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2024.05.21 20:11 ThrowRA-banana-369 How can I (26m) help my wife (25f)'s anxiety and stop my resentment?
My (25F) wife and I (26M) have been together for 8 years, married for 2. When we first started dating in college things were pretty normal. We would go out with friends, attend school events, go on dates, etc. My wife has always had anxiety and depression, but recently it's been getting worse and really effecting our lives. In college my wife held down a part time job and went to classes full time. This wasn't without struggle for her, some days she would be so anxious or depressed she wouldn't go to work, but was an overall reliable and stable worker who was offered a promotion she turned down.
When she turned 21 she gained access to stocks her grandfather left for her, this was also at the beginning of covid so she quit her job and resolved to live off of her stocks until the pandemic was over and focus on school while I kept working my job and attending classes. At this point in time we were living together and as long as she could come up with her half of the rent and groceries I did not say anything about how she wanted to spend her inheritance. Fast forward to a year into the pandemic and her stocks have run out just as her uncle passes and leaves a good sum of money to her. Seeing how fast she went through the first lump of money I convinced her that it would be smart for her to work still and not count on living off of this money as it wouldn't last very long. She agreed and got a job doing office work. We got married and were doing well, finally moved into a place without roommates and got some gur babies. A few months after getting married her anxiety was worse than before regarding working and began to effect her reliable and work performance. As time passed she began jokingly stating how she was learning she's autistic from TikTok and how much autistic people can't work. Everything she would point out did make sense and match up with her so I have no doubt she is autistic. As things progress she gets to the point where she quits her job stating it's too much for her anxiety and she needs a break before finding a new job due to being burnt out and needing to focus on her mental health. During this break she takes a turn. She becomes so depressed and anxious that I don't know how to help her outside of encouraging her to get appointments with a therapist and rework her meds all while her second inheritance is running out because my job alone cannot support us.
She's been out of work for a year now and we moved to a new city with some friends (a plan long in the making). I have a full time job and before moving to the city we spoke about her working part time (10-16 hours a week) so we could afford our new life. She agreed and we set a deadline of "before May" she should have strong leads on jobs and interviews. It's now well into May and she hasn't done a single interview, gets so overwhelmed at the thought of working it causes anxiety attacks, and she's gotten to the point where she will not leave the house alone or with me. The only time she leaves the house is to accompany me in driving to pick up groceries or if we are going out with a group of friends.
She states that she doesn't know how she's expected to find a job when she's autistic and agoraphobic, seeing her worked up over it I gritted my teeth and am now looking for a part time job I can work outside of my full time job. I can't help but feel resentment building inside me knowing I will be working 50-60 hours a week just for us to scrape by when she gets to be home and has been home for over a year now with the responsibility of doing a little over half of the house chores. And being resentful that we could have had a good size savings at this point if she had been working all that time instead of living off of her inheritance.
How do I go about this? I don't know what I can do to stop the resentment in me and help her get to a place where she can function as a self dependent human being again. I see her melt down about leaving the house and how stressful finding a job is, but anytime I try to help her or comfort her she snaps at me and tells me not to patronize her which is only adding to my frustration. If I offer to do something for her, 99% of the time she responds with "No you shouldn't have to do that for me, I should be able to do it myself". Even getting her to make a virtual doctors appointment to refill her medications is at the point of me setting up the app and handing it to her ready for her to click the "join" button to speak with someone and she can't do it. Any advice is greatly appreciated, I love my wife and our little family but I know this isn't sustainable.
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When she turned 21 she gained access to stocks her grandfather left for her, this was also at the beginning of covid so she quit her job and resolved to live off of her stocks until the pandemic was over and focus on school while I kept working my job and attending classes. At this point in time we were living together and as long as she could come up with her half of the rent and groceries I did not say anything about how she wanted to spend her inheritance. Fast forward to a year into the pandemic and her stocks have run out just as her uncle passes and leaves a good sum of money to her. Seeing how fast she went through the first lump of money I convinced her that it would be smart for her to work still and not count on living off of this money as it wouldn't last very long. She agreed and got a job doing office work. We got married and were doing well, finally moved into a place without roommates and got some gur babies. A few months after getting married her anxiety was worse than before regarding working and began to effect her reliable and work performance. As time passed she began jokingly stating how she was learning she's autistic from TikTok and how much autistic people can't work. Everything she would point out did make sense and match up with her so I have no doubt she is autistic. As things progress she gets to the point where she quits her job stating it's too much for her anxiety and she needs a break before finding a new job due to being burnt out and needing to focus on her mental health. During this break she takes a turn. She becomes so depressed and anxious that I don't know how to help her outside of encouraging her to get appointments with a therapist and rework her meds all while her second inheritance is running out because my job alone cannot support us.
She's been out of work for a year now and we moved to a new city with some friends (a plan long in the making). I have a full time job and before moving to the city we spoke about her working part time (10-16 hours a week) so we could afford our new life. She agreed and we set a deadline of "before May" she should have strong leads on jobs and interviews. It's now well into May and she hasn't done a single interview, gets so overwhelmed at the thought of working it causes anxiety attacks, and she's gotten to the point where she will not leave the house alone or with me. The only time she leaves the house is to accompany me in driving to pick up groceries or if we are going out with a group of friends.
She states that she doesn't know how she's expected to find a job when she's autistic and agoraphobic, seeing her worked up over it I gritted my teeth and am now looking for a part time job I can work outside of my full time job. I can't help but feel resentment building inside me knowing I will be working 50-60 hours a week just for us to scrape by when she gets to be home and has been home for over a year now with the responsibility of doing a little over half of the house chores. And being resentful that we could have had a good size savings at this point if she had been working all that time instead of living off of her inheritance.
How do I go about this? I don't know what I can do to stop the resentment in me and help her get to a place where she can function as a self dependent human being again. I see her melt down about leaving the house and how stressful finding a job is, but anytime I try to help her or comfort her she snaps at me and tells me not to patronize her which is only adding to my frustration. If I offer to do something for her, 99% of the time she responds with "No you shouldn't have to do that for me, I should be able to do it myself". Even getting her to make a virtual doctors appointment to refill her medications is at the point of me setting up the app and handing it to her ready for her to click the "join" button to speak with someone and she can't do it. Any advice is greatly appreciated, I love my wife and our little family but I know this isn't sustainable.
2024.05.21 20:07 Johnsonlaura12345 Am I exceeding expectations as a junior developer?
Hello everyone!
Before you say something, this isn't something I want to brag about. This is my first full time job, so I am unsure about what the expectations are about me as a junior developer. I would like to know based on your expererience, whether I am, in fact, exceeding expectations or if I am just an average junior developer for my performance review. I have been at the company for 6 months.
Why am I thinking that possibly I am exceeding expectations?
I would like to ask you, more experienced devs or anyone who has been on the field for at least a couple of years, what are your thoughts? Is this common/average for a junior dev?
Thank you!
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Before you say something, this isn't something I want to brag about. This is my first full time job, so I am unsure about what the expectations are about me as a junior developer. I would like to know based on your expererience, whether I am, in fact, exceeding expectations or if I am just an average junior developer for my performance review. I have been at the company for 6 months.
Why am I thinking that possibly I am exceeding expectations?
- I do not grab the most complex tasks yet. I grab easy and medium complexity tasks and do them with none or with minimum supervision
- I have helped several members of the team do their tasks (sometimes giving lots of hand holding) or helping them with something related to their task and several of those members are considered to be mid developers of the team
- I have realised the team initially was very unbalanced regarding knowledge. We had one guy who knew everything, from backend to frontend and even the business itself and then we had several people knowleadgable of frontend and there were practically no one else besides that guy with a more deep knowledge of our backend system. Then, came senior backend people to the team, but they were new members so still learning about the project. Because I usually do backend tasks, I have managed to create several documentation pages on several subjects that practically NONE of the team knew about (besides that guy) and have made sessions to share that knowledge with the team to help with this imbalance
- I have voluntarily created a new script to automatize a task for the team (before it was tedious and manual)
I would like to ask you, more experienced devs or anyone who has been on the field for at least a couple of years, what are your thoughts? Is this common/average for a junior dev?
Thank you!
2024.05.21 19:58 hoguu Risk of Termination
Hey all. I started my position as an AQR about three weeks ago, and I recently received an email indicating that my productivity score isn't meeting the goal of 100. I'm at risk of termination if I don't improve. While I plan to revisit the AQR community resources to refresh my knowledge, I would greatly appreciate any insights from experienced raters on how to enhance my performance.
Previously, I was advised to spend more time reading task instructions, so I made a conscious effort to slow down. However, I'm now wondering if this has affected my productivity. Do the timers include the time spent reading instructions, or is it solely based on the rating time? I’m concerned that this might be skewing my recorded hours.
I'm struggling to find the right balance between accuracy and speed. I aim to provide accurate and thorough insights, but it seems like they prioritize speed more. Any tips or strategies to help me improve my efficiency would be very helpful. I'm a full-time student that recently lost my job elsewhere so I'm poop my pant to say the least.
Thank you!
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Previously, I was advised to spend more time reading task instructions, so I made a conscious effort to slow down. However, I'm now wondering if this has affected my productivity. Do the timers include the time spent reading instructions, or is it solely based on the rating time? I’m concerned that this might be skewing my recorded hours.
I'm struggling to find the right balance between accuracy and speed. I aim to provide accurate and thorough insights, but it seems like they prioritize speed more. Any tips or strategies to help me improve my efficiency would be very helpful. I'm a full-time student that recently lost my job elsewhere so I'm poop my pant to say the least.
Thank you!
2024.05.21 19:52 AltairRC 1 Year with Xiaomi 12T
I won't say that I am writing a proper review or something. Just sharing my personal experience with my Xiaomi 12T. Excuse my English, it's not my first language. Btw I am from SEA, the weather here is either hot most of the time or just a little bit cold because of heavy rain during rainy season. Some of the most popular games here I would say are ML/Mobile Legends (still playing on my 12T) and PUBGM/PUBG Mobile (stop playing on my 12T cause I play on my iPad).
First of all, why do I bought my current Xiaomi 12T? Because my phone before, Poco X3 Pro, just died while I am PUBG Mobile. When I search through the internet, I figured it out that there're many Poco X3 Pro out there with the same problem as mine. So, I brought it to the closest service center and it is the motherboard burn or something. And, the cost for replacing the motherboard is like >90% of the price I paid for when I bought my Poco X3 Pro. The customer service's staff advice me not to repair it, so I do. At this point, I just use my Poco X3 Pro for almost one year and a half (1.5 year) which is unacceptable because my phone before that the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 being my main for 3.5 years at least. Even though, my Redmi Note 5 is just sitting on my desk, it is still alive until today which make it almost 6 years. I just open and charge it once in while. And for it entire lifespan, I just change it's battery and charging port, that's all.
