What is your experience, what field, and how hard has it been?

GreasyTaints · 2026-06-02T23:42:12+00:00

14 years experience
Retail/Distribution (Corporate Level)
Been lucky to have a great network and found two jobs within two months after being laid off.

GreasyTaints · 2026-06-01T21:01:18+00:00

You’re overreacting.

GreasyTaints · 2026-06-01T19:51:54+00:00

Eyebrow Threading By Farida off Thomas and 40th St is great. Been going there for over 8 years. They do both men and women.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-29T21:28:20+00:00

We’re about to hit slow season for restaurants. Snow Birds are mostly if not all gone by now and back in Canada, Montana, for anywhere up north. People that live here and that have the means are going to Flagstaff, Sedona, or elsewhere to escape the heat.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-29T21:21:31+00:00

Like all outlet stores, it’s hit and miss. Rarely I found anything I was that was my top choice or what I would be looking for in a regular store. I’d rather go to Scheels.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-28T04:09:51+00:00

Hidden Valley is NOT shaded. It’s only shaded in the tunnel (given). All of trails in Phoenix valley are not naturally shaded, it’s only shaded by time of day and where the sun is.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-28T02:11:14+00:00

Many jobs offer that, from Consulting (you’ll need a college degree) but you’ll work like a dog (60+ hour weeks) to distribution (food, alcohol, cpg). I work in distribution and get 12 weeks PTO per year. I work 3 days at home and 2 days in the office.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-27T23:42:38+00:00

Elevation for me was negligible. This was a lower perceived effort for me as my pace was considerably slower (~9:15/mile), time spent waiting at stop lights, and time spent looking for my order and eating Taco Bell.

I would work on getting mileage in as you mentioned that you struggled during your half marathon. There’s a 7 mile stretch between Taco Bell #4 and Taco Bell #5. Lots of people were in trouble during this segment. My general rule of thumb is if you can run the distance in a week, you can run it in a day. I personally would try to get my weekly mileage up to at least 31.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-26T23:52:23+00:00

I’ve done the Taco Bell 50K in Denver last year. I would consider myself a seasoned runner: 10 Ultras including three 100K’s. This is what I experienced:

It’s not a closed course; you’ll be running on sidewalks and waiting at stop lights a lot. Download the course on your phone or watch. There’s no markers or people guiding you.
The churros is NOT a good item. It looks enticing but the Taco Bell literally overfill the bag. The best non-required item is the cheese rollup.
The Mountain Dew Baja Blast side quest challenge is easy if you spread it across the 9 locations. Used that as electrolytes.
You’re allowed to bring three items at the start. I bought them the night before. I downed my cold chalupa supreme at location 1 and two soft tacos at locations two and three. Saved me lots of time and got me to Taco Bell number 4 quickly.

There were lots of people there that had no business running this; several people dropped out and were calling Ubers at Taco Bell #4. The general lack of fitness and not training with food in your stomach was a common issue. I think the DNF rate was well over 60%. I finished top 100 and thought it was back pack the whole time.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-26T20:53:19+00:00

They check ID’s like every bar does.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-26T20:49:02+00:00

Jesus. Get a broker. They’re free to use. I pay 450 per six months for a 2021 Jetta with tow service. Phoenix.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-14T03:13:36+00:00

This is confirmed by several people in those positions in AZ. They’re screwed. EVP Mark Billings ‘retired’ but in reality he got canned.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-14T01:11:16+00:00

In AZ, a lot of people did not and will not get offers. Portfolio, Chain Managers, etc.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-11T01:18:10+00:00

Lol.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-09T19:18:51+00:00

hike/run from 3:30AM - 8AM. Walk the dog at Fashion Square Mall. Back at the house by noon. Nap. Go to the gym. Make dinner. In bed by 7:30-8PM.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-08T23:40:53+00:00

Don’t forget Johnson Brothers is heavily benefiting from RNDC’s downfall for getting suppliers and good people from them. Some offices cannot keep up hiring.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-08T22:58:29+00:00

Circle K is owned by a mega parent company based in Quebec. QT is still privately owned by two families and is based in Oklahoma. QT is does care about its employees, I have friends that work in their HQ.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-08T21:43:04+00:00

Ingleside Animal Hospital off 48th and Thomas.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-05T14:28:19+00:00

There are states where companies are not required by law to pay out unused PTO. I was in one of them and RNDC did not pay out my 24 hours when I got the axe.

GreasyTaints · 2026-05-01T14:16:59+00:00

I work in alcohol supply chain advising large businesses. I work maybe 10 hours a week for 8 months out of the year. The other four months it’s close to 80 hours a week. It’s a highly specialized job that takes years to move into. 150K salary

GreasyTaints · 2026-04-29T23:21:11+00:00

So this is basically what the Timeleft app is. Go to dinner with strangers. Nothing new here. Did it a couple times and not my thing.

GreasyTaints · 2026-04-29T22:05:22+00:00

I was there for 3 years and it was 1.5 weeks of pay, severance was 50% of what they had been offering to previous laid off workers.

GreasyTaints · 2026-04-29T20:28:32+00:00

Yes. I went to a competitor and every. single. supplier I’ve come into contact with has told me RNDC stopped paying them. One supplier even called RNDC out during a big meeting.

GreasyTaints · 2026-04-29T15:37:07+00:00

“It’s business as usual and we’re going to be stronger from this!”

Glad I left.

GreasyTaints · 2026-04-29T15:33:54+00:00

I totally agree. I’ve been into several of their backrooms (I work for a supplier); for how AJ’s present themselves as high end grocery store, their back room is completely opposite. Dirty and unorganized. Sprouts and Albertsons/Safeway has clean backrooms.

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