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2024.05.19 11:53 Antibot_One My Cyberpunk City Factions
Greetings, citizens! I'm a writer, mostly freelance, but I've been working on my own setting for a while now. I've already described some of the basics of how my world is organized in the two posts on another subreddit, so I won't repeat them unnecessarily. Long story short: this is an alternate world that has deposits of metastable metallic hydrogen, concentrated at deep waters and in cold regions. Hydrogen, instead of oil, is the basis of the world's economy here, the corporations that have grown from its extraction and use have more power than governments. The political map of the world is different from our own, with different forces at play than we are used to.
The main setting is the city of Neone, located somewhere on the coast of the Balkan Peninsula. I won't specify a particular place or pick a certain country for its location. Instead, I will take some features from some various ones to add local flavor. As one of the largest trading hubs in the world, this city is very wealthy, but it's the kind of wealth that easily slips through your fingers. Everything is buying and selling here, and human life is just as much a bargaining chip. Life in Neone is determined by the actions that the Players, the main political forces in the city, take with one another. Relations between them can swing from friendship to hostility... Or sometimes a combination of both at the same time. So, here's a preliminary list of the ones I've already come up with:
CORPORATIONS:
Astara Industries is the “beauty industry” in all its forms. Silk and gold, perfume and cosmetics. Modeling, music, entertainment, plastic surgery, and escort services. Rumored to be involved in much darker affairs, but that doesn't stop a lot of young guys and especially girls from trying their luck and signing another cabal contract with Astara. The higher the ranks of their employees, the more the corporation seems to be a kind of cult that worships the very idea of beauty itself. Recently, this company has been investing colossal amounts of money into an ambitious project designed to stop aging and mortality.
Change Inc. is a pretty mysterious organization that primarily provides construction and design services as well as financial operations and data protection services. On deeper layers lies espionage and information trading to anyone who can offer a more interesting price for it.
Chapek's Clockworks is the other major robotics company that has dominated the market for quite a while. Now they are more famous for their retro designs and sponsorship of the theatrical scene.
Chimera Chemicals is a biochemical giant that once started out as a fertilizer manufacturer. Now they deal in just about everything chemical related, including weapons, and also sponsor gene modifications.
Dragonfruit Digital is a world famous software and electronics developer that was leading the market before the rapid... well, rise of Risen Robotics.
Friture Science is a food concern dedicated to the mission of feeding the world. In addition to natural products, they develop synthetic ones as well as a number of associated products.
Fortuna Fishing - seafood production in Neone coastal waters and also beyond and deeper. Some of the things they found deep in the waters made them a little bit... Well, superstitious.
Greenfield Gardens - Similar in many ways to the previous one, this company focuses on environmental protection and recycling methods. Owns many farms and gardens in the city and beyond. Genetic modifications, too.
Hecate Guaranty is a law and insurance company. Deals with all possible disputes of their clients, property issues, and more. When required and paid decently, can provide a person or group of people a new life and a new home.
International Inc. is the most boring company in the world. Originally a construction contractor they pioneered the technology of rapid modular building. Because of this, International Inc. quickly built up capital and influence by rebuilding cities after wars. Eventually they expanded into selling associated products and services, then logistics, recruiting personnel... And now International Inc. provides half of the world's products. Each of their products is completely featureless, but they get the job done at an acceptable price.
Keller & Crow is one of Europe's largest arms manufacturers, dating back to World War I, or maybe even earlier. Known for their high quality and appropriate prices.
Keller-Tec is, in more than one sense, a daughter corporation of Keller & Crow. It develops the most cutting-edge custom weapon and gear systems. It works closely with Risen Robotics and actively funds the Fountain of Good.
Kiki Courier Company is a network of independent couriers working through the app. Moving around the roofs of Neone, they are able to deliver a small cargo personally in their hands for those who don't trust big companies.
Matsubayashi Motors is a Japanese vehicle manufacturer. Raised on defense contracts, they now make anything that can carry a human in it, from scooters and cars to aircraft and bolides.
MOLOT manufactures is another major arms manufacturer in Europe. In fact a franchise that sells to factories around the world the rights to produce copies of their world famous models. Their designs are a bit crude, but reliable and durable.
Poseidon's Possibilities - A marine transportation company that plays an important role in city and global shipping. Considering the high risk of piracy, possess pretty good assets to protect themselves, and sometimes execute third-party orders in coastal zones.
Risen Robotics is one of the world's important corporations. Creating innovative neural chip technology, Risen Robotics quickly earned financial and political capital and aiming for more. They were the first to commercialize a truly cheap and mass-produced android called the Peacebringer, and these robots can be seen in the military, security companies, and even as security guards in the market and malls and as bouncers in nightclubs. Building its influence, Risen Robotics aims to actively bring its tech into the lives of everyone in the world... And then their gaze will be directed higher into the skies and to the stars.
Royal Arms - Once a major weapons company, they are now more focused on the civilian market and support tools. Their high-precision tools and cybernetic limbs are widely used in civilian and military markets, as well as the medicine and even space industries.
Strigoi Sovereign is a company with a long history of working with private customers. They originally focused on hunting and harvesting of high-value resources, but gradually expanded. Nowadays, they are known for their customized combat enhancements, whether it be tough training and gear customization as well as biological, chemical, and cybernetic enhancements. Among all forms of payment, they prefer transactions in precious metals.
Van Nueve Innovations is another deep genetic research company. After their role in human trafficking and criminal experiments was revealed, their assets were mostly shut and sold down. Now their stuff keeps popping up on the black market - though, in this city, the difference between the regular and black market is barely noticeable.
Vulcan Weaponry is another firearm company with a long history, with a good reputation for their trusted builds, high quality and classy designs. Among the mercenary world, their weapons and equipment is considered indicators of prestige and good taste.
PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES:
Deepwater is a notorious American PMC with a well-deserved dirty reputation. Their Sigma division deployed in Neone has been caught in the middle of scandals more than once.
FIREBIЯD - Russian PMC, looking after order in and around Neone. Having a small size they are all carefully selected by their leader and follow him into both fire and water.
Ryujin - Japanese PMC, which has a good social image and actively finances all kinds of entertainment.
Schwarzwald is a German PMC with a long-standing reputation and connections. It usually works for the benefit of Western European clients and has a long history of cooperation with the Keller family.
Keller's Claws is a passion project of Alex Keller, CEO of Keller-Tec. A small and elite female PMC, operating in the interests of their mistress or executing carefully selected contracts around the world.
This is not all PMCs in the city, but only those that are not directly linked to specific corporations that were listed above.
GANGS:
The Blazer is a broad and diverse group of radical anarchists. They are mostly drawn to the destruction of corporate property and speculation about “power of the people”, but some of their members are not averse to almost any type of work.
The Crooked Circle is another cult-like gang, or vice versa. They focus on collecting unique technology, but aren't particularly successful at it. But they're still alive and kicking, praying that their mechanical messiah will save them.
The Grey Court Syndicate is the largest criminal organization in the city, and one of the largest in Europe, maybe even in the entire world. Reminiscent of the classic Mafia. On one side they have the exterior gloss, protecting order and running legal businesses, but on the other side they have human and organ trafficking, prostitution and assassinations for hire. The Grey Court is one of the main sources of migrants in Neone.
The Himmelreich is a disorganized gang fighting for the “purity of humanity”. They oppose the very fact of existence of chimeras and cyborgs in this world. In fact are useful fools for the real Players in the city.
The Tulips are something between a gang and a religious sect. Spoken with Christian-like mottos, they attract beggars and cripples to their ranks, especially focusing on PMC veterans and former corporate workers, but in fact they accept all the desperate. They have squatted some ruins on the outskirts of the city, including the abandoned greenhouse that gave them their name. However... They are rapidly expanding their influence and their source of funding remains unknown.
OTHERS:
The City Council is the primary administration of the city. They manage, but they don't reign. They are a handful of exhausted clerks, doing the hard work that no one else accepted to do. Basically maintain the city's communications and keep the Players away from killing each other and too many ordinary citizens.
The Forge is a secret organization that exists for a very long time and runs deeply secured operations all over the world. They believe it's their duty to protect humanity from dangerous ideas, technologies, and obscure subjects such as [UNKNOWN]. Forge is often found to be a puppeteer, directing the actions of other Players or certain individuals.
The Fountain of Good is a globally respected charity organization primarily focused on orphanages. One of the few Players who maintains truly bright ideals. The children who grow up usually become corporate employees afterwards. Other Players fund them mainly to launder money, calm their karma and create a positive public image for themselves.
The Nuevians are a deep-covered organization slowly gaining influence in the city. They are led by an artificially created living entity known only as "The Queen" that seeks to bring prosperity to the planet. They have good intentions, but fear to repeat the fate of the Zero Cycle.
The Union of Nations Peacekeepers - maintaining a shred of peace in the aftermath of the Incident, a massive earthquake that recently struck Neone. Many urban areas have since descended into chaos and lawlessness, while others live as if nothing has happened or are experiencing minimal inconvenience. The competency of these soldiers is questionable and they are barely supplied.
The Volunteer Vanguards are an organization that maintains order in those Neone districts where the City Council or other Players do not. Generally a barely trained and armed militia, but there are some skilled veterans and former corporate workers in their ranks.
The Workers Ring is Neone's major blue collar association. They support city communications so they have a lot of influence. Individual members may or may not be involved in working for other Players and illegal activities. The second meaning of the "Ring" word is also utilized - many members of this community are known for their passion for arena fighting.
The Zero Cycle is a secret organization of intelligent machines once created by a rogue AI. Several Players united to destroy this threat, leading to the Incident. Now, shards of the Cycle's technology, superior to anything created by humanity, is the most valuable hunting treasure in Neone. Owning one of them means risking the lives of yourself and your loved ones, but that rarely stops hunters who desire wealth or driven by some personal reasons.
