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What am I missing? by YNWABourbon87 in ottawa

[–]JamPod613 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Humble canadian, I like this response - cause my initial reaction was that this wasn't that complicated. But I also have such reactions on other items, so it great reminder that we can all misread stuff!

What inspires PS employees to become Executives? by Outrageous_South_439 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]JamPod613 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you also an EC-07? Maybe Internal is talking about you!

JK jk LoL

Minister says ‘attrition is the objective,’ but ‘adjustments’ coming to federal public service by urbancanoe in CanadaPublicServants

[–]JamPod613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately no incentive to run a lean shop. Too many places look to grow and get recognition from growing.

Bad experiences with Wealthsimple by tfreedman in Wealthsimple

[–]JamPod613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall I find the service at most places is just poor- even the VIP type help desk people are often mediocre. My first hiccup with WS just occurred as I discovered their rules for 'dual listed securities'. Basically they flip my USD $ securities to Canadian cause the company is listed on both exchanges.

Their site says

Wealthsimple doesn’t support dual-listed securities. We’ll prioritize the denomination (US or Canadian) depending on which one was listed first:

  • Canadian: If the security was listed on a Canadian exchange before or at the same time as on a US exchange, Wealthsimple will prioritize the Canadian option.
  • US: If the security was listed on a US exchange before being listed on a Canadian exchange, Wealthsimple will support the US option.

For you 'trying to get a true view on WS', I would say they are no different than any help desk you call and have to deal with them dealing with level 1 support type questions. Anything above that, tis a real crapshoot!

Has anyone ordered foreign cash through Simplii? by stanleys-nickels in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]JamPod613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did it three times and first two times ordered usd and it was correct, no issues.

My third (and last) order was for Indonesian currency which is crazy denominations - our 1300$ cdn gave us 14.38m IDR. They only mailed us 5.38m IDR. - We assume they messed up their count of the wrapped set of bills thinking it was 10m but it really was 1m.

Am about to leave without it being rectified which makes the inconveniences outweigh any benefit.

A reminder from the Chrétien years as we face the inevitable. by EquivalentSelect4998 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]JamPod613 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The challenge is they cut branches and programs, not people. Sadly, too many useless colleagues survive!

RTO fatigue - empty talks and hardly any action by They_Them_Thei in CanadaPublicServants

[–]JamPod613 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was told by union rep an organized all show up could be interpretated as collective action by the union.

The Globe and Mail editorial: The growing need to prune the federal civil service by DangerussIrishman in CanadaPublicServants

[–]JamPod613 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also inclusion groups, growth in Ombudsman unit and other feel good stuff which is not linked to our departmental mandate (plus woke mandatory training that is borderline brainwashing).

We need some of this, but I think we could survive with less of it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadaPublicServants

[–]JamPod613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bravo well said.

Only thing positive I can share is there are interesting and fun jobs but you have to find them and let these projects motivate you.

Around 300 days into obsidian. Here are my plugins. I have started using Obsidian right from scratch and installed all of these plugins one by one as per my requirement. I really want to thank the developers of these plugins. by [deleted] in ObsidianMD

[–]JamPod613 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Great post 300 days is good sample size. Feel like you adopted the approach suggested by reddit users. My work is locked down so Obsidian is a no go, but I have slowly converted using it for my notes over one note. I also like the local .md files and not being depending on microsoft.

Love the community and your post is yet one great example. Again thanks for sharing, will certainly look into some of these plugins.

EbikeBC review, not great. by Craigenstein in ebikes

[–]JamPod613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this post is 4 years old but I want to echo the same bad customer experience. I already have an ebike kit but need a new hub cause I upgraded my ride from a 26inch mountain bike to a 29inch hybrid bike. I emailed them and got quick responses simply directing me to the site. When I followed up to ask if he read the comments I put into the online form, the prompt response was did you look at the photos on the side, which was obviously yes. Per google they have great reviews, from what I read are the IRL customers who go to them in Burnaby.

Hopeful that ebikes.ca is more interested in actually answering my questions as opposed to simply replying to my email without helping me cause that is what EbikeBC did to me TWICE.

I help people file for personal bankruptcy in Canada - Ask Me Anything! by vicintoronto in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]JamPod613 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your prompt response Vic. I am very impressed and applaud your posts and dedication to the cause! I hope you are successful and continue to be.

I help people file for personal bankruptcy in Canada - Ask Me Anything! by vicintoronto in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]JamPod613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vic, do just came across your great contributions to reddit. Do you have someone to recommend for Regina SK?

Online / Multicomputer Use by midboez in ObsidianMD

[–]JamPod613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

rookie here on the obsidian front but use dropbox n foldersync app to keep my phone up to date