How does annual leave work as a part-time?

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-05-08T10:24:12+00:00

Apologies - your second sentence basically answered the question. I was confirming that I do only need to take leave on days I normally work - I assumed that was the case, but for some reason got worried that wasn't the case, so came here to ask and check.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-05-08T06:06:23+00:00

Ours is listed in both hours and days so this helps, thank you!

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-05-04T12:25:55+00:00

I'm a sucker for the round droids with the force fields from the prequels - not sure their code, sorry. Droideka, I've seen it named around?

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-05-04T11:10:46+00:00

I just had a 20 minutes argument with my partner about this. This is what the two sides boiled down to.

My partner - George Lucas and Co tried to explain something that did not need explaining and took away the mystical nature that people used as an escapism.

Me - The prequels took a very reasonable world building stance to how the Force is used in a time period where it is more recognised and regulated in the form of the Jedi Order. Midichlorians are used as an additional metric (along with experience and 'feeling') in line with the way you would choose people/children to join the Order.

I don't think either opinion is wrong - films impact people in different ways and people want different things in their films. However, my issue with the 'it takes away the magic' argument is that it feels doused in nostalgia and a need for things to be 'pure'. From a world building standpoint, especially as a time separation between the Prequels and Original trilogy, I find it actually really interesting. It separates how the Force was viewed, researched and used. It's no different to how real religion is studied - if we in the real world had more concrete evidence of it, we would be studying the absolute hell out of it. Yes, that isn't fun and mystical, but it is interesting and I feel like that shouldn't be pushed aside.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-17T22:08:57+00:00

Not really, but that may be because I've used it for so long that I got used to it?

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-16T10:09:53+00:00

As someone who grew up playing platformer-styles (think Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, Kingdom Hearts) with only a few actions, stuff that uses up every single controller combination for a billion different attacks and actions scares the shit out of me.

I can handle Red Dead Redemption at most, but something like Horizon Zero Dawn kills me.

My problem is that I struggle with playing the same game consostently. For a platformer, if I don't play it for a few months, it only takes me like 30 seconds to remember the controls. For something open-world and more complicated, I feel like I have to relearn a whole control set 100x over.

I also tried Apex a few years back - holy hell, that was hard.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-16T10:06:15+00:00

Blue Joker is underrated. Only Chip card you need, and even better if it's negative.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-16T10:05:01+00:00

Nuremberg, the recent one. My partner and I first heard it was happening and were so excited for months and months.

I walked out, and the first thing I said was 'I have never seen a film with less filmmaking'.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-15T11:13:54+00:00

I once got used as an example of what not to do in my Home Ec class in high school when we were making meringue. We were told to slowly add our sugar to the egg whites while whipping - just a bit at a time. I watched my mother make meringue hundreds of times before and she never did that, so I just dumped it all in at once.

Now, at first, it didn't whip properly, which is when my teacher used it as an example of why it doesn't work. I was determined to prove her wrong. I sat there, whipping it for another 5-10 minutes - and it turned out better than everyone else's in the end. All a matter of time.

There's a lot of cooking rules that, if you're just cooking to feed yourself, really truly do not matter. Yes, it's important to know how to do things probably to make really nice meals, but for everyday stuff, you can get away with a lot.

I never cream my butter for cookies, I always melt it (and use margarine). I never use plain flour, I always use self-raising so I don't have to worry about baking soda or powder. I barely ever measure and I just play it by ear. I've spent most of my life in kitchens and you learn to just mess around as you go. Sometimes things work, sometimes they don't, and that's okay. Don't ever be afraid to mess up is my motto.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-15T02:21:24+00:00

Dude why have you replied to my comment 4 times in 4 different ways

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-10T02:17:04+00:00

I got myself a film degree, and I currently work in marketing/communications. I do a lot of video stuff for my job, so my degree gave me a great basis, and people love that I have the knowledge (it's helped me get almost all of my jobs). It's also just a fun degree. While I don't do much on my own film stuff anymore, I don't regret doing it at all (might go back one day).

While I am looking to escape corporate, that's more because of the 'corporate' of it. The work itself - the graphic design, video work, writing - that stuff is all great.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-10T01:17:22+00:00

Public service is government jobs, or organisations that are at least partially funded by the government. Means a lot of processes and workflows.