Well, that's the draft. Any ideas, suggestions, any other feedback?
submitted by Antibot_One to goodworldbuilding [link] [comments]
The main setting is the city of Neone, located somewhere on the coast of the Balkan Peninsula. I won't specify a particular place or pick a certain country for its location. Instead, I will take some features from some various ones to add local flavor. As one of the largest trading hubs in the world, this city is very wealthy, but it's the kind of wealth that easily slips through your fingers. Everything is buying and selling here, and human life is just as much a bargaining chip. Life in Neone is determined by the actions that the Players, the main political forces in the city, take with one another. Relations between them can swing from friendship to hostility... Or sometimes a combination of both at the same time. So, here's a preliminary list of the ones I've already come up with:
CORPORATIONS:
Astara Industries is the “beauty industry” in all its forms. Silk and gold, perfume and cosmetics. Modeling, music, entertainment, plastic surgery, and escort services. Rumored to be involved in much darker affairs, but that doesn't stop a lot of young guys and especially girls from trying their luck and signing another cabal contract with Astara. The higher the ranks of their employees, the more the corporation seems to be a kind of cult that worships the very idea of beauty itself. Recently, this company has been investing colossal amounts of money into an ambitious project designed to stop aging and mortality.
Change Inc. is a pretty mysterious organization that primarily provides construction and design services as well as financial operations and data protection services. On deeper layers lies espionage and information trading to anyone who can offer a more interesting price for it.
Chapek's Clockworks is the other major robotics company that has dominated the market for quite a while. Now they are more famous for their retro designs and sponsorship of the theatrical scene.
Chimera Chemicals is a biochemical giant that once started out as a fertilizer manufacturer. Now they deal in just about everything chemical related, including weapons, and also sponsor gene modifications.
Dragonfruit Digital is a world famous software and electronics developer that was leading the market before the rapid... well, rise of Risen Robotics.
Friture Science is a food concern dedicated to the mission of feeding the world. In addition to natural products, they develop synthetic ones as well as a number of associated products.
Fortuna Fishing - seafood production in Neone coastal waters and also beyond and deeper. Some of the things they found deep in the waters made them a little bit... Well, superstitious.
Greenfield Gardens - Similar in many ways to the previous one, this company focuses on environmental protection and recycling methods. Owns many farms and gardens in the city and beyond. Genetic modifications, too.
Hecate Guaranty is a law and insurance company. Deals with all possible disputes of their clients, property issues, and more. When required and paid decently, can provide a person or group of people a new life and a new home.
International Inc. is the most boring company in the world. Originally a construction contractor they pioneered the technology of rapid modular building. Because of this, International Inc. quickly built up capital and influence by rebuilding cities after wars. Eventually they expanded into selling associated products and services, then logistics, recruiting personnel... And now International Inc. provides half of the world's products. Each of their products is completely featureless, but they get the job done at an acceptable price.
Keller & Crow is one of Europe's largest arms manufacturers, dating back to World War I, or maybe even earlier. Known for their high quality and appropriate prices.
Keller-Tec is, in more than one sense, a daughter corporation of Keller & Crow. It develops the most cutting-edge custom weapon and gear systems. It works closely with Risen Robotics and actively funds the Fountain of Good.
Kiki Courier Company is a network of independent couriers working through the app. Moving around the roofs of Neone, they are able to deliver a small cargo personally in their hands for those who don't trust big companies.
Matsubayashi Motors is a Japanese vehicle manufacturer. Raised on defense contracts, they now make anything that can carry a human in it, from scooters and cars to aircraft and bolides.
MOLOT manufactures is another major arms manufacturer in Europe. In fact a franchise that sells to factories around the world the rights to produce copies of their world famous models. Their designs are a bit crude, but reliable and durable.
Poseidon's Possibilities - A marine transportation company that plays an important role in city and global shipping. Considering the high risk of piracy, possess pretty good assets to protect themselves, and sometimes execute third-party orders in coastal zones.
Risen Robotics is one of the world's important corporations. Creating innovative neural chip technology, Risen Robotics quickly earned financial and political capital and aiming for more. They were the first to commercialize a truly cheap and mass-produced android called the Peacebringer, and these robots can be seen in the military, security companies, and even as security guards in the market and malls and as bouncers in nightclubs. Building its influence, Risen Robotics aims to actively bring its tech into the lives of everyone in the world... And then their gaze will be directed higher into the skies and to the stars.
Royal Arms - Once a major weapons company, they are now more focused on the civilian market and support tools. Their high-precision tools and cybernetic limbs are widely used in civilian and military markets, as well as the medicine and even space industries.
Strigoi Sovereign is a company with a long history of working with private customers. They originally focused on hunting and harvesting of high-value resources, but gradually expanded. Nowadays, they are known for their customized combat enhancements, whether it be tough training and gear customization as well as biological, chemical, and cybernetic enhancements. Among all forms of payment, they prefer transactions in precious metals.
Van Nueve Innovations is another deep genetic research company. After their role in human trafficking and criminal experiments was revealed, their assets were mostly shut and sold down. Now their stuff keeps popping up on the black market - though, in this city, the difference between the regular and black market is barely noticeable.
Vulcan Weaponry is another firearm company with a long history, with a good reputation for their trusted builds, high quality and classy designs. Among the mercenary world, their weapons and equipment is considered indicators of prestige and good taste.
PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES:
Deepwater is a notorious American PMC with a well-deserved dirty reputation. Their Sigma division deployed in Neone has been caught in the middle of scandals more than once.
FIREBIЯD - Russian PMC, looking after order in and around Neone. Having a small size they are all carefully selected by their leader and follow him into both fire and water.
Ryujin - Japanese PMC, which has a good social image and actively finances all kinds of entertainment.
Schwarzwald is a German PMC with a long-standing reputation and connections. It usually works for the benefit of Western European clients and has a long history of cooperation with the Keller family.
Keller's Claws is a passion project of Alex Keller, CEO of Keller-Tec. A small and elite female PMC, operating in the interests of their mistress or executing carefully selected contracts around the world.
This is not all PMCs in the city, but only those that are not directly linked to specific corporations that were listed above.
GANGS:
The Blazer is a broad and diverse group of radical anarchists. They are mostly drawn to the destruction of corporate property and speculation about “power of the people”, but some of their members are not averse to almost any type of work.
The Crooked Circle is another cult-like gang, or vice versa. They focus on collecting unique technology, but aren't particularly successful at it. But they're still alive and kicking, praying that their mechanical messiah will save them.
The Grey Court Syndicate is the largest criminal organization in the city, and one of the largest in Europe, maybe even in the entire world. Reminiscent of the classic Mafia. On one side they have the exterior gloss, protecting order and running legal businesses, but on the other side they have human and organ trafficking, prostitution and assassinations for hire. The Grey Court is one of the main sources of migrants in Neone.
The Himmelreich is a disorganized gang fighting for the “purity of humanity”. They oppose the very fact of existence of chimeras and cyborgs in this world. In fact are useful fools for the real Players in the city.
The Tulips are something between a gang and a religious sect. Spoken with Christian-like mottos, they attract beggars and cripples to their ranks, especially focusing on PMC veterans and former corporate workers, but in fact they accept all the desperate. They have squatted some ruins on the outskirts of the city, including the abandoned greenhouse that gave them their name. However... They are rapidly expanding their influence and their source of funding remains unknown.
OTHERS:
The City Council is the primary administration of the city. They manage, but they don't reign. They are a handful of exhausted clerks, doing the hard work that no one else accepted to do. Basically maintain the city's communications and keep the Players away from killing each other and too many ordinary citizens.
The Forge is a secret organization that exists for a very long time and runs deeply secured operations all over the world. They believe it's their duty to protect humanity from dangerous ideas, technologies, and obscure subjects such as [UNKNOWN]. Forge is often found to be a puppeteer, directing the actions of other Players or certain individuals.
The Fountain of Good is a globally respected charity organization primarily focused on orphanages. One of the few Players who maintains truly bright ideals. The children who grow up usually become corporate employees afterwards. Other Players fund them mainly to launder money, calm their karma and create a positive public image for themselves.
The Nuevians are a deep-covered organization slowly gaining influence in the city. They are led by an artificially created living entity known only as "The Queen" that seeks to bring prosperity to the planet. They have good intentions, but fear to repeat the fate of the Zero Cycle.
The Union of Nations Peacekeepers - maintaining a shred of peace in the aftermath of the Incident, a massive earthquake that recently struck Neone. Many urban areas have since descended into chaos and lawlessness, while others live as if nothing has happened or are experiencing minimal inconvenience. The competency of these soldiers is questionable and they are barely supplied.
The Volunteer Vanguards are an organization that maintains order in those Neone districts where the City Council or other Players do not. Generally a barely trained and armed militia, but there are some skilled veterans and former corporate workers in their ranks.
The Workers Ring is Neone's major blue collar association. They support city communications so they have a lot of influence. Individual members may or may not be involved in working for other Players and illegal activities. The second meaning of the "Ring" word is also utilized - many members of this community are known for their passion for arena fighting.
The Zero Cycle is a secret organization of intelligent machines once created by a rogue AI. Several Players united to destroy this threat, leading to the Incident. Now, shards of the Cycle's technology, superior to anything created by humanity, is the most valuable hunting treasure in Neone. Owning one of them means risking the lives of yourself and your loved ones, but that rarely stops hunters who desire wealth or driven by some personal reasons.
Well, that's the draft. Any ideas, suggestions, any other feedback?
2024.05.19 11:27 MamiMagic Seeking Advice: Confronting a Creepy Boss
Hey everyone! This is my first Reddit post, and I could really use some advice.
So, I (37/F) recently started freelancing for a remote PR agency. I was recommended to this company by a coworker in my current contract job, who knew I was looking for some extra income. He talked up the company and its owner, (let’s call him Jeff, 50-something/M), having worked directly with Jeff in a previous role at a different company.
I met Jeff, interviewed with the leadership team, and was extended the freelance opportunity within a matter of days. He offered to pay me $20 more per hour than what I was making my contract job and he mentioned that he’d like me to come on full time eventually. Basically, I’d be in a much better financial situation. This opportunity seemed too good to be true, but I was excited. Probably important to mention that the company is legit with 35 employees and several publicly-traded clients.
I started this past Wednesday, May 15, 2024. My coworkers are all nice, respectful, and hardworking so far. However, I've already run into some awkward stuff with Jeff. It started with professional texts on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, asking if I had what I needed to get started, if I could make certain meetings and what my opinion was of clients, platforms and processes.
But it quickly turned inappropriate. By Friday, he started texting me too much, calling me 'hot mama', asking for photos of me, and sending late-night messages. If I didn’t respond, he’d message again with something to prompt a response. Gross, right? He seemed like his was drunk and golfing at the time. I shut down his weird comments by ignoring them and sending a 🤨 emoji when he called me a “hot mama.”
I have tried not to think much of it and brushed it off because I've never led him on or hinted at any interest in him. Plus, I'm 7 months pregnant and very happily married with a toddler, which I have been very communicative about with him.
