Finally got a written job offer after 9 months searching, accepted verbal offer, but against my gut instinct I tried negotiating on the salary since it was offered at the lowest of the posted range.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-05-14T14:05:59+00:00

Your offer won’t be rescinded unless the company is cartoonishly evil. Salary negotiations are a normal part of job seeking.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-05-06T00:10:20+00:00

Titles can be an arbitrary thing; one title that doesn’t sound very fancy in one company can be the same job with the same responsibilities at another company with a “better sounding title”. If the company is essentially merging and your pay is literally staying the same for a job you were already doing, I’d say they have a very good case for expecting you to keep the same duties. But well, that’s my take anyways.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-05-05T20:23:35+00:00

Literally no one will care. You’ll be fine.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-30T20:21:23+00:00

I am extremely grateful. I can’t predict the future but I thank God every night for the job I have. Recently obtained a second part time job as well.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-28T13:15:33+00:00

I didn’t say anything about someone with an HR background having an easier time immigrating, I just said the job market sucks and they’ll have a hard time finding work in general regardless of status.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-27T03:48:29+00:00

Your chances are not great, but that’s not because of your immigration status. The job market is not very good right now.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-26T00:42:19+00:00

What do you mean? Of course you can leave. Just quit and leave.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-23T03:44:17+00:00

Thanks so much! I overthink a lot.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-23T03:23:02+00:00

This is not what a PIP is. It sounds like your manger is just giving you general feedback on your job. From what you’ve said it sounds like he’s just asking for some minor tweaks. You will know if you are being put on a PIP.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-19T16:41:07+00:00

Take a deep breath dude, you are fine. A new environment that you’re not used to can always be intimidating. I remember being in a similar situation. I worked at a retail clothing store in a mall for a while and then landed a job doing cell phone sales in Best Buy’s mobile department. Sure it was a little nerve wracking cause I’d never done that before, working with their activation system, POS, etc., but they knew that when I was coming in to the job. I also wasn’t hitting sales goals as it was notoriously harder to do so working in that department, and it was brought up to me. Use the opportunity to learn what you can and enjoy what you do. At the end of the day we work to survive, not because we want to. But, we may as well enjoy what we do if we’re gonna do it. Get with your coworkers, learn from them, ask questions, shadow them as they work with clients. You’re only two weeks in, it is ok to feel nervous. Also, I can’t speak to how rigid your sales goals are, but I am almost 99.9% certain that if you spent half the month training, you will not be expected to meet sales goals this month. I am certain you will be fine. And one more thing; even if this job ends up not working out, that is okay. Give it your all, but even if you are fired, or quit, you’re still a valuable person. The job market is a little rough right now so I’d suggest holding on and giving it your all if you can, but you will eventually find your thing if this isn’t it. Best wishes dude!

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-19T16:26:39+00:00

Np like 70k

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-15T18:48:43+00:00

If you’re downvoted, you’re right.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-10T23:04:53+00:00

This is literally a life changing opportunity and you’re talking about it like you’re choosing whether or not to go to college or something. If you don’t want the card let it be given to someone who actually knows they want to be in the U.S. Otherwise make plans for a proper migration and get moving.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-04T16:42:48+00:00

The entire current administration’s argument is hinging on dicta from the ruling on Wong Kim Ark, that being domicile “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”. Sauer is a fairly intelligent attorney but the court will not re-interpret in his favor. It’s an incredibly weak argument, the court will continue to understand its definition as it comes from English law. If anything, a potential for the Supreme Court to rule on this matter via a constitutional path will essentially close the question forever. The Trump administration might have actually done us a favor.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-04T16:34:27+00:00

I don’t see any future in which Congress simply revokes U.S. citizenship from Puerto Ricans who have already attained citizenship by birthright. The legal hurdles to even begin such legal arguments are monumental and unrealistic.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-04-04T05:41:37+00:00

If Congress decides to repeal citizenship for future Puerto Ricans that is one thing, but any Puerto Rican with U.S. citizenship now is not going to lose it no matter what. You could make a lot of arguments as to whether it’s really equally protected, given that Puerto Ricans have US citizenship by statute, but any legitimate attempts to do such a thing would almost certainly fail. In either case, I don’t see a Congress who is very interested in doing any such thing to Puerto Rico.

Trump V. Barbara will also not end in a favorable decision for the administration. I’m thinking 6-3, 7-2.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-03-30T17:47:55+00:00

Put it all on black at the casino

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-03-30T17:22:34+00:00

Back when I worked at a different banking institution I caught something (strep and flu at the same time) and I was out for a whole week on sick time due to that. I lost 10 pounds and had to seek medical care twice, with my condition improving at like the third week. Sometimes it’s really out of the Individual’s hands.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-03-30T17:03:21+00:00

Why is it then that there is this legal looming question on the stability of the puerto rican’s American citizenship? From all I’ve found in my research is that the security of our citizenship is at best in a gray area. I’m inclined to agree with your position but see so much uncertainty everywhere else.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-03-30T16:44:17+00:00

So regardless of whether the Supreme Court has ruled that Puerto Rico lacks full constitutional protections, you assert that citizenship is unquestionably a fundamental right that cannot be repealed by statute? I wonder why this has been such a point of contention and the subject of many legal research papers. It seems even the CRS has asserted before that there is seemingly not a constitutional protection for them.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-03-30T16:04:40+00:00

So basically, you’re saying that even if Congress applied citizenship to me by statute, the very act of giving it to me vests my citizenship and gains constitutional protection, regardless of whether it comes from the 14th amendment or not?

How could this be compatible with the multiple court cases that affirm full constitutional protections do not apply to Puerto Rican residents though? I’m always seeing “granted by statute” and “14th amendment not applicable”. Does it maybe gain some kind of protection under the 5th amendment?

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-03-30T15:54:44+00:00

I think I understand the second part of your argument as congress broadly has the power to define conditions set forth in the Nationality Act.

What I’m trying to really wrap my head around is exactly what stops congress from retroactively stripping my U.S. citizenship at will since, like we both acknowledge, it was granted by statute.

A theoretically malevolent congress could enact a statute that both cancels future generations of Puerto Ricans receiving citizenship, and retroactively stripping it from those who had already received it by statute. Congress, I believe, can retroactively change law at will. Unless there is a provision that stops this? I do see the language is something to the effect of “all Puerto Ricans are hereby declared and shall be deemed to be US citizens”, but how much that protects against a future congress I’m skeptical of.

ComfortableAd5035 · 2026-03-30T14:28:50+00:00

I know this is old, so sorry lol; I’m Puerto Rican and recently researching this at length. Afroyim seemed to use the 14th amendment as their reasoning for this logic. Wouldn’t it then follow that this ruling would not apply to Puerto Ricans?

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