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| Topic | Staff walks out after iHOP refuses to pay undocumented worker |
| IdiotMachine 05/02/21 11:53:34 AM #16 | I wonder what the full story was. Is it as simple as the iHOP manager hired her with no intention of paying her, or did she falsify her information and then the manager found out when (s)he entered her information in the system to generate a paystub, and wasnt sure how to handle it? --- |
| Topic | How racist are you? |
| IdiotMachine 05/01/21 7:41:19 PM #18 | averagejoel posted... how is it possible to know that you're not racist at all?I agree. I doubt these results. --- |
| Topic | How racist are you? |
| IdiotMachine 05/01/21 3:44:37 PM #10 | |
| Topic | Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive VP, couldn't kill a captive elephant |
| IdiotMachine 04/30/21 11:05:04 PM #24 | It sucks this elephant had to suffer more than it should have, legal trophy hunting has actually helped rare animals from getting rarer: https://youtu.be/YUA8i5S0YMU --- |
| Topic | How racist are you? |
| IdiotMachine 04/30/21 10:48:09 PM #1 | |
| Topic | Why are prisons so stupid? |
| IdiotMachine 04/30/21 10:38:07 PM #2 | RealityTalk posted... Please explain to me why you all think choice A is the smarter and moral and better choice for society?Emotions. Logically, B makes sense. But if someone hurt me or my family, I want revenge and I want that fucker to go through A. --- |
| Topic | Police Chief demoted after offering promotion for sex trade |
| IdiotMachine 04/30/21 10:34:16 PM #28 | RadiantJoyrock posted... No, tou did, because you acted like it was ok that he's still a cop because he was drunk when he did it. It's not, he needs to be removed.He made a mistake, while drunk, and got punished for that mistake. I do believe, again for this one incident, the punishment was reasonable. The guy doesnt seem like a good moral upstanding officer, since the article randomly alleges that he promoted a member of his own family above someone else, but for this one act, I think he was reasonably punished for it. --- |
| Topic | Police Chief demoted after offering promotion for sex trade |
| IdiotMachine 04/30/21 10:27:56 PM #25 | RadiantJoyrock posted... Being drunk doesn't make that any less unacceptable.Never said it was. But he was reprimanded for it (half a year worth of salary gone and demoted). --- |
| Topic | Police Chief demoted after offering promotion for sex trade |
| IdiotMachine 04/30/21 10:23:23 PM #21 | Article says he was drunk when he said those remarks. This also happened back in 2017. Those are the reasons why he probably only got away with a demotion and ~180 days of no pay. I think thats a decent punishment, for this one incident (half a year of no pay, and demotion for something said while drunk). --- |
| Topic | If you could |
| IdiotMachine 04/30/21 1:58:03 PM #1 | |
| Topic | I hope this COVID experience will have people wear masks when sick. |
| IdiotMachine 04/27/21 9:01:10 PM #1 | |
| Topic | Roth IRA/401k - so you don't pay any taxes on withdrawal? |
| IdiotMachine 04/25/21 8:35:22 PM #8 | So since nobody knew, I asked a knowledgeable expert. The answer is you absolutely pay the state taxes on your withdrawals; you just dont pay federal taxes. --- |
| Topic | Roth IRA/401k - so you don't pay any taxes on withdrawal? |
| IdiotMachine 04/25/21 5:58:28 PM #1 | What if you live in Texas, where there is no income tax, and you just pay federal taxes on your contributions to your Roth IRA/401k, then when you turn 65, you retire and move to a high tax state, like California, then withdraw? You pay no taxes to CA for that withdrawal? --- |
| Topic | How do buffets work now, with COVID? |
| IdiotMachine 04/24/21 11:02:48 PM #1 | |
| Topic | Speed limit is 55 on a highway. How fast do you go? |
| IdiotMachine 04/24/21 4:16:38 PM #1 | You're on a highway, clear, sunny. How fast would you normally go?
