Author: Olivia

I started a remote job 2 weeks ago. Flew out of state for onboarding, have worked my butt of the past 2 weeks. My asking salary was $130k, when they sent me the offer it was $125 k. I accepted. Fast forward to this week where I heard back from my first choice in my job hunt, offering $60k more than the current gig. I accepted and let my current employer know right away. I offered to put together a 3 month strategy and said I was available 5 hrs a day until they filled the position. They said they felt I had been “distracted” and this new job explained that. I was gobsmacked. When I asked for an example they said I had dropped off of a sales call and then reconnected. Um, yeah. Because I was using my cell service for internet until I can get new wifi…

“Budget cuts” they said. I get 4 weeks paid then I'm unemployed. Luckily I've been looking for other jobs already and my managers are pretty good; been helping me navigate internal job postings to get moved. But it just sucks. It just fucking sucks.

How should I go about resigning? with dignity or burn my bridges from this place since there are very few I like and I already have solid references from other places? Or just keep it professional and regular and just be nice about it??

An MD let slip this week that the company is looking to either sell or go public. Expecting them to comment on this to debunk it. The cat is already out of the bag though.

So maybe it's the job of a recruiter to entice people towards an employment opportunity and hope desperation leads the applicant to accept much less. I'm reaching out to this community for it's thoughts on how this situation can be navigated to make sure I'm not getting screwed (like I've been getting screwed my whole working life).

Short version: help me find some resources that you like to present to older folks that pretend like everything is the same as when they were kids. Graphs and other visuals are a big plus. Long version: I was visiting family in my hometown recently and ran into our neighbor of 20+ years. Nice guy but has always been sort of a traditionalist. He signed up for the navy out of high school, studied engineering and carved out a nice life for himself, which I respect. I always kinda knew him and his family as the wealthy folks on the block. After the reunion, he invited me out for a beer yesterday and I accepted. After some unrelated discussions he suddenly asked me why I (and much of the millennial generation from what I've gathered) are choosing not to have children? We don't seem to have any drive, we just…

This is such crap. I'm getting by by the skin of my teeth and I owe this much…. I would have never agreed to be a 1099 (non)employee if I knew this was the case. My employer said it would be easier to file their taxes this way because I was one of only 2 employees. What a sick joke. Guess I'll be calling the irs to set up a payment plan so I can continue to live in poverty