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| Topic | Finally finished interviewing and got 3 offers |
| Cleo_II 06/29/21 8:40:09 PM #1 | Potentially a fourth but I think Im outside of their price range. Company A: Lowest compensation wise but cool smaller company. Id indirectly lead a team and they would put me on track to be associate manager in a year. Fully remote. Benefits are crappy though. 401k match is low and vests over 3 years. Company B: Slightly better compensation but base is lowest and they make it up with equity instead. Pretty good 401k match, immediate vest. Much bigger company. Standard benefits. 3 days a week in the office. I have a great relationship with the director so that would be nice to work with her again. But it would take forever to get to a manager role Company C: Highest base salary by a lot. They also offer bonuses but they are discretionary which makes me nervous. I know people who work there who told me they are good bonuses and theyve been steady. But that can always change. Mid sized company. Fully remote. Amazing benefits (free healthcare for the family) and best 401k match. The most time off too. Will probably be a couple of years before Im at a manager level. All 3 are offering a $15k sign on bonus Im leaning towards C tbh even if it takes longer to get to the level I want it just hits all the right marks. Its risky with the bonus being random but the higher base makes me feel better about it. Ill take more guaranteed money over more equity potential |
| Topic | Okay math nerds, please help me out with a financial dispute with my wife. |
| Cleo_II 06/29/21 6:21:10 PM #13 | Imagine trying to nickel and dime your spouse over cookies |
| Topic | AirPods Max are $489 on Amazon. |
| Cleo_II 06/28/21 8:33:28 PM #7 | Got a pair of them for my husband for his birthday. He loves them. Pretty much wears them nonstop. |
| Topic | Does CE have what it takes to be a MOM? |
| Cleo_II 06/28/21 8:30:08 PM #9 | Lol Im a mom and this is nothing like my experience. Mostly because I havent married a deadbeat and I still go out and do things for myself while he watches her. |
| Topic | what % of your monthly salary do you contribute to your 401k? |
| Cleo_II 06/28/21 8:00:14 PM #9 | 8% but I plan on maxing once I start a new job |
| Topic | Which do you think is your favorite/best major amusement park? |
| Cleo_II 06/28/21 7:58:12 PM #23 | TsunomakiWatame posted... Eh, I was there in October 2019 and was kinda disappointed by it. It's really quite small, and there really wasn't that much variety when it comes to rides. Half of the stuff they have there are simulator rides (Simpsons, Transformers, Minions, Harry Potter) and they don't really have any spectacular rollercoasters.Yeah I dont care for thrill rides or rollercoasters. I hated six flags the one time I went. I just wanna eat good food, and prefer lower key rides. I like the shows too. |
| Topic | my parents are gonna flip their shit when i buy my house |
| Cleo_II 06/28/21 5:04:35 PM #24 | Yeah water and trash runs us like $100 At least its a roomy 1 bd. I feel like 1,100 sqft is pretty good for a single guy Good luck if you do make an offer. Its been insane in CA, my friend has tried making two offers but got outbid on both by like 50-100k |
| Topic | my parents are gonna flip their shit when i buy my house |
| Cleo_II 06/28/21 4:51:53 PM #2 | Is that in LA? And lol that HOA is insane |
| Topic | Which do you think is your favorite/best major amusement park? |
| Cleo_II 06/28/21 4:49:04 PM #14 | Universal Studios in Hollywood. The rides are great and the shows are really good. Even better with a fast pass. Its totally worth splurging on |
| Topic | [US] Do you generally tip for takeout? |
| Cleo_II 06/27/21 2:10:50 PM #18 | Yes. People are still busting their butts to prepare the food and Im not a cheapo. |
| Topic | gordon ramsey asks you to present him your signature dish |
| Cleo_II 06/27/21 11:14:41 AM #22 | A middle eastern style lightly fried sea bass with cumin and garlic. Its my moms recipe and so good |
| Topic | middle class in a western country or wealthy in a undeveloped country |
| Cleo_II 06/27/21 10:26:24 AM #18 | Middle class in the US My family is very wealthy in Egypt. They all have cooks, cleaners, drivers, several apartments, etc. We could have always lived very well out there. But there maybe a few percent can live like that while the rest live in absolute poverty. The streets are filthy, infrastructure falling apart, poor begging everywhere, very loose laws, its heartbreaking. |
| Topic | Celebs that remain the same age physically |
| Cleo_II 06/26/21 7:32:57 PM #10 | J Lo Gwen Stefani |
| Topic | my son will be born next month. i think we're ready. |
| Cleo_II 06/25/21 11:21:18 AM #39 | Puppy pads my dude. Trust me on this. The number of times our girl decides to pee/poop mid diaper change lol. So easy to clean up after Lots of zipper onesies for nighttime, those snaps are a damn pain in the middle of the night. Yoga ball if you dont have one. We hold her and bounce for a few minutes on it and it knocks her out like magic. Highly highly recommend the bath tub from 4moms. Theres a thermometer and it keeps the water at a consistent warm temperature. Our baby loves bath time. It has an infant insert and can fit in dual sinks as well. A lot of other things we got have been useless so far, bouncer, rocker, snuggle me... she hates them all. But some babies love them so it will depend on yours. A small portable fan if youre in a warm climate. I got one off Amazon for $20. It attaches to her car seat so if its really hot out it keeps her cool. And if youre ever desperate for sleep and can afford it - the SNOO. |