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| Topic | Got my 2nd shot of moderna. |
| IdiotMachine 04/24/21 9:16:54 AM #8 | No fever, no chills, no flu like symptoms; just a very sore arm. Guess Im the lucky 20%ish. --- |
| Topic | Got my 2nd shot of moderna. |
| IdiotMachine 04/23/21 8:55:22 PM #7 | |
| Topic | Got my 2nd shot of moderna. |
| IdiotMachine 04/23/21 2:18:31 PM #1 | |
| Topic | Anyone here in the cybersecurity field? Got any tips? |
| IdiotMachine 04/23/21 11:51:32 AM #5 | |
| Topic | What a joke 5G is. |
| IdiotMachine 04/23/21 9:24:17 AM #1 | |
| Topic | People are protesting the killing of Ma'Khia Bryant? She tried stabbing people |
| IdiotMachine 04/22/21 6:57:27 PM #300 | Agreed. Sucks the girl died, but she was in stab-to-kill mode. Officer did everything right. Tackling her at this moment would have been risky (since she was in mid attack), and tasers are not generally effective with thick clothing. --- |
| Topic | Childhood is thinking making $3k a month is a lot |
| IdiotMachine 04/22/21 6:45:45 PM #3 | Childhood is thinking $100 is a ton of money and will buy you anything and everything. --- |
| Topic | How old are you? |
| IdiotMachine 04/22/21 5:36:25 PM #1 | |
| Topic | The House has passed a bill to make Washington DC the 51st state. |
| IdiotMachine 04/22/21 12:49:18 PM #8 | Tired-Insomniac posted... https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/138526408516456038560. --- |
| Topic | Anyone here in the cybersecurity field? Got any tips? |
| IdiotMachine 04/22/21 11:48:59 AM #3 | |
| Topic | Anyone here in the cybersecurity field? Got any tips? |
| IdiotMachine 04/22/21 9:45:13 AM #1 | Got an interview for a cybersecurity position, and I have absolutely no background in cybersecurity... Any buzzwords or any theories I should start reading up about? --- |
| Topic | Pizza delivery! Your total: $17.53. How much do you give the delivery guy? |
| IdiotMachine 04/18/21 3:54:50 PM #1 | |
| Topic | Despite how amazing Dubai sounds, I don't think I'd ever visit. |
| IdiotMachine 04/18/21 11:50:03 AM #5 | billcom6 posted... What about Dubai sounds amazing?It's like Vegas but turned to 11. --- |
| Topic | Despite how amazing Dubai sounds, I don't think I'd ever visit. |
| IdiotMachine 04/18/21 11:41:06 AM #1 | I'd be afraid I'd get arrested for doing something considered normal (tweeting, drinking, holding hands with a loved one, etc.), and then getting hit with an archaic sentence. --- |
| Topic | Why is ammo still so freaking expensive? |
| IdiotMachine 04/17/21 9:58:43 AM #1 | Come on, youve (gun industry) had months to figure out this issue. I havent went target shooting since it now costs like $0.80/rd. --- |
| Topic | How big is it? |
| IdiotMachine 04/16/21 11:38:23 PM #1 | |
| Topic | During reno, you find $100k in cash. Do you have to pay taxes on this? |
| IdiotMachine 04/11/21 6:09:51 PM #24 | Smashingpmkns posted... $10k a week. And they don't report it to the IRS they add a flag to your account in case you are under investigation by the IRS and the bank is questioned about your account. There's no reason you'd need to deposit more than even $5k a week if you came into this much money at once.No, they report it: https://www.occ.treas.gov/topics/supervision-and-examination/bsa/index-bsa.html Under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), financial institutions are required to assist U.S. government agencies in detecting and preventing money laundering, such as: --- |
| Topic | During reno, you find $100k in cash. Do you have to pay taxes on this? |
| IdiotMachine 04/11/21 5:33:41 PM #20 | Smashingpmkns posted... It would be incredibly easy to deposit all of that money into your account over the course of a few dozen weeks without setting off any flags too. Reporting it would be foolish unless you absolutely do not want a free $100k.Not really. Regularly depositing large amounts of cash compels your bank to report it. Any deposit over $10k also compels your bank to report to the federal government as well. --- |
| Topic | During reno, you find $100k in cash. Do you have to pay taxes on this? |
| IdiotMachine 04/11/21 4:59:16 PM #12 | hitokoriX posted... 100k isn't enough to risk my life over. I don't take what doesn't belong to meBut it's part of the house. You bought the house. Isn't it yours? --- |
| Topic | During reno, you find $100k in cash. Do you have to pay taxes on this? |
| IdiotMachine 04/11/21 4:34:31 PM #1 | During a home renovation, you find $100k in cash hidden in the floor boards. Does this count as income, and are you obligated to pay taxes on this? --- |
| Topic | "She's 17; it's legal." ~Republican coworker. |