So, even though part of me being "I won't buy Xiaomi any more" because of my not so good experience with my Poco X3 Pro. There's still part of me feel like giving Xiaomi a second chance with 2 reasons.
First few weeks/month, honeymoon phase some will say. Few things that I notice compared to my Poco X3 Pro is that the 120Hz is much smoother and the AMOLED is beautiful. 108mp is an upgrade compared to 48mp on Poco X3 Pro, I keep zooming and testing on the camera and the snap/shutter is much more responsive. 120w is really fast and hot. Under display optical fingerprint scanner is much more convenient than side mounted fingerprint, not sure if it is faster. I can play ML at high graphic and Ultra/120fps frame rate, 90fps smooth on PUBGM. I really enjoy my Xiaomi 12T. So, I will say these is few things that I realized as a significant upgrade compared to Poco X3 Pro.
So here are a few problems or things that I personally don't like with my Xiaomi 12T. 1. PUBGM even though 90fps is enable, it was not that enjoyable. Meshes/Texture was not completely rendered. I am not sure if this is the correct word. Like, I can see the building and structure but the surface of those building and structure take few seconds or never rendered.
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First of all, why do I bought my current Xiaomi 12T? Because my phone before, Poco X3 Pro, just died while I am PUBG Mobile. When I search through the internet, I figured it out that there're many Poco X3 Pro out there with the same problem as mine. So, I brought it to the closest service center and it is the motherboard burn or something. And, the cost for replacing the motherboard is like >90% of the price I paid for when I bought my Poco X3 Pro. The customer service's staff advice me not to repair it, so I do. At this point, I just use my Poco X3 Pro for almost one year and a half (1.5 year) which is unacceptable because my phone before that the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 being my main for 3.5 years at least. Even though, my Redmi Note 5 is just sitting on my desk, it is still alive until today which make it almost 6 years. I just open and charge it once in while. And for it entire lifespan, I just change it's battery and charging port, that's all.
So, even though part of me being "I won't buy Xiaomi any more" because of my not so good experience with my Poco X3 Pro. There's still part of me feel like giving Xiaomi a second chance with 2 reasons.
- I have a very good experience with my Redmi Note 5. Even though I tortured it as much as my Poco X3 Pro and try to bent it through the back like JerryRigEverything, it still survive.
- Maybe I just being unlucky and got into problem this time around with my Poco X3 Pro. Like, that's why warranty exist because it's not like 100% product manufactured is completely perfect. Unfortunately, mine is out of warranty. And maybe this is why an ex-flagship chip Snapdragon 860 can be put inside such a budget device.
First few weeks/month, honeymoon phase some will say. Few things that I notice compared to my Poco X3 Pro is that the 120Hz is much smoother and the AMOLED is beautiful. 108mp is an upgrade compared to 48mp on Poco X3 Pro, I keep zooming and testing on the camera and the snap/shutter is much more responsive. 120w is really fast and hot. Under display optical fingerprint scanner is much more convenient than side mounted fingerprint, not sure if it is faster. I can play ML at high graphic and Ultra/120fps frame rate, 90fps smooth on PUBGM. I really enjoy my Xiaomi 12T. So, I will say these is few things that I realized as a significant upgrade compared to Poco X3 Pro.
So here are a few problems or things that I personally don't like with my Xiaomi 12T. 1. PUBGM even though 90fps is enable, it was not that enjoyable. Meshes/Texture was not completely rendered. I am not sure if this is the correct word. Like, I can see the building and structure but the surface of those building and structure take few seconds or never rendered.
- I rarely use the ultrawide unless I really need it. Never touch the macro lens, I rather use the main camera and zoom/crop in. Main camera is good with enough light and not-that-good on lowlight situation. The other thing I don't really like is the colour processing on the default camera app as I don't see such problem with third party app. Which is the black colour or dark area being processed quite weird, it look unnatural in my eyes.
- Sometime, quite rarely, it didn't detect when I try to charge it. I am sure it was charging but somehow the charging notification or something didn't appear. I can solved it by unplug and re plug again. If that doesn't work, I will try to reboot the device. Then, it detect the charging.
- "Power button ghosting" I would say. It rarely happened but the first time it happened it was really frustrating as I can't use my phone as it continue to power off and power on itself for half a day. The next time this almost-same problem happened again, it is not that problematic and frustrating as the first time but still a problem.
- ML unstable performance. Sometimes, if it's alright, I can do high graphics 120fps. When it was not alright, no matter what I do even though put the graphic on low, it still lagging/low frame rate. When war, it can drop under 15 fps when not alright. I don't use app or tool to measure, but my eyes know that is definitely under 15 fps. So, I tried to delete some games and heavy stuff and maintain my storage around 200GB/256GB, it was alright for a while. Then, it come back again. I tried to delete some stuff more, it seem to not disappeared. Maybe I should delete more stuffs, but what the points of me buying 256GB if I can't use it all.
2024.05.21 19:49 syntaxofthings123 Evidence Matters
Recently there was a true crime episode on the murder of Colleen Slemmer by her Jobs Corp classmates Christa Pike, Pike's boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp and another friend. It was a spontaneous, gruesome murder, that took place in the woods of Tennessee.
Slemmer, was lured out under false pretenses of a night getting videos to watch with who she thought were her friends. She was murdered, left partially unclothed, her upper body completely exposed. And though the primary motive wasn't a ritualistic sacrifice, in the course of the attack a Satanic star or pentagram was carved into the victim's chest.
Though the satanic piece to the crime was an afterthought by the killers, it did link the crime to one of them, as Christa Pike's boyfriend, Shipp, practiced Satanic Worship. The murder was motivated by jealousy and rage, but even so, the symbolism left behind, might have solved the crime on its own.
There might be parallels to be found between a crime like the Slemmer murder, and what happened in Delphi.
The Delphi murders don't have to have been motivated primarily by a sacrificial ritual for the symbolism of such a ritual left at the crime scene, to lead to the killer or killers of Abby and Libby.
Coincidences do occur. Correlation does not necessarily imply causation. But when there is evidence that keeps pointing to a particular group of people, some of whom had a direct connection to one of the victims, I do not understand how this evidence is not followed up on to the fullest extent that the law allows. How is it just cast aside, especially when three respected investigators who performed their own investigation are convinced there is something there? Referring to Click, Ferency and Murphy.
Even if the killing of Abby and Libby was initially motivated by something other than a sacrifice, the mark of their killers at the scene, almost certainly will lead back to who did this. The crime scene was too distinctive and unique for it not to. All persons are innocent until proven guilty, and that's important to factor in. But even if innocent, there certainly appears to be some connection between certain individuals practicing Odinism and hanging out at Delphi Vinlander club, and the Delphi murders---evidence connecting them to these murders that might actually solve this case.
Here is the list of evidence that has still not been turned over to the defense, even though this case was scheduled to be in trial as this is written (from 2nd Motion to Dismiss).
Why?
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Slemmer, was lured out under false pretenses of a night getting videos to watch with who she thought were her friends. She was murdered, left partially unclothed, her upper body completely exposed. And though the primary motive wasn't a ritualistic sacrifice, in the course of the attack a Satanic star or pentagram was carved into the victim's chest.
Though the satanic piece to the crime was an afterthought by the killers, it did link the crime to one of them, as Christa Pike's boyfriend, Shipp, practiced Satanic Worship. The murder was motivated by jealousy and rage, but even so, the symbolism left behind, might have solved the crime on its own.
There might be parallels to be found between a crime like the Slemmer murder, and what happened in Delphi.
The Delphi murders don't have to have been motivated primarily by a sacrificial ritual for the symbolism of such a ritual left at the crime scene, to lead to the killer or killers of Abby and Libby.
Coincidences do occur. Correlation does not necessarily imply causation. But when there is evidence that keeps pointing to a particular group of people, some of whom had a direct connection to one of the victims, I do not understand how this evidence is not followed up on to the fullest extent that the law allows. How is it just cast aside, especially when three respected investigators who performed their own investigation are convinced there is something there? Referring to Click, Ferency and Murphy.
Even if the killing of Abby and Libby was initially motivated by something other than a sacrifice, the mark of their killers at the scene, almost certainly will lead back to who did this. The crime scene was too distinctive and unique for it not to. All persons are innocent until proven guilty, and that's important to factor in. But even if innocent, there certainly appears to be some connection between certain individuals practicing Odinism and hanging out at Delphi Vinlander club, and the Delphi murders---evidence connecting them to these murders that might actually solve this case.
Here is the list of evidence that has still not been turned over to the defense, even though this case was scheduled to be in trial as this is written (from 2nd Motion to Dismiss).
Why?
The Exculpatory Nature of the Missing Evidence
Currently, the list of missing evidence that the prosecution has not turned over to the defense includes the following:
a. Video of BH’s first interview from February 17, 2017.
b. Video of LH’s interview from February 17, 2017.
c. Data from BH’s phone extraction from February 17, 2017.
d. Video from BH’s second interview with law enforcement taken at the Logansport Police Station sometime in 2017 or 2018.
e. Audio taken from BH’s second interview with law enforcement taken at the Logansport Police Station sometime in 2017 or 2018.
f. Any reports, notes or documents concerning or referring to BH’s second interview at the Logansport Police Station sometime in 2017 or 2018.
g. Mimicked Crime Scene Photo observed by Trooper Purdy on BH's social media page. h. Images Ryan Boucher sent to Trooper Winters on April 12, 2017.
Notice that all missing items are related to third-party suspect BH
2024.05.21 19:43 Heavensrun 今週の八日? The 8th day of this week?
Saw this in a lesson. Is this a thing someone would say, or did somebody just do a poor job setting a variable in the question?
The only possible interpretation I can think of is if the 8th of the month happens to fall on this week and you're planning something for that day, but then that still feels like a pretty weird way to phrase that.
(I feel like it should be 今月)
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The only possible interpretation I can think of is if the 8th of the month happens to fall on this week and you're planning something for that day, but then that still feels like a pretty weird way to phrase that.
(I feel like it should be 今月)
2024.05.21 19:42 Ramp-Dude05 Hi and I'm new here - how do I work on bravo typed craft (A380s, B747, B787)
Hi,
I am an experienced ramp agent at a semi-major airport in the United States and I am very much interested in operating at an international level or just within major aircraft settings. I can perform the following checks; baggage handling and load, comat load and checks, aircraft gate guide and gate preset, diamond safety and pre sight check, ron and tow operations, pushback guide and wing set, tower preset and designations, and basic cabin services like cleaning.
I have been working at a more local level with a regional airline performing basic tasks like bagged handling, aircraft guides and pushout, and passenger assistance. However- I have touched intl comat and hazmat, assistant with transportation of intl pax, and pax bagged healing with ULDs. I have my current job since I was willing to work as an unofficial over the road packer and I always approach a challenge head on. I want to work on type bravo aircraft (B777, B787, A380, B747) and treat this like a career.
