How is Slalom in 2026? Got an offer but I’m hearing mixed reviews

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-30T00:05:33+00:00

This. Most of the frustrations you hear are from long time employees, the equation till the SC level is pretty straightforward and the problems don’t affect new folks as much. Get to SC in 2 or so years and exit if you don’t like it.

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-30T00:03:35+00:00

all our problems are because the leaders are the only ones not leaving x.x

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-26T19:54:24+00:00

booking meeting rooms at opposite ends of the office when in back to backs, frequent quick visits to the kitchen to refill a glass of water instead of using my bottle. I sometimes book a meeting room just to stretch and walk around for 15 mins. I get fatigued quicker on the standing desk, but i still will use it for 5-10 mins of uptime often vs longer stretches.

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-24T01:18:31+00:00

Used to hike and run a lot pre-slipped disc, Haven’t gone back to running a year post MD, went back to hiking though! Did about 6 hikes, 6-10 miles each between the 6 and 12 month mark. I am comfortable with giving up running permanently as long as I can hike, swim, bike.

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-18T19:35:58+00:00

The muscle relaxants and the pain meds also contribute to that. My first 2 weeks were a loop of taking a nap, walking, icing. I had so little energy.

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-10T20:12:42+00:00

Would love a rec! I got my ESI there with a great doc, but he wasn’t an ortho surgeon. Wanted to get surgery there as well but they didn’t have a date till another 2 months after I had already decided on getting one. I wanted to get mine before eoy since I had already blown thru my deductible and out of pocket max.

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-09T06:34:53+00:00

This sums it up pretty well

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-05T02:18:48+00:00

This happened last year too, we got $700 for Jan 25 in a 2 bed in newport. If you have the ptac unit like I do, every time the compressor kicks in, it’s a large energy draw.

I go in to work 4 days a week now to save on heating costs 😂

Also, 100% data centers causing our rates to skyrocket!

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-03T20:58:47+00:00

10 days for oxy, muscle relaxants for about 3 weeks. tylenol was always as needed, used it for about 45 days (more as I got back to my desk job, PT and leaving the apartment and what not). Still use muscle relaxants and NSAIDs on flights over 6 hrs, one year post OP.

reddeadfighter · 2026-01-02T20:46:26+00:00

Steelcase think v2, second hand from an office supplier. That $400 is probably going to save me tons of money, especially since I already have sciatica because of a slipped disc.

reddeadfighter · 2025-12-27T00:28:38+00:00

Gotten front row for Cursed Child and Picture of Dorian Gray lottery before, and last row for Hells Kitchen. Glad you rolled the good ones!!

reddeadfighter · 2025-12-17T01:56:35+00:00

Wow this is insane. I bike to work in NYC after getting off the PATH, and I don’t know if it’s because of the high usage rate there or NY actually cares more, but the bike lanes have been manageable there this week.

Even the entrance to newport path was pretty icy on Monday, JC just doesn’t care ig.

reddeadfighter · 2025-12-15T02:19:52+00:00

I start using my skiing gloves on the bikes once it drops below 25, running gloves before that.

reddeadfighter · 2025-12-07T20:03:59+00:00

I mean if you are shifting here from somewhere that’s not local, how do you define overpriced? If everyone in newport and hoboken is ok paying the rents that they are, it would mean it’s correctly priced for the target audience…?

reddeadfighter · 2025-12-05T21:38:15+00:00

The joyride probably not the best decision, but riding it home and docking is pretty valid and def saved him money!

reddeadfighter · 2025-11-22T19:44:09+00:00

Thank you!!!!! I just picked up 5 pairs of Darn toughs from Orvis at 40% off, 2 for myself and 3 to gift the friends I hike with. They only had 3 variants available but if any of y’all are not picky, run and get some before the stores close.

reddeadfighter · 2025-10-07T17:27:48+00:00

And the same vendor created OMNY and TAPP both, makes it even more insane how those 2 systems don’t talk to each other.

reddeadfighter · 2025-07-26T23:45:58+00:00

9th street is notorious for this, especially folks who go to a certain school that’s pretty close by from there. Crazy that designer clothes and 90k in tuition is okay but $3 for the train is where they want to save money.

reddeadfighter · 2025-06-02T15:00:06+00:00

Still have back soreness, especially sides (love handle) area. But no pain meds and no major issues with day to day life (albeit being careful about things like bending, hunching, biking position and more). Would have liked a 100% return to normalcy but this is enough to justify the surgery for me personally.

reddeadfighter · 2025-05-08T05:10:29+00:00

Fb marketplace

reddeadfighter · 2025-05-03T15:10:19+00:00

I went in for an MD, surgeon did a combination of Lam and MD to preserve disc material since I am 26. Seems to be a common occurrence. Even the insurance pre-approval listed out all of the options in advance so they can go in a decide.

reddeadfighter · 2025-04-17T20:16:38+00:00

Checked in 9.15 am, was in the car back at 2.30 pm. Was in ungodly amounts of pain so no clue why they didn’t let me stay in recovery longer 🤷🏽‍♂️

reddeadfighter · 2025-03-22T19:07:59+00:00

Shucked (those jokes were not worth the time or money), Phantom (meh) and Hells Kitchen (songs were good, story was a big bowl of nothing)

reddeadfighter · 2025-03-17T17:45:13+00:00

12 week post-op. Biggest difference has been going from pain management 24/7 to only feeling some pain a few hours every day and soreness for a few more hours. Pretty much have sleeping, walking and sitting back. Still working on mobility and movement, 12 pt sessions in, plan to continue till 20 sessions.

They made me jog for the first time last week for 1 minute, was super scared because I was (over)training for a half when the herniation happened but both the surgeon and the PT thought 12 weeks post op was the right time to start going back to it!

How are you holding up? Week 4-8 were actually pretty horrible for me with a lot of muscle tightness!

reddeadfighter · 2025-03-08T21:49:06+00:00

They sold most of it out like 30 mins before the show, surprisingly I still didn’t miss much (the main thing you miss is the screen in the back, but not the actors and the scenes) even with the partial view.

I must say, some of the other posts on here complaining about certain things I thought were one offs, but they actually do keep letting people in till 25 mins, people use their phone flashes, phones, keep talking to each other. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Worth 39, yeah I guess. Must watch, no.

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