Recent content by AreaCode7O7

I'm a fucking savage that works my ass off and probably pays the health care for 6 kids so mommy can work 40 hours a week and be home in the evenings. If you raise my taxes to the point where I can work 40 hours a week and have the same take-home pay that I do now, guess what I'm going to do...

Considering that my in-laws don't speak English... I completely agree. If you come, prepare to be integrated into the culture. However, that doesn't address the reality of the situation and the fact that this is sad and not necessarily related to stupidity.

In my last company Monster was our best job-site source of candidates, better than HotJobs, CareerBuilder, etc. However the boards all combined only totaled something like 5% of hires. Employee referrals, by contrast, was around 40%.

Happened in Seattle a few years ago during the power outages. A lot of the people that died were LEGAL immigrants who couldn't speak the language well enough to read the warning labels and hadn't grown up with grills and generators so had no idea it was dangerous. The Times wound up printing a...

Agreed - IF we're talking about a 40 hour week. Everyone I know making six figures works 60-80, sometimes more. I don't consider it unreasonable or inhuman to have to work more than 40 hours a week in order to provide food, roof, transportation and health care. Two full time jobs at 7/hr...

Not true. Teams are picked on a strategic level, yes. Individuals RIF would happen by teams being told how many people they need to cut and the manager who personally knows the employees making the decision. Every RIFed employee is personally given the information in a meeting with their...

lol. :) We're just helpfully providing data, not trying to troll you.

Corgis are the only little dogs worth their salt; they've got all the big personality of a large dog packed into the short-legged little package. Sorry for your loss. :( :brokenheart:

I am glad, and I would do everything short of prostituting myself to make sure it continues. I went untreated for a year before I was diagnosed and I will not let that happen to me again if there is any way whatsoever for me to prevent it; if that means scrubbing bathroom floors at a homeless...

Sounds like grandma needs to find a good male role model for these kids to be their "dad". Get involved in a Big Brother, Big Sister program, join a church, whatever. The kid isn't "weak" to be so upset or traumatized by this; it's completely understandable to want a dad and to feel pain...

I have a friend who's been there about six months in an operational department and she's still there.

Your friend can go work for McDonalds or Safeway 32 hours a week, get health care and have a small paycheck to take home to boot. It is ALWAYS possible to get health care for yourself unless you are flat out bedridden. It is not the government's problem that your friend is unwilling to work a...

Announcement They didn't get very proactive about emailing the users this time. In case your Monster account shared a password with any other accounts, better change the others.

Sure; who knows how they might counter. "Thank you for considering me. I was very impressed by everyone I met and remain interested in your company but unfortunately I need to seek a role that will compensate me at my market rate of (your range) at this time. I appreciate your time during...

$10 is low, agreed, but the competition for entry level jobs in Seattle right now is fierce. I had a friend I basically subsidized for a year while he looked hard for an entry level job and he ultimately had to move away because he couldn't find one. Going through the temp agencies has been a...