I have spoken with several ramp agents who come from other stations at my airport and they tell me the vast majority of people working on larger aircrafts either work their way up though the airport’s union for years (I mean decades) or they are from a foreign country like the UAE. I actually had a long conversation with a ramp agent from KLAX and he told me the people mostly working on their A380s are form the UAE and that is the case with most ramp agents all over the world. Its seems the UAE and Germany have a grip on the larger aircraft below wing work.
Does anyone on this board work on larger aircraft mentioned above and if so; how in the heck did you get your check? Did you go to a certain school, work you’re up the union, or did you travel for your job? What experience did you obtain on the ramp? Better yet- is there anyone here who works for Lufthansa, Atlas Air, Qatar, Qantas, or even Emirates on the tarmac? What did you do to get your job and what do I have to do to operate at your gate?
Thank you!
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I am an experienced ramp agent at a semi-major airport in the United States and I am very much interested in operating at an international level or just within major aircraft settings. I can perform the following checks; baggage handling and load, comat load and checks, aircraft gate guide and gate preset, diamond safety and pre sight check, ron and tow operations, pushback guide and wing set, tower preset and designations, and basic cabin services like cleaning.
I have been working at a more local level with a regional airline performing basic tasks like bagged handling, aircraft guides and pushout, and passenger assistance. However- I have touched intl comat and hazmat, assistant with transportation of intl pax, and pax bagged healing with ULDs. I have my current job since I was willing to work as an unofficial over the road packer and I always approach a challenge head on. I want to work on type bravo aircraft (B777, B787, A380, B747) and treat this like a career.
I have spoken with several ramp agents who come from other stations at my airport and they tell me the vast majority of people working on larger aircrafts either work their way up though the airport’s union for years (I mean decades) or they are from a foreign country like the UAE. I actually had a long conversation with a ramp agent from KLAX and he told me the people mostly working on their A380s are form the UAE and that is the case with most ramp agents all over the world. Its seems the UAE and Germany have a grip on the larger aircraft below wing work.
Does anyone on this board work on larger aircraft mentioned above and if so; how in the heck did you get your check? Did you go to a certain school, work you’re up the union, or did you travel for your job? What experience did you obtain on the ramp? Better yet- is there anyone here who works for Lufthansa, Atlas Air, Qatar, Qantas, or even Emirates on the tarmac? What did you do to get your job and what do I have to do to operate at your gate?
Thank you!
2024.05.21 19:41 Ares378 [Backstorypost] Attempt two! (Whoops)
/uw Part four is here! Here's part one, part two, and part three! This one's probably a little more unpolished than the other ones, but I hope that doesn't ruin it! CW: Death, blood. I made a render in blender, but it got the post removed! Take two!
/rw
The end of the book, thin as it is, draws near. The text is overwritten dozens of times, always with the same phrase: "IT WAS AN ACCIDENT". Same as the other pages, though, it's easy enough to look past the bad coverup job. History cannot be erased, after all.
...
When I arrived at the hospital, I was in bad shape. I had a fractured skull, a missing eye, a lesion in my frontal lobe, and I was in hypovolemic shock. They didn't think I was going to make it.
It was a miracle that I even woke up from my two-week coma, but it wasn't all perfect. From the moment I opened my eye(s), I didn't know where I was. I had to relearn everything. My name, my address, my identity... They were all gone.
It was as if I was a new man who'd been transported into a stranger's body. Everyone talked to me as if they knew me, but I couldn't say the same for them. Especially that drow, Eldred. He claimed we were childhood friends. Every day, he'd tell me stories of our history together, but they were stories I never wanted to hear. It felt wrong listening to him talk, knowing there was a man who knew more about me than I did.
The moment I was discharged, I fled to my apartment. I drew the blinds, locked the door, and cut off all contact from the outside world. I wanted to run away from it all, to start a new life, not some travesty of another man's life.
After a few days of my isolation, Eldred (presumably) got worried about me, and came knocking on my door. I didn't answer. I wanted nothing to do with him—or anyone, for that matter. He was a remnant of my old life, and I couldn't let him influence me.
A couple days later, he did the same thing. He offered some kind, reassuring words through the door and left. He did this again, and again, and again, for weeks. I was running low on food and supplies, so I was faced with a choice: leave my safe haven, or starve to death in my own home. I didn't like either option. Although... there was another way.
After 17 days of his repeated attempts, I finally answered the door.
"Ith!" Eldred cheered. "You... you really answered!"
"Yeah."
"So uh... Have you been doing alright?"
"I'm fine."
He looked over my shoulder. "Have... you not left the house?"
"Not yet."
"Jesus, Ithael..." He pulled me in for a hug, but I didn't react. "Do you, uh, need anything?"
"Could... you go to the market for me?"
He let go of me. "Yeah, of course! I'll... I'll be back!"
"Alright."
I slammed the door in his face. Just another echo of my old life, that's all he was... A few hours later, he knocked on the door again. I almost didn't answer, but then I remembered he had my groceries.
He exclaimed with clearly-forced optimism, "Heyyyy! Hope you've been alright! So, I was thinking, and... I was wondering if you wanted to do dinner together?"
"Not out there. Never out there. Here. Please."
"I figured you'd say that... so I got ingredients! I found this recipe for some pan-seared chicken in the library earlier, and it sounded really good!"
"...Alright." I took the bags from him and walked over to the kitchen. "Come inside."
"I, uh, was going to make it for you—"
"It's fine," I interjected.
I rummaged through the bags for the cookbook he talked about and flipped through the pages. It didn't look too difficult to make, but I wasn't sure how I knew that. This was the first time I had cooked anything, after all.
Assumedly hearing the pans clattering, Eldred wandered over to the counter, sitting down in a chair across from me. "Need a hand?"
"I'm alright."
"Are you sure? I mean, you were just—"
"Shut it," I commanded. I didn't mean to be so stern. What had come over me? I decided to brush it off. The recipe called for a diced onion... I needed a knife.
He slumped down in his seat. "Sorry... I, uh, got these books for you, by the way."
I glanced up from the cutting board. "...'Healing trauma: a guide for survivors'? And... 'How to cure amnesia'?" I scoffed. "If they could have fixed it, they would have, Eldred. It's incurable."
"We can't know until we try!" He strolled over into the kitchen, flipping to a bookmarked page. "See? This one here says—"
"It doesn't matter."
"Ithael... I'm here for you, man. I'm just trying to help—"
"And I don't care."
I focused myself back to the task at hand, ignoring his look of disdain. The room fell uncomfortably silent. I needed to fillet the chicken. I rummaged through the bags, trying to find—
"Seriously?" Eldred huffed. "I put in all of this work, and you just... don't care?"
"Never asked for it." Now, where was I? Right, chicken—
"That doesn't mean anything! Let me help you, you're clearly struggling!"
"I could manage without you." I continued to avoid eye-contact.
"Why are you so dead-set on pushing me out of your life?!"
"You were never in it to begin with, Eldred. I'm not the Ithael you knew."
"And who cares that you aren't?! Can't we still be friends?"
I tried to explain, "You're just a remnant of my past—"
"And that's an excuse to treat me like shit?! You know what?" He grabbed the books. "I'm done trying to fix you."
"Fix me?" I scoffed. "So I'm a problem, then? Something to be solved?—"
"You're twisting my words! Why... Why do you hate me?!"
"Face it: I'm a different person! Move on with your life, already!"
"What gives you the right to say that?!"
"Oh, what gives me the right?!" I waved the knife around a little too recklessly. "Were you just in a coma for two weeks? Did you just get thrown into a world that knows you better than yourself?! Where's your excuse, huh?!"
"...What do you want from me, Ithael?"
"I want you to get out of my life!"
Time slowed to a crawl as a deep pit formed in my stomach. I yanked my hand back like I'd touched a hot stove, and the knife... clattered to the floor. That look in his eyes... I'd never forget it. I had never seen a man so afraid before.
He grasped at his neck, his face turning pale as his hands soaked with blood. He fell to his knees, mouthing some words at me, but the only sound that came out was a sickening gurgle. He struggled to keep his balance as he fell flat on his face. His breathing grew labored and shaky as he lay there, a crimson puddle forming around his neck.
I knew that I should have gotten help, but, no matter how hard I tried, all I could do was watch. He cried onto the tiled ground, his breathing growing quieter and quieter, until he finally went silent.
What had I done?
...
It seems that he forgot to put any kind of warding spell on this newspaper clipping, as if he didn't expect anyone to get this far. Or perhaps he was too preoccupied with deceiving himself.
"As rumors regarding the disappearance of Eldred Wyndorn continue to circulate, the enigmatic Ithael Ralich opens a new therapist's office. In response to the whispers, Ithael states, 'There's a profound lack of support in this world, and every person could stand to have someone like Eldred by their side. I hope I can step up and fulfill a role he would have approved of.'
In other news, authorities are taking steps to curb the rising number of missing persons cases. Officials urge citizens to adhere to newly-instated curfew until the threat is solved, but claim there's nothing to worr—"
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The end of the book, thin as it is, draws near. The text is overwritten dozens of times, always with the same phrase: "IT WAS AN ACCIDENT". Same as the other pages, though, it's easy enough to look past the bad coverup job. History cannot be erased, after all.
...
When I arrived at the hospital, I was in bad shape. I had a fractured skull, a missing eye, a lesion in my frontal lobe, and I was in hypovolemic shock. They didn't think I was going to make it.
It was a miracle that I even woke up from my two-week coma, but it wasn't all perfect. From the moment I opened my eye(s), I didn't know where I was. I had to relearn everything. My name, my address, my identity... They were all gone.
It was as if I was a new man who'd been transported into a stranger's body. Everyone talked to me as if they knew me, but I couldn't say the same for them. Especially that drow, Eldred. He claimed we were childhood friends. Every day, he'd tell me stories of our history together, but they were stories I never wanted to hear. It felt wrong listening to him talk, knowing there was a man who knew more about me than I did.
The moment I was discharged, I fled to my apartment. I drew the blinds, locked the door, and cut off all contact from the outside world. I wanted to run away from it all, to start a new life, not some travesty of another man's life.
After a few days of my isolation, Eldred (presumably) got worried about me, and came knocking on my door. I didn't answer. I wanted nothing to do with him—or anyone, for that matter. He was a remnant of my old life, and I couldn't let him influence me.
A couple days later, he did the same thing. He offered some kind, reassuring words through the door and left. He did this again, and again, and again, for weeks. I was running low on food and supplies, so I was faced with a choice: leave my safe haven, or starve to death in my own home. I didn't like either option. Although... there was another way.
After 17 days of his repeated attempts, I finally answered the door.
"Ith!" Eldred cheered. "You... you really answered!"
"Yeah."
"So uh... Have you been doing alright?"
"I'm fine."
He looked over my shoulder. "Have... you not left the house?"
"Not yet."
"Jesus, Ithael..." He pulled me in for a hug, but I didn't react. "Do you, uh, need anything?"
