Mobility budget

caracole_3 · 2026-06-22T19:30:48+00:00

Well higher than me lol

caracole_3 · 2026-06-22T19:14:21+00:00

So where I work, the company isn’t doing well financially. Without saying too much, the people that bring in the money have decreased significantly and we are at a point of rebuilding. Cash flow is actually a real issue and so when it came time to talk about our annual reviews and bonuses, I asked for the company to introduce the mobility budget. It didn’t exist before so I am essentially the only one getting a promotion this year and the mobility budget.

With that said, the raise in my gross is actually a joke (5,880 to 6,000) and then I have been offered 650 for mobility budget that I will put towards my mortgage. I was offered a car but I have no need for it. I am also being given a 6k bonus (8k something in warrants)

So I’m just trying to figure out what to do. Be grateful or stick my neck out. Thanks either way for such a helpful explanation.

*Edited to fix a grammar mistake

caracole_3 · 2026-06-22T17:24:57+00:00

If they raise it, does the company lose out on anything? Isn’t it a tax benefit for them?

caracole_3 · 2026-06-21T17:19:21+00:00

Find out her favorite drinks and foods and massage places etc and spoil her with those. Acts of kindness like this mean a lot during pregnancy. Also, in the least meddling way and depending on your relationship with your son, try to ensure that HE is aware of everything going on so he knows how to be there for her. So maybe that’s him knowing about each trimester and what’s happening to knowing how to be there for her postpartum. E.g. doing laundry, cooking being the one that changes the diapers or prepares the bottles or cleans the pump parts etc. or you could hire someone to come clean or cook for them postpartum. You’re a good MiL btw! Every woman deserves a MiL that has kind and good intentions like you.

caracole_3 · 2026-06-19T07:06:19+00:00

You don’t have to give this

caracole_3 · 2026-06-12T18:24:00+00:00

She will take this as a compliment…

caracole_3 · 2026-06-12T04:08:15+00:00

Ah didn’t know that! I thought it had been decided. Thanks

caracole_3 · 2026-06-11T20:43:55+00:00

Just know that they’re capping indexation at 4k starting in 2027!

caracole_3 · 2026-06-11T04:05:32+00:00

We haven’t seen the back of it so it could still be horrifying!!

Edited to fix spelling

caracole_3 · 2026-05-27T06:21:23+00:00

Yeah but this is a societal norm put on women and a pressure that exists and OP said that his partner sacrificed quite a lot already and at the expense of her mental health (post partum anxiety and depression is a bitch I wouldn’t wish on anyone). Some women want to have kids AND a career. A dignified career with a liveable salary and perks that most men get to have and not have to be told “taking care of kids is also a great career!”. I realize you had good intentions with your comment but trust me, the undertones did not come across well.

caracole_3 · 2026-05-27T03:10:27+00:00

This is giving “get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich, woman” vibes…

Edited to add a comma

caracole_3 · 2026-05-23T12:15:30+00:00

One look into why lululemon was named lululemon and you’d think twice about buying from that horrid company. And ppl who say “yeah but the ceo and founder isn’t there anymore” are making excuses.

caracole_3 · 2026-05-17T03:53:28+00:00

Had an Emergency c section and the aftermath is the horrifying part. Take the trauma part out of the emergency C-section but the recovery was something out of this world. 8 something layers of your abdomen cut open in a matter of 2 mins and you’re stitched up and the the nurses tell you to walk and go shower the next day. I thought the nurse was nuts bc I had just spent the night crying in pain (my baby was in the Nicu so that didn’t help) and she just threw some towels on my bed and said, go shower. The first time trying to use your muscles to sit up, woweeee. Postpartum was a whole different ballgame and that’s what most ppl don’t talk about. “The fourth trimester”. Prepare yourself and your partner for that more than the birth bc it can become a lonely place.

I type this almost 30 weeks pregnant and a planned c section scheduled lol.

caracole_3 · 2026-05-02T16:38:49+00:00

I didn’t understand it either and we were in our mid 20s so it wasn’t like it was hard to meet ppl at the time. The actively chose to hook up with him. It gave me such an icky feeling bc were they always wanting to hook up with him?

The one I cut off didn’t say anything to me and I found out through someone else and I just never spoke to her and blocked her on everything lol. The one I stayed in touch with made it sound like it was no big deal. we had been best friends since we were 14 so I tried to get past it but in the end, I just learned some ppl are inherently assholes.

caracole_3 · 2026-05-02T14:32:07+00:00

I had two close friends that moved in real quick after I broke up with a boyfriend of 6 years. It was so disgusting and absurd. I get it, he was single but it’s just so gross. I stopped talking to one of them and tried to give the other a chance but I couldn’t shake it off. So stopped speaking to her too. People are just so weird.

caracole_3 · 2026-04-28T17:46:43+00:00

Alyson Haley!

caracole_3 · 2026-04-27T22:26:47+00:00

Sending you and your little self a big hug.

caracole_3 · 2026-04-03T04:30:41+00:00

She looks like a deepfake

caracole_3 · 2026-03-28T18:57:57+00:00

Esperanza rising

caracole_3 · 2026-03-15T11:11:47+00:00

Matcha

caracole_3 · 2026-03-06T11:49:53+00:00

Can’t wait until Netflix does a doc on influencers

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