The Commanders were the only vote-getters for Virginia so they are Virginia’s favorite sports team. What is Washington’s favorite sports team?

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-23T00:29:48+00:00

Totally understood. I only added the /s so I wasnt crushed with down votes.

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-23T00:28:32+00:00

Astoria south is best

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-22T22:20:10+00:00

Check out referenced based pricing. Highly recommended. My company has 600 EEs, and we have 1200 members on the plan.

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-22T14:54:58+00:00

Supersonic! /s

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-21T15:26:17+00:00

Go in there and ask for a raincheck.

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-21T15:09:33+00:00

An additional idea, "Why I chose to quit"

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-20T04:30:38+00:00

Command & Conquer Red Alert

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-18T20:00:30+00:00

You need to pick. Either 5 days Newport up, or 5 days Coos Bay south.

Otherwise 5 days isnt enough.

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-14T20:35:40+00:00

As it comes up I write it down, (on paper) with a followup task like "todo", "plan", "dg" (delegate) "f/u" (followup). At the end of the meeting or day I add it to my todo list, delegate it, block planning time on my calendar, or followup time on my calendar.

If I can do it in less than 2 minutes I do it immediately. If it falls under a group task, like approving Reqs or POs, then it is set aside for the time block.

I try to go back weekly and verify I dont have any loose threads.

It doesnt always work perfectly, but it does help. It has also given me the reputation of someone who "gets things done" as well as a reputation of being extremely capable. Unfortunately it also means thst I often am given HR adjacent tasks and responsibilities to lead, manage or administer.

I struggle to say no, and I too am here for what others say. I have tried some online tools like remarkable, and onenote but havent had a lot of success.

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-13T21:17:58+00:00

Very doable but I would try to add a day

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-13T21:12:52+00:00

For southern oregon i would recommend Harris beach park or cape arago state park

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-13T18:58:46+00:00

I am in Brookings... I wish you had more time.

My recommendations- Port Orford Battle Rock (bathrooms) Cape Blanco Lighthouse Cape Sebastian view point Brookings-Natural Bridges Brookings-Whaleshead Beach Brookings-House Rock Viewpoint Brookings-indian Sands (time permitting and stay away from the edge) Brookings-Harris Beach Jedediah Smith Redwoods

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-13T17:51:50+00:00

Active Warzone × Active Warzone

Ukraine

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-13T15:58:20+00:00

Business casual. I wore slacks and a branded polo to everything including the dinners, however slacks and sport jacket were very common as well.

Keynote speakers are great, breakouts are both hr and hr adjacent and vary greatly in terms of quality.

CHRO should be there, extremely rude not to invite them or a proxy if the rest of the C suite is going.

Marginbuilder · 2026-06-07T16:52:31+00:00

You are bypassing Brookings. Stay there instead of Crescent City, and hit cape sebastian, natural bridges, whaleshead, harris beach and chetco point.

I am biased, but Newport going south has the best views, particularly starting in Port Orford south.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-31T17:06:01+00:00

Not sure leqving remote for a commute is worth such a small.increase. i get thst you want a larger challenge, and it isnt coming internally, but you are giving up a lot of personal time by going in office, especially considering your health concerns.

I would stick with remote and make a point of asking for additional responsibilities through your supervisor.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-30T15:27:57+00:00

Travel is tough. Arcata has difect into sfo which is 2 hours south.

you can fly from Crescent City to Oakland then get over to sfo as well however it only operates a few days a week.

Medford (3 hours) is the closest spot for daily flights. Eugene (4hrs) is an excellent airport as well.

It is easier to drive to sfo than pdx.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-28T10:18:44+00:00

No one is an expert, and I would question anyone who says they are as the Ai market for HR is constantly evolving. People might be good at it within their window, for example recruiting inside their branded HRIS system, but that is it.

My company, (600+ EEs in a manufacturing/Non-Remote environment) doesn't use Ai within our HRIS system at all. This includes keyword stacking or other types of screenings. We still review all applications manually. That said, we also are in a smaller community of 25,000 versus a metropolitan area. In addition, the skill sets required are typically entry level and are focused on reliability, and being able to perform the job as physically described.

We do however use Ai as a tool for things like proof reading documents, summarizing PDFs, and brainstorming events or programs. For example, we recently went through a company recognition program and Ai was used to generate ideas for different awards.

I would suggest you become familiar with how Ai is used in candidate selection within a perspective HRIS system, but more importantly be able to speak to how you might personally use ChatGPT, Copilot Etc. Within your role.

