The Bitching Thread

[fahoumh]

I hope you wear gloves when preparing food with that gash. Small business ownership is even better. I worked at a Subway, which sort of counts as a deli. That sucked.

I always wear a clean set of those disposable deli gloves when I'm slicing meat. Unless if it's for a sandwich for myself then I just wash my hands, well normally.

[Abdula]

So Favre finally retired not really a bitch or a shocker, knew it was going to happen someday but still.

[itadakimasu]

I interviewed for a what would have been a really good job last week. Pay wise i was thinking around 30-35,000 / year. So, today i came across this company advertising the position as $50,000 : ( *kicks self*

yesterday I had a big meeting w\ the owner, co-owner, and my 'boss' who hired me about making me full time. Basically I told them I need around $30,000 / year... so now i guess i'm waiting for them to either A.let me go, B.Hire me and pay me what I asked or C. Make an offer to pay me less than what I asked.

[complich8]

So now I have a handle on the job situation. I've got two offers on the table. One's a very competitive salary that I could probably get about $5k/yr more. The other's a grand less than the first's preliminary offer, and that's as high as I could get them to go, but it's a better job with better hours and benefits. Commutes are comparable.

So now I am faced with a dilemma: do I take the slightly lower-paying job with kickass benefits that'll guarantee me an 8 hour day and lower pressure, or do I take the higher-paying job with not quite as kickass benefits, which will not guarantee me 8 hour workdays?

To put it more directly: how much is 6 grand really worth to me?

[Assertn]

That's up to you, complich8. Also depends on how much total we're talking here. $6k within the $50k range is more significant than $6k within the $100k range. For me, $6k pays about 3 months of bills....which...isn't that amazing. Over time, the cons of a job will carry much more weight than the pros, so don't accept terms that you might not be content with six months from now.

Or, if you're going to job hop like I did, which one will help you move up faster?

[complich8]

Well, the lower paying job is still a 12k raise over my last position, and has a stellar benefits package. As far as hopping goes, I think both are positioned as long-term, and either way I'll be doing better than average for the field, area and my experience level. Both have a lot of options and a lot of opportunity to explore, so I'm not going to stagnate like I was at my last job ...

I think I'm going to take the lower-paid one though. My gut feeling is that the pros outmatch the takehome pay difference (which would be ~$350/mo after taxes and whatnot). I mean ... the benefits package is absurdly good...

[itadakimasu]

I took my car to get scheduled maintenance done today, and the $350 job turned into a $625 job when they found that one of my motor mounts was broken, and then when they replaced it and it didn't fit right they informed me that my 'sub-frame' is bent....

this means that the body shop i had my car in last year completely failed. they didn't even see this damage when they had my car, and this will be yet another thing on the long list i have of their failures. This is such a hassle, grrrrrrr.

[fahoumh]

Yeah, cars are damned expensive. Sucks to hear about yours. Hopefully things will eventually get straightened out for you.

[Chiodos]

My girlfriend is pregnant...

[Sapphire]

Congrats?!

....right?

[Chiodos]

No.

I'm 18 years old, just beginning to grow up from crazy angst emo makeup wierd haircute clothe dude into an ordinary pretty thai boy.
And she's not really into abort(?)..

[darkshadow]

well then how the hell did you get yourself in that position?

[Chiodos]

I have no idea.
Shit happens and it happens now. Shit shit scared that she can't do abortion (?).
if this were in another situation, like I had an apartment, sure, I would actually want to keep the baby but not while I still live with my parents.

- bad grammar and spelling

[Assertn]

A lot of GW members seem to be pretty bad at this...

[Deadfire]

It appears that alot of anime and manga fans have this issue as well... must be the hentai as no condoms are ever used in it.

[Abdula]

I think he was talking about the grammar and spelling.

[Animeniax]

I think he was referring to the number of people here who are from countries that don't practice contraception and population control.

My bitch: I owe $1038 in taxes for 2007. With the rebate check of $600 coming in a few months, it'll be only $438, but it still hurts. Well, not really.

[KitKat]

Assertn's comment makes more sense if you've spent time on irc within the past few years.

Chiodos, why not just give the baby up for adoption then?

[Spiegel]

Assertn's comment makes more sense if you've spent time on irc within the past few years.

Yeah, if you had been there it would make a Whole lot more sense. Chiodos, hope things work out for you and best of wishes in whatever happens.

[XanBcoo]

well then how the hell did you get yourself in that position?

Someone's parents never had the Birds & the Bees talk with them...