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by pm24601 9y ago
The only times I have allowed myself to be underpaid in money is when I was getting experience that I hoped would pay off in a higher wage later. A wage that will enable me to buy a house and my kids to go to college. Loyalty is not a asset
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by pm24601 9y ago
Maybe they SHOULD leave even if they WANT to stay. Career advancement some times requires that the current manager say : "Sofia, this is a great opportunity for you. While we could make you a counteroffer - you really should make t
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by pm24601 9y ago
Thoughts: 1. A company can be underpaying for the employee's experience but paying correctly for the skills the company needs. 2. It should not be a bad thing for an employee to leave a company to advance their career - the current com
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by pm24601 9y ago
Yes it is.
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by pm24601 9y ago
If you have visa issues... how is your friend's cool startup going to help? Visa issues even pre-trump were hard. Does your friend have funding? Does your friend have market validation? What will happen to you personally if the startup
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by pm24601 9y ago
Correction: > Wells Fargo employee is a scapegoat
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by pm24601 9y ago
[Former] Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf made 473 times more than the salary of a median employee, according to Bloomberg. That ratio of CEO-to-employee pay puts Wells Fargo at No. 33 among S&P 500 companies and third highest among financia
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by pm24601 9y ago
I understand why: It serves the interest of CEOs What I don't understand is why non-CEOs believe it so dogmatically.
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by pm24601 9y ago
Yeap - A real shame if the CEOs had to take a lower paycheck in order to pay their workers more. Yeap - a real shame.
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by pm24601 9y ago
For Uber's price structure -- very hard. Uber's "farebox recovery" is a lower percentage than most public transit agencies.
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by pm24601 9y ago
If people want to tip -- use cash.
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by pm24601 9y ago
> I watched my father not get a manager position, because of seniority ruling, and they gave it to a guy who was fired and then unfired (thanks to the union) for having a secret nap room behind some machines. So the guy should have been
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by pm24601 9y ago
He has more power than you seem to think. I say this based on my experience with civic activism. A surprisingly small number of people who are willing to speak up can have a large/oversized impact. Power is not granted - power is deman
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by pm24601 9y ago
Please step up and complain to the soccer association. Tell other parents, etc. You have more bargaining power than the coach who needs the reference and the income. Please help make life better for the next coach. You can't be threate
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by pm24601 9y ago
nautical miles
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by pm24601 9y ago
Do you know how to: * manage people? * raise money? * deliver/project manage? * be a product manager? Do you have: * a set of friends who have a diverse set of non-SWE skills that are willing to join you? * Determination to make shit h
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by pm24601 9y ago
It would be nice if there was a way for cellphones to reject connection with the anomalous "base towers"
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by pm24601 9y ago
You believe that the future of the company is poor. You are willing to sell. Scenario #1: Company goes out of business Lets say you are completely right. $100K in 2017's dollars > $0 in the future. Verdict: Sell Scenario #2: C
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by pm24601 9y ago
"Seal Finger" -- This one was news to me. I have worked with Sea Lions before - they are fast and aggressive. They are also fast on land for short distances - they can take out dogs that get close enough. Another example: http:&#
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Girl Dragged into Water by Sea Lion Treated for Possible 'Seal Finger' Infection(npr.org)
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United Tinpot Tyrant Violates Contract, Abuses Customer by Cancelling Ticket(nakedcapitalism.com)
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by pm24601 9y ago
Not really, if you choose to silently disbelieve that is fine. Expecting anyone else to spend their time and energy on "proving" some thing to someone else, should only happen if there is a pay off. https://xkcd.com&#x2
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by pm24601 9y ago
> What I find interesting about the Syrian issue is that it is becoming increasingly clear that diplomacy, the UN, media exposure etc is failing. Sadly, those institutions aren't "failing" - its just that those tools are w
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by pm24601 9y ago
> With Pepsi, the customer usually already knows what it does for you ... make you fat? (I love pepsi :-) )
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by pm24601 9y ago
> Management, of course, eats up the "better versions of the themselves" talk, but if the goods aren't provided, our necks are on the line for not talking management out of it. Management, of course, is the purchaser -- &q
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by pm24601 9y ago
No one in my American family prefers to work. For many of them they have no choice. The job is a job -- not a career or a calling. It is simply what pays the bills and keeps the kids feed. For many of them, the job is very physically demand
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by pm24601 9y ago
Is it just me - or does anyone sympathize with every woman/girl with the name Alexa or Alexandra?
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by pm24601 9y ago
If practice didn't work - how come every professional performer practices regularly? Quite simply it is because performers: sports stars, musicians don't have the time to think about how to perform - it has to be "muscle memo
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by pm24601 9y ago
> Since this has never been done - to my knowledge - there must be something wrong with it. But I wonder what it is? Sure it has. Look at concert tickets. You are basically talking about introducing the scalper into the airline ticket ma
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by pm24601 9y ago
This is an argument fallacy. Conflation of: actively committing a crime ("stealing cars") v. passively committing a crime (failing to do something or looking the other way) Also ignoring intent, People don't unintentionally

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