"Could... you go to the market for me?"
He let go of me. "Yeah, of course! I'll... I'll be back!"
"Alright."
I slammed the door in his face. Just another echo of my old life, that's all he was... A few hours later, he knocked on the door again. I almost didn't answer, but then I remembered he had my groceries.
He exclaimed with clearly-forced optimism, "Heyyyy! Hope you've been alright! So, I was thinking, and... I was wondering if you wanted to do dinner together?"
"Not out there. Never out there. Here. Please."
"I figured you'd say that... so I got ingredients! I found this recipe for some pan-seared chicken in the library earlier, and it sounded really good!"
"...Alright." I took the bags from him and walked over to the kitchen. "Come inside."
"I, uh, was going to make it for you—"
"It's fine," I interjected.
I rummaged through the bags for the cookbook he talked about and flipped through the pages. It didn't look too difficult to make, but I wasn't sure how I knew that. This was the first time I had cooked anything, after all.
Assumedly hearing the pans clattering, Eldred wandered over to the counter, sitting down in a chair across from me. "Need a hand?"
"I'm alright."
"Are you sure? I mean, you were just—"
"Shut it," I commanded. I didn't mean to be so stern. What had come over me? I decided to brush it off. The recipe called for a diced onion... I needed a knife.
He slumped down in his seat. "Sorry... I, uh, got these books for you, by the way."
I glanced up from the cutting board. "...'Healing trauma: a guide for survivors'? And... 'How to cure amnesia'?" I scoffed. "If they could have fixed it, they would have, Eldred. It's incurable."
"We can't know until we try!" He strolled over into the kitchen, flipping to a bookmarked page. "See? This one here says—"
"It doesn't matter."
"Ithael... I'm here for you, man. I'm just trying to help—"
"And I don't care."
I focused myself back to the task at hand, ignoring his look of disdain. The room fell uncomfortably silent. I needed to fillet the chicken. I rummaged through the bags, trying to find—
"Seriously?" Eldred huffed. "I put in all of this work, and you just... don't care?"
"Never asked for it." Now, where was I? Right, chicken—
"That doesn't mean anything! Let me help you, you're clearly struggling!"
"I could manage without you." I continued to avoid eye-contact.
"Why are you so dead-set on pushing me out of your life?!"
"You were never in it to begin with, Eldred. I'm not the Ithael you knew."
"And who cares that you aren't?! Can't we still be friends?"
I tried to explain, "You're just a remnant of my past—"
"And that's an excuse to treat me like shit?! You know what?" He grabbed the books. "I'm done trying to fix you."
"Fix me?" I scoffed. "So I'm a problem, then? Something to be solved?—"
"You're twisting my words! Why... Why do you hate me?!"
"Face it: I'm a different person! Move on with your life, already!"
"What gives you the right to say that?!"
"Oh, what gives me the right?!" I waved the knife around a little too recklessly. "Were you just in a coma for two weeks? Did you just get thrown into a world that knows you better than yourself?! Where's your excuse, huh?!"
"...What do you want from me, Ithael?"
"I want you to get out of my life!"
Time slowed to a crawl as a deep pit formed in my stomach. I yanked my hand back like I'd touched a hot stove, and the knife... clattered to the floor. That look in his eyes... I'd never forget it. I had never seen a man so afraid before.
He grasped at his neck, his face turning pale as his hands soaked with blood. He fell to his knees, mouthing some words at me, but the only sound that came out was a sickening gurgle. He struggled to keep his balance as he fell flat on his face. His breathing grew labored and shaky as he lay there, a crimson puddle forming around his neck.
I knew that I should have gotten help, but, no matter how hard I tried, all I could do was watch. He cried onto the tiled ground, his breathing growing quieter and quieter, until he finally went silent.
What had I done?
...
It seems that he forgot to put any kind of warding spell on this newspaper clipping, as if he didn't expect anyone to get this far. Or perhaps he was too preoccupied with deceiving himself.
"As rumors regarding the disappearance of Eldred Wyndorn continue to circulate, the enigmatic Ithael Ralich opens a new therapist's office. In response to the whispers, Ithael states, 'There's a profound lack of support in this world, and every person could stand to have someone like Eldred by their side. I hope I can step up and fulfill a role he would have approved of.'
In other news, authorities are taking steps to curb the rising number of missing persons cases. Officials urge citizens to adhere to newly-instated curfew until the threat is solved, but claim there's nothing to worr—"
2024.05.21 19:39 Ellesig44 CA/Colorado - Employer laid off most of my department and changed my scope of work….
And it’s now harder for me to do the job I was hired for.
Do I have any recourse? What if I’m eventually terminated for performance?
The stress is killing me and I’m generally unhappy/low morale. I kind of want to quit but I also would want severance/unemployment benefits.
Company is based in CA but I work remotely in Colorado.
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Do I have any recourse? What if I’m eventually terminated for performance?
The stress is killing me and I’m generally unhappy/low morale. I kind of want to quit but I also would want severance/unemployment benefits.
Company is based in CA but I work remotely in Colorado.
2024.05.21 19:37 Active_Citron_5167 Direct report wants to be chummy
My direct report has been on the team for two years. She’s reasonably good at her job and I acknowledge that without her help taking on the bulk of the admin tasks I wouldn’t be able to perform at the level I am. I think that when it comes to our work I am supportive, complimentary, and sensitive when providing constructive criticism.
She’s very sociable with others on our team and throughout the organization. I understand that, when I was a little younger I was definitely involved in the social aspect of different jobs. I am a lot different now, though, and have put up some pretty serious boundaries with work life and social life (I’m 40 years old, Director level, have been in my industry for ~17 years).
I try to keep her at a little bit of an arm’s length, but she is really chatty with me in ways that I am just kind of not interested in. Yesterday, for example, she messaged me that she might have to take a little time away from her desk because someone that she lived with had a warrant and she might have to drive them to the Sheriff’s office. Firstly, just tell me that something has come up. I am consistently flexible when she needs to take time during the day. Also, I don’t know that I would ever tell my boss that my roommate is wanted by the Sherriff. It also turned out to be a scam call, and no one was actually in trouble. I only responded that it’s always fine to take time for errands and personal appointments, as long as work is getting done. (FWIW, I am not a prude or pearl clutcher and have done my fair share of questionable things).
One piece of feedback that she’s given me is that she does want met to share more with her about what’s going on in my world. Which is a fair request. I will tell her the programmatic things that I am aware of but will draw the line at gossiping or complaining. I think it’s unprofessional for me to complain to my direct report, and will usually just text one of my colleagues on the Director level if I am super annoyed with something. But I get the sense that is what she wants from me. I have told her that there are things that happen that I can’t share with her because it’s inappropriate and in my position I can deal with sensitive information.
But any advice on subtly building more boundaries with her would be appreciated.
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She’s very sociable with others on our team and throughout the organization. I understand that, when I was a little younger I was definitely involved in the social aspect of different jobs. I am a lot different now, though, and have put up some pretty serious boundaries with work life and social life (I’m 40 years old, Director level, have been in my industry for ~17 years).
I try to keep her at a little bit of an arm’s length, but she is really chatty with me in ways that I am just kind of not interested in. Yesterday, for example, she messaged me that she might have to take a little time away from her desk because someone that she lived with had a warrant and she might have to drive them to the Sheriff’s office. Firstly, just tell me that something has come up. I am consistently flexible when she needs to take time during the day. Also, I don’t know that I would ever tell my boss that my roommate is wanted by the Sherriff. It also turned out to be a scam call, and no one was actually in trouble. I only responded that it’s always fine to take time for errands and personal appointments, as long as work is getting done. (FWIW, I am not a prude or pearl clutcher and have done my fair share of questionable things).
One piece of feedback that she’s given me is that she does want met to share more with her about what’s going on in my world. Which is a fair request. I will tell her the programmatic things that I am aware of but will draw the line at gossiping or complaining. I think it’s unprofessional for me to complain to my direct report, and will usually just text one of my colleagues on the Director level if I am super annoyed with something. But I get the sense that is what she wants from me. I have told her that there are things that happen that I can’t share with her because it’s inappropriate and in my position I can deal with sensitive information.
But any advice on subtly building more boundaries with her would be appreciated.
2024.05.21 19:31 googlesoar Arduino not connecting to Host Shield
 | Hey guys, new to this field and still figuring stuff out so thank you for any help. Posting this here in case any of you have messed around with the Arduino. submitted by googlesoar to AskElectronics [link] [comments] I have an Arduino UNO R3 from Elagoo and a USB Host Shield (in the pictures) ____________________________________________________________________ My Problem: When running board_qc(an example sketch from the library of USB Host shield) the Serial Monitor stays on Waiting for Device... forever never recognizing the device ____________________________________________________________________ Reference: USB Host Sheild Library:felis/USB_Host_Shield_2.0: Revision 2.0 of USB Host Library for Arduino. (github.com) board_qc sketch example:USB_Host_Shield_2.0/examples/board_qc/board_qc.ino at master · felis/USB_Host_Shield_2.0 (github.com) ____________________________________________________________________ What I have tried: I have soldered the 3.3V and 5V input and the 5V for the VBUS power this allows the board_qc to show Die revision 03 with my plugged in keybaord I switched and tried 3V instead for the VBUS and that doesnt run past Die revision 00 I have tried a gaming keyboard, mouse, bluetooth dongle, & usb charger, nothing is recognized. I used a MultiMeter to check the Voltage of the VBUS and the 3.3V and 5V inputs from the Arduino and everything is receiving correct voltage except oddly the 3.3V pin is receiving 3.9V? Please help! This is the current output of the serial monitor: Circuits At Home 2011 USB Host Shield Quality Control Routine Reading REVISION register... Die revision 03 SPI long test. Transfers 1MB of data. Each dot is 64K................ SPI long test passed GPIO test. Connect GPIN0 to GPOUT7, GPIN1 to GPOUT6, and so on Test failed. Value written: 00 Value read: FF Press any key to continue... GPIO test passed. PLL test. 100 chip resets will be performed Resetting oscillator 100 Resets. Checking USB device communication. Waiting for device... Below is the USB Host Shiled and the correct soldered joints. Places I used a Multi Meter to check Voltage, and showing the soldered joints. Better view of my crappy soldering job |
2024.05.21 19:30 Southern-Reaction-38 Boss who fired me keeps looking at my LinkedIn and is trying to re-connect after I removed her
I had gotten hired at this job and was fired out of left field 3 months in for "performance". I had a 30-day review and a 60-day review as well as bi-weekly check ins, and never once did my boss express any concern about my performance. She kept telling me things were going great, then I went in for my 90-day review, and she fired me. When I asked for more information as to why, she insinuated that I had no critical thinking skills. But then offered to give me a good reference lol? (does that even make sense)
It was horrible. I've never been fired before, and what she said really hurt. I cried and left. They had 0 training for this role, she would just tell me to do things, but never explain how/why and she worked from home 99% of the time. She would yell at me and have a horrible attitude any time I had any questions. She was terrible to work with. They hired me and another person on the same day, and they and I had barely any work to do. I had wondered if that was the real reason they let me go.
