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This is pretty great.
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drowninghere wrote:
18 Sep 2020, 10:18am
Wolter wrote:
18 Sep 2020, 9:25am
WestwayKid wrote:
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Wolter wrote:
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Van Morrison joins Ian Brown and Noel Gallagher on the list of Musicians I Currently Feel 100% Justified In Never Liking.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment- ... I8iSXTDNNk
Van the Man has long been one of those cases of separating the art from the artist for me...because he's always come across as a major ass. I love his music, but don't care too much for him.
Thankfully, I find his music absolutely boring, overrated crap. Saves me the trouble.
Who would have thought Liam would come across looking like the smart one amongst those three or, indeed, any three?
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My company just laid off 29 people (15%). I made it through this time, but that's a big, scary chunk.
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Kory wrote:
30 Sep 2020, 5:37pm
My company just laid off 29 people (15%). I made it through this time, but that's a big, scary chunk.
Yikes, that's rough. But obviously I'm relieved for you.
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Kory wrote:
30 Sep 2020, 5:37pm
My company just laid off 29 people (15%). I made it through this time, but that's a big, scary chunk.
That's awful

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Yeah quite a shock. There was some talk from our new CEO that they were looking at the 3-year plan so I got the sense that maybe something was coming up but I wasn't expecting it to be so soon or so large.
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Yeah quite a shock. There was some talk from our new CEO that they were looking at the 3-year plan so I got the sense that maybe something was coming up but I wasn't expecting it to be so soon or so large.
Yeah this stuff sucks. Hang in there Kory and if possible look for places to land if needed.

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Yeah quite a shock. There was some talk from our new CEO that they were looking at the 3-year plan so I got the sense that maybe something was coming up but I wasn't expecting it to be so soon or so large.
That sucks. Keeping fingers crossed for you.
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Thanks, all. Around me, a new job basically means Amazon or Google or Facebook, etc etc etc. I'm (still) lucky to work for a pretty big nonprofit that pays enough to live in this city, and I'm not interested in corporate work. I think if I lose it I might go back to school to fill in the coding skills I'm missing and hopefully find something where I wouldn't have to work 60 hour weeks.
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Kory wrote:
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Thanks, all. Around me, a new job basically means Amazon or Google or Facebook, etc etc etc. I'm (still) lucky to work for a pretty big nonprofit that pays enough to live in this city, and I'm not interested in corporate work. I think if I lose it I might go back to school to fill in the coding skills I'm missing and hopefully find something where I wouldn't have to work 60 hour weeks.
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revbob wrote:
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Kory wrote:
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Thanks, all. Around me, a new job basically means Amazon or Google or Facebook, etc etc etc. I'm (still) lucky to work for a pretty big nonprofit that pays enough to live in this city, and I'm not interested in corporate work. I think if I lose it I might go back to school to fill in the coding skills I'm missing and hopefully find something where I wouldn't have to work 60 hour weeks.
Someone's not a go getter... :shifty:
Pretty much. I like to find a job where I can be at a senior level but still pass the buck. I have too many other more important interests in life to have to worry about my job after 5 pm.
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Kory wrote:
01 Oct 2020, 2:51pm
revbob wrote:
01 Oct 2020, 2:40pm
Kory wrote:
01 Oct 2020, 2:25pm
Thanks, all. Around me, a new job basically means Amazon or Google or Facebook, etc etc etc. I'm (still) lucky to work for a pretty big nonprofit that pays enough to live in this city, and I'm not interested in corporate work. I think if I lose it I might go back to school to fill in the coding skills I'm missing and hopefully find something where I wouldn't have to work 60 hour weeks.
Someone's not a go getter... :shifty:
Pretty much. I like to find a job where I can be at a senior level but still pass the buck. I have too many other more important interests in life to have to worry about my job after 5 pm.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Oct 2020, 3:08pm
Kory wrote:
01 Oct 2020, 2:51pm
revbob wrote:
01 Oct 2020, 2:40pm
Kory wrote:
01 Oct 2020, 2:25pm
Thanks, all. Around me, a new job basically means Amazon or Google or Facebook, etc etc etc. I'm (still) lucky to work for a pretty big nonprofit that pays enough to live in this city, and I'm not interested in corporate work. I think if I lose it I might go back to school to fill in the coding skills I'm missing and hopefully find something where I wouldn't have to work 60 hour weeks.
Someone's not a go getter... :shifty:
Pretty much. I like to find a job where I can be at a senior level but still pass the buck. I have too many other more important interests in life to have to worry about my job after 5 pm.
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Sucks kp, keeping fingers crossed for ya.

The missus just found out yesterday that her entire marketing department (for a publicly traded company) has been completely gutted. Almost everyone out. She's one of about four total employees out of hundreds in our area given the option to stay put, with expanded responsibilities and a salary cut. Even with all this uncertainty, we're probably gonna just take the severance package and gtfo.
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