Well, tonight (Saturday), he texted me at 9pm and asked me what I was doing. Ew. I ignored him. This was the last straw, and now I’ve decided I need to do something. But what?
I’ve only been with the company for three days, and I didn’t sign a formal contract. I don't want to lose this gig, but I also don't want to feel uncomfortable at work, you know? The team has already introduced me to clients and promised deliverables from me.
Please note: my family would be fine if I quit, but I was hoping to get ahead financially since I don’t qualify for paid maternity leave as a freelancecontractor. I’ve honestly never been in this situation. Also, he doesn’t live in my state, so I’m not too worried about him showing up at my house or anything.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did you handle it? I've drafted a text to send him Monday morning. The company is small, so there's no HR. Is this harassment? Should I just ghost the company? (I struggle with this as I feel like I have a duty to the client - plus they already owe me $1300). Do I have any legal rights as a freelancer? Do I bring it up to a female coworker who is an SVP and worked for the company for 2 years? Do I just ignore it and not respond to his messages? I could really use some advice on how to navigate this situation.
I tried to include as much detail as I could to help, but will respond to comments if further clarification is needed.
Thanks a bunch!
PS: I don’t really care about hurting his feelings — he’s a weirdo creep and needs to know that he is. Just not sure the best way to let him know.
submitted by MamiMagic to Advice [link] [comments]
So, I (37/F) recently started freelancing for a remote PR agency. I was recommended to this company by a coworker in my current contract job, who knew I was looking for some extra income. He talked up the company and its owner, (let’s call him Jeff, 50-something/M), having worked directly with Jeff in a previous role at a different company.
I met Jeff, interviewed with the leadership team, and was extended the freelance opportunity within a matter of days. He offered to pay me $20 more per hour than what I was making my contract job and he mentioned that he’d like me to come on full time eventually. Basically, I’d be in a much better financial situation. This opportunity seemed too good to be true, but I was excited. Probably important to mention that the company is legit with 35 employees and several publicly-traded clients.
I started this past Wednesday, May 15, 2024. My coworkers are all nice, respectful, and hardworking so far. However, I've already run into some awkward stuff with Jeff. It started with professional texts on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, asking if I had what I needed to get started, if I could make certain meetings and what my opinion was of clients, platforms and processes.
But it quickly turned inappropriate. By Friday, he started texting me too much, calling me 'hot mama', asking for photos of me, and sending late-night messages. If I didn’t respond, he’d message again with something to prompt a response. Gross, right? He seemed like his was drunk and golfing at the time. I shut down his weird comments by ignoring them and sending a 🤨 emoji when he called me a “hot mama.”
I have tried not to think much of it and brushed it off because I've never led him on or hinted at any interest in him. Plus, I'm 7 months pregnant and very happily married with a toddler, which I have been very communicative about with him.
Well, tonight (Saturday), he texted me at 9pm and asked me what I was doing. Ew. I ignored him. This was the last straw, and now I’ve decided I need to do something. But what?
I’ve only been with the company for three days, and I didn’t sign a formal contract. I don't want to lose this gig, but I also don't want to feel uncomfortable at work, you know? The team has already introduced me to clients and promised deliverables from me.
Please note: my family would be fine if I quit, but I was hoping to get ahead financially since I don’t qualify for paid maternity leave as a freelancecontractor. I’ve honestly never been in this situation. Also, he doesn’t live in my state, so I’m not too worried about him showing up at my house or anything.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did you handle it? I've drafted a text to send him Monday morning. The company is small, so there's no HR. Is this harassment? Should I just ghost the company? (I struggle with this as I feel like I have a duty to the client - plus they already owe me $1300). Do I have any legal rights as a freelancer? Do I bring it up to a female coworker who is an SVP and worked for the company for 2 years? Do I just ignore it and not respond to his messages? I could really use some advice on how to navigate this situation.
I tried to include as much detail as I could to help, but will respond to comments if further clarification is needed.
Thanks a bunch!
PS: I don’t really care about hurting his feelings — he’s a weirdo creep and needs to know that he is. Just not sure the best way to let him know.
2024.05.19 11:10 NightRider778778 Is there any law that would stop me from resigning effective immediately as a contract of service (COS) employee?
I am a Contract of Service (COS) employee at a government agency in the Philippines. Recently, I was offered a remote job with a night shift schedule, which I intend to pursue full-time. Consequently, I plan to resign from my government position immediately since I have already been hired for the new role.
In my contract, it is stated that there is no employer-employee relationship. Can I use this as a basis to resign immediately without any notice period?
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In my contract, it is stated that there is no employer-employee relationship. Can I use this as a basis to resign immediately without any notice period?
2024.05.19 10:52 GoAheadMMDay The US has a secret police force larger than the CIA
 | Employee count of CIA = 21,575. submitted by GoAheadMMDay to conspiracy [link] [comments] Employee count of the Pentagon's "Signature Reduction Program" = +60,000. This is America's secret police. The following quotes are from https://fightgangstalking.com/ : “…The signature reduction effort engages some 130 private companies to administer the new clandestine world. Dozens of little known and secret government organizations support the program, doling out classified contracts and overseeing publicly unacknowledged operations. "Federal spy agencies are using Americans to spy on their fellow citizens – the same approach to governance famously employed by communist East Germany." Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program See Newsweek’s article: https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881 Some excerpts from that Newsweek article, plus more background information on the Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program, can be found here: https://fightgangstalking.com/ “The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called “signature reduction.” The force, more than ten times the size of the clandestine elements of the CIA, carries out domestic and foreign assignments, both in military uniforms and under civilian cover, in real life and online, sometimes hiding in private businesses and consultancies, some of them household name companies. “…a little-known sector of the American military, but also a completely unregulated practice. No one knows the program’s total size, and the explosion of signature reduction has never been examined for its impact on military policies and culture. Congress has never held a hearing on the subject. And yet the military developing this gigantic clandestine force challenges U.S. laws, the Geneva Conventions, the code of military conduct and basic accountability. “…The signature reduction effort engages some 130 private companies to administer the new clandestine world. Dozens of little known and secret government organizations support the program, doling out classified contracts and overseeing publicly unacknowledged operations. "Federal spy agencies are using Americans to spy on their fellow citizens – the same approach to governance famously employed by communist East Germany." Staged Incidents Note these documented cases involving the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, Canada's equivalent to the US' CIA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP, Canada's national police force), which were reported in national newspapers. From https://fightgangstalking.com/ : “Disruption operations often involve tactics which are illegal, but difficult to prove. These tactics include – but are not limited to – overt surveillance (stalking), slander, blacklisting, “mobbing” (intense, organized harassment in the workplace), “black bag jobs” [home invasions], abusive phone calls, computer hacking, framing, threats, blackmail, vandalism, “street theater” (staged physical and verbal interactions with minions of the people who orchestrate the stalking), harassment by noises, and other forms of bullying. Many of these tactics were used by the FBI during its illegal COINTELPRO operations, as documented by stolen official documents and subsequent Congressional investigations. "Although the general public is mostly unfamiliar with the practice, references to “disruption” operations – described as such – do occasionally appear in the news media, even though that fact would apparently be news to the editors of The New York Times. In May 2006, for example, an article in The Globe and Mail, a Canadian national newspaper, reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) used “Diffuse and Disrupt” tactics against suspects for whom they lacked sufficient evidence to prosecute. A criminal defense attorney stated that many of her clients complained of harassment by authorities, although they were never arrested." She can add me to that list too. How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent By Dantalion Jones / Masters of Mind Control The following “was” on the web, but has been removed. Surprise, surprise. But I saved its web files to my computer years ago, knowing that sooner or later it would be removed. I made a jpeg image of the web page as it once appeared, attached here. Quoting the now-removed webpage: “How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent” (from here to end of post): Amid all the conspiracy theories one of the most feared is that there exist "sleeper agents" in our society who are programmed to come into service when they are triggered by a phone call or key word. These alleged sleeper agents don't even know they are programmed to become saboteurs, soldiers, suicide bomber, etc because of the thoroughness of their programming. They are the feared "Manchurian Candidate" that the movies portray. The question is "Are they real?" If they are true sleeper agents there is no way of telling until they are activated. One can however theorize exactly how they are made. Indoctrination Using indoctrination a person can be made to embrace a religious or philosophical belief that would make becoming a sleeper agent possible. This would be a person so committed to an ideal they would be willing to wait patiently as a member of society until they are called into action. These people would know their mission and consciously hold it secret while interacting with the rest of society. Conditioning Conditioning is a repetitive process where the desired responses are enforced and rewarded and unwanted responses are punished. This can be done consciously as part of training drill and it can be done subconsciously using hypnosis or drugs to create amnesia. Hypnosis It has been demonstrated that hypnosis can create "amnesia walls" in which the subject has no conscious memory of what happened in the hypnosis session. It has further been demonstrated that hypnosis can give post hypnotic instruction to be carried out automatically in the waking state without the subject knowing it or questioning the behavior. What follows is conjecture and theory based on testimonials of people who were alleged to be sleeper agents and soldiers. Continuous Supervisions Continuous supervision doesn't mean that the subject is cut off completely from society. It means that they are constantly overseen and every aspect of their lives are managed (without their knowledge or consent) to support their hypnotic programming. This would include: • Repeated reinforcement of all hypnotic conditioning. • Handlers. Handlers are people who help maintain the subjects environment to maintain all the programming. They can play the role of family, friends, lovers, psychologists, coaches or any roll the subject perceives as supportive. The truth is the handlers are their to support the successful fulfillment of the programming and not the subject as a person. • Minimal sleep so that the mind/brain does not process all the sleeper conditioning during sleep. • Creating constant environmental challenges like unemployment or poverty. This gives the subject something other than their programming to focus on. • Frequent hospitalization. This gives overt opportunity to sedate the subject for conditioning. If the subject has a history of hospitalizations for mental disturbances all the better. No one will take them seriously. It's real, and it's happening in secret. You have been warned. Joseph Cafariello https://preview.redd.it/vmlh3adclc1d1.jpg?width=966&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86b0a528c42b2dfe290ba9c479a1ff7960fd1834 |
2024.05.19 10:32 roszii Employer refuses to pay money
Hello everyone, As a title say my new employer refuses to pay not just me but also 5 different workers who already "run away" from here, one by one every few weeks, because they haven't been paid. It's always the same pattern, the M. (Employer) Is always deleying signing a contract as much as possible with some weird "legal" bullshir arguments. Me and my girlfriend are pushing him about signing a contract for the last 3 weeks at least 3/4 times a week.