Anyways - 1 week after firing me, I was she viewed my LinkedIn profile. I decided to remove her, she gives me anxiety, and she 'likes' SO much stuff, I was constantly seeing her name and it was a constant reminder of being fired, which was a humiliating and shameful experience for me. Well now, a week later, she viewed my profile again last night and tried reconnecting. Why?!?? Just leave people alone, especially if you've fired them with 0 warning or opportunity to change and do better. I don't owe you anything and am allowed to keep boundaries that feel healthy for me!
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It was horrible. I've never been fired before, and what she said really hurt. I cried and left. They had 0 training for this role, she would just tell me to do things, but never explain how/why and she worked from home 99% of the time. She would yell at me and have a horrible attitude any time I had any questions. She was terrible to work with. They hired me and another person on the same day, and they and I had barely any work to do. I had wondered if that was the real reason they let me go.
Anyways - 1 week after firing me, I was she viewed my LinkedIn profile. I decided to remove her, she gives me anxiety, and she 'likes' SO much stuff, I was constantly seeing her name and it was a constant reminder of being fired, which was a humiliating and shameful experience for me. Well now, a week later, she viewed my profile again last night and tried reconnecting. Why?!?? Just leave people alone, especially if you've fired them with 0 warning or opportunity to change and do better. I don't owe you anything and am allowed to keep boundaries that feel healthy for me!
2024.05.21 19:29 LGBTQIA_Over50 Who hires people with grey hair, mild wrinkles, age spots, experience and wisdom?
Its understood that we have skills. Those features reflect an individual who has lived and likely been in the workforce for awhile.
I'm not your typical GenX. I have current skills that are transferable.
I don't fit the recent college grad, company work cultures that don't embrace multiple generations. I looked at the reviews, photos, and that tells me how the company brands its image.
What companies hire for multi-industry experience, in insurance, banking and would that transfer to paralegal work for plaintiff side lawyers?
The main issue is pay and benefits.
If I were to work in insurance (not life sales) what companies hire someone with experience? Despite my 8 years in that field, Progressive wanted me to take silly games and match the shapes tests, even though I trained employees how to pass insurance licensing exams and worked in the industry.
Those are the silly tricks companies have to create barriers to employment and a youth based workforce.
Juvenile, puzzles and shape matching tests. I'm surprised they don't give out coloring books to see if you can color within the lines.
My competitive advantage in HR is that I've worked in all areas and also have outside industry experience which makes me well-rounded.
I'm lacking the photo on my desk with Magic Kingdom, Mackey and Minnie and spouse and children. That's what most companies which are conservative cultures want.
I dress conservatively, I have bipartisan views that I keep to myself so, outwardly, you wouldn't know where I stand.
Temp agencies don't have anything because they hire sales people to support their client employers who avoid PTO, health benefits and want an unemployment buffer.
I need income now. I used call centers for stopgap work, and even when I meet the strict and narrow performance metrics, and pee break schedule adherence, it doesn't get me promoted.
What places will hire people like us?
Thank you and I hope your day is going well.
EDIT to add, I don't think companies that hire people right out of college, feel comfortable hiring middle aged people who suffered from economic and health losses during and after Covid when everything was shut down and many people lost their incomes. Those whose jobs weren't impacted at that time, don't have a clue about those who lost their health, savings and livelihood. Rebuilding is stressful and I think certain companies want that recent college grad vibrancy versus a middle aged person's dedication, while suffering in silence with stress due to piled up debt and delayed health treatment issues. We might not exude conviviality, innocence and the same motivations when underpaid as opposed to someone who feels that they are paid adequately or more.
So many jobs that are posted for FT would require me to have a 2nd job in addition to that which could compromise my energies in the first job.
If you are paid more than your age, then you are doing well. Many of these jobs aren't paying me at or above my age.
submitted by LGBTQIA_Over50 to recruitinghell [link] [comments]
I'm not your typical GenX. I have current skills that are transferable.
I don't fit the recent college grad, company work cultures that don't embrace multiple generations. I looked at the reviews, photos, and that tells me how the company brands its image.
What companies hire for multi-industry experience, in insurance, banking and would that transfer to paralegal work for plaintiff side lawyers?
The main issue is pay and benefits.
If I were to work in insurance (not life sales) what companies hire someone with experience? Despite my 8 years in that field, Progressive wanted me to take silly games and match the shapes tests, even though I trained employees how to pass insurance licensing exams and worked in the industry.
Those are the silly tricks companies have to create barriers to employment and a youth based workforce.
Juvenile, puzzles and shape matching tests. I'm surprised they don't give out coloring books to see if you can color within the lines.
My competitive advantage in HR is that I've worked in all areas and also have outside industry experience which makes me well-rounded.
I'm lacking the photo on my desk with Magic Kingdom, Mackey and Minnie and spouse and children. That's what most companies which are conservative cultures want.
I dress conservatively, I have bipartisan views that I keep to myself so, outwardly, you wouldn't know where I stand.
Temp agencies don't have anything because they hire sales people to support their client employers who avoid PTO, health benefits and want an unemployment buffer.
I need income now. I used call centers for stopgap work, and even when I meet the strict and narrow performance metrics, and pee break schedule adherence, it doesn't get me promoted.
What places will hire people like us?
Thank you and I hope your day is going well.
EDIT to add, I don't think companies that hire people right out of college, feel comfortable hiring middle aged people who suffered from economic and health losses during and after Covid when everything was shut down and many people lost their incomes. Those whose jobs weren't impacted at that time, don't have a clue about those who lost their health, savings and livelihood. Rebuilding is stressful and I think certain companies want that recent college grad vibrancy versus a middle aged person's dedication, while suffering in silence with stress due to piled up debt and delayed health treatment issues. We might not exude conviviality, innocence and the same motivations when underpaid as opposed to someone who feels that they are paid adequately or more.
So many jobs that are posted for FT would require me to have a 2nd job in addition to that which could compromise my energies in the first job.
If you are paid more than your age, then you are doing well. Many of these jobs aren't paying me at or above my age.
2024.05.21 19:28 LGBTQIA_Over50 Who hires people with grey hair, mild wrinkles, age spots, experience and wisdom?
Its understood that we have skills. Those features reflect an individual who has lived and likely been in the workforce for awhile.
I'm not your typical GenX. I have current skills that are transferable.
I don't fit the recent college grad, company work cultures that don't embrace multiple generations. I looked at the reviews, photos, and that tells me how the company brands its image.
What companies hire for multi-industry experience, in insurance, banking and would that transfer to paralegal work for plaintiff side lawyers?
The main issue is pay and benefits.
If I were to work in insurance (not life sales) what companies hire someone with experience? Despite my 8 years in that field, Progressive wanted me to take silly games and match the shapes tests, even though I trained employees how to pass insurance licensing exams and worked in the industry.
Those are the silly tricks companies have to create barriers to employment and a youth based workforce.
Juvenile, puzzles and shape matching tests. I'm surprised they don't give out coloring books to see if you can color within the lines.
My competitive advantage in HR is that I've worked in all areas and also have outside industry experience which makes me well-rounded.
I'm lacking the photo on my desk with Magic Kingdom, Mackey and Minnie and spouse and children. That's what most companies which are conservative cultures want.
I dress conservatively, I have bipartisan views that I keep to myself so, outwardly, you wouldn't know where I stand.
Temp agencies don't have anything because they hire sales people to support their client employers who avoid PTO, health benefits and want an unemployment buffer.
I need income now. I used call centers for stopgap work, and even when I meet the strict and narrow performance metrics, and pee break schedule adherence, it doesn't get me promoted.
What places will hire people like us?
Thank you and I hope your day is going well.
EDIT to add, I don't think companies that hire people right out of college, feel comfortable hiring middle aged people who suffered from economic and health losses during and after Covid when everything was shut down and many people lost their incomes. Those whose jobs weren't impacted at that time, don't have a clue about those who lost their health, savings and livelihood. Rebuilding is stressful and I think certain companies want that recent college grad vibrancy versus a middle aged person's dedication, while suffering in silence with stress due to piled up debt and delayed health treatment issues. We might not exude conviviality, innocence and the same motivations when underpaid as opposed to someone who feels that they are paid adequately or more.
So many jobs that are posted for FT would require me to have a 2nd job in addition to that which could compromise my energies in the first job.
If you are paid more than your age, then you are doing well. Many of these jobs aren't paying me at or above my age.
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I'm not your typical GenX. I have current skills that are transferable.
I don't fit the recent college grad, company work cultures that don't embrace multiple generations. I looked at the reviews, photos, and that tells me how the company brands its image.
What companies hire for multi-industry experience, in insurance, banking and would that transfer to paralegal work for plaintiff side lawyers?
The main issue is pay and benefits.
If I were to work in insurance (not life sales) what companies hire someone with experience? Despite my 8 years in that field, Progressive wanted me to take silly games and match the shapes tests, even though I trained employees how to pass insurance licensing exams and worked in the industry.
Those are the silly tricks companies have to create barriers to employment and a youth based workforce.
Juvenile, puzzles and shape matching tests. I'm surprised they don't give out coloring books to see if you can color within the lines.
My competitive advantage in HR is that I've worked in all areas and also have outside industry experience which makes me well-rounded.
I'm lacking the photo on my desk with Magic Kingdom, Mackey and Minnie and spouse and children. That's what most companies which are conservative cultures want.
I dress conservatively, I have bipartisan views that I keep to myself so, outwardly, you wouldn't know where I stand.
Temp agencies don't have anything because they hire sales people to support their client employers who avoid PTO, health benefits and want an unemployment buffer.
I need income now. I used call centers for stopgap work, and even when I meet the strict and narrow performance metrics, and pee break schedule adherence, it doesn't get me promoted.
What places will hire people like us?
Thank you and I hope your day is going well.
EDIT to add, I don't think companies that hire people right out of college, feel comfortable hiring middle aged people who suffered from economic and health losses during and after Covid when everything was shut down and many people lost their incomes. Those whose jobs weren't impacted at that time, don't have a clue about those who lost their health, savings and livelihood. Rebuilding is stressful and I think certain companies want that recent college grad vibrancy versus a middle aged person's dedication, while suffering in silence with stress due to piled up debt and delayed health treatment issues. We might not exude conviviality, innocence and the same motivations when underpaid as opposed to someone who feels that they are paid adequately or more.
So many jobs that are posted for FT would require me to have a 2nd job in addition to that which could compromise my energies in the first job.
If you are paid more than your age, then you are doing well. Many of these jobs aren't paying me at or above my age.
