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March 16th, 2024 at 01:59 amThis is why I'm trying to negotiate a $5k raise.
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Forecast for 2024 is negativeMarch 16th, 2024 at 01:59 amThis is why I'm trying to negotiate a $5k raise. Quick RecapMarch 16th, 2024 at 01:57 amRepost for record Let's see, the company I worked for since 2012 laid off my manager, the person who introduced me to the job, and I had to step up to take over some of her works. She did not handle it well. Then in 2020, the owner sold the company to a bigger firm. I was offered $10k bonus to stay on for 2 additional years, which I took. After the acquisition, I had a few months of nice and easy work where I was kept busy for only a couple of hours a day because they took all my responsibilities away. Sadly that didn't last long. The new director found out I could handle whatever she threw at me and decided to bombarded me with tons of work. After a less than satisfactory promotion and salary increase, I asked for a market adjustment and got an additional $15k salary increase. Then in 2023, I was promoted to manager, although with only a small 3k promotion raise on top of my merit increase because I wasn't expected to take on additional responsibilities. Guess what happened......yup I ended up with a lot of more responsibility than expected. The same year my former manager called me up and asked me to recommend her for a position at my company, which I did, and while she didn't get the job she applied for, she got another job we created just for her. Unfortunately, she didn't get along well with the director, so the director pushed her to me and now she's my direct report. Oh boy was that a rough transition. Because of this, I couldn't even ask for a salary increase to align with my additional work load. Now that the director has moved on to greener pasture, I decided to bring up my performance from last year and asked for an additional $5k on top of the annual merit increase. New director told me they'll take care of me before the end of this month. New director's boss also called to inform me that he's trying to push it through before first quarter. Approval from C-suite is needed and company only grew by 2% last year. So let's see how that will pan out. Also have around 7k to 8k in annual bonus coming this Friday.
2018 PlanningNovember 1st, 2017 at 03:57 pmI've been crazily busy. The pay for the side gig is pitiful, but I'm learning a whole lot and I can use down time during regular work day to work on it with full support of the boss, so it's like I'm getting a bonus for a bit more work load. Ask and ye shall getAugust 1st, 2017 at 04:07 amOr in my case, do nothing...? Today, I managed to land a side gig in the oddest situation, have my boss offered it to me. A 401k adventureJuly 24th, 2017 at 11:29 pmFor the financial voyeurs out there I was comparing year to year returns and thought this looks interesting. Long breakJuly 23rd, 2017 at 08:56 pmIt'd been a while. I'm surprise there are still page views on here June ReviewJuly 28th, 2015 at 01:47 amData Leak & Gone MobileJuly 27th, 2015 at 02:31 pmI had to close a number of CC recently due to fraudulent charges. I still haven't been able to pinpoint the source of the data leak and luckily, they were caught the moment they occurred. But this is worrisome enough that I went and close off some of the unused CC lying around. This also meant that my plan to transfer my balance to the Slate card was scrapped. May ReviewJune 13th, 2015 at 05:11 pmThis has been an ugly month with lots of expenses and problems. Trickier than expectedJune 11th, 2015 at 10:06 pmSo this networking thing is a lot trickier than I expected. In order to not burn some very important bridges as well as secure good references, I'm going to have to stay put until the axe falls. So for now, I'm focusing on more volunteer work, sprucing up my resume and possibly getting a second part time job. April ReviewMay 3rd, 2015 at 07:12 pmUntouchableApril 26th, 2015 at 05:54 pmI overhead HR talking the other day and while no name was mentioned, there was plenty of work description as well as she's untouchable thrown in. The work description happened to match what I'm doing. Business has been going down and it doesn't look like it'll improve so I've been thinking about looking around. This is certainly an incentive. Btw, I'm supposed to be the most vulnerable being a Junior with only 3 years of experience. However, I've made myself indispensable by not only doing the work of the Senior, but also exceeded the work of my Supervisor as well as taking over crucial areas of other departments. Still, if the cuts are coming, it's bound to happen sooner or later. Full bloomApril 14th, 2015 at 03:18 amMarch RecapApril 10th, 2015 at 12:31 pmFell into OMADMarch 11th, 2015 at 03:27 amI recently attempted a 3 days fast in order to reset my immune system. Sadly, my stomach protested a bit too loudly and I