What happened already: -We already signed a document for a tax discount with all the details and pictures taken
-We have received one payslip with all the information of his company ours etc. but the amount was barley 50% of what he was supposed to pay us. (The same pattern appeared with all other employees who got paid for about 40-50% of hours they made, black and the best part, they got netto salary evenetho they paid them black without contract - explaining they need to pay taxes)
-We have an example of a contract, but completely wrong, with different pay that we agreed on and a duration for half a year except one month... Of course we did it sign it but yes, we are still waiting for the contract but I'm slowly losing hope
I'm conclusion I'm seeking any advice from people who might have been in similar situation. What can I do to secure myself and my girlfriend in terms of getting paid. M. just doesn't seem to be aware that it's illegal, wrong and just not fair to have people work for him and then not paying them. He literally speaks about it as all of there workers (whom I met and talked to) are trying to rip him off...
It's just sad and I'm a bit hopeless. I don't want to leave after working here almost a month with just getting paid for just one week out of four I've been here. Today I'm going to talk with him again and tell him that if he doesn't bring a contract for the next working day, sorry but we won't work for him anymore.
Don't get me wrong we're planning on leaving as soon as possible (probably next week) yet I want to leave knowing that we won't be fucked by him. That all. Thank you for reading this post mixed with a bit ot venting about the whole situation.
Any suggestions/advices would be appreciated🙏 Good day to everyone
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What happened already: -We already signed a document for a tax discount with all the details and pictures taken
-We have received one payslip with all the information of his company ours etc. but the amount was barley 50% of what he was supposed to pay us. (The same pattern appeared with all other employees who got paid for about 40-50% of hours they made, black and the best part, they got netto salary evenetho they paid them black without contract - explaining they need to pay taxes)
-We have an example of a contract, but completely wrong, with different pay that we agreed on and a duration for half a year except one month... Of course we did it sign it but yes, we are still waiting for the contract but I'm slowly losing hope
I'm conclusion I'm seeking any advice from people who might have been in similar situation. What can I do to secure myself and my girlfriend in terms of getting paid. M. just doesn't seem to be aware that it's illegal, wrong and just not fair to have people work for him and then not paying them. He literally speaks about it as all of there workers (whom I met and talked to) are trying to rip him off...
It's just sad and I'm a bit hopeless. I don't want to leave after working here almost a month with just getting paid for just one week out of four I've been here. Today I'm going to talk with him again and tell him that if he doesn't bring a contract for the next working day, sorry but we won't work for him anymore.
Don't get me wrong we're planning on leaving as soon as possible (probably next week) yet I want to leave knowing that we won't be fucked by him. That all. Thank you for reading this post mixed with a bit ot venting about the whole situation.
Any suggestions/advices would be appreciated🙏 Good day to everyone
2024.05.19 10:15 Davess_World2019 Hagwon Life: How to spot a lazy manager/owner
Re: PODCAST: How to Spot a Lazy Manager
I'm telling ya, other than trying to rip off as many people as possible and get as much work out of them, and do the least amount of effort themselves, I don't know why Hagwonites bother. And I don't know why foreigners care more than the people who own the place and/or will be working there 10 years from now.
It reminds me of George Costanza's frustration with his lazy boss Mr. Kruger. You can see the YouTube clip here. Bust your rear-end for what? So it can backslide back to square 1 as soon as you leave and the new person replaces you? You're not helping the place advance, you are helping it idle in neutral.
See if this sounds like your experience at a Hagwon.
1. They blame low performance and turnover on employees.
--And every other mistake as well. The students are total brats? That's your fault. You don't teach the lesson absolutely perfectly without training? That's your fault. Kids are bored? That's your fault. A child pokes another child and mom calls about it, again --your fault.
None of these managers actually manage. They give irrelevant or no training. They institute no discipline plan all the staff, students, parents will agree on. They often don't give enough material to teach the class, ALL OF THAT falls on the hands of the foreigners. Imagine that, a place that's been open for 5-10 years still hasn't taken point on all these issues, just push them off on the foreigner and go back to gossiping about how terrible the foreigners are.
2: They look for quick fixes to complex retention problems.
--That's more than true. I declined to accept a 2nd contract by being offered slightly more money, about double the vacation time, and move up to head teacher. Why didn't I accept this promotion? Because everything I said the entire year was totally ignored, the pay wasn't enough to put up with their stupidity. The vacation was totally bogus because we had to threaten a mutiny just to get 2 extra days due to a break between semesters. Why would I trust them to give me more when they didn't honor the ones in the 1st contract? Search Bar: Mutiny. Also, they harassed the head teacher out of a job, why would I then stick my head in the guillotine after they dragged the body away by the ankles?
3. Physically / Intellectually a bad example for everyone.
I don't know about you, but I don't respect slough-offs and idiots. The person that SHOULD Be working the hardest is the person who owns the place. Did you ever see the video of Elan Musk sleeping on his sofa in his office at the production plant? Yeah, really. The billionaire owner is there to field problems as they come up instead of being called at home and have to drive in at 2am. He suffers more and works harder than anyone there.
Some dumb-butt that owns a hagwon said on here one time,
I don't respect boneheads who should have their educational chops figured out by this point. They should have taken notes and improved themselves as each semester rolls on by. Why are the same problems recurring every semester or every year such as the Halloween or Christmas event, you did the same thing a year ago!
4. Doesn't know your job description.
Not only does a lazy boss not educate themselves about what education is, they have neither bothered to know what teachers actually do. Sure, they scowl through the window or monitor on CCTV, but do they know what they are looking at? Almost certainly not. They tend to focus on the most inane "violations" to give themselves and everyone else the false impression they are REALLY on the ball here, nothing slips past their scrutinous eye on quality and detail! When in fact, they reveal themselves to not only being an obnoxious pest, but clearly don't even know what teachers do every day. I've had to tell more than a few in-class and CCTV observers that the things they are bothering with are so miniscule I question whether they have even taught anyone anything before in their entire lives? It's like me storming in on a mechanic, "I gotcha! I see you didn't grease those fittings!" Then they tell me that is done AFTER the breaks and wheel has been fixed and reassembled. I just exposed myself as not knowing what I'm talking about.
Hagwon management and owners don't realize how much time it takes to do the tasks they are demanding because they've never had to do them before. Sure, waive your hand and expect this or that, but a) they don't know how to do it themselves. b) we are not holding out on them with a Mary Poppins bag of lesson plans. We don't have a quick fix for their ideas. c) it takes research, editing, time, contemplation to add something that perfectly match a class's level. Management and owners think it only takes about 30 minutes to throw something together, when in fact it could be 2 hours. For laughs, ask them exactly step-by-step how the task should be carried out and receive the stupidest answers you can imagine. "Uh, I don't know, some teacher website or something? Why are you asking me? I've only been working here for 10 years, why don't you with your philosophy degree, and 3 months on the job, know how to construct exactly what I want?"
5. Boss is too lazy/stubborn to solve problems.
"I'm the boss. I say, you do. That's the end of it, now get to work, no back-talk!"
If you work in any place like this, the boss is trying to avoid being exposed as a fool. They know if they throw out instructions and ideas, they will get shot down as not knowing round holes don't accept square pegs. To avoid a face-losing situation, they avoid communication at all costs. If every idea is idiotic and everyone knows it, they lose stature and the decree will be considered untenable. If the boss demands something runs and hides under their desk, the chances that the smarter people will get together and somehow make it happen is much more likely. Really, poor or no communication can be interpreted as, "Just make what I'm demanding from you happen, and don't ask me, I have no idea how to do it or I'd be helping you do it."
6. No goals.
--Every day is Groundhog's Day with lazy people. Nothing ever improves. The latest freak-out due to procrastination, poor communication, poor judgement, lack of materials, poor training is just a temporary peak until it is resolved, a lull in the action happens, then another peak or freak-out occurs in a frequency that drives everyone crazy. You just had a blow up last semester about a certain issue, it seems to have gotten through to everyone, but yet here we are again the next semester facing the same SNAFU we thought we already settled. Nope. Lazy people get lazy, let things backslide, then get caught with their pants down time after time. It's like a captain of a ship that sleeps at the wheel until he has to wake up and right the ship before it capsizes. There are no goals for improvement, only maintain just enough to do as little as possible to maximize more time for laziness.
7. No boundaries.
--"Eh, they can do it at home if they don't get it done during the day." The boss is too lazy to prioritize proper workloads. If work exceeds the scope of your position, there is no time set aside during the normal work hours, then your boss has not taken the time to contemplate what your job is, what you agreed to do in your contract, has not taken steps to cut the fat and keep the lean meat. They over-sold expectations to parents, undersold expectations to foreigners. They have no idea how long it takes to finish tasks, nor even if the task really needs to be done in the first place. More is always better according to Hagwonites, even if it's useless/pointless busywork.
8. They don't ever seem to know anything.
Your paycheck is wrong, they didn't issue a pay ledger, they have no idea you're supposed to have a break during the day, don't know the law, don't know when your vacation days are, don't know they need supplies for the things they are asking you to do, don't know what's going on 5 minutes before it happens. They make excuses and delays to figure out how to make it up as they go along. Then when they can't, they make up lies and you have to spend energy debunking the lies. It never ends, they simply have no idea about anything other than, "Foreigner work, we get money" that's about the extent of their master plan.
If you are in a personal or professional relationship and the only response after you try to resolve conflicts is anger and annoyance? Buddy, you need to fold up shop and get the heck out of that one while the gettin's good. They are trying to teach you that if you don't have rainbows and sunshine blaring straight out your arse every day and make them slightly uncomfortable, they'll punish you with negative emotions. No good man, ain't gonna work, ain't never gonna work, never gonna improve.
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I'm telling ya, other than trying to rip off as many people as possible and get as much work out of them, and do the least amount of effort themselves, I don't know why Hagwonites bother. And I don't know why foreigners care more than the people who own the place and/or will be working there 10 years from now.
It reminds me of George Costanza's frustration with his lazy boss Mr. Kruger. You can see the YouTube clip here. Bust your rear-end for what? So it can backslide back to square 1 as soon as you leave and the new person replaces you? You're not helping the place advance, you are helping it idle in neutral.
See if this sounds like your experience at a Hagwon.
