webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
Two days until a week off. So much work to do to get ready. A good couple hours of which will be writing documentation on some of the jobs i do so my boss can be successful.
Ok, So I have been delinquent in doing this and I feel kind of bad because generally speaking I like to
1.) Help folks and
2.) Feel useful
and this is something I’m usually not a terrible procrastinator about and has definitely helped some folks from here (and folks from other corners of my life) out.
And that is to inform folks and offer guidance on the two career opportunities I know anything about. Teaching and professional firefighting here in NJ.
For Everyone:
First and most importantly: Teaching.
My wife works for a charter district operating in Newark, NJ called North Star: http://northstar.uncommonschools.org/ a branch of a wider network called Uncommon Schools.
As employers they offer very competitive to outright superior pay (my wife has been with them seven years and is making more than 20+ year teachers with masters degrees elsewhere), solid health benefits and advancement opportunities. They are also very progressive in hiring and promotional practices for both women and minorities.
The most rigid requirement for a teaching position is a Bachelors Degree in… anything. If you’re a non education major they can alternate route you and help you get your certifications while on the job. Aside from that a hard working attitude, a receptiveness towards feedback and a world outlook geared towards social justice are the three most important personality traits if you would like to explore a career there.
They are hiring right now, to start working right fucking now. They have been taking progressively less TFA hires and had an increased need this year and fell short on recruitment. If you are willing to relocate and are willing to work with me on this you will likely have an interview by next week.
Please PM me or @ me in the thread if you’d like to know more.
For New Jersey residents or those who can relocate like this week- Firefighting.
The job announcement for civil service was posted back on July 1st and closes this month and I’m a dick head for not saying something sooner.
Requirements:
High School Diploma or equivalent
18 years to 35 years of age
Valid drivers license
Residency established in city of your choosing prior to application submission.
It’s the best job in the world and entry level position pays into the low 6 figures now in many cities. Pension after 25 years of service. @ me in here or PM me for more info.
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Part of the reason I've been so busy the last few days is that with the filing group switch, there's just a lot of minor adjustments to be made. To my schedule, etc. My file group is technically 5 people but I basically only get files from two of those attorneys.
I just had to pull a bunch of medical records from my file cabinet and I'll work on filing those sooner than later, because it was getting to the point where they were literally gonna overflow out of my drawer.
Today is one of those days that I'm happy to have a fully stocked bar. The fact that I work from home and am within a few steps of it is....you know what? fuck it. I'm having a beer.
It's over, and I've successfully been paid for it, so I feel safe in celebrating this thing:
Last year, work did a survey that covered a bunch of "which one of these things would you like to see added to benefits?" and "would you take Benefit X if it meant we reduced Benefit Y?" stuff. I didn't really expect anything to come from it, and if anything did, I was expecting it to be the reductions without the additions.
Early in July of this year, they announced that they were implementing 4 of the things from that survey; the first of which was Paid Caregiver Leave for the birth or adoption of a child (or caring for a spouse/parent/child with a health condition). The old benefit was "Mothers can take short term disability at 80% of pay, fathers and adopting parents can take unpaid time off, use PTO if you want to be paid."
Which is great, but I had my child last year. Oh well... maybe I'll use it if we have another... except then I see it can be taken within 1 year of the child's birth, not necessarily right after they're born. That's great... but this is sudden, and there's no way I'll be able to get that time off approved now.
But then! My department director sends me and another person on my team that also had a kid an email and says "I know you guys would qualify for this new benefit, let me know when you want to take it and we'll make it work."
Holy poop. Within a few days I went from not expecting anything to being off for 2 weeks to spend with my kid and paid to do it. I was half convinced that when I came back they'd have decided they didn't need me, or that there would be some paperwork flaw that I wouldn't actually get paid, but no... I'm still here, and I did get paid.
So yeah, that was really good. The other benefits they're adding later this year and early next year are Backup Child Care, PTO for part-timers, and expanded Mental Health Resources.
It's just.... nice to have a positive change in benefits once in a while, ya know?
WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
Corporate manager had me call a guy in early so they could serve him a suspension without the manager having to stay late and wow just way to burn my relationship with this guy and ever get him to cover any shifts in the future.
Corporate manager had me call a guy in early so they could serve him a suspension without the manager having to stay late and wow just way to burn my relationship with this guy and ever get him to cover any shifts in the future.
Holy shit I would quit on the spot
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
Anyone know how dual citizenship works? Apparently Amex has a building in the UK and it would be kind of cool to work in a different country, I tried to do it at Discover.
The dual citizenship thing comes in because I was born in England while my dad was stationed there because he was in the US Airforce so I'm wondering if that somehow counts?
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Anyone know how dual citizenship works? Apparently Amex has a building in the UK and it would be kind of cool to work in a different country, I tried to do it at Discover.
The dual citizenship thing comes in because I was born in England while my dad was stationed there because he was in the US Airforce so I'm wondering if that somehow counts?
UK doesn't have birthright citizenship so probably not I'm afraid
You don't need to be a citizen to work in the UK but you do need to have a unique set of skills that will justify them not hiring locally.
Anyone know how dual citizenship works? Apparently Amex has a building in the UK and it would be kind of cool to work in a different country, I tried to do it at Discover.
The dual citizenship thing comes in because I was born in England while my dad was stationed there because he was in the US Airforce so I'm wondering if that somehow counts?
UK doesn't have birthright citizenship so probably not I'm afraid
You don't need to be a citizen to work in the UK but you do need to have a unique set of skills that will justify them not hiring locally.
I'd assume it would be a lot easier to get a job there from the inside, at least for coach positions and up. I'm gonna ask the trainer about it on Sunday.
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Anyone know how dual citizenship works? Apparently Amex has a building in the UK and it would be kind of cool to work in a different country, I tried to do it at Discover.
The dual citizenship thing comes in because I was born in England while my dad was stationed there because he was in the US Airforce so I'm wondering if that somehow counts?
UK doesn't have birthright citizenship so probably not I'm afraid
You don't need to be a citizen to work in the UK but you do need to have a unique set of skills that will justify them not hiring locally.
I'd assume it would be a lot easier to get a job there from the inside, at least for coach positions and up. I'm gonna ask the trainer about it on Sunday.
... I mean you can't go there specifically to look for work, not legally. And Tube's right, dual citizenship is something you have to apply for and requires more than being born there. So i'm not sure what "from the inside" looks like in this scenario, tbh.
Anyone know how dual citizenship works? Apparently Amex has a building in the UK and it would be kind of cool to work in a different country, I tried to do it at Discover.
The dual citizenship thing comes in because I was born in England while my dad was stationed there because he was in the US Airforce so I'm wondering if that somehow counts?
UK doesn't have birthright citizenship so probably not I'm afraid
You don't need to be a citizen to work in the UK but you do need to have a unique set of skills that will justify them not hiring locally.
I'd assume it would be a lot easier to get a job there from the inside, at least for coach positions and up. I'm gonna ask the trainer about it on Sunday.
... I mean you can't go there specifically to look for work, not legally. And Tube's right, dual citizenship is something you have to apply for and requires more than being born there. So i'm not sure what "from the inside" looks like in this scenario, tbh.
I meant the inside of Amex. My bad, I wasn't very clear on that.
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PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
To be fair though, I only applied for and received my UK citizenship by descent when I applied for it when I was like 28, and only really realized that I was entitled to it by like 22.
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
I will, I'm hoping it is something that isn't uncommon.
I started thinking about it because they are sending a bunch of coaches to an Amex site in Mexico to train a collections team for the next 4 months and that sounds really cool.
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
So ive been working graveyard for months now, for reasons.
Those reasons are gone.
Now ill do 3 days graveyard
1 day off
2 days day shift
1 day off
Graveyard
Which sounds sucky, until boss pointed out second day shift would end around 1700, and my next shift would start at 2100 2 days later. Which adds up to 52 hours between those shifts
Corporate manager had me call a guy in early so they could serve him a suspension without the manager having to stay late and wow just way to burn my relationship with this guy and ever get him to cover any shifts in the future.
