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“Diversified Team”

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This is one thing in the U.K. that strikes me as ridiculous. Ofcourse, most people shrug and say something “that’s just how it is”.

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Got sick of those articles about “watch how this 20 year old making $100k spends his money” so figured I’d make my own realistic version and not one with 20+ roommates.

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Amazon more than doubles salary caps to $350,000 for US white-collar employees

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“Should we give then a raise?” “Nah, make a sign.”

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The truth about the Unemployment Rate

When I have been unemployed, I have only managed to collect around 300.00 a week tops, and only for about six weeks, even though, my income has always been much higher than that, and I have worked years consecutively with no downtime and yet only qualify for a few weeks pay. Now. Once my unemployment pay ran out, I was no longer allowed to log in and state I was still unemployed. So, how accurate can the unemployment rate be if people are still out of work but Uncle Sam no longer wants to hear from them?

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Recruiter reached out and actually provided a hourly range before any type of interview!

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Lowe’s threatening to Sue employee over recording Customer/someone who works for law enforcement threatening them

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Rule #0 wake the fuck up

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My current scale for my frustration level at work.

I been frustrated at work lately, but it has really come to a head in the last couple of weeks. To the point, I started applying for new jobs last week. Last night was a six application evening. I now have interviews schedule for everyday this week, and I already have a job offer. The offer is unfortunately for less then I am making now but still, it feels good. I also know my current employer will have an incredible difficult time replacing me. I am an Web Developer, who built their web application that calculates the values for used aircraft. To say it is an niche area, is an understatement. It requires advance understanding of database structure, math and web applications. My particular frustration comes from having rebuilt the interface to manage the database for the aircraft historical data, and asking my boss to test it for the last…