2024.05.21 19:25 SUIYHA Employment Law Question - Probation and Commission
For the employment law specialists - if an employee has a three month probation in their contract, the three month date passes, then two weeks after the three months is complete the employer states for the first time that they are unhappy with performance and that they wish to extend probation by another month, is this legal/legitimate given that nothing was stated either verbally or in writing until two weeks past the date?
The same employee is a Sales Director - who's job description stated that individual sales would be part of their responsibility but has their employment contract which states that "achieving the overall team target is what you will be rewarded and measured against" - specifying a ramped commission scheme that paid a percentage of the total team number for the year. Crucially, this included sales done for the year before the employee joined the business which was stated in emails in the job offer, highlighting business that was already done and therefore commission that the Sales Director was entitled to upon joining (a key factor in the salary negotiations and convincing the Sales Director to take the role). The Sales Director spent the first few months recruiting, working with existing reps, supporting team sales, and whilst closing a small number of individual deals, the primary activity was supporting others in working towards the overall team target. The employer has stated that individual sales have not been sufficient and therefore, as well as probation being extended, the Sales Director's entire commission structure is to be changed to pay out on individual sales only, with a small fixed bonus available if and only if the reps he hired ALL hit target - effectively reducing the Sales Director to a glorified team leader and disregarding all of the work done so far in supporting existing team members. Most importantly, even if all targets are hit in exactly the right way, the On Target Earnings for this Sales Director under the new scheme would see him earn around $30,000 less this year than the contracted scheme. The employment contract states that the remuneration scheme may be reviewed annually, however this has all taken place within a period of less than four months.
Question - is any of this legal by the employer? The Sales Director is concerned that, if the probation extension is legitimate, can his employment be terminated if he does not agree to the new commission scheme and job responsibility? In either case, if his role is terminated, or if he resigns over the new commission structure, could he claim Unfair Constructive Dismissal / Arbitrary Dismissal and be entitled to compensation? If so, what kind of compensation might this involve?
Any advice on the legal position and the best way to take things forward - highly appreciated.
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The same employee is a Sales Director - who's job description stated that individual sales would be part of their responsibility but has their employment contract which states that "achieving the overall team target is what you will be rewarded and measured against" - specifying a ramped commission scheme that paid a percentage of the total team number for the year. Crucially, this included sales done for the year before the employee joined the business which was stated in emails in the job offer, highlighting business that was already done and therefore commission that the Sales Director was entitled to upon joining (a key factor in the salary negotiations and convincing the Sales Director to take the role). The Sales Director spent the first few months recruiting, working with existing reps, supporting team sales, and whilst closing a small number of individual deals, the primary activity was supporting others in working towards the overall team target. The employer has stated that individual sales have not been sufficient and therefore, as well as probation being extended, the Sales Director's entire commission structure is to be changed to pay out on individual sales only, with a small fixed bonus available if and only if the reps he hired ALL hit target - effectively reducing the Sales Director to a glorified team leader and disregarding all of the work done so far in supporting existing team members. Most importantly, even if all targets are hit in exactly the right way, the On Target Earnings for this Sales Director under the new scheme would see him earn around $30,000 less this year than the contracted scheme. The employment contract states that the remuneration scheme may be reviewed annually, however this has all taken place within a period of less than four months.
Question - is any of this legal by the employer? The Sales Director is concerned that, if the probation extension is legitimate, can his employment be terminated if he does not agree to the new commission scheme and job responsibility? In either case, if his role is terminated, or if he resigns over the new commission structure, could he claim Unfair Constructive Dismissal / Arbitrary Dismissal and be entitled to compensation? If so, what kind of compensation might this involve?
Any advice on the legal position and the best way to take things forward - highly appreciated.
2024.05.21 19:25 Initial-Math4174 Isn't Portugal squad a bit outrageous?
People don't realise this but we have a population slightly bigger than London yet we have the third most expensive european squad if I am not mistaken.
Is it just the development of the players way bigger than all the other countries or does Portugal have an easy job finding ballers in every street? Our neighbors Spain have 5x the amount of people and (desculpem irmãos espanhóis) their team is not better than ours. Not on market value and not on performance.
Apart from Croatia, what teams come to your mind when we are talking about good national teams with small population? On the other hand we also have bigger countries that can't even draft a good XI...
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Is it just the development of the players way bigger than all the other countries or does Portugal have an easy job finding ballers in every street? Our neighbors Spain have 5x the amount of people and (desculpem irmãos espanhóis) their team is not better than ours. Not on market value and not on performance.
Apart from Croatia, what teams come to your mind when we are talking about good national teams with small population? On the other hand we also have bigger countries that can't even draft a good XI...
2024.05.21 19:24 SUIYHA Probation and Commission Change
For the employment law specialists - if an employee has a three month probation in their contract, the three month date passes, then two weeks after the three months is complete the employer states for the first time that they are unhappy with performance and that they wish to extend probation by another month, is this legal/legitimate given that nothing was stated either verbally or in writing until two weeks past the date?
The same employee is a Sales Director - who's job description stated that individual sales would be part of their responsibility but has their employment contract which states that "achieving the overall team target is what you will be rewarded and measured against" - specifying a ramped commission scheme that paid a percentage of the total team number for the year. Crucially, this included sales done for the year before the employee joined the business which was stated in emails in the job offer, highlighting business that was already done and therefore commission that the Sales Director was entitled to upon joining (a key factor in the salary negotiations and convincing the Sales Director to take the role). The Sales Director spent the first few months recruiting, working with existing reps, supporting team sales, and whilst closing a small number of individual deals, the primary activity was supporting others in working towards the overall team target. The employer has stated that individual sales have not been sufficient and therefore, as well as probation being extended, the Sales Director's entire commission structure is to be changed to pay out on individual sales only, with a small fixed bonus available if and only if the reps he hired ALL hit target - effectively reducing the Sales Director to a glorified team leader and disregarding all of the work done so far in supporting existing team members. Most importantly, even if all targets are hit in exactly the right way, the On Target Earnings for this Sales Director under the new scheme would see him earn around $30,000 less this year than the contracted scheme. The employment contract states that the remuneration scheme may be reviewed annually, however this has all taken place within a period of less than four months.
Question - is any of this legal by the employer? The Sales Director is concerned that, if the probation extension is legitimate, can his employment be terminated if he does not agree to the new commission scheme and job responsibility? In either case, if his role is terminated, or if he resigns over the new commission structure, could he claim Unfair Constructive Dismissal / Arbitrary Dismissal and be entitled to compensation? If so, what kind of compensation might this involve?
Any advice on the legal position and the best way to take things forward - highly appreciated.
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The same employee is a Sales Director - who's job description stated that individual sales would be part of their responsibility but has their employment contract which states that "achieving the overall team target is what you will be rewarded and measured against" - specifying a ramped commission scheme that paid a percentage of the total team number for the year. Crucially, this included sales done for the year before the employee joined the business which was stated in emails in the job offer, highlighting business that was already done and therefore commission that the Sales Director was entitled to upon joining (a key factor in the salary negotiations and convincing the Sales Director to take the role). The Sales Director spent the first few months recruiting, working with existing reps, supporting team sales, and whilst closing a small number of individual deals, the primary activity was supporting others in working towards the overall team target. The employer has stated that individual sales have not been sufficient and therefore, as well as probation being extended, the Sales Director's entire commission structure is to be changed to pay out on individual sales only, with a small fixed bonus available if and only if the reps he hired ALL hit target - effectively reducing the Sales Director to a glorified team leader and disregarding all of the work done so far in supporting existing team members. Most importantly, even if all targets are hit in exactly the right way, the On Target Earnings for this Sales Director under the new scheme would see him earn around $30,000 less this year than the contracted scheme. The employment contract states that the remuneration scheme may be reviewed annually, however this has all taken place within a period of less than four months.
Question - is any of this legal by the employer? The Sales Director is concerned that, if the probation extension is legitimate, can his employment be terminated if he does not agree to the new commission scheme and job responsibility? In either case, if his role is terminated, or if he resigns over the new commission structure, could he claim Unfair Constructive Dismissal / Arbitrary Dismissal and be entitled to compensation? If so, what kind of compensation might this involve?
Any advice on the legal position and the best way to take things forward - highly appreciated.
2024.05.21 19:23 moonstonemerman Does it look bad if you haven't been able to get promoted when going for manager-level roles?
I've been a professional white collar worker in marketing for almost 10 years now and have never been able to break into middle management or even get a simple promotion to a manager-level role all due to sheer bad luck and poor career timing I've had no control over.
I've been with two Fortune 500 employers but simultaneously in situations where there have been no growth opportunities, causing me to move on to other employers. I was with the first employer for 3 years and for the second employer, I contracted with them for 2 years and spent an additional 2 years in a full-time role.
I feel beyond prepared to hold a manager title. I've only ever gotten great performance reviews but have never had promotion opportunities because of bad circumstances (hiring freezes, bad job markets, no open headcount, etc.)
I know titles aren't everything but they're indicative that you've contributed value and have actually progressed. Not having a manager title has made me feel insecure about my ability to deliver even though I've only ever had good performance reviews.
Now I'm actively searching for manager-level roles. I'm curious if it's a red flag to hiring leaders of manager-level marketing roles that I've sat in an associate level for so long, even if not intentionally? If it's a red flag, any advice on how to compensate for that drawback?
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I've been with two Fortune 500 employers but simultaneously in situations where there have been no growth opportunities, causing me to move on to other employers. I was with the first employer for 3 years and for the second employer, I contracted with them for 2 years and spent an additional 2 years in a full-time role.
I feel beyond prepared to hold a manager title. I've only ever gotten great performance reviews but have never had promotion opportunities because of bad circumstances (hiring freezes, bad job markets, no open headcount, etc.)
I know titles aren't everything but they're indicative that you've contributed value and have actually progressed. Not having a manager title has made me feel insecure about my ability to deliver even though I've only ever had good performance reviews.
Now I'm actively searching for manager-level roles. I'm curious if it's a red flag to hiring leaders of manager-level marketing roles that I've sat in an associate level for so long, even if not intentionally? If it's a red flag, any advice on how to compensate for that drawback?
