Not sure about the rest of you but I am quite comfortable only interacting with most of the extended family at Thanksgiving once a year. For immediate family I just call them once a week. I deactivated FB after most of my general family stopped posting on there and it became filled with nonsense.
well its relative. for instance japanese parks are horrible. paris parks are a thing of beauty. the mayor is indeed contributing to make it a dirty agressive and expensive city by not fighting crime, mass tourism (she loves it. somehow she hates french people having cars but she is fine with rich tourists riding cabs in paris) and all the theft that is related to mass tourism... customer service is not at the level of japan but at least its not at the level of usa where everything is a transaction and every word is fake.
between her and her mentor its been a single power in place since 2001 so I don't know what you define by "always" but it definitly got worse from 2001 and so on with a sharp acceleration when she got into power. paris debt too.
not everyone in tech is making 6 digits working at FAANG. stop blaming the workers. the problem is the gov, the economists, and the crazy policies during covid. there are plenty of other jobs high paid such as consulting, legal jobs that are not creating any clear value as well. at leas tech changed the way people buy things, communicate, move around, travel and created wealth into the midle class like no other profession. to earn well in law you need a network and a family that knows how to guide you through the best schools and best companies. same for consulting/banking a commononer won't get into rotschild or mckinsey. tech allowed all kind of people to build wealth.
you are over 50 right? who in their right mind will work overtime during peak season with a damocles sword over his head. you are getting paid to do normal work not overtime and go beyond. you do exceed expectations because you want a raise or promotion and you sacrifice your time and family life for that. now knowing that you are likely to get fired next quarter (because layoffs are NOT about performance) changes the deal quite a bit...
I’m not over 50:). Not sure why you’d make a wild guess like that.
No one mentioned working overtime except for you. If you want to work overtime then you do you!!
I can’t imagine being so lazy that you still go to work and collect. A pay check but don’t do any work for the company and just work in your resume as you suggest.
There is a happy medium between working overtime and doing no work at all.
Hopefully you’ll find some work life balance in your life, because work really can be fun and fulfilling if you are lucky and work at it.
Some people, especially those with darker skin living outside the tropics during winter months, find it impossible to maintain the recommended blood levels just by eating good food. While overdosing can be dangerous, that would take a pretty extreme amount of supplementation for most people.
That's right. Just being out in the sun for several hours per day will do wonders for you.
Naturally, you'll want to start engaging in activities that increase your heart rate to the level necessary to remain healthy over the many decades of your life.
My understanding is that _several_ hours per day can mean a very significant chance of skin cancer down the road especially for lighter skinned people in subtropical or tropical regions.
Active ingredients in most sunscreens are carcinogenic upon exposure to sunlight. Careful about studies which say the sun causes cancer in light-skinned people without accounting for their increased use of (non-mineral-based) sunscreen.
Consider which industry profits from and funds such studies.
I was tested recently and my doctor said I had dangerously low Vitamin D. It was so low they were going to proscribe high dose supplements. I eat very healthy, mostly salads and a bit of dairy and fish here and there. I bet a lot of people didn't get enough sunlight during covid. Also people with darker skin need more sun exposure to get enough. (Among Black people in snowy climates something like 70% of the population have a Vitamin D deficiency)
If you take over-the counter supplements and follow the instructions you're unlikely to overdose.
it is very easy to fire in europe... and you have a trial period up to 6 month where you can fire your employe for any kind of reason. after that you can also fire easily your employee but youd need to give him a 3 month notice. but definitly economic downturn is a valid reason to fire someone.
so actually for markets like software with plenty of jobs and employment the trial/notice period of 3 months are playing against the workers by creating a complex market that is not fluid at all. it however protects better workers that are in less fortunate industries which is good.
True, perhaps I should have said "lucrative". Given how hard it is to hire/fire in Europe, the contracting market is especially healthy was the point.
I would still consider it profitable compared to being a full time employee in Europe. Besides a higher rate, a contractor with his own company can benefit from all kinds of tax advantages a regular employee can't.
I am not sure. At FAANG in europe you can make 200k. you need to make 400keuros (maybe 350k if you really good with tax and deducting costs) but you wont get any day off, sick day, any health insurance (even in europe it helps) , no 401k.
tbh I am not sure it is better money wise. for sure you get the freedom tho but also the stress of finding new customers
it really doesnt matter how much you make as long as you have a family and do not own property or have inherited wealth you are a wagie and 200k or 50k ud have loans that you cant pay when you are unemployed...
