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Fill the application. Start a new career

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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    #112

    Same. Money is not everything. Mental health and enjoyment of your job is more important.

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    • markM mark

      I received an official offer from my long-time business associate and friend tonight.

      Salary is the same as where I am at now. I'm not confident that a meaningful raise is in the cards at the current job.

      It's a lot to think about. The health insurance is awesome. Zero deductible and zero out of pocket expense. IRA with 3% match. Work from home 3 or more days per week. Mileage reimbursement.

      First 3 months he wants me at the office with 80 miles on the car 5 days a week. Ugh. I am going to negotiate that one. I figure I will be just as productive with 3 days per week initially then down to one or two.

      It will be a change for sure.

      I have flexibility to start on December 1 or January 1.

      I am getting very tired of the job I have now. It's mind numbingly boring most of the time and I am well into the thought process that I need to leave. I really like the people where I work but my mental status is not doing so well with the job and the fact that I have to be there all day most of the time.

      It's good to have this option and I am 90% sure I will be moving on.

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      89th
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      #113

      @mark said in Fill the application. Start a new career:

      It's good to have this option and I am 90% sure I will be moving on.

      90% of the time, you'll do it... every time.

      Make the move, it's where your heart is, too. We only have so many revolutions around the sun.

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      • MikM Offline
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        #114

        Yes. You do not owe the company. You worked and you were paid. Period. Do what is best for you.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          George K
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          #115

          I have nothing to add to what everyone else says. At you stage of life, it's simply not worth the aggravation and hassle. To paraphrase Duke Ellington, if it feels wrong, it is wrong.

          Do what makes you happy.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • markM mark

            I received an official offer from my long-time business associate and friend tonight.

            Salary is the same as where I am at now. I'm not confident that a meaningful raise is in the cards at the current job.

            It's a lot to think about. The health insurance is awesome. Zero deductible and zero out of pocket expense. IRA with 3% match. Work from home 3 or more days per week. Mileage reimbursement.

            First 3 months he wants me at the office with 80 miles on the car 5 days a week. Ugh. I am going to negotiate that one. I figure I will be just as productive with 3 days per week initially then down to one or two.

            It will be a change for sure.

            I have flexibility to start on December 1 or January 1.

            I am getting very tired of the job I have now. It's mind numbingly boring most of the time and I am well into the thought process that I need to leave. I really like the people where I work but my mental status is not doing so well with the job and the fact that I have to be there all day most of the time.

            It's good to have this option and I am 90% sure I will be moving on.

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            #116

            @mark said in Fill the application. Start a new career:

            The health insurance is awesome. Zero deductible and zero out of pocket expense. IRA with 3% match. Work from home 3 or more days per week. Mileage reimbursement.

            Now is the time to ask for that new turntable.

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            • markM Offline
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              mark
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              #117

              I gave notice yesterday. I start the new job December 1. Initially it will be 3 days at the office, working down to 1 or 2 if needed. Really excited about the change. I am switching back to an iPhone 🤣 I don't know how I'm going to like that tbh. I really prefer the Android OS.

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              • markM mark

                I gave notice yesterday. I start the new job December 1. Initially it will be 3 days at the office, working down to 1 or 2 if needed. Really excited about the change. I am switching back to an iPhone 🤣 I don't know how I'm going to like that tbh. I really prefer the Android OS.

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on last edited by
                #118

                @mark 😍

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                • markM Offline
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                  mark
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                  #119

                  We have an office dog! Gordy or Gordo, is a very cool aspect of this job.

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                  • MikM Offline
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                    Mik
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                    #120

                    That would be. Great stress relief.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • 89th8 Offline
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                      #121

                      Office dogs are the best. Rarely experienced them but man they’re great.

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                        #122

                        Never heard of an office dog. Who deals with it if it needs to piss at 11pm?

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • JollyJ Offline
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                          Years ago, I was in a piano store in Dallas. Their office dog was a golden retriever.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            At my elementary/middle school, there was a dog that lived across the street, and we kept the school door open for him to come and go. The office staff left food and water, and he would come in, have something the eat and drink, wander the hallways, leave and then come back later. We called him "Honey"

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                            • JollyJ Jolly

                              Years ago, I was in a piano store in Dallas. Their office dog was a golden retriever.

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                              @Jolly said in Fill the application. Start a new career:

                              Years ago, I was in a piano store in Dallas. Their office dog was a golden retriever.

                              I'll never forget Kassman's piano store in Berkeley, with the toy poodle running around and a delicate looking young man sitting at a desk doing nothing other than giving off delicate young man vibes.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                The owner takes him home every night.

                                Very well trained. Likes to visit and boop his nose on your leg at what seems like perfect timing multiple times a day.

                                Gordy knows when you need a short break.

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