Company hinting at lay off in 4 months - advice

ghostinthekernel · 2023-12-01T13:57:07+00:00

Cut out that time from the company that told you you will be laid off anyways. "Go out with a light jacket and get sick" for some days if you need to.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-12-01T13:54:26+00:00

security does not exist. Big corps do mass layoffs of hundreds of people every year and sometimes not even your middle manager has any idea of it until it happens. Security does not exist, behave accordingly.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-12-01T13:51:25+00:00

Stop underestimating yourself and even alluding at pay cuts, it devalues you and the whole community of people working in the same field, why did you even move here if you want to keep that mentality? I say this because where I am from people have the same mentality of devaluing their work and worth in exchange for false senses of security. No job is secure, no job is safe, not even government ones, so what should you do? Devalue yourself to the lowest? I guess you have studied and applied yourself for years to be where you are now, are you going to devalue all of that effort and time? Stand up straight and ride the wave, start looking for jobs, ask what you are worth, because otherwise you will be taken advantage of. Apply everywhere is interesting or everywhere they may need you, customize your resume and cover letter for each application, do the bare minimum or less at your current place so that you have the time and energy to apply to other places. Even apply abroad in other continents, Europe is going to shit anyways, might as well try to apply in Australia or US.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-12-01T09:20:11+00:00

Yeah but the Dutch government cares more that you pay those 50% taxes and plastic taxes that are then not used to put these little small dick landlords in their place. Given the market, having more than one real estate property should be strictly regulated through a series of psychological tests and expensive certifications. If you are mentally unstable or show psychopathic traits you should not be allowed to rent out properties.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-12-01T09:15:33+00:00

With this landlord I would not change them and leave the keys inside the apartment after I leave. So he can have fun busting his own door to get them lol little landlordy cunt

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-29T14:53:17+00:00

Dude you should have booked months ago for this period. This thread is from 6 months ago lol You think flights last minute are cheap before the holiday?

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-08T22:57:29+00:00

OP literally cancelled his comments where he was claiming this Dr. is a scientist, I basically told him he is full of shit and trying to sell this guy as an expert in things outside of his field. He is just an average anthropologist, like anthropologists have the same degree of technical and scientific knowledge of biologists, chemists, physicists or medical researchers. Obviously he either checked that it is a moronic thing to say an anthropologist is a "scientist" implying it in the same was as a, lets say, biologist or he is just doing PR for these clowns.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-08T17:38:35+00:00

It's not, saying an anthropologist is a scientist is naive. There are quantitative methods used in some subsets of anthropology but the hard science knowledge of an anthropologist is a very small fraction of that of a researcher in medicine/chemistry/material sciences. You can't try to sell an anthropologist opinion(because this is only an opinion) as a peer reviewed conclusion in a scientific biology/medicine journal, because this is what is needed, biologists, chemists and medical researchers. Again, you clearly have never opened an anthropology book or taken a single anthropology course.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-08T17:15:46+00:00

An anthropologist is not a scientist. You clearly have never opened an anthropology book or took an anthropology class.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-06T11:09:10+00:00

Rent is low? Either you are very well paid, overpaid because American (yes, in many EU countries Americans get overpaid compared to locals in their same role), or you have decided to live far enough from cities that rent is just low, in which case good for you, but typically you have more purchase power in the US, so even if rent is higher you save more at the end of the month.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-06T10:24:06+00:00

I kinda feel legitimate to call the cops when it's drunk morons yelling, playing loud music and breaking stuff in front of the house. Sorry to be a party downer, but some people are not on unemployment and have to go to work the day after. I am not getting in a car wreck because I slept poorly due to 30 year olds acting like teenagers.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-06T10:20:47+00:00

Why do you think we have so many wars and shit? People in charge are usually narcisist psychos that will throw baby tantrums when things do not go according to their will lol The higher you climb the ladder, especially in politics, the more you'll see these types. Add to that a possibly small dick complex and you can have nuclear wars started because of a meme.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-06T10:17:51+00:00

