area is 126ish at the 50th percentile and i took a lower pay even as a contractor because i needed the job. Unfortunately though, i was able to find the salary range for this position through an opening currently available on their site and its…

LONG RANT. Was hired at $18/hour last year in an administrative coordinating position for a healthcare company. Took it because I was DESPERATE for a M-F “bank” hours job due to childcare. Since being hired I have gone above and beyond to the point that, since our shitty operations manager was demoted to essentially the nursing case manager (let’s call her Sheena, since she’ll be mentioned later), I’ve been tasked with operations manager tasks (apparently actually hiring a new one for our location is out of the budget). So, I’ve been doing payroll close outs, overtime and holiday billing, all service code billing, end of month reports, payroll adjustments, etc. On TOP of that, I just got told (not asked) I will be “promoted”/moving to what is essentially the nursing case manager position, to take on half the case load of Sheena. Sheena makes $21/hour. I still make $18/hour. Figured…

Opened up slack and noticed that three people had deactivated profiles. Thought it was just me. I restarted the app and it remained. That’s when it hit me, they were fired. Not even a chance to say bye or leave contact information. It’s not worth to stay loyal to any company!!

Omfg these companies. Just spent a good hour or more customizing a cover letter only to find the ATS doesn't ask for one and doesn't offer the “additional attachments” option. So much time wasted. What's worse is that I didn't even get to hit submit on the application because they want a video interview – and I'm not camera ready. Employers should be required to publish the required steps (documents, skills testing, personality assessments … video recordings) so applicants know what's involved – and can decide if they want to jump through the hoops. FML.