| Topic | Something soul crushing happens to people who work at big companies. |
| Cleo_II 06/25/21 10:57:24 AM #2 | Yeah our company has merged to now over 10,000 and the culture has been shifting tremendously. Our leadership is very stuffy, corporate and like robots. Theyre so disconnected from what we do. They just implement all sorts of changes without checking in with us on any of them. Our previous VPs used to be highly engaged with us and we respected them for it. While these ones act like we should be grateful for their presence when they show up at our all hands. One of them really acts like he has better things to do than attend and looks like hes on some mix of benzos and liquor as he slurs his words during his presentation. Everyone in our org is quitting over it now and theyre replacing everyone with low quality contractors. Feels like they wanted to push everyone out to replace us with cheap labor. |
| Topic | The job hunting process has become laughably ridiculous |
| Cleo_II 06/25/21 10:01:00 AM #94 | BigB0ss13 posted... Wtf? Employers should be happy to see people wanting the job enough to go out of their way and contact them at least through the phone once. Don't sound desperate and don't contact the company more than once. Just say you're interested in the position and that you think you're more than qualified for the job then thank them for their consideration. Contact them like one week after submitting a resume to them. Either they'll get interested and go straight to your resume/application out of the other thousands of resumes/applications they get or they do what people say here and ignore you just like they'd do anyways if you didn't call them. That's it.We have other shit to do and we arent going to answer every phone call about a job. And usually the people calling arent qualified. I get messages on LinkedIn all the time and I just dont have the time to respond to every one, especially since its rarely specific to a job they applied but a lazy can you take a look at my resume and tell me if Im a fit for anything message |
| Topic | Lol @ anyone that doesn't like Tuna. |
| Cleo_II 06/24/21 10:19:43 PM #12 | I love tuna. The canned stuff is nasty though |
| Topic | I won the thunderdome |
| Cleo_II 06/24/21 10:08:33 PM #10 | No_U_L7 posted... Congrats. You taking the offer?Thanks! Not sure yet, Im also getting another offer from a different company. Waiting to see what it looks like before I decide. But its a damn good offer and fully remote too. |
| Topic | I won the thunderdome |
| Cleo_II 06/24/21 9:51:48 PM #4 | The Trent posted... congrats on defeating your rivalThank you! Shes damn good too so Im a tad surprised treewojima posted... Who run Bartertown?Me rn  |
| Topic | I won the thunderdome |
| Cleo_II 06/24/21 9:45:24 PM #1 | 2 women went in. 1 came out Some may remember that I was interviewing for a role that my friend was also interviewing for. Were both coworkers and teammates as well. They practically interviewed us back to back. I ended up getting an offer and she was declined today. I feel kinda bad. Though to be fair I was interviewing first before they approached her too, my speciality is more aligned with their business needs. She took it a bit hard at first but she has other offers so shes feeling fine now. We still friends |
| Topic | The job hunting process has become laughably ridiculous |
| Cleo_II 06/24/21 9:36:29 PM #72 | 1337toothbrush posted... What if the cupcakes were laced with something?I waited for someone else to eat them before I did lol |
| Topic | The job hunting process has become laughably ridiculous |
| Cleo_II 06/24/21 8:44:58 PM #68 | Someone showed up to our office with cupcakes and their resume. We ate the cupcakes and tossed their resume lol They just werent a fit for anything. I dont recommend just showing up at places unless its in retail or something. |
| Topic | The job hunting process has become laughably ridiculous |
| Cleo_II 06/24/21 11:12:51 AM #61 | Look, lower skill jobs will have tons of applicants. Companies can be as picky as they want with those. Its simple supply and demand. Higher skill jobs mean lower supply and they are more flexible. Ive worked on new grad roles that will get hundreds of applicants in a matter of days. We physically cant go through them all. And most of the resumes look similar enough. We cant interview everyone. So we decide on the filter criteria. For software engineer jobs, we decided to only look at those with school projects, internships and a GitHub account. As well as whatever particular coding language that team used. Its not because we think all the others are shit, we just need to filter them down somehow. |
| Topic | The job hunting process has become laughably ridiculous |