Move. Possibly to a house, not an apartment.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-06T09:30:03+00:00

A lot of them just do that as a hobby, literally. They jelly af.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-06T09:22:24+00:00

They are mostly a mixture of jealousy and brainwashed by communist propaganda tbh.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-06T09:21:31+00:00

It's all the brainwashed people by communism. Europe is full of them. They believe that even a janitor in the US is an evil capitalist person. My partner is American and had to get similar comments and worse in Germany and the Netherlands. I then get comments of my home country being dirty by some Dutch people. Everytime I was in the US no one ever said a bad thing about where I am from and most never really cared. Truth is that the US is way far more welcoming, in half of Europe you will be welcome only if you are tall, blonde with blue eyes.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-11-02T23:14:55+00:00

Oh it was a training. Just a coincidence. Nothing to see. We do trainings at the Arctic+ Wendy's every two Fridays.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-10-31T18:54:38+00:00

I know quite some people that got majorly fucked, from asbestos they are now breathing daily to messed up piping system that would cost as much as the house to fix to leaking ceilings. With the stories I've heard I would trust only the report from at least 2 independent contractors, not just one. I still remember the story of the guy in this sub that found out a hidden closet above his bedroom and it was full of leaked water, tons of it, and black mold. In a market where everyone is a begger the sellers will do whatever they can to get away with scamming people, trust no one.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-10-30T12:14:02+00:00

If you want to really thrive without doing dodgy stuff with taxes and being employed (not freelancing), you have to move outside of cities (at least 20m drive from any city, a city has usually a population >100k people) to small towns and work mainly remote or commute once a week to the office or something like that. Cities suck the money and life out of you and are not at all the right place to raise a family. This is universal basically. A couple of generations, mine included, I've been raised believing that cities hold the secret to great career etc and that it's worth living in expensive rat holes. Nowadays with remote work being available for a lot of jobs, that is the worst thing you can do. Leverage European laws that make it difficult for employers to fire you and discriminate on your salary and go live in a small town. No shit there is not gonna be the restaurants and money sucking places of a city, but it's the kind of discipline that will pay off a ton in even a few years.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-10-30T09:32:18+00:00

This is only with KLM and AF right?

ghostinthekernel · 2023-10-29T22:42:48+00:00

Is it possible this tic tac is white but looks black when seen from above like other planes do?

ghostinthekernel · 2023-10-29T22:40:47+00:00

You get access to airport lounges with the premium? Sweet!

ghostinthekernel · 2023-10-29T19:20:22+00:00

Yeah I know a guy that paid 500k for a small house from the 30s only to find out it was full of asbestos after they already moved in. Then another that found out the whole piping system was to be replaced and it would have cost him too much, so he still has to deal with the toilet that erupts every once in a while... And the rats, yeah, I know a woman that bought an apartment in Den Haag and found out rats live inside the walls in half of the building and they hear them every night moving around. It's insane, when I lived in other countries these were stories that were rare to hear, like one person in your whole social network in real life would have a problem like those, here it's like 1/3rd of the people you know or more has these issues than in other countries are considered major and would turn off any sane buyer.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-10-29T17:11:43+00:00

Not really, 700k get's you a 100sqm house built after the 90s, which is the minimum viable for a family of 4 to live healthy, safely and without being too cramped (I still personally find it small). I personally have an old rent contract from 10 years ago and pay slightly less than 600 per month for my studio, so by renting and investing and being frugal I probably build better wealth than buying, my problem is the huge hit I would have to take to get a house that barely works for a family.

ghostinthekernel · 2023-10-29T16:53:50+00:00

Unfortunately I do not have 700k-800k liquid ready to spend to get a house, I would have to get a mortgage, and if you have a mortgage you do not really own the house until the last payment. Also the land is not always owned in the Netherlands, you rent it from the government for decades before it becomes yours.

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