Holy shit I would quit on the spot
they have done far worse thing where i work like calling you in on your weekend just to fire you
Corporate manager had me call a guy in early so they could serve him a suspension without the manager having to stay late and wow just way to burn my relationship with this guy and ever get him to cover any shifts in the future.
Holy shit I would quit on the spot
they have done far worse thing where i work like calling you in on your weekend just to fire you
Wouldn't they have to pay you for like 2 hours for a call in?
Isn't that a thing?
My friend I went to nursing school with has worked a million odd jobs, he was like 42 when we were in school. Anyway he posted this to our group chat in a discussion about jobs.
I quit a job once and walked/hitchhiked 120 miles home. My uncle told me he would pay me 5$ cleaning carpets for him. I worked 12 hour days for 14 days straight. On pay day he gave me a check for 70$ or some shit. Turns out he meant 5 a day. I just started walking home, was like a 3 hour drive. I was 13 I think, never talked to that guy again, guess he had a stroke and died soon after.
Other jobs he's had that have come up in discussion over the years.
Illegal migrant farm hand in Australia
Police officer in New Zealand
Weed dispensary security for a dispensary owned by two gay porn stars
Concert security, apparently he was with Kurt Kobain at The Mall of America when they got all those medical models for the back side of the In Utero cover.
Corporate manager had me call a guy in early so they could serve him a suspension without the manager having to stay late and wow just way to burn my relationship with this guy and ever get him to cover any shifts in the future.
Holy shit I would quit on the spot
they have done far worse thing where i work like calling you in on your weekend just to fire you
Wouldn't they have to pay you for like 2 hours for a call in?
Isn't that a thing?
Nah you only get paid for being on the clock. You're not on the clock, you don't even work here anymore!
WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
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The guy honestly did earn the suspension and he totally owned up to what he did wrong. It's three shifts he loses, hopefully he'll learn to be more responsible, the manager did tell him that I wasn't informed of why I called to ask him to come in early(obvisouly I did but thanks for that I guess).
But yeah the manager should have just stayed the extra hour until his shift was supposed to start.
We do at least not do any of this type of stuff off the clock, so he will get paid for the time he was here today.
Corporate manager had me call a guy in early so they could serve him a suspension without the manager having to stay late and wow just way to burn my relationship with this guy and ever get him to cover any shifts in the future.
Holy shit I would quit on the spot
they have done far worse thing where i work like calling you in on your weekend just to fire you
The Walmarts here don't tell you when you are fired. They just wait for you to figure it out when you can't clock in. Why this is done is a mystery to me and my friend who works there, but she says it hasn't always ended well. Once people figure it out they tend to start getting a little worked up.
Corporate manager had me call a guy in early so they could serve him a suspension without the manager having to stay late and wow just way to burn my relationship with this guy and ever get him to cover any shifts in the future.
Holy shit I would quit on the spot
they have done far worse thing where i work like calling you in on your weekend just to fire you
Wouldn't they have to pay you for like 2 hours for a call in?
Isn't that a thing?
nope the chew you out and send you on your way cashing you out
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
I've never seen anyone do it, because generally when people mess up they either own it and come out better, or flip out and quit/do something extra bad specifically to get fired because they don't know how unemployment works.
And I've never seen management press on anyone unfairly, because as union workers the moment any disciplinary topic comes up in a conversation with management we can stop the conversation and demand arbitration.
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
I was the only supervisor today with no management back-up. When I left my departments metric was 97 out of 100.
Yo I think I'm pretty good at my job.
Quoting myself only to say, I didn't have to yell at anyone or be stern or lecture anyone on how to do their job. Which are all complaints that I've received about the night supervisor, that I'll be speaking with management about. Also looks like he had been going to a certain member of management who was recently transferred to another store, outside of work hours, to secure administrative tasks that are are supposed to be worked on by all members of my team and then trying to hide it all from us. He has been using this as justification to tell people that he is the lead after I'm off shift.