2024.05.21 19:17 29Mikusarts (reposting Kathy's back story)
 | KATHY'S BACKSTORY (updated) submitted by 29Mikusarts to HazbinHotelOCArt [link] [comments] Kathy's mother was a newly immigrated immigrant of the United States. She had to live in a poor neighbourhood alongside her dad, but when World War 1 came around, her dad was drafted and she was raped by the soldier who visited her to tell her her father was dead. Shortly after, she had the soldier's child, gave birth to Kathy and left her on the orphanage's cold doorstep before dying shortly of hypothermia. Kathy was born in July 1925 in a dingy apartment with no midwife present and therefore the labour was very difficult for her mother. A cat watched them the whole time; its luminous green eyes were observant like a guardian animal. Kathy grew up discriminated against even in the orphanage and with the Great Depression, she was sometimes forced to eat tin plates to get nutrients and most of the time, she had no food at all. Being acquainted with cats in the back alley, Kathy had a great deal of experience with trash diving and would eat fish bones (after wrangling one from a poor stray cat). Kathy's eyes are monolid and squinted. She also has white skin and plain black hair that made it obvious she was of East Asian descent. This made her even more discriminated against, especially in school, where other kids will taunt her and make fun of her eyes. She scratched her bully's eye once and got expelled for it. The orphanage forcibly locked her in her room for a month and attempted to make her malnourished, but she simply got more rebellious and would leave at certain times through the window like a cat. During World War 2, the discrimination against immigrants was at an all-time high, especially towards Italians and East Asians. Kathy was rescued from being trapped behind a metal fence with barbed wires along with other Asian immigrants and Asian-Americans by being adopted by an American when she was 17, just a month before she would officially turn 18. Kathy’s adoptive father treated her well and even gave her a cat for comfort because she was similar to one up until she turned 18 when she would receive her first “customer” who, in reality, raped her while she was locked up in her room with them. Her adoptive father would later simply dub it as a business regime that all adult girls like her must do. She reluctantly follows this mindset and continues to be pimped by him from that age and onwards. Kathy's adoptive father also had a side job selling cocaine and other types of recreational drugs. He was lucky when a customer related to the Italian mob family residing in America had bought all kinds of drugs from him at a reckless price. Kathy saw the customer's face and it was bruised up; he had a large black eye, scars that were likely from the war, and dead eyes that were twitching from withdrawal. Kathy has amassed a bunch of cats which she adopted, and because of her anxious attachment, she locks them up down in the basement where they are forced to feed off of what Kathy is only giving them and keeps on populating. Kathy actually has killed several of her customers and has witnessed her pimp kill some of them too for failing to fail or doing too much damage. Kathy was influenced by her pimp and only started killing later on. These bodies are always dumped in the basement where the cats will feed on them and eventually develop a taste for human flesh. Once, business was actually going well, and Kathy had forgotten to feed her cats for a month. When she came to check back on them again, several cats were bloody and gruesome and they had developed a taste for human flesh. Kathy died from blood loss due to the injury she obtained from one of her cats pouncing on her and scratching her eye. There was no body to be found that next morning. {Kathy died in December of 1952.} HELL KATHY Kathy arrived in hell and did sex work for a time; her customers were mostly men, but she also didn't mind women. During this time, Angel was also performing sex work and also had a customer demographic of mostly men. They were in the same strip club, but did not find much interest in each other. Angel, specifically, shrugged her off while he was counting bills and snorting cocaine. Kathy met Valentino in hell at a later date than Angel. He reveals to her that he has seen her with her adoptive father (aka Kathy's pimp) and offers to extend her duties in his porn studio along with some other lovely ladies with him. Kathy agrees, and signs her name on the contract, and sells her soul to Valentino and at his porn studio. Kathy was intended to star in heterosexual roleplay porn before lesbian sex became popular and Valentino made use of her in this genre instead. Her past works were left in the dust and her most popular work—that won a Sex-x-xi Award against Tiffany Titfucker—is a hardcore lesbian porn movie. Kathy is an energetic girl with calico patterned fur. She has a pattern of hissing at people she doesn't like but purrs in the present of those that she does like. Her ears and tail have a mind of its own, giving away what she's really feeling if you look close enough. Kathy likes saying “like”. When Kathy was recruited into Valentino's porn studio, Angel Dust originally intended to ignore her, but she took notice of him and called her out on shrugging her off the first time around. Angel Dust says he charges extra for girls which only enrages Kathy. Valentino steps in, much to Angel's dismay and Kathy was all heart eyes for him. Kathy faced a lot of similar abuse to Angel Dust, but the difference is that she was brainwashed into thinking all of it was consensual (+ she was under the influence of the love potion for most of those times). Angel Dust later brings this up to Kathy and she starts to question herself if she's really consenting to all of it. Later on, Kathy form a bond with angel dust and angel dust even introduce Kathy to charlie and the other demon in the hazbin hotel. Kathy really like's the hotel. and the demon's she meet. Kathy even meet the demon king himself "Lucifer". Charlie is just much happier than she is and hoping that Kathy will join to the path of redemption, in Charlie's shocked Kathy dissaproved and said "I'm no where on path of redemption to the heaven, just look at me I'm whore" Kathy then Left to go for a shoot for Valentino as she's walking she noticed angel dust being harrased, Kathy then scratches and bites a guy to his death that was harassing Angel Dust outside of the porn studio once. Angel Dust says he could have also dealt with that himself and shoots a guy who was aiming for Kathy's back. They're even now. Kathy smile at angel dust as they both handle the shark Mafia group and killed them Kathy was the first to get a crush on Angel Dust as angel dust was pursuing Husk, this left Kathy heartbroken but she respect angel dust and didn't intervene with their relationship. The termination came and Adam when down with the other angel's and Kathy help Charlie and angel dust to fight. the battle go on and unfortunately event happened and sirpentious died when Adam shoot him with beam. everyone's from the hotel mourn from sirpentious death. The battle stop when Lucifer came and help Charlie. A years passed after the termination and everyone know that a soul can be redeem and sirpentious is the example. Angel dust and Kathy's journey into the redemption started as they they set out on a journey to take down Valentino's porn studio and set out on a journey to emotionally heal. Kathy love's to admired Angel dust from affar as she respect angel's dust and husk relationship, she's didn't confess as she knew it won't matter. |
2024.05.21 19:16 Any_Astronomer_4872 Choreography and Jr/Kids shows
Hello!
I am new to working on plays, but have a lot of experience with dance performance. I’ve been invited to choreograph for one of the summer musicals a local youth program is producing. I will be working with a director and a musical director, and both of the plays I could be assigned to are MTI shows that have a junior and a kids version (not certain which we’re doing).
I see that MTI has choreography videos for both musicals, for both kids and junior versions, and I can’t figure it out by looking online- is the choreo set and unalterable, just like the music and script? Is it just a suggestion/option? If it’s required, I don’t know why I’m needed as a choreographer, unless my job is to stage/set it while following the video as closely as possible?
Of course I’m going to check with my boss and the director but I have some time to spend researching and I would like to know if I need to create movement or just learn what’s in the videos.
Sorry if this is a really obvious question- I come from the ballet world and licensing rules are very new to me!
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I am new to working on plays, but have a lot of experience with dance performance. I’ve been invited to choreograph for one of the summer musicals a local youth program is producing. I will be working with a director and a musical director, and both of the plays I could be assigned to are MTI shows that have a junior and a kids version (not certain which we’re doing).
I see that MTI has choreography videos for both musicals, for both kids and junior versions, and I can’t figure it out by looking online- is the choreo set and unalterable, just like the music and script? Is it just a suggestion/option? If it’s required, I don’t know why I’m needed as a choreographer, unless my job is to stage/set it while following the video as closely as possible?
Of course I’m going to check with my boss and the director but I have some time to spend researching and I would like to know if I need to create movement or just learn what’s in the videos.
Sorry if this is a really obvious question- I come from the ballet world and licensing rules are very new to me!
2024.05.21 19:12 jasap1029 I'm so tired of my job and maybe even my career
I work in biotech and have been with this company for 3 years. Before that I was with an academic lab/core working with the same things for 2.5 years.
I worked really, really hard at the academic lab. Only took time off if I was sick and then only if I couldn't function. I rarely took a lunch because I was so busy I didn't have time to eat. I'd easily work 10-12 hour days and always got paid for it. My boss was super appreciative and promised me a promotion that never materialized. He blamed it on HR which I want to give the benefit of doubt to him and believe but I never got a promotion. I got tired of the constant push and poor pay. I was about to be living without a roommate and could not afford it. So I looked for a job in the industry and got one.
At first I was excited because it was way more pay and set 9-5 hours and people were pretty relaxed about that. Things went well for the first year. I got to help on projects and it really seemed like the role was working for me. However, I never heard a whisper of a promotion nor any discussions about my career prospects within the group. I felt invisible to my manager and just drifted through the work hoping something would change.
It did in the form of a new manager. My previous one was promoted and someone under her was then promoted who I got along with. I thought "alright, now things might be changing!". They did not as it was the same old same old. He did help me put together some goals to learn new instruments and techniques but I was always so busy I couldn't do them.
A few months later a new guy gets brought in and one day after a department-wide meeting, a bunch of us were asked to stay. We were being moved under the new guy to basically do nothing but what I was already doing. I was furious because it felt like I was boxed into a corner to be yet again forgotten about and left to the wolves. They guy was pretty nice and approachable.
This didn't last more than maybe 3 months before he brought someone in personally to oversee our group since he was the director or whatever of our group (dumb workplace hierarchy stuff). So in about 9 months I'd went through 3 managers. None of whom gave any real guidance and didn't seem to take an interest in being a manager and helping your direct reports grow.
I did not like the new guy at all. He gave me a really weird vibe that just made me uncomfortable. That sort of went away as I got to know him a bit but he was still always a little awkward and off putting to me. By this point I felt completely boxed out of any opportunity. He let me help on a long term project but that's about it. I've been doing nothing but the same thing since I started.
I also struggle with depression, anxiety, and chronic migraines. A fact that I had to embarrassingly bring up in a meeting with him, my previous manager, and HR. I was in trouble because I'd missed 2 days without saying anything. At the time this happened I was experiencing really bad withdrawal symptoms from running out of a medication that took a few days to sort out. I also mentioned my chronic migraines as being a reason for absences and having to resort to PTO since I'd ran out of sick days.
They seemed very understanding and offered me support and just wanted me to fix being late all the time and lower productivity. I did my best and was able to appease them. That is until recently. I'd went on a vacation with my partner and took Monday off the week I'd be returning to work. Except I totally forgot to submit the PTO. I'd thought I had done this, genuinely but my manager was a real dick about it. He clearly didn't believe me, used my last incident against me, called me unreliable, told me to get my shit together because I'd forgotten to do some things that he'd said weren't urgent.
Needless to say, I left that meeting feeling really down but not worried. Then a few weeks ago I took a long weekend to go see a friend. I ended up getting sick with an ear infection the day after I got back so I was out for 2 days. Both were submitted and he knew. The second day, I see another meeting with him, my previous manager, and HR. This time they were far less friendly and understanding. The HR guy accused me of abusing PTO for sick leave (I've been out of sick leave since February due to chronic migraines). Now I'm to go on a PIP and I feel like my days are numbered. I tried to use my latest performance review to stick up for me but my own boss acted almost as if it didn't say what it said and HR guy interrupted me and told me the performance review doesn't matter. So I just shut down and let them speak their piece and then I left the meeting. I feel like my manager just wants me gone and doesn't like me which is fair because I don't like him.