| Cleo_II 06/24/21 2:11:29 AM #43 | berlyman101 posted... @Cleo_II Help us out here.I hate the mind games and back and forth. I cover compensation in the first call and have no problem sharing the range when asked. Id rather know that its worth it to the candidate or not before moving forward and wasting anyones time. If it happens to be a big pay bump for them, I feel really happy I helped get that for them. As for what to say, you need to do your research and know what the market is offering for the same role and level. Glassdoor, indeed, and other sites will have ranges to look at. Ask your peers. Decide on your range then ask for about $5-10k higher. That gives you wiggle room. Best case they match it, but most likely will meet in the middle and offer what you were actually hoping for. Ideally try and get 2-3 offers so you can come in with more negotiating power. |
| Topic | CEusers you would hang out with IRL |
| Cleo_II 06/23/21 4:19:25 PM #20 | |
| Topic | Subway is such a fucking ripoff |
| Cleo_II 06/23/21 4:14:04 PM #11 | Eevee-Trainer posted... Firehouse Subs >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subway |
| Topic | FUCK! I accidentally locked my cat in the closet all night and he took a shit |
| Cleo_II 06/19/21 11:41:14 AM #18 | Ive had that happen before. Try baking soda to get rid of the smell too. At least it was poop and not pee. Cat pee is so hard to clean and get rid of the smell. |
| Topic | What's the greatest thing you've ever accomplished in your life? |
| Cleo_II 06/19/21 11:14:17 AM #10 | Giving birth to my daughter |
| Topic | Got my first offer and first rejection |
| Cleo_II 06/19/21 11:09:25 AM #1 | I havent been rejected after the final interview stage since I was interviewing for jobs after college. I wasnt a fan of the opportunity so Im wondering if my lack of enthusiasm showed. I got the sense they needed someone of a more junior level. The manager had a lot less experience than me and only 2 months as a manager. Not gonna lie it did put a dent in my confidence. The offer I got was decent. But my promo is going in soon and it will probably wont be a big difference between the two. Both will have me managing a team with more potential for growth. I really like the person Id be reporting to also. She seems awesome. Wrapped up with a company this week and have two more Im wrapping up with Monday. My friend and I are both finalists with one of the companies and its still pretty awkward. It sounds as if they will be picking one of us and Im very nervous. But Im finally nearly done with all this interviewing crap. |
| Topic | Isn't having pets essentially partaking in slavery? |
| Cleo_II 06/18/21 12:19:05 PM #8 | If you have cats youre the slave not the other way around. |
| Topic | Do you and your s/o keep all your money in the same joint account? |
| Cleo_II 06/18/21 8:44:13 AM #3 | Yes we have a joint account. Were a little odd in that we had it one year into dating but it was because I moved to the states and didnt have a social security yet so he just added me to his account. Then we just kept it that way even though we didnt get married for another couple of years. |
| Topic | Father's day is almost here. |
| Cleo_II 06/17/21 7:51:12 PM #14 | Its my husbands first Fathers Day. I have a great shot of him holding the baby at the beach. I bought a picture frame and plan on getting a print out and will put it in. Also bought him an a old fashioned kit that comes with all you need (minus the whiskey) to make the drink. Its his favorite drink. Ill get him a nice bottle of whiskey. Will probably order food or something since its so packed on Fathers Day and we cant go out much with a baby. |
| Topic | Straight white guys throwing a hissy fit because Victoria Secret changed models |
| Cleo_II 06/17/21 6:21:28 PM #109 | Zeus posted... It literally does. Intimate apparel isn't like conventional fashion. When a woman buys a dress, it's to look good in front of a crowd. When a woman buys intimate apparel, she generally has a much smaller audience in mind. So even when the customer isn't the guy (which it often is) or the couple shopping together (which is also common at that those locations), the consideration is ultimately how things appeal to men.Not anymore, less and less women give two craps about wearing sexy lingerie as we used to in the past. Things have changed and women prefer comfort and feel over sexy. That is why VS sales have been tanking while others are taking off. Hell my husband dislikes lingerie. Hed prefer me in a tank top and thong over some intricate lacy thing. The simpler to take off the better in his opinion. |
| Topic | Villeneuve's "Dune" will premier at Venice Film Festival in September |
| Cleo_II 06/17/21 1:49:21 PM #2 | My body is ready |
| Topic | Straight white guys throwing a hissy fit because Victoria Secret changed models |
| Cleo_II 06/17/21 1:46:13 PM #50 | Guys arent buying underwear, women are. And women arent buying it to appease men as much anymore. The trends are shifting to where women would prefer to be comfortable than wear some lacy thing. The highly sexualized VS models dont do much for us to entice us to buy their products. In any case I still dislike VS because their quality has gone downhill while their prices are insane for what you get. Much rather shop at Aerie for underwear thats much more comfortable, higher quality and cheaper too. |
