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[Figgy1]

1 day until National Junk Food Day

 

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[StarWarsGirl]

Enterprise swapped out my rental car. They gave me a...

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Buick Encore.

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[MySmallWorldof4]

Enterprise swapped out my rental car. They gave me a...

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Buick Encore.

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[Goofyernmost]

I know, the company that has more chance to hiring someone like me is RCCL, to which I applied but still no word about it.

Hey Cesar... I know that it sounds like fun, but, I happened to read a book a few years ago (I wish I could remember the name of it) that really went into detail about the life and politics of being on the crew of a cruise ship. This guy didn't sound like a bitter employee, but, he was really frank about how the system works. The emphasis was partially on the fact that once you are at sea, unless you are a powerful swimmer there really is no escape. Ships make many ports of call along the way, but, unless you have the finances to pay your way back home, you are stuck there. I'd read up on both the pro's and the con's of doing that. That bucket list thing could end up being a nightmare. Unsolicited advice, I know, but, I was shocked at what was expected of the crew members. There are perks, but, there is a definite dark side as well.

 

[Cesar R M]

http://www.businessinsider.com/what...e-rating-some-employees-say-it-can-be-rough-4

Please check the people mentioned ,they are not warehouse workers, they are high end IT, Designers, etc...
Yet some managers have very HARD complains from the bottom guys. Aka the warehouse workers are the ones being exploited.

"Extreme hours and horrible work-life balance. Be prepared to work a minimum of 12 hours everyday and up to 15-16 hours for months on end," said a current area manager in Haslet, Texas, "Upper management doesn't respect your work life balance and mandatory overtime is a constant thing."

The glassdoor reviews also mentions "work from home". Which is obviously IT and Support teams. Which are high end jobs.

"In 1863 Lincoln freed the slaves and in 1995 Jeff Bezos found a loophole," said an account executive in Seattle.

"I have worked for some of the most notorious sadists in New York City, and none of them hold a candle to the managers that I have encountered during my year at Amazon," they said.

Funny thing that the supposed "perks" are obviously for very specified workers..

There are also great perks for many of Amazon's employees to enjoy, including a breakfast and juice bar on Mondays and happy hour on Fridays.

Bullies thrive and are rewarded, while promotions are given to people taking credit for lower level employees' work," said an anonymous employee. "HR is never on your side and can provoke retaliation.

To resume.. If you work independent, manager, IT or similar.. you will do fine.. work lower end and have an abusive manager? you're screwed.

 

[Cesar R M]

Enterprise swapped out my rental car. They gave me a...

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Buick Encore.

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[Cesar R M]

Dammit, new episodes of TMNT released but its US only and they smarted up. Not a single proxy type VPN works on nickelodeon.com/nick.com and its streaming services.

Anybody want to help a bro and use a tool like Video DownloadHelper extension to download the episodes from nick.com?
http://www.nick.com/rise-of-the-tee...les/videos/mystic-mayhem-s1-ep1-full-episode/

*does pretty cute eyes*

 

[DryerLintFan]

Please check the people mentioned ,they are not warehouse workers, they are high end IT, Designers, etc...
Yet some managers have very HARD complains from the bottom guys. Aka the warehouse workers are the ones being exploited.



The glassdoor reviews also mentions "work from home". Which is obviously IT and Support teams. Which are high end jobs.


Funny thing that the supposed "perks" are obviously for very specified workers..






To resume.. If you work independent, manager, IT or similar.. you will do fine.. work lower end and have an abusive manager? you're screwed.

LOL, no. Those work from home positions are mostly customer service roles. Which are on the bottom of the totem pole. Likely the same pay band as the warehouse workers. If you're specifically talking about warehouse workers, then yes I've read and heard rumblings of unfair treatment. But if you're saying stay at home workers are high end jobs and that's why they're happy, then that's likely not entirely accurate.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

It's still under warranty and it's already in a box to return to the company. Amazon will either repair it or replace it.
Be well Gabe1

My warranty on the Alexa Echo Show allowed me to have Amazon replace it with another one. It's up and running.....see?
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Amazon deserves some kudos for standing behind their product. It's nice to have Alexa back home

 

[Cesar R M]

LOL, no. Those work from home positions are mostly customer service roles. Which are on the bottom of the totem pole. Likely the same pay band as the warehouse workers. If you're specifically talking about warehouse workers, then yes I've read and heard rumblings of unfair treatment. But if you're saying stay at home workers are high end jobs and that's why they're happy, then that's likely not entirely accurate.

Well, home workers... I do not think they have a manger next to them yelling that they will get fired if they go to the bathroom..

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My warranty on the Alexa Echo Show allowed me to have Amazon replace it with another one. It's up and running.....see?
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Amazon deserves some kudos for standing behind their product. It's nice to have Alexa back home

Haver you tried to ask it play despacito? (its a joke-meme online)

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

@ajrwdwgirl , hope you and Brad had an uneventful and safe trip home yesterday.

Yes we are home. We got home a little after midnight, our flight was delayed for two hours in Orlando which was a little annoying but we are home safe. Well, I am home, Brad had is doing an out of town wedding so he left a short time ago for that, but he did enjoy sleeping in his own bed last night! Kapono is home too, I went and got her from my sister's house early this morning. She gave me tons of kisses and refuses to leave me, so that makes me happy! Hope you have fun on your get-away this weekend.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Please check the people mentioned ,they are not warehouse workers, they are high end IT, Designers, etc...
Yet some managers have very HARD complains from the bottom guys. Aka the warehouse workers are the ones being exploited.



The glassdoor reviews also mentions "work from home". Which is obviously IT and Support teams. Which are high end jobs.


Funny thing that the supposed "perks" are obviously for very specified workers..






To resume.. If you work independent, manager, IT or similar.. you will do fine.. work lower end and have an abusive manager? you're screwed.

One of the parents on dd’s cheer team is a manager for an Amazon warehouse. I will ask him his opinion next time I see him.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Have an amazing cruise with the family @donaldtoo. Hope your oldest who is not going is feeling well. Take lots of pictures.

 

[donaldtoo]

Half-day Friday...!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Or, is this better...?!

 

[King Panda 77]

Have a great sailing Mr @donaldtoo sir .

 

[donaldtoo]

Have an amazing cruise with the family @donaldtoo. Hope your oldest who is not going is feeling well. Take lots of pictures.

Thank you so very much, we will!!!

Oldest DD is doing very well, as is baby!!!!!
Again, thank you for your concern!!!

And yes, cruise pics to come in about 10 days...!!!
I recently (finally )
updated my iPhone after over 2.5 years, and appear to have gained about 4.5-ish more gigs of storage, but still probably need to delete several pics of multiples from the last cruise...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Have a great sailing Mr @donaldtoo sir .

Thank you kind Sir...!!!!!

 

[Cesar R M]

Have a great sailing Mr @donaldtoo sir .

Agree, hopefully you will have a flawless cruise with tons of fun!