1. They blame low performance and turnover on employees.
--And every other mistake as well. The students are total brats? That's your fault. You don't teach the lesson absolutely perfectly without training? That's your fault. Kids are bored? That's your fault. A child pokes another child and mom calls about it, again --your fault.
None of these managers actually manage. They give irrelevant or no training. They institute no discipline plan all the staff, students, parents will agree on. They often don't give enough material to teach the class, ALL OF THAT falls on the hands of the foreigners. Imagine that, a place that's been open for 5-10 years still hasn't taken point on all these issues, just push them off on the foreigner and go back to gossiping about how terrible the foreigners are.
- Great minds discuss ideas.
- Average minds discuss events.
- Small minds discuss people.
2: They look for quick fixes to complex retention problems.
--That's more than true. I declined to accept a 2nd contract by being offered slightly more money, about double the vacation time, and move up to head teacher. Why didn't I accept this promotion? Because everything I said the entire year was totally ignored, the pay wasn't enough to put up with their stupidity. The vacation was totally bogus because we had to threaten a mutiny just to get 2 extra days due to a break between semesters. Why would I trust them to give me more when they didn't honor the ones in the 1st contract? Search Bar: Mutiny. Also, they harassed the head teacher out of a job, why would I then stick my head in the guillotine after they dragged the body away by the ankles?
But wait there's more!
That's the end of that link, but you and I can identify so many more issues.3. Physically / Intellectually a bad example for everyone.
I don't know about you, but I don't respect slough-offs and idiots. The person that SHOULD Be working the hardest is the person who owns the place. Did you ever see the video of Elan Musk sleeping on his sofa in his office at the production plant? Yeah, really. The billionaire owner is there to field problems as they come up instead of being called at home and have to drive in at 2am. He suffers more and works harder than anyone there.
Some dumb-butt that owns a hagwon said on here one time,
I don't make my employees do anything that I wouldn't do!You are supposed to do what your employees do and 10x more than that! You're the owner. This is your livelihood, it will destroy your life if it faulters. You have to pay off employees with severance, pay back loans you probably can't pay off, reduce your living space, sell off assets to survive. You put all your eggs in this basket, it HAS to work, why are you putting the outcome in the hands of people who have no skin in the game?
I don't respect boneheads who should have their educational chops figured out by this point. They should have taken notes and improved themselves as each semester rolls on by. Why are the same problems recurring every semester or every year such as the Halloween or Christmas event, you did the same thing a year ago!
4. Doesn't know your job description.
Not only does a lazy boss not educate themselves about what education is, they have neither bothered to know what teachers actually do. Sure, they scowl through the window or monitor on CCTV, but do they know what they are looking at? Almost certainly not. They tend to focus on the most inane "violations" to give themselves and everyone else the false impression they are REALLY on the ball here, nothing slips past their scrutinous eye on quality and detail! When in fact, they reveal themselves to not only being an obnoxious pest, but clearly don't even know what teachers do every day. I've had to tell more than a few in-class and CCTV observers that the things they are bothering with are so miniscule I question whether they have even taught anyone anything before in their entire lives? It's like me storming in on a mechanic, "I gotcha! I see you didn't grease those fittings!" Then they tell me that is done AFTER the breaks and wheel has been fixed and reassembled. I just exposed myself as not knowing what I'm talking about.
Hagwon management and owners don't realize how much time it takes to do the tasks they are demanding because they've never had to do them before. Sure, waive your hand and expect this or that, but a) they don't know how to do it themselves. b) we are not holding out on them with a Mary Poppins bag of lesson plans. We don't have a quick fix for their ideas. c) it takes research, editing, time, contemplation to add something that perfectly match a class's level. Management and owners think it only takes about 30 minutes to throw something together, when in fact it could be 2 hours. For laughs, ask them exactly step-by-step how the task should be carried out and receive the stupidest answers you can imagine. "Uh, I don't know, some teacher website or something? Why are you asking me? I've only been working here for 10 years, why don't you with your philosophy degree, and 3 months on the job, know how to construct exactly what I want?"
5. Boss is too lazy/stubborn to solve problems.
"I'm the boss. I say, you do. That's the end of it, now get to work, no back-talk!"
If you work in any place like this, the boss is trying to avoid being exposed as a fool. They know if they throw out instructions and ideas, they will get shot down as not knowing round holes don't accept square pegs. To avoid a face-losing situation, they avoid communication at all costs. If every idea is idiotic and everyone knows it, they lose stature and the decree will be considered untenable. If the boss demands something runs and hides under their desk, the chances that the smarter people will get together and somehow make it happen is much more likely. Really, poor or no communication can be interpreted as, "Just make what I'm demanding from you happen, and don't ask me, I have no idea how to do it or I'd be helping you do it."
6. No goals.
--Every day is Groundhog's Day with lazy people. Nothing ever improves. The latest freak-out due to procrastination, poor communication, poor judgement, lack of materials, poor training is just a temporary peak until it is resolved, a lull in the action happens, then another peak or freak-out occurs in a frequency that drives everyone crazy. You just had a blow up last semester about a certain issue, it seems to have gotten through to everyone, but yet here we are again the next semester facing the same SNAFU we thought we already settled. Nope. Lazy people get lazy, let things backslide, then get caught with their pants down time after time. It's like a captain of a ship that sleeps at the wheel until he has to wake up and right the ship before it capsizes. There are no goals for improvement, only maintain just enough to do as little as possible to maximize more time for laziness.
7. No boundaries.
--"Eh, they can do it at home if they don't get it done during the day." The boss is too lazy to prioritize proper workloads. If work exceeds the scope of your position, there is no time set aside during the normal work hours, then your boss has not taken the time to contemplate what your job is, what you agreed to do in your contract, has not taken steps to cut the fat and keep the lean meat. They over-sold expectations to parents, undersold expectations to foreigners. They have no idea how long it takes to finish tasks, nor even if the task really needs to be done in the first place. More is always better according to Hagwonites, even if it's useless/pointless busywork.
8. They don't ever seem to know anything.
Your paycheck is wrong, they didn't issue a pay ledger, they have no idea you're supposed to have a break during the day, don't know the law, don't know when your vacation days are, don't know they need supplies for the things they are asking you to do, don't know what's going on 5 minutes before it happens. They make excuses and delays to figure out how to make it up as they go along. Then when they can't, they make up lies and you have to spend energy debunking the lies. It never ends, they simply have no idea about anything other than, "Foreigner work, we get money" that's about the extent of their master plan.
If you are in a personal or professional relationship and the only response after you try to resolve conflicts is anger and annoyance? Buddy, you need to fold up shop and get the heck out of that one while the gettin's good. They are trying to teach you that if you don't have rainbows and sunshine blaring straight out your arse every day and make them slightly uncomfortable, they'll punish you with negative emotions. No good man, ain't gonna work, ain't never gonna work, never gonna improve.
2024.05.19 09:54 vikrogers End of Service Benefit. Please give me some clarity
 | This is what is mentioned in my HR policy. I am completing 2 years in another 6 months. I am trying to get to know about my ESOB, Is it only 7 days or basic salary or 2 months of basic salary? It is but confusing. submitted by vikrogers to dubai [link] [comments] |
2024.05.19 09:11 Thrillskills1 For the past three years I have shared custody of my dog with my ex. She unexpectedly decided she is keeping the dog and will not allow me to see him.
The problem is I paid for the dog, have a purchase contract with only my name and signature on it with the original breeders and also the breeders said they would give disposition saying they sold the dog only to me. I have all the email and text correspondence with the breeders setting up a time to meet and pay for the puppy.
She said that she has taken the dog to the vet and therefore it’s legally hers, which I have to, I took the dog to my family vet to get fixed and paid for the procedure.
Does she have a leg to stand on?
The reason she wants to take the dog and not share him with me is she just broke up with her boyfriend and now says she wants to cut ties on all her exs even if that means not allowing me to ever see my dog again.
Side note she also has two other dogs and one of the dogs recently bit one of the employees in her apartment building and is now not allowed to live in her apartment anymore.
Thank you in advance for your help on this issue.
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She said that she has taken the dog to the vet and therefore it’s legally hers, which I have to, I took the dog to my family vet to get fixed and paid for the procedure.
Does she have a leg to stand on?
The reason she wants to take the dog and not share him with me is she just broke up with her boyfriend and now says she wants to cut ties on all her exs even if that means not allowing me to ever see my dog again.
Side note she also has two other dogs and one of the dogs recently bit one of the employees in her apartment building and is now not allowed to live in her apartment anymore.
Thank you in advance for your help on this issue.
2024.05.19 08:49 Thrillskills1 After sharing custody of my dog with my ex for the past three years she has decided to keep the dog.
The problem is I paid for the dog, have a purchase contract with only my name and signature on it with the original breeders and also the breeders said they would give disposition saying they sold the dog only to me. I have all the email and text correspondence with the breeders setting up a time to meet and pay for the puppy.
She said that she has taken the dog to the vet and therefore it’s legally hers, which I have to, I took the dog to my family vet to get fixed and paid for the procedure.
Does she have a leg to stand on?
The reason she wants to take the dog and not share him with me is she just broke up with her boyfriend and now says she wants to cut ties on all her exs even if that means not allowing me to ever see my dog again.
Side note she also has two other dogs and one of the dogs recently bit one of the employees in her apartment building and is now not allowed to live in her apartment anymore.
Thank you in advance for your help on this issue.
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She said that she has taken the dog to the vet and therefore it’s legally hers, which I have to, I took the dog to my family vet to get fixed and paid for the procedure.
Does she have a leg to stand on?
The reason she wants to take the dog and not share him with me is she just broke up with her boyfriend and now says she wants to cut ties on all her exs even if that means not allowing me to ever see my dog again.
Side note she also has two other dogs and one of the dogs recently bit one of the employees in her apartment building and is now not allowed to live in her apartment anymore.
Thank you in advance for your help on this issue.