| Topic | Amazon has a big problem, the people they hire won't stay and work for them. |
| Cleo_II 06/15/21 10:04:34 PM #56 | TheVipaGTS posted... they give you like 30 hours...how many times was she late?She mentioned she had 5 hours not 30. Shes also a single mom with a second job on the weekend |
| Topic | Amazon has a big problem, the people they hire won't stay and work for them. |
| Cleo_II 06/15/21 8:03:23 PM #31 | My niece got let go last week because she went negative three minutes. Three freaking minutes. Totally ridiculous |
| Topic | What the fuck is going on with real estate |
| Cleo_II 06/15/21 3:51:41 PM #32 | Our house just hit a million on Zillow and we bought it for $740k 4 years ago. It was a little over $800k before the pandemic. Houses have been selling for 50-100k over listing price as well. Its absolutely insane. The one way it would be beneficial for us would be to sell our home and move somewhere cheaper but we dont really want to live anywhere else. |
| Topic | What the fuck is going on with real estate |
| Cleo_II 06/14/21 10:29:46 AM #15 | Yup my friend and my sister have both been trying to buy a house for several months but the bidding war is ridiculous. I tried warning them both a year ago to buy a house before it got too difficult but they both dragged their feet on it. We struggled to buy a house four years ago and the market is much worse than then due to lower inventory as less people have moved. |
| Topic | I turned down a job with a $5/hour raise |
| Cleo_II 06/12/21 12:34:13 PM #11 | What do you do currently? Depending on the market, your company might not want to see you go and you could absolutely leverage the current offer for more money. Its not as easy to replace people in most industries these days. As for the call center job, while it may be soul sucking do you think there is room for upward mobility within the company? Or maybe learn some skills you could apply to a different job in a year or twos time. Ive done some really soul sucking work but I saw it as a stepping stone to where I needed to be. It was a rough couple of years but it was worth it in the grand scheme of things |
| Topic | 3 young girls killed, 1 horribly injured in hit and run in CA |
| Cleo_II 06/11/21 6:10:48 PM #23 | Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... They were staying the night at someone's house. I'd be mad at the parents that let them go out CADE FOSTER posted... they were staying at one of the girls aunts house and they wanted to go out for a walk the aunt failed themHow tragic, thats just so sad. I cant imagine what the parents must feel |
| Topic | 3 young girls killed, 1 horribly injured in hit and run in CA |
| Cleo_II 06/11/21 6:00:10 PM #19 | How horrible. Why were these kids walking alone at night? Where tf were the parents? Not saying that person isnt scum for the hit and run. I hope they find the person who did it. I bet they were on their phone or some shit. Just saddens me that the parents also failed them. 11-14 year olds have no business being outside on a road at 10:30 pm |
| Topic | As a recruiter, it's crazy to see how the market is shifting |
| Cleo_II 06/11/21 4:56:51 PM #70 | CountDog posted... Jesus you all making money. I'm in school in algebra pre requisite. For a stem program. Im a supervisor for a minimum wage job. Would absolutely love a good paying desk job. Would love for my 30's to be a LOT better than my 20's.I can totally relate. I worked so hard for my degree too. I didnt really start making money until I hit 30 and changed my career. I was stagnating before that and hated my field so much. I had to think of what my skills were and where I could apply them to make more. I took a big risk. My husband wasnt on board at all initially but I turned his opinion around when I went from $65k a year to $100k the next. Its not just about working hard but working smart. I knew engineering wasnt for me and that I was good with people, so I became a tech recruiter instead. Again it was a risk because I had no idea if I would be good and I started off totally commission based. Just set small goals for yourself and work on achieving one at a time and you will get there. My 20s sucked but my 30s have been amazing. |
| Topic | As a recruiter, it's crazy to see how the market is shifting |
| Cleo_II 06/11/21 4:43:28 PM #67 | DarkProto05 posted... What markets are best right now?Cybersecurity and analytics imo. People operations is big now too because companies want to scale but need folks to actually hire and create processes to do so. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Dont we all? Its just a matter of if we can afford to be or not |
| Topic | Saudi Arabia finally allows women to live along w/o permission from a man |
| Cleo_II 06/11/21 4:28:47 PM #27 | TheGoldenEel posted... I know its fiction but the show Ramy was eye-opening imoWow I hadnt heard of this show but looking it up I have to watch it now. Im sure Id be able to relate to a lot of it |
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