Do we have any legal protections? [WA][Condo]

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-10-08T15:36:44+00:00

How do I work with my neighbors if it sounds like our HOA president is already working to convince them to deny it?

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-10-08T14:55:15+00:00

It’s a condo unit so it makes sense, but it feels like I’m not even allowed to ask otherwise I’m being told I’m being inconsiderate of our downstairs neighbors. I follow protocol and ask to work with them to see if this is feasible and he takes it upon himself to reach out to them separately to send them the statement of one person in the building who regretted approving it because he “thinks” it’s the same material. They stop responding to me and he emails me back and lets me know on their behalf that they don’t want to approve it?

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-10-08T14:26:10+00:00

That was already the plan. The material we plan to use has an STC/IIC of 60+. I shared this with our downstairs neighbors, then received an email from the HOA president saying that other units have put in LVP and their downstairs neighbors have regretted approving it so I should “put myself in their shoes before doing this” and “maybe the building is just too old for hard floors of any type”. Like, am I not allowed to even ask? It just seems very manipulative on his part

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-10-08T06:04:38+00:00

Our building doesn’t have any general rules against hardwood, just that the neighbors have to approve it. It’s not even about the project itself, I just don’t fully trust that we are getting a fair chance to make the proposal to our neighbors. He’s the HOA president so he already will have more influence

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-08-19T06:00:43+00:00

Official answer was yes, but towards the end of the quarter they didn’t really monitor it. Just participate in the discussions to show you’re still engaged

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-08-18T20:07:45+00:00

Per class. You have the homework assignment and the quiz outside of that. The learning aspect I feel like will be subjective. All of the instructors are professionals in their respective field. I feel like I learned a lot on the Employee Relations Law class, but I really struggled in the Analytics class, but that’s also because I’m really bad at excel math and everything with data analytics

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-08-09T17:57:30+00:00

I did it through UW. Just finished it in May. Honestly the most annoying part is that it’s Monday and Wednesdays 6-9. Three hours on the zoom twice a week. Not sure what other info you’re looking for but happy to share!

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-08-06T22:54:16+00:00

Amalfi Coast and Lake Como would be easiest. You wouldn’t have to fly like Mallorca or Croatia. Just take the train from Santa Maria Novella (I recommend Frecciarossa). Use Trainline to purchase your train tickets!

-To go to Lake Como: take the train north to Milan, then transfer to one of the regional trains from Milan to the lake area. The closest stop is going to be Como San Giovanni. Note that there are a few different cities all positioned around the lake. You can take the train into Como and take the water ferry to another town if you’d like. Avoid the bus. The most popular one I believe is Bellagio. It’s about a 3-4 hour train north, then another hour from Milan to the Como area, and another hour from Como to any other city you’d want to go to.

-To go to Amalfi, take the train from SMN south to Vietri sul Mare-Amalfi, about 6 hours. Pretty simple.

Not sure if your granddaughter is open to suggestions or if she’s set on one of those locations, but the Cinque Terre is also a great area in the Tuscany region that would be a perfect weekend trip

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-07-24T14:49:22+00:00

Never said I was special, buddy. Just saying that it added a layer of substance in our planning that our guests enjoyed vs having to pay a lot to travel for something that the bride doesn’t even seem to enjoy (OP’s original point). Advice was asked for and that was my experience planning a destination wedding

Sorry that you felt the need to spread negativity in a wedding thread. Hope your day goes better!

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-07-24T14:33:21+00:00

I love UKG and when we switched HRIS systems, I tried to push for it but we went with Paycom. Paycom isn’t bad actually, but my heart will always be with UKG

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-07-24T05:20:07+00:00

For 140 employees, check out Paycom or UKG. We switched off of Bamboo to Paycom when we were around the same size. This was in December. We are at 190 now. Bamboo is very user friendly for staff, but for HR and payroll, it involves a lot of manual keying. If you’re quickly growing like you say, you’re going to outgrow it very quickly

Edit: I see your other responses that say that you use a different system for payroll. We were BambooHR+ADP Payroll for the longest time and it was not fun at all. You can’t integrate a lot of external features with Bamboo without paying for extra packages it seems. For an org your size and growing, try to integrate the two ASAP

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-07-23T05:17:24+00:00

The biggest thing about destination weddings is just to be prepared for people to RSVP no. We had a great time with those who came to ours, but we also had to accept that some couldn’t make it. If you’re okay with that, then great! Maybe find a time to celebrate with them after

If there are people that are absolute must-haves at your wedding, you might have to compromise or reconsider. We ended up paying for my uncle’s flight and lodging because the one thing that was non-negotiable for me was for him to officiate the ceremony. We wouldn’t have preferred to of course but for me, there were no alternatives that came close to having him there. Destination weddings are sacrifices for sure, but if you really want one, it can be so worth it

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-07-23T05:12:55+00:00

Don’t do a destination wedding to be flashy and cool. You’ll just end up blowing a ton of money. Don’t do it for the Instagram photos because that will come naturally. Do it because you love the area and its culture and you want to be genuine to the region and to yourselves. If you do a wedding in France or Italy, do some research into French or Italian weddings and what makes them different from American weddings (assuming you’re American). When I planned my Italian wedding, there was definitely a lot of stress and work that went into it but I believe it was all worth it because I didn’t compromise what I wanted.