I've already started looking for new jobs but I'm not even sure if I want to stay in this career anymore. I'm burned out and tired. I'm not listened to nor accommodated as I feel this should be. I've applied for FMLA to use intermittently for my illness but I feel their just going to fire me anyway. I'm hoping they offer a severance and me quitting in lieu of a PIP but they probably won't. This company doesn't care about any of us. None of them do.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? How did you handle it? I also want to sit down with HR myself and tell my side of things now that I've had time to process and collect my thoughts but I don't think it'd do any good. Sorry for the long rambling rant! I tried to break it up into paragraphs instead of a big wall of text.
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I worked really, really hard at the academic lab. Only took time off if I was sick and then only if I couldn't function. I rarely took a lunch because I was so busy I didn't have time to eat. I'd easily work 10-12 hour days and always got paid for it. My boss was super appreciative and promised me a promotion that never materialized. He blamed it on HR which I want to give the benefit of doubt to him and believe but I never got a promotion. I got tired of the constant push and poor pay. I was about to be living without a roommate and could not afford it. So I looked for a job in the industry and got one.
At first I was excited because it was way more pay and set 9-5 hours and people were pretty relaxed about that. Things went well for the first year. I got to help on projects and it really seemed like the role was working for me. However, I never heard a whisper of a promotion nor any discussions about my career prospects within the group. I felt invisible to my manager and just drifted through the work hoping something would change.
It did in the form of a new manager. My previous one was promoted and someone under her was then promoted who I got along with. I thought "alright, now things might be changing!". They did not as it was the same old same old. He did help me put together some goals to learn new instruments and techniques but I was always so busy I couldn't do them.
A few months later a new guy gets brought in and one day after a department-wide meeting, a bunch of us were asked to stay. We were being moved under the new guy to basically do nothing but what I was already doing. I was furious because it felt like I was boxed into a corner to be yet again forgotten about and left to the wolves. They guy was pretty nice and approachable.
This didn't last more than maybe 3 months before he brought someone in personally to oversee our group since he was the director or whatever of our group (dumb workplace hierarchy stuff). So in about 9 months I'd went through 3 managers. None of whom gave any real guidance and didn't seem to take an interest in being a manager and helping your direct reports grow.
I did not like the new guy at all. He gave me a really weird vibe that just made me uncomfortable. That sort of went away as I got to know him a bit but he was still always a little awkward and off putting to me. By this point I felt completely boxed out of any opportunity. He let me help on a long term project but that's about it. I've been doing nothing but the same thing since I started.
I also struggle with depression, anxiety, and chronic migraines. A fact that I had to embarrassingly bring up in a meeting with him, my previous manager, and HR. I was in trouble because I'd missed 2 days without saying anything. At the time this happened I was experiencing really bad withdrawal symptoms from running out of a medication that took a few days to sort out. I also mentioned my chronic migraines as being a reason for absences and having to resort to PTO since I'd ran out of sick days.
They seemed very understanding and offered me support and just wanted me to fix being late all the time and lower productivity. I did my best and was able to appease them. That is until recently. I'd went on a vacation with my partner and took Monday off the week I'd be returning to work. Except I totally forgot to submit the PTO. I'd thought I had done this, genuinely but my manager was a real dick about it. He clearly didn't believe me, used my last incident against me, called me unreliable, told me to get my shit together because I'd forgotten to do some things that he'd said weren't urgent.
Needless to say, I left that meeting feeling really down but not worried. Then a few weeks ago I took a long weekend to go see a friend. I ended up getting sick with an ear infection the day after I got back so I was out for 2 days. Both were submitted and he knew. The second day, I see another meeting with him, my previous manager, and HR. This time they were far less friendly and understanding. The HR guy accused me of abusing PTO for sick leave (I've been out of sick leave since February due to chronic migraines). Now I'm to go on a PIP and I feel like my days are numbered. I tried to use my latest performance review to stick up for me but my own boss acted almost as if it didn't say what it said and HR guy interrupted me and told me the performance review doesn't matter. So I just shut down and let them speak their piece and then I left the meeting. I feel like my manager just wants me gone and doesn't like me which is fair because I don't like him.
I've already started looking for new jobs but I'm not even sure if I want to stay in this career anymore. I'm burned out and tired. I'm not listened to nor accommodated as I feel this should be. I've applied for FMLA to use intermittently for my illness but I feel their just going to fire me anyway. I'm hoping they offer a severance and me quitting in lieu of a PIP but they probably won't. This company doesn't care about any of us. None of them do.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? How did you handle it? I also want to sit down with HR myself and tell my side of things now that I've had time to process and collect my thoughts but I don't think it'd do any good. Sorry for the long rambling rant! I tried to break it up into paragraphs instead of a big wall of text.
2024.05.21 19:09 jsmith12231805 Advice from a Church Whistleblower: Don't bother! The Church doesn't want to know the truth or care about what evidence you have. They simply want to bury you and the truth. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
I worked in the Provo Utah Temple and the Temple Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When I reported to my supervisor, director, managing director, executive director, HR, general authorities, and top leadership if the Church the abuse suffered by myself and many Church employees in the Provo Utah Temple they ignored me, retaliated, became hostile, defended the abusers, and punished me. They sought to silence me, refused to follow Church HR policies, practices and procedures, and ultimately sought to silence me. In my experience the Church doesn't care about the truth of abuse, illegal conduct I witnessed in the Temples, and doesn't want bad news to get to the First Presidency of the Church. So they act in disgusting, despicable, and illegal ways to silence whistleblowers.
As I blew the whistle my direct report began to lie to the Temple President and Temple Department about my conduct. All written documentation shows I received above average reviews yet behind the scenes he verbally was destroying my reputation and career. This began after he broke into my computer by resetting my password, stealing my journal and password file, and paying for a software cracking utility to get into my journal and password file. I was then transferred tot he Temple Department for a "developmental assignment". During this time I had to go see a therapist and get on medication to deal with the constant depression I felt. The Recorder still works in a temple today.
Once at the Temple Department my job was threatened by the Director only a few days after arriving. He stated that because I asked to see an HR policy in writing that I lacked judgement, may never be a Temple Recorder, and they were considering whether to keep me. He was an abusive, Pharisaic, self righteous, hypocritical, and overbearing man. So abusive and oppressive was this man that I began to have bleeding ulcers and severe stomach pain every time I got off the bus to start my day at the Church office buildings. He was a vile man and still works in the temple department today.
Eventually, I was forced out of my job and was told the reason was that I was "not a good fit" for the job despite recommendations for temple presidencies, the temple recorder (in writing), and an analysis they had me do (they refused to share the results with me and were trying to use that analysis to get show I wasn't a good fit. However, when I passed it they simply used "not a good fit" as an excuse). When I asked, in a recorded conversation, what I had done wrong he stated I had done nothing wrong, my work was excellent, and acknowledged my excellent reviews.
However, when I began to appeal suddenly multiple "issues" with my conduct and work suddenly arose. These deceptive and manipulative men didn't realize I had recorded the conversation and when I presented that fact they suddenly stated my recording as one of the reasons for my being released. Think about that for a moment, it is astounding! They then sought to demonize me and have ever since. They also said they were "tucked it" with their attorneys, Kirton & McConkie, who also refused to look at the evidence or acknowledge the Church was not following their own procedures for termination.
The Church failed to train and counsel, were inconsistent in their treatment of employees, spoke inappropriately about current and former employees, did not hold regular development discussions, did not give honest and timely feedback or write me up if indeed I had done the things they said I did as they tried to defend their termination actions, did not give me 3 appeals as required by their own policies, did not follow their own termination checklist, did not give opportunities to improve my performance if what they said during my appeals was true, did not give me an opportunity to explain my side of the situation, did not ensure the action taken was consistent with the action taken for other employees, and did not consistently apply policies, procedures and standards of performance.
Why? Because I was a whistleblower trying to expose abuse in a Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a whistleblower their goal was to shut me down as quickly and harshly as possible. They saw my reports as attacking the Church. How dare I speak in such a manner about my superiors and the "only true and living church on the face of the earth". How dare I call into question the conduct of such inspired and holy men.
My advice is to not bother trying to go to the Church. Go to law enforcement, to state and federal agencies, to an attorney. But DO NOT try to report illegal activity to the Church. They simply don't care and will seek to punish and bury you.
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As I blew the whistle my direct report began to lie to the Temple President and Temple Department about my conduct. All written documentation shows I received above average reviews yet behind the scenes he verbally was destroying my reputation and career. This began after he broke into my computer by resetting my password, stealing my journal and password file, and paying for a software cracking utility to get into my journal and password file. I was then transferred tot he Temple Department for a "developmental assignment". During this time I had to go see a therapist and get on medication to deal with the constant depression I felt. The Recorder still works in a temple today.
Once at the Temple Department my job was threatened by the Director only a few days after arriving. He stated that because I asked to see an HR policy in writing that I lacked judgement, may never be a Temple Recorder, and they were considering whether to keep me. He was an abusive, Pharisaic, self righteous, hypocritical, and overbearing man. So abusive and oppressive was this man that I began to have bleeding ulcers and severe stomach pain every time I got off the bus to start my day at the Church office buildings. He was a vile man and still works in the temple department today.
Eventually, I was forced out of my job and was told the reason was that I was "not a good fit" for the job despite recommendations for temple presidencies, the temple recorder (in writing), and an analysis they had me do (they refused to share the results with me and were trying to use that analysis to get show I wasn't a good fit. However, when I passed it they simply used "not a good fit" as an excuse). When I asked, in a recorded conversation, what I had done wrong he stated I had done nothing wrong, my work was excellent, and acknowledged my excellent reviews.
However, when I began to appeal suddenly multiple "issues" with my conduct and work suddenly arose. These deceptive and manipulative men didn't realize I had recorded the conversation and when I presented that fact they suddenly stated my recording as one of the reasons for my being released. Think about that for a moment, it is astounding! They then sought to demonize me and have ever since. They also said they were "tucked it" with their attorneys, Kirton & McConkie, who also refused to look at the evidence or acknowledge the Church was not following their own procedures for termination.
The Church failed to train and counsel, were inconsistent in their treatment of employees, spoke inappropriately about current and former employees, did not hold regular development discussions, did not give honest and timely feedback or write me up if indeed I had done the things they said I did as they tried to defend their termination actions, did not give me 3 appeals as required by their own policies, did not follow their own termination checklist, did not give opportunities to improve my performance if what they said during my appeals was true, did not give me an opportunity to explain my side of the situation, did not ensure the action taken was consistent with the action taken for other employees, and did not consistently apply policies, procedures and standards of performance.
Why? Because I was a whistleblower trying to expose abuse in a Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a whistleblower their goal was to shut me down as quickly and harshly as possible. They saw my reports as attacking the Church. How dare I speak in such a manner about my superiors and the "only true and living church on the face of the earth". How dare I call into question the conduct of such inspired and holy men.
My advice is to not bother trying to go to the Church. Go to law enforcement, to state and federal agencies, to an attorney. But DO NOT try to report illegal activity to the Church. They simply don't care and will seek to punish and bury you.