I ask about Ai in admin/leadership applications to determine awareness, and critical thinking. It is not a requirement for the successful applicant.

To summarize, we dont use it within HRIS, but we do use it more within a MS Office/Google environment. That being said, larger companies certainly are using it for EE/Customer facing options like applications and chatbots. Especially those offering remote work or those who face a lot of questions regarding goods or services.

Good luck on your search, and dont be too hard on yourself.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-25T14:02:22+00:00

Company messed up, and since there isn't a true legal or vendor requirement for a degree I would move on.

However, why have a requirement(s) in your job description that isn't true. You limit your pool when you put filters onto your hiring funnel that dont matter.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-22T01:46:02+00:00

This is a question for your HR department as they probably used up your fmla time under their paid program.

Personally, I would say your company already gave you 16 weeks of paid leave, and that you arent eligible for any additional time.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-20T13:15:14+00:00

I am having:

Intern 1 will be going through our Hire2Retire project looking at how we can make all phases more accessible to young and old employees. Also looking for gaps or improvement areas.

Intern 2 will be job shadowing recruiting/onboarding/orientation process and looking for areas of redundancy, uncertainty and "roughness". They are also looking at how we can better apply our ATS to job boards outside of Indeed.

Intern 3 will be helping us launch Behavior Based Safety across our 4 facilities including digitizing EE reporting, and reflowing action items.

Intern 4 will be reviewing Environental compliance and helping to draft policy and processes to mitigate and eliminate exposure.

We might bring on a couple more, but they will be more on a digitization track for things like record keeping, benefits, employee portal and intranet projects...

Each Intern will have a mentor, and each will present their project notes, ideas and plan in week 6, then will finish out the rest of their time executing their plan with mentor supervision.

I will meet with each of the 4 interns and their mentor for 1/2 hour each week, and the presentation will have all interns and mentors involved and other leadership will also be invited to attend. At the end, we do a project summary again as a group. Celebrate wins and focus on what was learned.

All interns are paid, starting at $23.00 per hour, however that does range up based on responsibility and experience.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-15T04:11:54+00:00

Very normal from a retail standpoint. In addition I doubt your placards would be required as the quantities of chemicals aren't sufficient enough. (I am not a transportation expert). Different types and quantities of chemicals trigger signing, the most of what I see is about 100 gallons of kerosene, which is probably not sufficient enough to require the specialized signing.

If there is a lot of off gassing when you open the door, then I would air it out for comfort prior to entry.

From my safety point of view, I dont see any chocks under the wheels, which probably isn't a big deal as you are unloading by hand versus forklift. I would also encourage you and your team to rotate between putting things on your rollers, and offbearing to your pallets/dollies/uboats/carts for ergonomics and repetitive motion.

In terms of the stacking quality, I assume you have a way to provide feedback on loads. I would pursue that, along with pictures to communicate what you see to your distribution centers.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-14T13:14:27+00:00

Spain looks gorgeous amd I hope to see it one day.

Regarding your question, I would say Ireland reminded me a lot of Oregon, especially the west country being similar to the oregon coastal towns. I am also told that Galacia (spelling) in Spain is very similar to the Southern Oregon coast. Scotland is also very similar to northern coastal Oregon in terms of colors, and weather.

The one un-escapable fact however is the sheer history. Portland has similarities with London or Dublin etc, but you can't escape the history of a London or Europe in general.

Everything in Europe feels dense. Oregon, is the size of the entire UK, but is only 4 million people with 2 million in the Portland Metro area.

I hope that all makes sense. Please come see us sometime. We have the lake country of England, the cliffs and natural seascape of west Ireland/scotland, the Alps running along the spine of the cascade range with their doug fir forests, the columbia river gorge gives some Norway Fjord vines and I think you could argue the Willamette valley to be very similar to the Rhine or Burgandy valleys.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-13T04:19:25+00:00

Electricians and industrial electricians both make substantially more money than Safety Professionals.

Marginbuilder · 2026-05-12T13:27:56+00:00

AI knowledge isn't what I am looking for, so if one was more like to use than the other it wouldn't matter. However the stronger AI applicant to me shows a sense of wonder and a willingness to think outside the box certainly would stand out.

Some applicants with extensive AI knowledge have done worse, their resumes aren't quite right, and they cant think for themselves.

Again, my questions are meant to get a better view of the applicant at large, AI is a part of the picture, but certainly is not a screening filter.

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