6 Figures 6 Certs Random Thoughts Thread

[phcitywarrior]

im applying fir jobs in london but dont live there so have to take the l

Keep plugging at it. You never know. What I will say is this, make sure you follow up the application with a call, especially for smaller firms. You'd be surprised how much that helps.

Bigger multinational firms are a bit trickier, however.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Pro tip: You should always be interviewing. Even if you aren't looking. Always test what's out there in the market.

 

[David_TheMan]

Anyone ever apply to a federal job using USAJobs.gov? I'm trying to get this resume right and its a lot of work. nikkas better read this shyt when i apply

Yes, I applied to a position and was selected by the Dept. of State and I turned it down.
It works, the key is always rate yourself a 5 in everything.
That is the only way your resume will even be viewed, then they can evaluate it, if you are honest it will never get viewed.

 

[NeilCartwright]

Currently interviewing CDL drivers for a truck driving position. Took a page out of the group economics page and went into business with 3 other friends.

-Banks don't wanna finance a 50k truck without 2 years of bank statements showing 100k gross income. How is that possible when we formed the LLC in March of this year?

-Hearing alot of "No's" from drivers. Some older, and some who would rather deal with someone established. We're advertising 5k-7k a week before expenses. Im answering calls for the ad and old heads saying they can make 4k a week at a lease to own program. Then why are you calling me?

Despite this, i want to let everyone know, if you can get on board with like minded people, its a good move. Whether its real estate, trucking or something else. Luckily all four of us have day jobs making decent money. So we have cash reserves to get this going. We all also have good credit, but cant use it in the business space just yet because we dont have the time in the game yet.

Its frustrating but keep telling myself its all part of the process. Keep plugging along

 

[phcitywarrior]

One of my coworkers be killing me with his "hey can I show you something real quick" antics.

Dude stops me after meetings on my way back to do work and says "Hey, I saw something that I'd like your take on, it'll be real quick".

5 mins turns to 25 mins

And it's never something quick. It'll be complex problems that require you to sit down, research and digest the information. He'll just be popping the info off the fly expecting me to have answers

 

[David_TheMan]

One of my coworkers be killing me with his "hey can I show you something real quick" antics.

Dude stops me after meetings on my way back to do work and says "Hey, I saw something that I'd like your take on, it'll be real quick".

5 mins turns to 25 mins

And it's never something quick. It'll be complex problems that require you to sit down, research and digest the information. He'll just be popping the info off the fly expecting me to have answers

LOL
He trying to pump you for knowledge man. LOL

 

[phcitywarrior]

LOL
He trying to pump you for knowledge man. LOL

I hit him with the "I'll need to sit down and digest this, you might be on to something"

I know damn it's in one ear and out the other

 

[David_TheMan]

I hit him with the "I'll need to sit down and digest this, you might be on to something"

I know damn it's in one ear and out the other

Breh probably like



Waiting on you to come back.

lol

 

[phcitywarrior]

Breh probably like



Waiting on you to come back.

lol

Lol, I now know my manager's pain when I used to do this as well. I'd stop by his office and casually be like

"Hey John, just wanted to let you know that our sales in territory X have fallen YoY by 25%, what should we do about it?"

Dude would look at me like "Nikka, this isn't something you just casually mention in passing while I'm working on this deck"

 

[Cynic]

Maaaaan so much fukkery on my team.

My manager, "Tim", just found out another member on my team is looking to leave. My team member, John, supports Team One. Team One's director, "Carl", doesn't get along with Tim at all. Anyway, John told Tim "look, most of my work is going to Carl so I'd rather just report to him directly". Tim was like "nah, ain't gonna happen". So John escalated to Tim's boss. Tim's boss, Michelle, then went to discuss with Carl's boss, Mark. Mark and Michelle both agreed to it and all John has to do is accept the role and it's a wrap.

Carl one-upped Tim, again. Tim is about to lose a team-member. He already know's I applied to another role in the org so yesterday he called me into his office to ask if I'm still on board with the team and was wondering why I wanted to move to a different department. I told him I think Finance would give me a different lens on the business and would allow me collaborate with more people in the org. I've already gotten enough Corporate Sales Strategy and Ops work. He said that my current work is very similar to what I'd do in Finance, but it still wasn't all of it, to me at least.

He said he understood, but was sorry about HR's policy (first he lied, it's not 1 year, it's 6 months and even then, those are more so guidelines that hard rules). Little does he know I reached out to the hiring manager and HR has already scheduled an initial meeting with me for next week. Also got an external interview lined up next week as well.

Tim could possibly lose 2 team members in the span of some weeks while being a company wide hiring freeze for external candidates.

This shyt is braazzzy

You should dip and go join Carl breh.

Currently interviewing CDL drivers for a truck driving position. Took a page out of the group economics page and went into business with 3 other friends.

-Banks don't wanna finance a 50k truck without 2 years of bank statements showing 100k gross income. How is that possible when we formed the LLC in March of this year?