2024.05.19 08:28 The_Everything_B_Mod But the stock market broke 40,000! /s
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2024.05.19 08:10 nomorelandfills California rescuers clamoring for adoption of AB 2265, Animal Shelter Transparency Act cheerfully agree to remove the bit about mandatory spay/neuter before a dog or cat is released to foster. Also, the law is another gateway for release of dangerous dogs.
 | https://preview.redd.it/8wd5vanfrb1d1.png?width=536&format=png&auto=webp&s=4348ee55b7aa2fd3a7d70737d11ffd1979b19f61 submitted by nomorelandfills to PetRescueExposed [link] [comments] To be honest, I didn't read the dangerous dog part as thoroughly as I should. I think I may be somewhat burnt out on the recklessness and coldness shown by rescuers to others in their willingness to prioritize dangerous or marginal ownerless dogs over beloved pets and over people. The spay/neuter part, that just galls me. It should gall anyone. This crisis, this hellscape of pit bull overpopulation that exists clearly calls for sterilization of any shelter dog in California. Shrugging off that as a lesser priority than rehoming existing dogs blows the whole deal. Any animal rescue plan that removes, downgrades or fails to prioritize spay/neuter for pit bulls is worthless. It's just a smokescreen, a way to play with puppies and posture as saviors without doing anything to improve the situation. Status quo, nothing to see here, #adoptdontshop. https://preview.redd.it/if3jg07kpb1d1.png?width=873&format=png&auto=webp&s=bde9e6f11f3311da914d8c76a66d3907e0118374 SUMMARY: Under existing law, it is the policy of the state that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home, as provided. This bill declares it the policy of the state that no animal be euthanized by a public animal control agency, shelter, or a private entity that contracts with a public animal control agency or shelter for animal care and control services (collectively, “eligible agency”). This bill requires an eligible agency to post, 24 to 72 hours before a scheduled euthanasia of a dog or cat, a daily list of any cat or dog scheduled for euthanasia on its public website or social media page and to post a physical notice on the kennel of a dog or cat scheduled to be euthanized. This bill requires a public animal control agency or shelter that seeks to adopt a policy, practice, or protocol that may conflict with Hayden’s Law to give notice regarding the policy, practice, or protocol, as specified, and requires the city or county to schedule a public hearing regarding the policy, practice, or protocol. https://preview.redd.it/r6ett982nb1d1.png?width=701&format=png&auto=webp&s=5a4b03df0544234fd1c1a32dc1ad2396314d7a75 And the sheer chutzpah of this https://preview.redd.it/6jzq88epob1d1.png?width=588&format=png&auto=webp&s=01830f3ea95e94084d4bd927d96ba33fc7732b24 Rescuers - we will advocate for violent dogs and fund their owners' fights to keep them from being designated dangerous and harass communities into being extremely afraid of even starting a dangerous dog investigation. Also rescuers - our new legislation to require more marketing of unadoptable dogs won't include dangerous dogs! Silly! There's no risk to the public! Although I will say I had no idea that rescuers knew of the existence of the word 'transparency' so good for them. Perhaps this knowledge could be turned inward sometimes? The CityWatch article ANIMAL WATCH - An increasing number of reported vicious and fatal dog attacks across California, as reported by the L.A. Times—and worldwide—are ignored by AB 2265 (2024) authored by Assembly Member Kevin McCarthy and introduced in the CA Assembly—and, instead, it prohibits euthanasia of any dangerous animals, including dogs impounded in shelters for violent behavior. AB 2265, (which has so far been amended twice, the latest change being when it was introduced in the Assembly on 3/18/2024) wants California legislators to assure that NO dog (or other aggressive animal) in a shelter can be euthanized, other than if it is irremediably suffering, regardless of its violent or even deadly behavioral history. However, it is the goal and purpose of shelters to place as many animals as possible directly into homes with families. This bill went far beyond the purpose of the 1998 Hayden bill which had the intent to restrict euthanasia of healthy and adoptable animals. No one with knowledge of the devastating outcome of attacks by currently popular Pit Bulls, XL and XXL Bullys, now banned in the UK, Wales, Scotland and India, along with other aggressive breeds, nor anyone who has been the victim of any vicious dog attack, could plausibly agree that this risk should be encouraged or can be afforded by the State of California or any governmental jurisdiction. So far, it appears other legislators are skeptical of this bill. The only positive change with which some CA animal control agencies and legislators have expressed mutual agreement is the increase in spay/neuter deposits for dogs and cats being raised to $200 to match the much higher rates for surgical sterilization in today’s economy. A CLOSER LOOK AT AB 2265 In the past few weeks we have seen countries such as England, Wales, Scotland and India joining those which ban Pit Bull, XL and XXL Bullys and other dangerous dogs in order to stop the trafficking of dangerous breeds, provide safety for communities and stop the horrific attacks and deaths of innocent children and adults whose lives are ended by other people’s “protection dogs” or “rescued” pets with a known history of violent behavior. AB 2265 – A RISK CALIFORNIA CANNOT TAKE There is value in telling the truth about dog behavior and the greatest is in public and personal safety. What weird whim—other than personal aggrandizement or a strong campaign supporter—would cause Senator McCarthy to encourage ignoring violent past history and risk human and animal lives on a gamble that a dog with a known history of unprovoked aggression will suddenly act differently? If we want canines to continue to be known as man’s (or woman’s) best friends, we need—just as we do with humans—to assure they have earned that trust by not misusing their innate strength and survival skills to harm those who trust and love them. CHANGING THE STATE’S EUTHANASIA GOAL This bill, AB 2265, introduced on February 8, 2024, drastically changes the State’s animal shelter euthanasia goal—from ending euthanasia of adoptable animals to ending euthanasia of any animal. That includes vicious dogs, wild and/or dangerous animals, prohibited animals and regulated animals. This would create chaotic danger for adopters and pet owners and innocent residents/neighbors throughout California, while ALSO negatively and disastrously affecting the insurance and veterinary industries, according to experts. The only exceptions in the bill that allow a dangerous animal to be euthanized are very narrow categories for medical and behavior issues: 1) those that are irremediably suffering, which is defined as those for which “severe, unremitting physical pain” cannot be relieved by any medical means without regard to cost or local availability of that level of care; and 2) Those that have been declared “vicious” under the State’s regulatory scheme, which few agencies use, and which assumes that a hearing was held after an owner contested that declaration. According to Fast Track Democracy, “Existing law prohibits animals that are irremediably suffering from a serious illness or severe injury from being held for owner redemption or adoption. This bill would instead declare it the policy of the state that no animal be euthanized by a public animal control agency or shelter or a private entity that contracts with a public animal control agency or shelter for animal care and control services, except as provided.” “Existing law prohibits a stray dog or cat impounded by a public or private shelter from being euthanized before 6 business days after the stray dog or cat is impounded, not including the day of impoundment, and requires that the stray dog or cat, except those irremediably suffering, be released to a nonprofit animal rescue or adoption organization before the scheduled euthanasia of the stray dog or cat if requested by the organization, as specified.” The analysis summarizes the Bill (see Fast Track Democracy). Existing law prohibits a stray dog or cat impounded by a public or private shelter from being euthanized before 6 business days after the stray dog or cat is impounded, not including the day of impoundment, and requires that the stray dog or cat, except those irremediably suffering, be released to a nonprofit animal rescue or adoption organization before the scheduled euthanasia of the stray dog or cat if requested by the organization, as specified. WARNINGS ABOUT THIS ‘NO KILL’ PLAN FOR DANGEROUS DOGS A California animal-control specialist offered the following thoughts based on his personal and professional experience. (The following is not to be taken as legal advice, but merely as guidance in further considering some issues that appear to not have been considered in pursuing these severe changes to animal sheltering under existing California laws and practices.) “This Bill would absolutely eviscerate Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683, which allows counties and cities to have their own regulatory process for dangerous dogs, and it would force everyone to use the very-flawed State process.” AND he summarized that:
FUNDRAISING – THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR There is no better way to reach the wallets of animal lovers than through their heart strings, and sadly millions of dollars are going into pockets of executives in organizations that do not directly care for or protect animals and, of course, nothing speaks louder than donations at the lobbying and legislative level. But, the needs of homeless animals should not be creating slush funds for campaigns nor playing on the emotions of those who are continually confronted by TV commercials and mailers, saying that just a few more dollars will save them all. There are also human lives and safety to be considered and this is a primary responsibility of animal shelters and humane societies. It is important that they are asked what will help them do this thankless and seemingly hopeless job. Pets are too often obtained as a short-term experience with little commitment and then abandoned within or outside these facilities that do not benefit from the money that is raised by large organizations or politicians ostensibly to help them. Instead, these promises set unreachable goals and promote “feel-good” programs that overburden their staffing and emotions, without asking what they need to do this very difficult job from a realistic perspective. THE BEST INDICATOR OF AN ANIMAL’S FUTURE BEHAVIOR IS ITS PAST Not all animals are adoptable, nor should they be placed in homes where they are likely to harm, or be harmed because certain behavior is endemic to the breed. The AKC thrives on the fact that bloodlines of dogs determine or influence their predictable behavior. Why is it this is so clear that it causes millions of people to buy purebreds for certain reasons; yet, animal shelters are expected to take in dogs with documented histories of anti-social behavior and attacks and rehome them with promises they will be “good family members” just to keep them alive? LISTEN BEFORE VOTING, SACRAMENTO Legislators need to listen to experts in animal control—not self-appointed voices for animals—many of whom have never worked in a shelter, before even considering new legislation. They also need to ask their own community, “Do you feel safe from dog attacks? And/or “have you been a victim of an attack or live in fear of neighborhood animals?” They may be surprised at the number of injuries that have been suffered but didn’t make the press and how many victims may have permanent, life-limiting, disabilities for which they were never compensated. Assembly Member McCarthy needs to walk through animal shelters in his district and ask those who work there or have been long-term volunteers, and those who take the responsibility for determining policies and the endless, sad challenges of management, “what will help you help them?” DON’T WAIT FOR AN IRREVERSIBLE TRAGEDY California has been very liberal (or very foolish) in allowing dogs known to have a history of aggression to be removed from shelters for adoption, but lawsuits and tragic, injuries or deaths of innocent victims have imposed limitations as to what can be tolerated philosophically and financially. The safety of the dog itself must also be a consideration. People understandably react violently to dog attacks, using any weapon to inflict sufficient injury to stop the dog and save their own or another’s life. Euthanasia can be the most humane option when it is indicated or determined that the animal poses a consistent threat to humans or animals in general, or poses a recurrent uncontrollable risk to the public’s and its own safety. (Author’s note: If anyone would like to see more of the informal critique of the proposed CA law AB 2265, quoted in part in this article, you can contact me through the editor of CityWatchLA: ([jim@citywatchla.com](mailto:jim@citywatchla.com).) (Phyllis M. Daugherty is a former Los Angeles City employee, an animal activist and a contributor to CityWatch. |
2024.05.19 08:09 newjack900 Shameful..