ended up giving in to it by the end of the day. This process repeated several more times, so I decided to shelve the fast for the moment. The one meal a day schedule I've inadvertently been on felt wonderful though, and saved me a ton of time. I think I'll continue this for now and see where it goes. Was it always this gross?March 3rd, 2015 at 04:17 amPicked up some KFC chicken today because I was hungry, lazy, ran out of food, etc... and now I'm consider dumping the entire bucket. I don't ever remember it tasted this bad. Granted, it has been more than a decade since I last ate anything other than hot wings from there, but still. Bleh! I don't think it's a matter of my palate being used to whole food. Junk food used to taste good after a long stretch of home cooked meals. I don't think a lot of the junk food now a day could even be called food anymore. It certainly doesn't taste like it. February ReviewFebruary 28th, 2015 at 08:28 pmA couple of firstsFebruary 21st, 2015 at 10:10 pmFirst Milestone SeparationFebruary 11th, 2015 at 02:47 amNo matter how much we prepared for it, it will always be painful to say goodbye. This last month has showed me that regardless of our station in life or how much we have, we are all in the same position at the end. In fact, having money may prolong the suffering due to attempts at keeping the body alive. I hope when it's my time, I will go quickly and painlessly. No IRA for meFebruary 5th, 2015 at 03:44 amTheoretically I have several options this year for filing taxes, either fully fund a traditional IRA and get back around $1,700, fund half and get back around $750, or do nothing and get back around $100. However, realistically I only have one; the one that keep the most cash on hand. Last year last minute contribution to 2013 Roth IRA seriously depleted my cash reserve. Plus the 3k I'm currently floating on CC with 0% interest means the cash situation is a bit risky. So yeah, bummer. January ReviewFebruary 1st, 2015 at 06:06 amRare SpeciesJanuary 12th, 2015 at 03:28 amI finally got around to take a personality test and found out that I belong to the rarest of the rare group, female INTJ. I went to look it up at this site and had a bit of a laugh at the end. My first reaction was that it was spooky how accurate it was, only to see this "wow, this is so accurate it's a little creepy" on the conclusion page. Haha. I can see why my mom often told other relatives that I'm naturally "unintentional callous." I actually only edge out INFJ by 1% on the T, but while the woo-woo, touchy, feeling portion came pretty close, the part about reaching out and connect with others is way off. As I grow older, I feel like I have more compassion for fellow human being, but as a whole and not individually. On day, I hope to be able to care for every single person in this world at the same level I care for my parent. In the mean time though, I'm highly critical of whininess, especially when it came from people who are already so blessed compare to millions and millions who are suffering. First snow of the seasonJanuary 6th, 2015 at 02:46 pm2014 - Year End NumbersJanuary 6th, 2015 at 02:37 amIt's only 11 months since I lost all the old data. December RecapDecember 31st, 2014 at 02:47 amTechnological ageDecember 22nd, 2014 at 09:54 amIt has been a blast living in this rapidly evolving time and seeing so many disruptive technologies come and go. But even then I still didn't think we would progress this fast. Last time I heard, we were depleting minerals needed to manufacture chips and also starting to reach the limit of how small we could reduce those chips. So it is very exciting to see these new developments: Transparent car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDk5HdGfuVI The beginning of portable hologram (imaging all the ads) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNoOiXkXmYQ There was also the recent successful Orion launch. Now all we need is molecular transfer and we can turn Star Trek into reality. Lifestyle ChangesDecember 11th, 2014 at 11:47 pmConverted my desk to a standing desk November ReviewDecember 4th, 2014 at 04:09 amCashing out rewardsNovember 25th, 2014 at 05:48 amDiscover email about cashing out reward at any amount came at a most opportune time. It reminded me that most CCs have some sort of program with Amazon that allows for purchases with reward points. So in preparation for closing down several cards, that had a few points here and there, I linked them all to Amazon and bought gift cards for the same amount as the rewards. Managed to clear out $16.54 that I would have lost had I closed them as planned. Still ExecellentNovember 14th, 2014 at 03:27 amTwo of the cards I applied for came in recently along with my credit scores. They used different type of scores but to see a difference of 86 points as well as a drop from the top to the third group was quite shocking. Especially as they came from the same source.
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