-Hearing alot of "No's" from drivers. Some older, and some who would rather deal with someone established. We're advertising 5k-7k a week before expenses. Im answering calls for the ad and old heads saying they can make 4k a week at a lease to own program. Then why are you calling me?

Despite this, i want to let everyone know, if you can get on board with like minded people, its a good move. Whether its real estate, trucking or something else. Luckily all four of us have day jobs making decent money. So we have cash reserves to get this going. We all also have good credit, but cant use it in the business space just yet because we dont have the time in the game yet.

Its frustrating but keep telling myself its all part of the process. Keep plugging along

Fukk a bank. Get an investor or buy one with seller financing.

Or better yet exchange the truck for equity.

 

[Rawtid]

Not even a month in and they already have me regretting my decision to join this team. MFs want me to solve every problem and do everything that pops up. I'm about to start interviewing again, this is some bullshyt.

I hate when you start an assignment and it's some bullshyt off the jump. Now you gotta go through all that interviewing shyt all over again. Sometimes you just want to chill for a little bit and just enjoy it.

I need some advice y'all.

I unexpectedly had my bi-annual review this morning. After receiving my bonus, I told my boss that I was disheartened that my responsibilities have increased recently while my overall pay has become stagnant. (Yearly raises slightly better than the rate or inflation).

I have a follow-up meeting with my boss tomorrow. I think I screwed myself over by accepting additional responsibilities without securing additional compensation, but I am at the negotiating table now either way and I'm curious what advice you would give if you were in the same shoes?

Based on the email he sent after our review, his impression is that finding a more fulfilling role in the company and a long term plan will resolve my frustrations. However, from my perspective, my main concern at the moment is an increase in my pay.

I am willing to do what it takes to get paid more money, but I will be frustrated if the additional responsibilities that I have undertaken are ignored. It is not that they are moving the goal posts, because they never existed, but from my standpoint, I perhaps foolishly expected my increased responsibilities to be rewarded.

From my perspective, I do have a sizable emergency fund and will work on bettering my professional skillset and undoing some poor habits that I've developed after working for the last 8 years, so there are some benefits to just walking away from it all. I do want either a raise or a change in the job title so that if/when I do quit, I have more power if/when I decide to re-enter the workforce.

My questions are:

1. How likely is it that the company will acknowledge my increased responsibilities and pay me for those? I'm guessing it's unlikely the more I think about it but I'm unsure.
2. I actually enjoy my current position and I am curious how do I artfully redirect my manager so that he is aware that I am more concerned about the money than being fulfilled within the company?
3. Any additional tips?

Probably too late now, but you could look at a change in job title. First you should research your current title and see if you're being paid at market rate based on your experience and duties. If not, you could argue for a market increase. If you're being paid close/at market, throwing "Senior" or "Lead" at the front of a title and "Engineer" at the end yields higher salaries in the market. You could argue for a change in job title that aligns more with the salary you desire and your current duties.

 

[Rawtid]

Currently interviewing CDL drivers for a truck driving position. Took a page out of the group economics page and went into business with 3 other friends.

-Banks don't wanna finance a 50k truck without 2 years of bank statements showing 100k gross income. How is that possible when we formed the LLC in March of this year?

-Hearing alot of "No's" from drivers. Some older, and some who would rather deal with someone established. We're advertising 5k-7k a week before expenses. Im answering calls for the ad and old heads saying they can make 4k a week at a lease to own program. Then why are you calling me?

Despite this, i want to let everyone know, if you can get on board with like minded people, its a good move. Whether its real estate, trucking or something else. Luckily all four of us have day jobs making decent money. So we have cash reserves to get this going. We all also have good credit, but cant use it in the business space just yet because we dont have the time in the game yet.

Its frustrating but keep telling myself its all part of the process. Keep plugging along

If you're grossing $100k, you can save $50k for a truck in less than 2 years between the 4 of yall. Why are you try to finance it?

 

[NeilCartwright]

If you're grossing $100k, you can save $50k for a truck in less than 2 years between the 4 of yall. Why are you try to finance it?

I’m just speaking on what the banks told me. All this is relatively new so I was kind of taken aback.

I’m looking at financing options bc the goal for us is to build a fleet. I wanted to use our credit instead of using hard money but we’ll find another way.

And yea you right, if you grossed 100k you don’t even need to go through a bank for a business loan.

 

[Rawtid]

I’m just speaking on what the banks told me. All this is relatively new so I was kind of taken aback.

I’m looking at financing options bc the goal for us is to build a fleet. I wanted to use our credit instead of using hard money but we’ll find another way.

And yea you right, if you grossed 100k you don’t even need to go through a bank for a business loan.

I'd save credit for obtaining a storage facility for your fleet. The four of yall can organically build a fleet. $12500/ year each isn't a ton of money or ALL of your money. If it were one person doing this, then I could see using credit. All the bullshyt they put you through, might as well save it for something big. That's how I look at it.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Today was the first time I looked at my dad and he looked like an old man to me. I very nearly cried.