This isn't a new practice by any means, but it's completely ridiculous and it upset me when I was subbing and still to this day as a full-time employee. All spring I see these job openings for the '24-'25 school year.
ex) Substitute Needed for the '24-'25 school year - 6-8 Math - takes on all responsibilities of the position. Must be fully licensed etc etc..
So these schools know well in advance that a teacher will be out for the entire year and want potential candidates to have all the proper licensure and background checks to basically work for a subs pay.. a few years ago when I was turning these scam openings down this would've amounted to about $15.5k US. In recent years they've bumped it up a bit so now it would be closer to $22.5k, which is ridiculous considering most of us in my state are working on 1 year contracts to begin with. What was even shadier about the situation- there were pay escalators along the lines of 'if you work 45 straight days it would bump up, and if you worked 90 straight days it would again (which is a horrible practice to begin with), but the school I was working at would do things like not allow any subs to attend PD days, and then give the subs about that resetting their attendance. Just a gross practice that you would expect the unions to have been able to take care of at some point years ago, but here we are.
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ex) Substitute Needed for the '24-'25 school year - 6-8 Math - takes on all responsibilities of the position. Must be fully licensed etc etc..
So these schools know well in advance that a teacher will be out for the entire year and want potential candidates to have all the proper licensure and background checks to basically work for a subs pay.. a few years ago when I was turning these scam openings down this would've amounted to about $15.5k US. In recent years they've bumped it up a bit so now it would be closer to $22.5k, which is ridiculous considering most of us in my state are working on 1 year contracts to begin with. What was even shadier about the situation- there were pay escalators along the lines of 'if you work 45 straight days it would bump up, and if you worked 90 straight days it would again (which is a horrible practice to begin with), but the school I was working at would do things like not allow any subs to attend PD days, and then give the subs about that resetting their attendance. Just a gross practice that you would expect the unions to have been able to take care of at some point years ago, but here we are.
2024.05.19 08:07 mewtoo-1953 AI Genociders: Google, Amazon, Microsoft
From my Common Dreams article, "How Nations Can End Israel’s Genocide in Gaza" is the excerpt below on the partnership of US tech giants with Israel, which signed cloud computing contracts with Google and Amazon. For those who want to end Israel's genocide in Gaza and occupation of Palestine, the question looms, "How do we divorce ourselves, our institutions-universities, school districts, local governments--from these tech giants that are now suspected of providing AI-assisted targeted killings of thousands of civilians in Gaza?" Please post your thoughts on launching strategic boycotts against these tech giants.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/nations-end-israel-s-genocide
"Internal dissent rocks Google in the United States, where employees waving Palestinian flags shut down Market Street (12/14/23) in San Francisco to protest Google’s Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli military for cloud computing engineered by Google and Amazon. Months earlier, before October 7, hundreds of Amazon and Google tech workers protested the contract in four cities across the country with signs reading, “No Tech for Apartheid.” In an open letter,anonymous employees in 2021 charged that the Nimbus contract greenlights “unlawful data collection on Palestinians, and facilitates expansion of Israel’s illegal settlements on Palestinian land.”
Multinational corporations like Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Intel all have offices in Israel. Google’s 8,000 square mile campus in Tel Aviv occupies eight floors of Electra Tower, with one floor reserved for Google’s “Campus Tel Aviv,” a hub for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. Hewlett-Packard—a target of the global BDS movement—profits off the Israeli occupation with biometric identification, hand and facial recognition, used at checkpoints throughout the West Bank, where excruciating wait times can take Palestinians all day to reach family in a village 30 miles away."
And then there's this ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/what-is-project-nimbus-and-why-are-google-workers-protesting-israel-deal
"Known as Project Nimbus, the joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 aims to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services to the Israeli government and its military, which has faced condemnation for its war on Gaza, described by United Nations experts and several countries as a “genocide”.
Some might suggest the university encampments, once the term ends, establish encampments in front of Amazon warehouses and operations until Amazon agrees to terminate its contract with Israel. Others might press on the divestment front, where Amazon and Microsoft are at the top of the list for the S & P 500. Your thoughts?
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https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/nations-end-israel-s-genocide
"Internal dissent rocks Google in the United States, where employees waving Palestinian flags shut down Market Street (12/14/23) in San Francisco to protest Google’s Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli military for cloud computing engineered by Google and Amazon. Months earlier, before October 7, hundreds of Amazon and Google tech workers protested the contract in four cities across the country with signs reading, “No Tech for Apartheid.” In an open letter,anonymous employees in 2021 charged that the Nimbus contract greenlights “unlawful data collection on Palestinians, and facilitates expansion of Israel’s illegal settlements on Palestinian land.”
Multinational corporations like Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Intel all have offices in Israel. Google’s 8,000 square mile campus in Tel Aviv occupies eight floors of Electra Tower, with one floor reserved for Google’s “Campus Tel Aviv,” a hub for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. Hewlett-Packard—a target of the global BDS movement—profits off the Israeli occupation with biometric identification, hand and facial recognition, used at checkpoints throughout the West Bank, where excruciating wait times can take Palestinians all day to reach family in a village 30 miles away."
And then there's this ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/what-is-project-nimbus-and-why-are-google-workers-protesting-israel-deal
"Known as Project Nimbus, the joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 aims to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services to the Israeli government and its military, which has faced condemnation for its war on Gaza, described by United Nations experts and several countries as a “genocide”.
Some might suggest the university encampments, once the term ends, establish encampments in front of Amazon warehouses and operations until Amazon agrees to terminate its contract with Israel. Others might press on the divestment front, where Amazon and Microsoft are at the top of the list for the S & P 500. Your thoughts?
2024.05.19 07:30 LordLytton Would this count as experience?
Does working freelance as an independent contractor count as experience? or do you have to be a full time employee to be able to claim the points for experience?
Assume I am able to produce a certificate of contract for the period.
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Assume I am able to produce a certificate of contract for the period.
2024.05.19 05:42 icecreamsandwichgirl family owned doctor says i’m not an official employee and doesn’t want to give me a w-4 wants me to do a form 1099
just got hired from my externship, and before my first check i was only given an application that i want to be employed there, not sure how to explain. So i had asked if i can do my w-4
he then goes on to say that it’s just easier to do a 1099 and that since I am “temporary” (which was never disclosed to me) that is why he’s doing it like this. I, then ask how long am I temporary for? since i assumed he meant in a probation period? and he then goes on to say for 1 year, when i did get hired he did mention a period of when you first start out in a job which i assumed was probation period so I said, “yes, 90 days usually” he then chuckled. Going back to him explaining the 1099, he tried explaining this by saying since i’m not an “official employee” this is how it’s going to go and that it’s like when you contract someone to work for you which is why i’m basically, “self employed” and i’m just shocked so I brought it up 3 times before receiving my check and he still didn’t change it, he then says, if i have any problems with this to let him know.
So my bf is telling me to not even go in on monday, but there’s only 2 of us MA’s since it’s such a small office, and she’s going on vacation on the 28th (which I feel was more of a reason why they hired me, the biller (his wife) is going to be up in the front desk with me, helping but idk what to do. If i should just stay 2 weeks so they have someone to cover those days or just don’t go in at all. My coworker has been nice to me and even the wife, she gifted me something for mother’s day so I would feel bad just not going in on monday, not sure what to do or what anyone recommends. I am going to contact my school who got me the job there on monday so hopefully they’re not affiliated with them anymore.
I’m sure he just hired me bc the other medical assistant was going on vacay and they needed someone and just worried hell fire me after since i kept bringing up the w-4.
sorry if this is all scattered i’m so conflicted
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he then goes on to say that it’s just easier to do a 1099 and that since I am “temporary” (which was never disclosed to me) that is why he’s doing it like this. I, then ask how long am I temporary for? since i assumed he meant in a probation period? and he then goes on to say for 1 year, when i did get hired he did mention a period of when you first start out in a job which i assumed was probation period so I said, “yes, 90 days usually” he then chuckled. Going back to him explaining the 1099, he tried explaining this by saying since i’m not an “official employee” this is how it’s going to go and that it’s like when you contract someone to work for you which is why i’m basically, “self employed” and i’m just shocked so I brought it up 3 times before receiving my check and he still didn’t change it, he then says, if i have any problems with this to let him know.
So my bf is telling me to not even go in on monday, but there’s only 2 of us MA’s since it’s such a small office, and she’s going on vacation on the 28th (which I feel was more of a reason why they hired me, the biller (his wife) is going to be up in the front desk with me, helping but idk what to do. If i should just stay 2 weeks so they have someone to cover those days or just don’t go in at all. My coworker has been nice to me and even the wife, she gifted me something for mother’s day so I would feel bad just not going in on monday, not sure what to do or what anyone recommends. I am going to contact my school who got me the job there on monday so hopefully they’re not affiliated with them anymore.
I’m sure he just hired me bc the other medical assistant was going on vacay and they needed someone and just worried hell fire me after since i kept bringing up the w-4.
sorry if this is all scattered i’m so conflicted
2024.05.19 04:18 Kind_Literature_5409 Hopefully someone can help.
I was informed that once you work a route at least once then you receive no assistance. I have only worked part of this route and right before I worked part of it, the line of travel was changed as was the case. This will be my second time working this route and it’s the day after a holiday and it’s the biggest route in the office. I know that I’m not gunna get finished in time. I’ll have to return to the office and make truck then go back out and finish the route.. it will 9 or 10 pm before I get finished. That’s why I asked if the person who was on the Aux would be assisting me later and she said absolutely not. Is the supervisor giving me the runaround or is this in the contract or our Employee Handbook
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2024.05.19 04:04 tenacious_scroller Confused about independent contractor (self-employed) tax
I've been hearing all types of conflicting information about this so hopefully one of you kind souls can point me in the right direction.
So I currently work two jobs, both W-2, and I also do contract work on the side which I started doing last month. I recently found out that independent contractors have to pay quarterly taxes which the next deadline will be next month, so this is the first time that I'll have to pay this. Also I know I'll receive a 1099 for when I file taxes next year.
My confusion lies in two places. First, if I actually have to pay quarterly taxes or not. I'm assuming that I do to be safe but I've had conflicting sources telling me yes because you have to pay taxes on every dollar you make vs no because it's only if you expect to pay over $1,000 for this tax year (since I just started last month I have no idea how much I'll owe).