| IdiotMachine 04/11/21 9:24:42 AM #1 | I asked my hardcore Republican coworker what his thoughts were on this Matt Gaetz situation, and he said its legal in most states to have sexual relations with people as young as 16, and that the money Venmod isnt paying for sex, but rather paying for the girls various expenses. The two things are not correlated. --- |
| Topic | Why hire an actor that can't sing for a musical? |
| IdiotMachine 04/10/21 7:14:45 PM #2 | |
| Topic | Allen West says Texas could secede; 'We could go back to being our own Republic' |
| IdiotMachine 04/10/21 9:18:03 AM #2 | Did they forget that they asked for federal money when they dug their own hole and had massive blackouts, at the point where even their senator said fuck this and left for Mexico? --- |
| Topic | So, who's the best character in Genshin Impact overall? |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 10:27:35 PM #4 | DarkRoast posted... The overall best and most useful in the most circumstancesThen Noelle or Jean, because no enemies have innate immunities with Geo and Aero, and they can heal themselves. --- |
| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 10:13:21 AM #59 | MrToothHasYou posted... Im confused as to why everyone is debating whether or not taking owed time off merits being given reduced review scores, when the author of this article literally states that she got high review scores after she returned:That was before she took the time off. --- |
| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 9:57:19 AM #43 | krazychao5 posted... and it is in relation to others looking for said promotion. so people who put in more work, more consistently, and also applied for promotion would be selected ahead. because they showed they are more reliable.^that. Youre not penalized for taking vacation. You just got a 3. --- |
| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 9:44:19 AM #31 | skermac posted... paid time off should not even be a factorThe point is the extended time off led to her performance reduction. --- |
| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 9:38:28 AM #26 | Squall28 posted... These performance rankings are often against your peers. You don't get a high ranking just for doing your job. You gotta go above and beyond.Yup. The first half of the article, i thought this was going to go somewhere else (like Google tried to cover up and stuff, as they did in the past). --- |
| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 9:37:06 AM #21 | The Trent posted... people that are going to tell you that you are wrong have no idea how any of this works but a lot of confidence about how everything should workSo to clarify on how things work for engineer performance ratings (from my experience at working for three different large companies as a mechanical engineer):
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| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 9:30:47 AM #14 | gunplagirl posted... Unless she was doing work on vacation, it isn't something that should be held against someone.Taking vacation = no work progressing. Performance rating depends entirely on your work progressing. If youre taking a couple weeks here or there, it shouldnt affect your rating; but if you take a couple weeks during critical times, or taking a massive time off? You bet your ass youre not getting a 5/5. --- |
| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 9:29:15 AM #12 | FortuneCookie posted... If she's denied a promotion because of her sex, that's discrimination no matter how much she's making.It seems like shes framing it to make it look like that, but taking three months off and then still expecting high performance rating, especially at a fast-pace and highly visible position like Google, is ridiculous. Then getting a normal rating, then asking for a promotion, is doubling down on the ridiculousness. --- |
| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 9:25:11 AM #7 | Kaldrenthebold posted... She's right gunplagirl posted... Yeah, I don't see how anyone can think otherwiseHow could you expect high performance rating and a promotion after taking three months off? Thats ridiculous. --- |
| Topic | *gets paid six figures; takes 3 paid months off; quits b/c of no promotion* |
| IdiotMachine 04/09/21 9:21:07 AM #1 | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/opinion/google-job-harassment.html TL;DR:
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| Topic | Would you be upset if a billionaire won the lottery? |
| IdiotMachine 04/08/21 12:22:24 PM #3 | GeraldDarko posted... Aren't "No" and "Indifferent" the same thing?I would say no. Indifferent is more like I dont care, whereas no is actively choosing to not be upset about it. --- |
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