I am going to recommend he be remitted to another department and we list his position as open for internal hire.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I already have teachers requesting coverage for them and school doesn't start for another month.
I have been repeatability been left alone with no supervision and got 90% or better my manager as a huge issue with this as I somehow get the D team to work without yelling at them
Yes there are some real special people on that team but I make it work somehow.
I get yelled at often by him about it and when it works or succeeds he takes all the glory for himself
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The client finally sent me a requirements document for this project! Hurray. They managed to give me a whole half working day between receiving it and the design review and demonstration of the prototype.
I'm not even going to open this.
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Fiberglass guy almost started crying. This might be one of my greatest management accomplishments. Dude kicks so much ass, he's more than earned it.
I'm feeling that's going to be a no
You're a good boss anon.
1.) Help folks and
2.) Feel useful
and this is something I’m usually not a terrible procrastinator about and has definitely helped some folks from here (and folks from other corners of my life) out.
And that is to inform folks and offer guidance on the two career opportunities I know anything about. Teaching and professional firefighting here in NJ.
For Everyone:
First and most importantly: Teaching.
My wife works for a charter district operating in Newark, NJ called North Star: http://northstar.uncommonschools.org/ a branch of a wider network called Uncommon Schools.
As employers they offer very competitive to outright superior pay (my wife has been with them seven years and is making more than 20+ year teachers with masters degrees elsewhere), solid health benefits and advancement opportunities. They are also very progressive in hiring and promotional practices for both women and minorities.
The most rigid requirement for a teaching position is a Bachelors Degree in… anything. If you’re a non education major they can alternate route you and help you get your certifications while on the job. Aside from that a hard working attitude, a receptiveness towards feedback and a world outlook geared towards social justice are the three most important personality traits if you would like to explore a career there.
They are hiring right now, to start working right fucking now. They have been taking progressively less TFA hires and had an increased need this year and fell short on recruitment. If you are willing to relocate and are willing to work with me on this you will likely have an interview by next week.
Please PM me or @ me in the thread if you’d like to know more.
For New Jersey residents or those who can relocate like this week- Firefighting.
https://www.state.nj.us/csc/authorities/faq/safety/firefighters.html#1
The job announcement for civil service was posted back on July 1st and closes this month and I’m a dick head for not saying something sooner.
Requirements:
High School Diploma or equivalent
18 years to 35 years of age
Valid drivers license
Residency established in city of your choosing prior to application submission.
It’s the best job in the world and entry level position pays into the low 6 figures now in many cities. Pension after 25 years of service. @ me in here or PM me for more info.
Come Overwatch with meeeee
That would be one heck of a commute to Los Angeles.
I just had to pull a bunch of medical records from my file cabinet and I'll work on filing those sooner than later, because it was getting to the point where they were literally gonna overflow out of my drawer.
This god damn day.
Last year, work did a survey that covered a bunch of "which one of these things would you like to see added to benefits?" and "would you take Benefit X if it meant we reduced Benefit Y?" stuff. I didn't really expect anything to come from it, and if anything did, I was expecting it to be the reductions without the additions.
Early in July of this year, they announced that they were implementing 4 of the things from that survey; the first of which was Paid Caregiver Leave for the birth or adoption of a child (or caring for a spouse/parent/child with a health condition). The old benefit was "Mothers can take short term disability at 80% of pay, fathers and adopting parents can take unpaid time off, use PTO if you want to be paid."
Which is great, but I had my child last year. Oh well... maybe I'll use it if we have another... except then I see it can be taken within 1 year of the child's birth, not necessarily right after they're born. That's great... but this is sudden, and there's no way I'll be able to get that time off approved now.
But then! My department director sends me and another person on my team that also had a kid an email and says "I know you guys would qualify for this new benefit, let me know when you want to take it and we'll make it work."