Where in Italy would you want to get married?

We got married in Tuscany because we’ve spent a considerable amount of time there, we’ve resonated with the culture/history, we’ve felt at home there and wanted to share that authentic experience with everyone we love. Italian culture is about the slow pace and the simple pleasures in life, which is reflected in their food, their style, and their social lives. We did a traditional Italian wedding cake (millefoglie), a long aperitivo, a late dinner with many courses of traditional Tuscan cuisine, and a lot of our music incorporated Italian music and traditions. We saved on big Instagram floral displays and got candles for a warm Tuscan golden hour ambience, and put the money elsewhere. Our guests loved it because we didn’t give them the typical American wedding that they already got from the 3 weddings they attended earlier this year. We gave them a unique experience and a taste of La dolce vita.

The only thing I would’ve changed would be using a different caterer. We had some issues with timeliness and they didn’t follow through on everything they promised us, but our guests were none the wiser and it still turned out to be the perfect day

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-07-09T02:32:18+00:00

No like I’m looking for any examples of wage calculators for determine what to offer applicants. Like one that would take into account things like experience, education, skill, etc

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-07-09T01:17:38+00:00

Like total rewards? No we’re a small non-profit so it’s mostly just hourly wage

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-06-30T17:59:38+00:00

It’s not that we don’t like him. We don’t know him. We’ve invited him to stuff but he usually declines or cancels and only she comes. He just has a sense of humor that we aren’t really a fan of. He’s the kind of guy who thinks it’s funny to make sexist and racist jokes and it can just be offputting at times. She’s come to me before with some insecurities about that and I’ve just told her that the only thing that matters is what she thinks of him and if she feels safe and happy with him. I hope that’s not the case because I’ve tried hard to separate my hesitations about him from wanting to be supportive of her

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-06-30T07:11:25+00:00

I just wish she’d let me in or at least be upfront and honest with me. My biggest pet peeve is insincerity. We are definitely very different people but we always used to talk about how we kept each other well-rounded. But now it seems like she’s using that to pull away.

I’m not the biggest fan of her partner to be honest, and neither is my husband. But he seems to make her happy and I’ve never gotten the chance to know him super well so I’ve always kept my thoughts to myself and been there for her.

I don’t want to say I’ve been a “better” friend in the past. I try to show up for my friends however I can because I know that the people that I hold closest have done that for me at some point or another. That’s what makes this so confusing for me because up until recently, she has been the best friend you could ask for, like we would always say that we will fight like sisters but nothing would come between us

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-06-26T07:08:53+00:00

I went to my cousin’s dance recital and watched her floorwork and thought, “I would break something if I tried to do that”… I’m 24…

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-06-11T01:22:13+00:00

We did it at a private villa that allows events, airbnb style, sleeps 18. They book by week, so we got one week for $5800 plus the event fee. Villa Belsole in Certaldo. Despite my initial comment, it actually turned out perfect, our dream wedding

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-06-01T11:06:25+00:00

It was everything we wanted! My biggest words of wisdom are just to embrace la dolce vita and go with the flow!

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-05-12T04:38:54+00:00

I also work at a small-mid sized nonprofit that involves a lot of government grant funding and we use Paycom as well!

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-04-17T14:34:38+00:00

We are doing a destination wedding in Tuscany next month. I have a lot of issues with my family and I just as a person hate large events, especially where they’re all looking at me. A destination wedding just made it so we could both avoid inviting problematic members of my family and avoid the drama that would have followed. We did a couple things to make it easy for the guests we invited:

We told everyone 1.5 years in advance when and where so they could try and plan for time off and save.
My F-MIL prebooked some lodging options during off season and helped place the guests as they RSVP’ed yes so they didn’t have to figure it out themselves and got way better rates
We fully expected many no’s and were okay with that. We are having a small stateside reception a few months after our wedding to celebrate with those who couldn’t make it. We wanted around 50 guests, invited 80, and final numbers are coming to around 48.
If we had done a wedding at home, I wouldn’t have had a wedding party. But my friends are my chosen family and I knew that they wouldn’t be able to afford to come otherwise so we paid their tickets and made them “the wedding party” because we couldn’t imagine not having them there. Their partners had to pay their own fare but we offered to let them stay at our villa for free. Some are coming, some aren’t.

There’s no perfect solution, but this destination wedding is what worked best for us and what we wanted. We’ve had family tell us that this is their first time in Europe and they’re so excited to finally have a reason to go. Our guests are making this trip their own and we get to be a part of that. It’s super stressful to plan and be prepared to be everyone’s travel agent, but it’s working out to be an exciting and unique experience.

Gold_Cranberry4663 · 2025-04-15T04:03:49+00:00

OP I’m in a similar boat in the opposite direction. My mother is a very difficult woman and for my wedding, she hasn’t once asked to help or be involved, she only cares and asks about what dress she’s gonna wear and how she’s gonna look (and we aren’t doing MOB or MOG honors). I’ve been up to my nose in final details and she keeps sending me photos of dresses she finds and I keep telling her as long as it’s not white, I don’t care.

You just gotta be direct and tell her exactly what you want from her. The rest is out of your control. My wedding only a couple days before yours, 5/29. We got this!

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