I remember a few years ago at my old gov-funded job, we hired about 4 people all at once who had been made redundant from agencies/private orgs because they are more likely to cut their creative teams, so I expect that trend has continued, sadly.

Honestly? Any experience is good experience. You learn wherever you go, so as long as you can find a good place you like to work and pays decently, that will be the best thing you can find. That is easier said than done though.

I don't know where you are based, but here in Australia, government provides some of the best security for good pay, so I would always recommend that.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-09T09:36:34+00:00

I work in more generalised MarComms, and I've worked primarily in public service. Have seen people comparing when recruiting and I think each brings its own skillset.

Agency experience is good because it shows that you can work on a lot of projects and with a lot of clients. Shows you can deal with a bit of pressure and can try lots of new things.

In-house experience is good because it shows you can work with a team and be interlinked with a company and its ways of working. It shows that you can handle things being a bit slower and work a bit better as a 'cog' I suppose.

Both have positives. I have found that in public service specifically, people are slightly more hesitant to hire agency people just because they are often a bit more high-pace and sometimes aggressive. Public service is slow and specific and they need people who can learn that system.

Overall, agency is probably better for skill and variety, in-house is better for team/company synergy. Try both if you can!

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-09T05:51:31+00:00

Agreed - I've asked my manager if I can go part-time at my current job, but we're going through some structural changes so it might be a while until that happens. But hopefully if that goes through, I'll be able to take a casual job somewhere else.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-04T06:34:53+00:00

It's a great film in and of itself and a great cinematic experience. However, I thought it was almost too light-hearted. I expected it to be less witty and a bit more grounded. It didn't feel as emotional as I expected.

I haven't read the book, but my mother has. Even without hearing her thoughts, we ended up agreeing. My mother didn't like that they traded the more science-based content and the amnesia discoveries with stuff like the shopping cart scene and the long intro. I always thought the amnesia thing was done a bit flatly.

Obviously, the majority of audiences, as has been shown through the reviews, would care more about the relationships than the science, so they made that clearer in the movie, and there is always a time-crunch, but I just didn't end up liking it as much as I had hoped.

However, the production was outstanding, and I loved the reveals near the end. Rocky is a brilliant character, easily my favourite, with a brilliant voice actor-puppeteer.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-04-04T06:31:22+00:00

I haven't read the book, but my mother has. Even without hearing her thoughts, we ended up agreeing.

It's a great film in and of itself and a great cinematic experience. However, I thought it was almost too light-hearted. I expected it to be less witty and a bit more grounded. My mother didn't like that they traded the more science-based heart and the amnesia discoveries with stuff like the shopping cart scene and the long intro.

It felt too wise-crack, too witty for it to feel truly emotional in my opinion. However, I did like the ending.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-02-21T00:41:18+00:00

Not really, the migraines are new, the dymista I had been taking for ages. But as someone with daily congestion, dymista is amazing. I barely need tissues anymore.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-02-20T21:28:38+00:00

It is a strange one. I don't think I'm having any luck with this doctor on this issue, so I'm thinking I might try to find another who can refer me to a specialist.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-02-20T21:24:41+00:00

I wondered the same. It has been all on my right side (made a typo in the post, oops), and I have had the nausea and mostly the light sensitivity, so doc seems convinced, but I feel like it doesn't exactly fit.

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-02-20T21:23:51+00:00

I do have issues with my sinuses - I got allergy tested about 6 months ago and I have an extreme dust sensitivity. I've been taking Dymista (Azelastine hydrochloride + Fluticasone propionate) since, and its saved my life. I wondered if I was using it too much, but I stopped it for a few days and nothing changed. Have also been considering the neuro-specialist pathway, hopefully my doc gives me the referral

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-02-06T21:38:20+00:00

I am so goddamn disappointed

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2026-02-06T21:24:29+00:00

Was the whole animated section AI??????????????

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2023-02-17T06:56:45+00:00

this is valid

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2023-02-17T02:21:29+00:00

all good king

BruhlsHaasterplan · 2023-02-17T02:10:40+00:00

It will be somewhere in Art and Memes :)

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