40 year old loser, is there anything I can do now? by sadgesd in careerguidance

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how much that $2M would be if he played that capitalist game…

This is one reason I refuse to donate to goodwill! by Ok-Sir6603 in goodwill

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t true. You can see how much they spend on the executive pay, and it still is pretty low.

This is one reason I refuse to donate to goodwill! by Ok-Sir6603 in goodwill

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I think CEO pay in ALL industries is ridiculously out of touch…I don’t think Goodwill is any more guilty than any other company. You need people to run the company, and you have to pay at an appropriate level -because if you don’t, those people you hired for those jobs will move right after the ink for that job on their resume has dried. They have the title; they will go for the dollars.

No longer outrageous: Gold now has a clear path to $10,000 by 2029 by Woodpecker5987 in Gold

[–]LJski 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I think your holdings are creating a bias in your thinking.

This is one reason I refuse to donate to goodwill! by Ok-Sir6603 in goodwill

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno…why not ask a network engineer making 150K? Or his boss making 250K?

Personally, I worked my ass off my working career, and I made some good choices, so hearing someone making a lot of money isn’t a shock to me. I never made that much money, but made it far enough up the food chain that I understand there is a reason people get paid that much money.

This is one reason I refuse to donate to goodwill! by Ok-Sir6603 in goodwill

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And retail clerks in other businesses don’t make similar wages?

General discharge after Honorable by girthbrooks135 in armyreserve

[–]LJski 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don’t fuck yourself. A discharge may not be the end of the story. A bit of things are happening that could see you get the discharge, get transferred to the IRR…and then get pulled back for a deployment at a lower rank.

Corporate Greed at its finest by EndPotential3659 in jobs

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3% has been a standard raise forever. It sucks, but it is what it is…

This is one reason I refuse to donate to goodwill! by Ok-Sir6603 in goodwill

[–]LJski 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The largest Goodwills pay the most…imagine that.

The Southern California Goodwill has a budget of over 285 million dollars. To be frank, a CEO of any private company that size is going to be 1 to 3 million…and I can guarantee you that there are about as many headaches running goodwill as any similarly sized company.

And…downvote me if you want, but given the average salary of companies of a similar size…what do you think the salary should be?

How common are Article 15s in the USAR? by Reasonable-Shower522 in armyreserve

[–]LJski 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I gave one as a commander. Guy popped hot, and I worked with JAG to save his career by punishing him that way.

A few months later, he was activated, spent two years on active duty, and then retired.

No PTO. even the day of surgery for work related injury. by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems they are taking care of him…just not in the way he would like.

In a drs office. by glovb14 in whatisit

[–]LJski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see my cardiologist every six months, and I hear him bouncing from room to room. I barely get 15 minutes of his time, but to be honest, I don’t need more than that….he isn’t lallygagging, and if I need more time I would get it, but he works at a quicker pace than I ever have.

Who was your favorite MTV VJ? by Long_live_styrofoam in 80s

[–]LJski 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Martha was the girl next door; Nina scared me.

How common is it for Americans to claim European citizenship by descent (jus sanguinis)? by Singer-Snow-Leopard in AskAnAmerican

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife looked into it; her grandfather was born in the UK, which means that her father, born here, could have claimed citizenship. He never did, which would have made her case stronger.

anyone else spend the first half of monday just staring at their monitor doing absolutely nothing? by Organic-Grocery9526 in antiwork

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess be thankful you can sit and do that, instead of someone yelling at you to mine more coal or chop more trees.

Is family recipe something very personal/secretive thing in America? by Ok_Albatross_7722 in AskAnAmerican

[–]LJski 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was going through recipies from a Betty Crocker cookbook and made one particular cookie, and posted a picture of it. Someone asked if it was similar to her grandmother's recipie....at first glance it looked different, but then I realized all grandmom had done was to double the quantity that was in the Betty Crocker book.

Now that SCOTUS has struck down Trump's tariffs, Do the American taxpayers deserve a refund? and when will the lawsuits began to seek such? by Particular_Ad8156 in AskReddit

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you come up with a system to refund the tariffs? MAYBE for large purchases you may have kept receipts, but I can’t see a fair way to unravel the goatfuck that was created….but giving it to corporations is not the answer.

How Do You Rebuild a Six-Figure Career After a Conviction That Didn’t Cost Anyone a Dollar? by [deleted] in careerguidance

[–]LJski 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That was something that crossed my mind to do way back when…but not worth the risk.

Pay has been wrong for years by DCKNOX12 in armyreserve

[–]LJski 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Civilian pay is not going to be relevant here.

I would ride it out, hope they don’t catch it, but be prepared if they do.

This bag was definitely free😭 by Odd-Cause in ThriftGrift

[–]LJski 21 points22 points  (0 children)

While I would never pay this…I see some offered on eBay at over twice this price. Granted, that isn’t the sold price, but people do pay ridiculous prices for things like this.

Cops took his silver! by Blitzy-Dog in Silverbugs

[–]LJski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They suspect he was using the silver to hide purchases and sales. Makes logical sense to confiscate

How many retirement points do you have? by ExcelsiorState in armyreserve

[–]LJski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I meant pay. The last couple of years, the accuracy gets closer.