Secondly, I've seen conflicting sources over how much independent contractors actually pay in taxes. Some sources have said 30% while other sources say 15.3%. So I don't know which is the right percentage and therefore I'm not sure how much to pay.
Thank you if you took the time to read this post and thank you in advance to anyone that can offer me any advice/suggestions.
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So I currently work two jobs, both W-2, and I also do contract work on the side which I started doing last month. I recently found out that independent contractors have to pay quarterly taxes which the next deadline will be next month, so this is the first time that I'll have to pay this. Also I know I'll receive a 1099 for when I file taxes next year.
My confusion lies in two places. First, if I actually have to pay quarterly taxes or not. I'm assuming that I do to be safe but I've had conflicting sources telling me yes because you have to pay taxes on every dollar you make vs no because it's only if you expect to pay over $1,000 for this tax year (since I just started last month I have no idea how much I'll owe).
Secondly, I've seen conflicting sources over how much independent contractors actually pay in taxes. Some sources have said 30% while other sources say 15.3%. So I don't know which is the right percentage and therefore I'm not sure how much to pay.
Thank you if you took the time to read this post and thank you in advance to anyone that can offer me any advice/suggestions.
2024.05.19 03:58 LoudounCountySummary 05-14-2024 2nd Tuesday School Board Meeting - AI Generated Summary
This summary was generated by an AI LLM from autogenerated meeting captions. As such, this output may contain factual errors.
https://vimeo.com/946552715
Here are the key conclusions and detailed summary:
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https://vimeo.com/946552715
Here are the key conclusions and detailed summary:
Conclusions Reached:
- The Blue Ribbon Panel recommendations to add school resource officers (SROs) in elementary schools are controversial and concerning due to research showing negative impacts on students, especially marginalized groups.
- There are concerns about the lack of diverse voices and community input in the Blue Ribbon Panel process.
- The recommendation to label the Division of Safety and Security as a "law enforcement unit" raises alarm about potential violations of student rights and privacy.
Detailed Summary:
00:00:00 - 00:07:00
- The meeting was delayed to allow remote participation from Board members.
- The meeting began with Board members providing disclosures regarding their eligibility for LCPS employee benefits that may be affected by discussions.
00:07:00 - 00:16:00
- A gun violence awareness proclamation was read, declaring June 7, 2024 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in LCPS.
00:16:00 - 00:29:00
- The Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee (CTAC) provided an update on their work, highlighting:
- Teacher of the Year, student organization leadership, and school program certifications
- Plans to evaluate industry credentials, curriculum, and equipment to align with workforce needs
- Exploring opportunities for early childhood education and 7th grade career investigation
00:29:00 - 00:52:00
- The Department of Academics presented an overview of the Title I program, including:
- Eligibility criteria for Title I schools
- How Title I funding is allocated and used
- Plans to add two new Title I schools for 2024-2025
00:52:00 - 01:00:00
- The Superintendent provided updates on various recognitions and initiatives, including:
- LCPS student equity symposium
- Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee awards
- Loudoun Education Foundation's Outstanding Educators Banquet
- School Nutrition Heroes recognition
- LCPS energy efficiency project recognition
01:00:00 - 01:58:00
- Public comment was heard, with speakers expressing concerns about the Blue Ribbon Panel recommendations, particularly around the use of SROs in elementary schools and the potential impacts on marginalized students.
- Speakers also advocated for improving playground equipment and accessibility at certain schools.
01:58:00 - 02:06:00
- The Board discussed the uses of projected FY24 school operating fund end-of-year balance, including potential one-time purchases and investments.
- There was discussion around using surplus funds for teachestaff retention bonuses and supporting schools with the highest needs.
02:06:00 - 02:39:00
- The Department of Business and Financial Services presented a proposal to adjust the 2024-2025 school calendar, providing 16 adjusted arrival days to allow for additional professional development time for teachers to address new state requirements and initiatives.
- The Board discussed potential impacts on special education services, transportation, and family support during the adjusted arrival days.
02:39:00 - 02:58:00
- The Department of Support Services presented a recommendation to use the abbreviated attendance zone change process to move a new residential development from the Stuart W. Weller attendance zone to the Selden's Landing attendance zone.
02:58:00 - 03:08:00
- The Department of Finance and Operations Committee presented a recommendation to renew the contract between LCPS and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
03:08:00 - 03:21:00
- The Equity Committee charter was discussed, with a proposal to allow committee members to serve two-year terms instead of one-year terms to provide more continuity.
03:21:00 - 03:36:00
- Board members provided brief updates on their recent school visits and committee work.
03:36:00 - 03:59:00
- The Board convened in a closed session to discuss real estate matters.
03:59:00 - 05:59:00
- The Board reconvened in open session and certified the closed session discussions.
- With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
2024.05.19 03:38 kyrios-sentry [Hiring] Developer Team Contracts (competitive salary, potential for H1B at end of contract)
Introduction
We are a mid-sized company based in Research Triangle Park, United States. Our company is launching a new division featuring different services. This division will launch a security system software, with cameras using threat detection artificial intelligence.
Note that the company name and specifics of the project are omitted from this post due to its highly confidential status, NDAs will be required for this project.
We are looking to hire a team of developers starting December 2024. This will be a 6 month contract, to qualify for this contract a two-week test period will be required to earn the contract. This is to ensure the crème of the crop are selected for this division, chosen candidates will be paid for the two weeks. If the company executives deem the project successful, the company will sponsor all developers on the project with H1B visas.
Basic Overview of Project:
What we offer
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We are a mid-sized company based in Research Triangle Park, United States. Our company is launching a new division featuring different services. This division will launch a security system software, with cameras using threat detection artificial intelligence.
Note that the company name and specifics of the project are omitted from this post due to its highly confidential status, NDAs will be required for this project.
We are looking to hire a team of developers starting December 2024. This will be a 6 month contract, to qualify for this contract a two-week test period will be required to earn the contract. This is to ensure the crème of the crop are selected for this division, chosen candidates will be paid for the two weeks. If the company executives deem the project successful, the company will sponsor all developers on the project with H1B visas.
Basic Overview of Project:
- Network Video Recorder (NVR) application: Manage a suite of products, and manage products through this platform. Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android versions needed.
- Physical threat detection artificial intelligence software, camera feed inputted, and real time identification outputted
- Robotic hand development : Created as an attachment, must be fully capable to pick up objects, and perform certain action given a trigger action.
- Aiming and callibration software: Using real time camera footage, be able to aim the camera at identified targets
- Drone autonomous flying: Build on existing software and develop indoor and outdoor 3D mapping software. Autonomous drone flying at high speeds based on mapping is the goal for this subsection.
- We are looking for a team of 10 individuals
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- Project Architect & Manager: Determine current leading technologies given the project scope, design the software architecture, and develop plans for continuous updates. The ideal candidate has experience developing in robotics/AI and has good organizational skills.
- AI/LLM Developers: Preferably with experience in software similar to DeepFace.
- Full Stack Developers
- Android/iOS Developers
- ROS Developers: Ideal candidate has experience using this OS, and can build based on scratch
What we offer
- Extremely competitive salary and bonuses based on results. Weekly paychecks. 6 month contract (3-8 lakhs total)
- Potential for H1B upon contract end
- Benefits package once onboarded as a full time employee
- Flexible work schedule, we are focused on outcomes, the only thing that matters to our company is the work getting done on time
- Send an email to [kyriossentry@gmail.com](mailto:kyriossentry@gmail.com) with:
- Resume
- Role Interested in
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2024.05.19 03:10 Impossible_Range_109 Library Administration Drama
 | Over the last few years library administration has been problematic with both staff and the public. Staff organized a union in partial response. The library director took it personally. She took to Facebook making comments about staff. She started targeting and then firing longtime staff who helped organize. Staff accused Admin of making TERF comments, discriminating against staff and patrons in protected classes, refusing to grant reasonable accommodations for staff with disabilities, retaliation, and anti unsheltered policies. submitted by Impossible_Range_109 to columbiamo [link] [comments] On the former assistant director's last librarian meeting before retirement, the AD made horrible racist comments which caused about a third of the librarians present to leave the meeting. Two librarians (one black, one white) called the AD out directly on her her racist comments. The director brought the two librarians into her office a few days later threatening them because they "embarrassed" the AD. The director then brought in her friend from another library system to be the new AD so she could have someone she trusted by her side. The new AD (of two years) has much in common with the former AD and director. The director told staff and union reps that nonlibrarian staff doesnt deserve livable wages. Staff had taken concerns to the library board multiple times. The board refused to listen. The union got it in their contract that they got to give annual performance reviews of the director. Apparently the board couldn't stick their head in the sand once the staff reviews came back. The director was put on "permanent administrative leave" aka fired. One can only hope a few more managers and administrators are next. The library is a local political subdivision paid for by our property taxes. We should all be demanding more of our local leaders and calling out those in the wrong. Excellent job DBRLWU and library staff. (DBRL Board... what took you so long?) |
2024.05.19 03:00 purpletoe21 90% trying for 100%
I currently have 90% and those are just from initial claims ptsd is rated at 70 but I’m diving under desk at work and into my wife’s arms when we go out. My wife and I did lay statements explaining the different things that I deal with on a daily basis and waiting for what they come back with. I’m a 1099 employee as it is but even with what I do it’s becoming an issue. I see people talk about supplemental claims and a few other things but still having a difficult time finding the next step. Any and all advice is appreciated.
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2024.05.19 02:56 CourageToHandstand Is it advisable to offer yourself to a company as a contract employee so that they hire you to meet their immediate needs?
Hello Reddit, so a few days ago I got rejected from a full-time job during the final round because even though I fit the original job description, they found someone else who has a different set of skills that they needed right now due to changes in priority. The hiring manager however said that they want to keep the connection because she found my skills also valuable, and that she couldn't hire me because they could only hire one full-time employee.
I'm pretty sure the work I was supposed to do in this company can be project-based and shouldn't take too long to fulfill the original objectives. Should I try to persuade her by suggesting that I'm okay with let's say a 12-month contract to do the work they wanted me to do? I understand I'll be doing a disservice to myself vs getting hired full-time but I just really need a job right now. Thanks for any advice!
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I'm pretty sure the work I was supposed to do in this company can be project-based and shouldn't take too long to fulfill the original objectives. Should I try to persuade her by suggesting that I'm okay with let's say a 12-month contract to do the work they wanted me to do? I understand I'll be doing a disservice to myself vs getting hired full-time but I just really need a job right now. Thanks for any advice!