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WFH day for the first time in two weeks. Glad those eight days of software demos are done. Anyway, I got outdoors early this morning and did 21 miles on the tri bike before work. Good ride. Saw a bear.
Brain fog is clearing gradually. I hope to maybe do an outdoor ride today to clear out the lungs and mind...we will see. Not much to do at work when I can't go in, but I suppose there's always data analysis.
After seeing the rain forecast for COS through the weekend, have you got your water wings and pool noodle ready?
Saint Jean baptiste day in Quebec. Even though I live and work from home in Ontario, technically my office is in Quebec, so i have the day off. We rented a massive cottage for the weekend for the first full family reunion reunion since before Covid.
Weather looks good. My bike isn't in working condition yet so I may bring my fishing gear instead.
Both my wife and I slept in, which was nice.
Weather looks good. My bike isn't in working condition yet so I may bring my fishing gear instead.
Both my wife and I slept in, which was nice.
Oooooh… somebody gonna flip.
Fun fact: @Motionboy2 was co-driver in a car that flipped on Pikes Peak in the rain one year.
Edit to add: oh and I just remembered Ken Block is running a Porsche up the hill this year. It’s pink and looks gnarly.
narp, he broke it already
Mornin'. Somehow got logged out of my Autodesk account, and I can't remember my password. Guess I should just go home?
After voicing my concerns with the owner of the design/build firm, he increased his offer by 5K. It should be a no-brainer, but after 19 years here, pulling the trigger is harder than I thought.
After voicing my concerns with the owner of the design/build firm, he increased his offer by 5K. It should be a no-brainer, but after 19 years here, pulling the trigger is harder than I thought.
attempting the first cup of coffee since monday.
Is the vacation time allowance good on the new position? Money isn't everything.
I accepted and then changed my mind on an new job a few years ago when I decided I didn't want to give up on the amount of PTO I had with my current job and drop down to just two weeks with the new.
i negotiated 3 weeks vacation when i started my current role (which was ~10 years ago, and standard for the position tier / pay grade was 2 weeks) because i knew it would be 10 years before i'd gain an extra week vacation (at 10 years you get an extra week vacation). so this year i got my extra week and am at 4 weeks vacation (which doesn't count the other forms of PTO i have).
The new position comes with 2 additional vacation days, and 1 additional sick day over my current position. On the money front, after calculating the cost of insurance premiums for my family and the fact that they don't do any retirement matching (my current company matches up to 3%), I would have been taking a small pay cut to jump ship. The additional 5K he offered takes care of that.
I get the concern about moving on though too, I've been with my company for 21 years, albeit in different countries and roles.
I'm Brooks Hatlen institutionalized.
i would be extremely hard pressed to jump ship, given the benefits package i have.
6 weeks PTO, plus week at festivus, plus holidays makes it hard to lose all that time off.
all said i have close to 7 weeks pto, full insurance (health / vision / dental), life insurance (option), 401k + matching, ESPP, and a pension.
not the best decision.
6 weeks and a week at the end of the year? Yeah, I probably wouldn't leave that either. I get 2 weeks of PTO right now. Same as I had when I started. 2 decades ago.
Found a roach in my kitchen last night. It was so big I looked for a license around its neck. Soaked it in murder juice and smashed it with a plastic bottle. The murder took a long time.
I get 5 weeks of PTO per year, also sitting on about 7 weeks in the PTO bank. I tend to take a day here and there, but no real long breaks. It's more of a savings account to me, as I'm paid out 100% should I leave.
i can only carry over 5 days of vacation, and it must be used by the end of the 1st quarter of the following calendar year. rest is use it or lose it.