Job advice/pay So technically I’m a video editor but I work for a photography company with a video department. I work in the north of the England. We mainly work with housing companies making Showhome photos and videos and on the occasional promotional advert for a company. There’s around 20 of us in the company My previous job role when I joined as video edi…
How should I proceed after quitting my job next month? Hey, I reside in NYC and will be moving to Austin. I know I’m breaking a bunch of “golden rules”, but I really don’t like my job at all and want to use my unemployed time to study, do projects, go to job conferences and find a new job in a field I want to be in. I figure that while I’m still in my 20’s and don’t have a lot of responsibilities, t…
I love travelling so much I’m trying to make it my job Kind of a repost from another sub but anyway I am actively working my way to be getting onto a cruise ship to be a guest entertainer where I will put on my own opera based show/s; possibly a bit drag based too. I really wouldn’t mind doing 6 months singing for a couple hours a day(it’s debateable whether it’s more or less than 2 hrs a day) and t…
Just moved and am being let go by my Job I moved from Louisiana to Texas back in October and found out on Nov 1st that I am being let go from my job, fully remote so move wasn’t related. I have enough saved, and a decent severance package, to get me through the next few months as I search for a new job but what other steps should I take to help? I’m not sure what I can do relating to u…
LPT: If you’re looking for a job, be sure that your voicemail works and isn’t full Part of my job involves calling patients and I’m surprised by how many people let their voicemails fill up or never set them up in the first place. A lot of recruiting is done by email, but it’s still a good idea when job hunting to empty your voicemail! submitted by /u/Breyber12
Should I try to max my 401k with my savings, if I started my new job late in the year? I started my new job late in the year (November). I have enough savings to be able to max out my 401k, but of course it would hurt my emergency fund. My employer gives me 0 match. Should I put it in for this year and max it? Or should I just put a percentage in and max it next year and keep my savings intact submitted by /u/cookiesandmil…
If you were losing your job in a few months, how would you prepare financially? I’m 29 (single, no kids) and working in big law in nyc, just started my second year at a well-ranked white shoe law firm (top 10 Vault 100). A few weeks ago, I had a very direct meeting with the partner of my group and was basically told if my performance didn’t improve by December, I would no longer have a relationship with the firm. I’m trying…
U.S. Job Growth Slows Also, Eric Adams’s campaign faces corruption questions. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
LPT: Have a job interview for a job you want? Block out time shortly after to send a sincere thank you. Mention something specific from the interview, and be sure to express your eagerness for the role. Don’t assume they know you want the job. I’ve gotten many more call backs since implementing this submitted by /u/askoshbetter
LPT: Landing a job at a startup I’m retired now, but I worked in silicon valley for 30 years. Here are a couple of things that I found is useful in landing a job at a startup. My observations also apply to people who are not engineers. What this is about is finding out where “smart money” goes and following it. First, find out who the venture Capital firms are that back the ki…
Needing help – job takes money out of paycheck for pto used. I want to explain my situation here and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. The company I currently work for I am looking to quit but I have pto I have used, when I started this job I signed a paper stating that if I were to get fired or quit any pto I used would be coming out of my last paycheck. I am in Florida and looked at…
How to land a social media manager job? I’m almost done with a bachelor in psychology and as I’m thinking about what career I’d like to approach I find that a career in social media sparks my interest. I don’t have any prior work experience in that field but I do have a tik tok account with 150k followers and 6 million likes. The only issue is that due to having privacy concerns I hav…
DUI, lost job and license, mooching off parents Hello all. I made a big mistake and drove while over the legal limit on my way home from a wedding. A very big mistake that will surely not happen again. Because of my DUI, I lost my job and my wife has been paying the bills as much as she can while my parents (with their amazing generosity) make up the remainder of what we owe on our mortgage a…
JOLTS Report Shows U.S. Job Openings Steady in September The Labor Department report is a gauge of how well the labor market can withstand the highest interest rates in two decades.
Murphy takes his job VERY seriously in the new live-action trailer for RoboCop: Rogue City Loaded with iconic lines from the movies and the voice of Peter Weller, a new live action RoboCop: Rogue City trailer has arrived. Drop it creep Did you know that abandoning dog waste is against the law? How about littering and public urination? Well, they are… in some places at least, and Old Detroit is … The post Murphy takes his job VERY seri…
Photography as a (roughly) 9-5 job Good morning! I woke up today with a desire to quit my job and become a pro photographer. Ok, well… not imminently. I‘ve been in a bad place with my career for a while now, so now I’m considering options I had previously written off entirely. I’ve been a photography hobbyist for years and resisted the idea of monetizing it, but now the idea seem…
Wife lost her job – Appreciate your thoughts (US) My wife lost her job in June. Her business team has been impacted more than others across all tech companies. It should be better next year, but hard to tell. She started to look into retail jobs in the interim, while still applying and networking. Rough numbers: My monthly take home – ~7800 after 10% 401k. This is also after some taken out fo…
should i quit my job? it’s my first real job ever. i graduated from college recently so i’m not expecting to get paid six figures but… im on a 1099 contract. i get paid 18$/hour… no benefits, no pto, nothing. i work 40hrs per week. i really like what i do for work, but im scared im not going to be able to pay my taxes, i feel like i’d be better off finding another jo…
Accepted a new job while pregnant. Realizing I may not have any maternity leave. My last job was not stable. They had gone through three rounds of layoffs, and I was supposed to be included in the last one until someone happened to quit just before, which saved me. I also got word that one of the layoffs included someone on maternity leave, so I had no confidence in being there long term. So I started applying elsewhere, and…
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