What Are You Doing Right Now
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I think my boss gave me the plague. Co-worker asked me to go forth and sneeze all over the building so when my boss and I are sick the rest of the staff will be too. Her level of evil is maniacal and I deeply appreciate it.
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What the crap? McDonald's here is now paying workers (not managers, just entry level workers) $14.40/hr here. Dang I've had many IT job offers that wanted to pay less than that. They got their raises today apparently to give them more "momentum".
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@thecreativeone91 there is a big push here for $15/hr minimum wage, gotta burn for the people who've worked hard to get up to that from the minimum who won't see an increase.
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@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 there is a big push here for $15/hr minimum wage, gotta burn for the people who've worked hard to get up to that from the minimum who won't see an increase.
Yeah really. My last network admin job was $19/hr. So that's only a $4.50 difference for a lot more knowledge, work and responsibly.. and of course lots of stress. And being on call 24/7.
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@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 there is a big push here for $15/hr minimum wage, gotta burn for the people who've worked hard to get up to that from the minimum who won't see an increase.
That happened to me so many times when I was young. They used to inch up the minimum wage and it totally screwed people with experience but working similar jobs. I used to get hired above minimum wage, then earn a raise, then have the minimum wage come up to where I was and NEW people with zero experience get hired and on day one make more money than me because the company "didn't hire at minimum wage, ever" - no, they just let people who had already been hired fall down to minimum wage.
When that would happen, not only did it make the senior people the poorest, but it also meant that the cost of everything went up (inflation) and those that worked the longest and hardest got hurt the most.
I see increasing the minimum wage as a very bad thing. There are better ways to fix these things. Undermining the pay for value system can never work well.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
What the crap? McDonald's here is now paying workers (not managers, just entry level workers) $14.40/hr here. Dang I've had many IT job offers that wanted to pay less than that. They got their raises today apparently to give them more "momentum".
That's the same as Texas. The "entry point" for low end gas station cashier is $11/hour in Dallas (which is one of the cheapest places to live in the US) and "entry point" for high end gas stations like Buckey's is $12/hr - and those jobs are often in rural areas that are far cheaper than Dallas!!
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@coliver said:
Just found out the job I applied to is bringing someone internal into the role.
That happens SO often. So often the request for interviews is just a political maneuver.
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I'm in Madrid adjusting to the office here. Very quiet. Love this city, but it is no Sevilla.
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This came up while finding today's news articles:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/22/chinese-school-bars-windows-pupil-suicides
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Not a lot as i can't be bothered to do anything major!
Might do some more Server Room Clean up
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@hobbit666 said:
Not a lot as i can't be bothered to do anything major!
Might do some more Server Room Clean up MAYBE!I have friends currently hitchhiking from Wales to Spain! Gotta get them at the border rather soon (like next week.)
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It is gorgeous here today in Madrid. The sun is out and the temperature is nice. I'm enjoying my espresso, too.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I have friends currently hitchhiking from Wales to Spain! Gotta get them at the border rather soon (like next week.)
Are they from Wales? Or just that's just the starting point?
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@hobbit666 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I have friends currently hitchhiking from Wales to Spain! Gotta get them at the border rather soon (like next week.)
Are they from Wales? Or just that's just the starting point?
They are from Texas. But they've been addicted to fish and chips and hanging out where they can eat it every day for the past month.
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My dad @SonshineAcres just sent me this picture of his place right now...
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That's very near the NTG offices. So @Minion-Queen @art_of_shred @jenuinecase @Mike-Ralston are all in that same snow.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@hobbit666 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I have friends currently hitchhiking from Wales to Spain! Gotta get them at the border rather soon (like next week.)
Are they from Wales? Or just that's just the starting point?
They are from Texas. But they've been addicted to fish and chips and hanging out where they can eat it every day for the past month.
Must say you can't beat our Fish and Chips
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@hobbit666 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@hobbit666 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I have friends currently hitchhiking from Wales to Spain! Gotta get them at the border rather soon (like next week.)
Are they from Wales? Or just that's just the starting point?
They are from Texas. But they've been addicted to fish and chips and hanging out where they can eat it every day for the past month.
Must say you can't beat our Fish and Chips
@dominica made me go to Gibraltar for some over the weekend!
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Heading to an "all team" lunch here in Madrid.
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Found a few things which I need to return to their owner. It wouldn't be right to keep them, so at some point today I may take them back to the office.
I have to remind myself what day it is, seems like the week has flown past... We are finally in a window of having no rain,.. but we are expected to have another night of frost.... nothing like what Upstate NY is having. Sorry @Minion-Queen, @jenuinecase and all.. I know you are getting snow... but it'll pass..