Holy poop. Within a few days I went from not expecting anything to being off for 2 weeks to spend with my kid and paid to do it. I was half convinced that when I came back they'd have decided they didn't need me, or that there would be some paperwork flaw that I wouldn't actually get paid, but no... I'm still here, and I did get paid.
So yeah, that was really good. The other benefits they're adding later this year and early next year are Backup Child Care, PTO for part-timers, and expanded Mental Health Resources.
It's just.... nice to have a positive change in benefits once in a while, ya know?
and I still have to do training
Holy shit I would quit on the spot
The dual citizenship thing comes in because I was born in England while my dad was stationed there because he was in the US Airforce so I'm wondering if that somehow counts?
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
UK doesn't have birthright citizenship so probably not I'm afraid
You don't need to be a citizen to work in the UK but you do need to have a unique set of skills that will justify them not hiring locally.
I'd assume it would be a lot easier to get a job there from the inside, at least for coach positions and up. I'm gonna ask the trainer about it on Sunday.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
... I mean you can't go there specifically to look for work, not legally. And Tube's right, dual citizenship is something you have to apply for and requires more than being born there. So i'm not sure what "from the inside" looks like in this scenario, tbh.
I meant the inside of Amex. My bad, I wasn't very clear on that.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
To be fair though, I only applied for and received my UK citizenship by descent when I applied for it when I was like 28, and only really realized that I was entitled to it by like 22.
I will, I'm hoping it is something that isn't uncommon.
I started thinking about it because they are sending a bunch of coaches to an Amex site in Mexico to train a collections team for the next 4 months and that sounds really cool.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Huh. I always assumed that if I had to go to the ER to get a foreign object removed, I'd at least get my foreign object back.
Those reasons are gone.
Now ill do 3 days graveyard
1 day off
2 days day shift
1 day off
Graveyard
Which sounds sucky, until boss pointed out second day shift would end around 1700, and my next shift would start at 2100 2 days later. Which adds up to 52 hours between those shifts
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Yo I think I'm pretty good at my job.
they have done far worse thing where i work like calling you in on your weekend just to fire you
Nope! It falls on the hospital floor it's up for grabs. I got so many limbs in my freezer.
So this is why you ask the residents to pick up the turds that fall to the floor
Wouldn't they have to pay you for like 2 hours for a call in?
Isn't that a thing?
Other jobs he's had that have come up in discussion over the years.
Illegal migrant farm hand in Australia
Police officer in New Zealand
Weed dispensary security for a dispensary owned by two gay porn stars
Concert security, apparently he was with Kurt Kobain at The Mall of America when they got all those medical models for the back side of the In Utero cover.
Nah you only get paid for being on the clock. You're not on the clock, you don't even work here anymore!
But yeah the manager should have just stayed the extra hour until his shift was supposed to start.
We do at least not do any of this type of stuff off the clock, so he will get paid for the time he was here today.
The Walmarts here don't tell you when you are fired. They just wait for you to figure it out when you can't clock in. Why this is done is a mystery to me and my friend who works there, but she says it hasn't always ended well. Once people figure it out they tend to start getting a little worked up.
nope the chew you out and send you on your way cashing you out
And I've never seen management press on anyone unfairly, because as union workers the moment any disciplinary topic comes up in a conversation with management we can stop the conversation and demand arbitration.
Quoting myself only to say, I didn't have to yell at anyone or be stern or lecture anyone on how to do their job. Which are all complaints that I've received about the night supervisor, that I'll be speaking with management about. Also looks like he had been going to a certain member of management who was recently transferred to another store, outside of work hours, to secure administrative tasks that are are supposed to be worked on by all members of my team and then trying to hide it all from us. He has been using this as justification to tell people that he is the lead after I'm off shift.
I am going to recommend he be remitted to another department and we list his position as open for internal hire.
I predict good fortunes for this new school year.
Yes there are some real special people on that team but I make it work somehow.
I get yelled at often by him about it and when it works or succeeds he takes all the glory for himself
I'm not even going to open this.