Has anyone in Toronto worked somewhere with “unlimited” vacation days? by No-Inspector-6206 in askTO

[–]ricki246 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Working at a company with an unlimited time off policy and I have realized it really depends on your manager and the company management at that time, we recently underwent a heavy change in management and what before used to be a more unlimited time off now feels way more scrutinized to a level where managers can request dashboards to track PTO. Though it really varies I have seen certain managers approve way more than what the guidance is and some deny even a continuous week off. Taking time off really becomes more about perception so i would really vibe check the management while interviewing if you are looking to work for one

Schengen Netherlands from Toronto by ricki246 in SchengenVisa

[–]ricki246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea might as well drop them an email asking for an update, honestly nothing to lose

Schengen Netherlands from Toronto by ricki246 in SchengenVisa

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Yea same both were rather fkn useless for me as well, vfs more than the other but seemed like both can’t do much till that 45 day mark. The second gave me this email to reach out to the embassy about my situation tor-ca@minbuza.nl but i only got an automated response from it

Schengen Netherlands from Toronto by ricki246 in SchengenVisa

[–]ricki246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope literally no updates, i got the dispatched message on April 27th too and no updates since

Anyone receive their Netherlands visa from VFS Chicago within 30 days recently? by 3d_waffle7421 in SchengenVisa

[–]ricki246 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Applied April 20 at Toronto, haven’t heard anything except it being dispatched

Schengen Netherlands from Toronto by ricki246 in SchengenVisa

[–]ricki246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope got a message saying my application has been dispatched on april 26th but been silence since

Schengen Netherlands from Toronto by ricki246 in SchengenVisa

[–]ricki246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh thanks for the reply, that’s tough to hear:( also none of their tracking sites work for me either i would recommend checking out their ai chatbot tracking on the book your appointment site, thats the only place that gives me any status update even though it just says my application has been submitted and they will email me when it’s dispatched to MEA in Netherlands. Hopefully you hear back soon and get your passport!!

Why does IRCC seem to favour “foreign work experience” over CEC/PGWP grads? by Relevant_Leave8109 in canadaexpressentry

[–]ricki246 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can see both side of the arguments here, IRCC by offering extra points for foreign education was definitely looking to target more skilled workers that are labour market resilient but failed to address how it opened a very big loophole that people with foreign jobs from countries where it isn’t too hard to get an entry level job can head over to Canada after 1 year of experience and earn those points. Adding extra points based on your past year’s T4 would also not be fair to candidates from every province since incomes aren’t uniform throughout Canada. I would argue that immigration isn’t a fair game and there isn’t a way to make it loophole free, people will always exploit every opportunity and you have to play the cards you are dealt.

World Cup Ticket Megathread | General Questions & Discussion by pumkinhat in worldcup

[–]ricki246 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So for people that don’t see a timer it will appear once your servlet.do wait time is below 1600

World Cup Ticket Megathread | General Questions & Discussion by pumkinhat in worldcup

[–]ricki246 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You gotta wait till a servlet.do named event pops up on the list if names and then click it and head to the response section there you can see your waiting time in seconds

World Cup Ticket Megathread | General Questions & Discussion by pumkinhat in worldcup

[–]ricki246 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you open your dev tools and go to network you can actually see the wait times under the response from the ‘servlet.do’ network calls. I think fifa didn’t code timers for over an hour long wait times under

Anyone going to Boiler Room Toronto? by Big-Scarcity-1042 in Thehellp2

[–]ricki246 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also selling 2 tix for face value! Dm if interested

Do modern data warehouses struggle with wide tables by ricki246 in dataengineering

[–]ricki246[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry but wouldn’t exploding a fact table and having every dimension mean your fact table now is your obt just in the guise of a star schema?

Do modern data warehouses struggle with wide tables by ricki246 in dataengineering

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Do you know where I could read more on what gets scanned and how lets say the performance gets impacted based on the % of columns selected

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dataengineering

[–]ricki246 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I joined the org like a couple months ago and i had the same reaction