Author: Olivia

Groceries. I’ve always spent $300/week on food for 2 adults and a toddler. We always had snacks/sodas/steak, but now it’s barely enough for average meals. Car prices for used cars are up something like 30% Rent going up 20% or more for everyone I know Is inflation really only 7% there’s no way we’re being told how much it actually is….

I have covid and my job wants me to come in. I told them my test came back positive instantly and it was dark. I explained I was still having symptoms and they don’t care. I really think I gotta quit. I’m scheduled in 4 hours. Any advice? Edit: sent an email to them with a picture of the cdc guidelines and asked them to please respect that. I will be finding a new job unfortunately as I really liked this one Edit2: just got an email from the gm “cool see you next schedule” so…is that it?

Okay so here's the story: I am a developer on a very small team for a small company and we are all 1099. This is my first dev job and I've been there about a year. I was given this internal customer support app to work on alone. Fine. But given just one 3 week sprint to do it during which I was on vacation for the 1st week after handoff of the design. Then I got covid. Basically I didn't get it completed in time even though it was a non-essential app and i completed what I could complete without the rest of the api's (which my boss still hasnt given me) the next week. Today my boss has a talk with me about the hours I've billed for Jan. Essentially accusing me of not having worked the hours I billed. Because the code that I did do on…

How many more jobs do I have to interview for before I get a new job 🥲 I do not believe there is a labor shortage given all the jobs im being beaten out on

I play poker with a guy who is a recruiter (mostly IT and developers). I saw him this weekend and he told me some interesting statistics. His company's fill rate (how successful they are a filling a given position) for fully remote positions is above 80% which he says is better than their total fill rate pre-pandemic. He says for positions that are hybrid (2-3 days in-office per week) the fill rate drops to about 60%. For positions that are 100% in-office, the fill rate is less than 10%. No one is willing to go into an office 100% of the time if there is no reason for it. If you're at a job that can be done completely remote, demand that you be allowed to do so. If they refuse, go find a place that is. Make them hurt for workers.