What's everyone up to?

[Professor S]

Just got promoted! Not a huge raise in pay, but in this economy anything is welcome. Going out to dinner tonight to celebrate!

[Angrist]

Yay gz!
Next week I'm having a evaluation talk with my boss. Hopefully I'll hear that I get another contract... I'm really liking my job and these days it's so hard to find work.

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Just got promoted! Not a huge raise in pay, but in this economy anything is welcome. Going out to dinner tonight to celebrate!

Congratulations!

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Just got promoted! Not a huge raise in pay, but in this economy anything is welcome. Going out to dinner tonight to celebrate!

Congrats.

I do however like the fact of going out and spending money to celebrate a small raise in a poor economy.


What's the new position?

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Congrats.

I do however like the fact of going out and spending money to celebrate a small raise in a poor economy.

Trickle down, trickle down

What's the new position?

Really the same one with a different title. I work for a not for profit association, so its difficult to defend any raise more than "cost of living" to our governing board unless it comes with a title change.

Technically, "Account Executive Manager".

[Fox 6]

Does this mean you are going to get more lead roles in Youtube videos?

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by magus113

It was a first day at a real job. I don't really know how else to put it.

There was the corporate orientation, I spent lunch with my supervisor, I got all my stuff setup...and then tomorrow I start shadowing. My internet access is pretty much limited to the corporate website and intranet...that's about it. Most everything is blocked, which I understand. It's just different after being able to do and see pretty much anything over the past four years.

No more masturbating at work. Unless you have access to the corporate directory. Man that HR chick is a cutie. What do you mean she is only 15 years old? Who let's their daughter work at their company! Man the CEO was a jerk when he called the police on me. And they say it isn't a tough economy.

/it works if you pace it like Daniel Tosh.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Fox 6

Does this mean you are going to get more lead roles in Youtube videos?

Funny you should say that. I have a new video coming out soon!

[Vampyr]

Some good news to report. I think I mentioned a while back that Triton Container, the container leasing company I do consulting for (I work for Dell Services), was thinking about in sourcing their IT department.

Well, they made the official announcement Monday, and I got my job offer to go work for them today.

Offer includes an 8% raise, and a targeted annual bonus of 10% of my salary. Also, the health insurance benefits are out of this world. It's completely free (nothing out of my paycheck), and the deductible is only $100. Also, they put $1000 a year in an HSA, which rolls over. I can use that to pay the deductible...so basically no matter what happens to me I'm not out anything.

In addition they match $1.20 for every $1 I put into my 401k, up to $6,000.

On top of that I'm going from 10 vacation days to 12, and they reimburse $50 a month towards a gym membership, which will make a big dent in what I spend on CrossFit every month.

[Typhoid]

...so basically no matter what happens to me I'm not out anything.

It's a good feeling, isn't it?

Congrats, though.

[Angrist]

I found a new house!! It's an appartment in the village next to mine. I already had plans to move to some temporary thing farther away, but I had a bad feeling about it.

This new one came totally unexpected. I still have to visit it and decide whether I want it or not, but I'm pretty sure I do.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

Congrats angrist!!

I know I've popped in and out of here over the past few years, but I figured I might as well just make my "coming back" post in here.

Finishing up last semester of UofT undergraduate degree in poli sci/sociology/international development... currently waiting on all the law schools I applied to to get back to me. fingers crossed (tight enough to break a diamond).

Of all the things that brought me back to this forum is that I remembered some pretty vivid political debates back in the day, so when the SOPA and PIPA debacle started, I found myself wondering what this forum was saying....

[Acebot44]

Nice Gimpy! Where did you apply?

I'm at UCLA Law right now, second semester of 1L, and am avoiding putting the finishing touches on a research project due tomorrow. I'm currently looking for jobs for the summer, hoping to land a large or midsize firm position (did well enough first semester to have a realistic shot at it). If not, will do research with one of the Intellectual Property profs.

Also, yesterday I officiated my first wedding. It was for one of my best friends and was on a boat...so I got to wear a captain's hat! :-D

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

Well I'm staying within Canada, at least for my first BAR..... i might take it elsewhere later, but I haven't thought that far ahead just yet. Applied to all the schools in Ontario sans UofT. If i don't get in this year, I'm taking a year off to go teach in Korea, and then trying again next year.

[Bond]

McGill?