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I just do, I guess.

I read a lot. I answer questions on here. I write letters. I involve myself in my son's life. For a long time, I was homeschooling and doing his therapy. I garden a bit. I work in the yard. When I was working, that was huge chunk, and it got me out of the house a bit. I talk now and then on the phone. I talk to people when I'm out and about. There are a few people that I talk to fairly regularly. I try not to beat myself up too often. I try not to think too much about how I landed where I am or what I'll do if the lonely bits continue. I am learning to just try to take it day by day and not to ruin the present with thoughts that are gloomily placed in the regrets of the past or the forebodings of the future.

Today the sun was shining. We watched TV. I fed and petted the cat. Got some things done. Wrote notes to a friend on here. Raised the windows and let the fresh breeze in. Started thinking seriously about the next hobby I want to try. Overall, a wonderful type of day.

If my son were neurotypical, and I were lonely, I'd probably join up with another moms group. Maybe for playdates. I would also probably go to church and meet some people there. Maybe start attending the PTA meetings or going to some of the activities that exist around here. You can try Meetup.com. There are lots of mom and single parent groups from what I can see.

I guess we all handle loneliness in our own way. All my best with this situation. I know how it can be.
Yeah a bit. Just do cope..have to.
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The Goodnight Summer Tour 2014
The Goodnight Summer Tour in Review
What an amazing night!!! Thank you Houston for being amazing:) NOW!! Austin/San Antonio here we come!
with Kayce Laine, Joseph King, and CANVAS
604 E 7th St… 9pm
with Joseph King and Paco Estrada
3030 Thousand Oaks Dr… 9pm
The Goodnight Summer Tour 2014
The Goodnight Summer Tour now in it's 7th year once again brings together some of the best local talent Houston has to offer and some up-and-coming national acts you don't want to miss. The Goodnight Summer Tour started as a proper rock send off to the summer months but has become much more over the years. This year, the proceeds from the show will go to the Lupus Foundation of America. Lupus is a painful auto-immune disease causing fever, joint pain, rash and fatigue. The event will have a silent auction, raffles and vendors selling their goods to benefit the cause.
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August 16th 2014
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Doors open at 7:00PM.
There will be a special shirt printed just for the show, and preorders will be available closer to the event!
Artists Performing:
Deep Ella
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What an amazing week!! We have had the time of our lives this week, and it just keeps getting better and better! If you are in Austin this year for SXSW, you have one more chance to catch us before we put this years festival to rest. Here's the details:)
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Come to Rudyard's on March 7th in Houston to support Deep Ella, Joseph King and Three 33 on our "Road to Rockfest". All of us will be performing the following week at the 15th Annual Texas Rockfest in Austin, Texas!! We love this event so much, we want to show our support all the way here in Houston! Please come out and help us keep the music going.
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Nicor Gas & Fair Cr Billing Act?
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Sub: #1 I was afraid of that -- I kind of read FCBA the same way. NonetMon, 09/10/2007 - 20:26
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Sub: #3 Here is my letter: [quote][justify:c716da64f7]To Whom It May Mon, 09/10/2007 - 16:24
Here is my letter: [quote][justify:c716da64f7]To Whom It May
[quote][justify:c716da64f7]To Whom It May Concern:
For over 24 years I lived at >; and for those 24 years I have been a loyal customer of Nicor Gas. In June 2006, I purchased and moved to a new home in Indiana. I did not sell my old home in Lyons until February 2007, and in the interim I used minimal amounts of gas solely to keep the building heated at 55???? to prevent the pipes from freezing.
I received my 2nd to last bill from you on 1/23/07, a copy of which is attached. The total bill was for $69.54, which I promptly paid on 2/9/07. On 2/16/07 I called your phone # at 1-888-NICOR-4U and cancelled my service; at that time I also requested an actual meter reading for the final bill.
Your company did not perform an actual meter reading, as requested. Instead, my final bill from you showed an ???????estimated??????? reading of 8138 on 2/20/07. The resulting charges, based on your estimated reading, amounted to $325.09 (copy enclosed).
I do not believe that 24 days of gas usage, used solely to keep the house at 55????, would amount to 380 therms. I therefore calculated my own estimate of the actual usage, and submitted payment in the amount of $50.57. Along with my payment, I disputed the balance you claimed owed and again requested an actual meter reading. A copy of my dispute is enclosed.
Your office received my dispute, and on 3/27/07 Nicor sent me a letter confirming that: 1) it had made an error in reading the meter, which resulted in incorrect billing; 2) the 2/20/07 bill had been ???????cancelled???????; and 3) that I would be receiving a ???????new??????? bill for the correct amount. (A copy of this letter is also enclosed for your review).
On 4/18/07, I called your customer service and spoke with ???????Paul???????, who indicated that the account was still being reconciled and they had not issued a corrected bill yet. On 5/29/07 I talked to Paul again, who again indicated that Nicor had still not issued a corrected bill.
NICOR NEVER SENT ME A CORRECTED BILL. BUT RATHER, you sent the previous unpaid/disputed balance to a collections agency. Your company made no attempts to rectify this situation, and now this item is appearing on my credit report as a delinquent account.
1) You should know that the Federal Fair Credit Billing Act (15 USC ????1601 et seq) was enacted by Congress specifically to address issues such as this. Under the FCBA, I have a right to dispute any billing errors within 60 days of receiving a statement that I believe is erroneous. When a creditor (such as Nicor) receives my dispute within the 60-day timeframe allowed (15 USC ????1666(a)), then the creditor is obligated by Federal law:
[quote]15 USC ???? 1666 (a)(A):
A) to send a written acknowledgment of the dispute to the obligor within 30 days; and
15 USC ???? 1666 (a)(B):
B) not later than two complete billing cycles of the creditor (in no event later than ninety days) after the receipt of the notice and prior to taking any action to collect the amount, or any part thereof, either????????
(i) make appropriate corrections in the account of the obligor, including the crediting of any finance charges on amounts erroneously billed, and transmit to the obligor a notification of such corrections and the creditor????????s explanation of any change in the amount indicated and, if any such change is made and the obligor so requests, copies of documentary evidence of the obligor????????s indebtedness; or
(ii) send a written explanation or clarification to the obligor, after having conducted an investigation, setting forth to the extent applicable the reasons why the creditor believes the account of the obligor was correctly shown in the statement and, upon request of the obligor, provide copies of documentary evidence of the obligor????????s indebtedness.[/quote]
Nicor Gas received my dispute, and Nicor Gas also acknowledged my dispute by sending its letter dated 3/27/07. In that sense, Nicor has complied with section 1666(a)(A) of the FCBA. However, Nicor failed to address the dispute by neither making appropriate corrections required by (1666(a)(B)(i)), nor sending written clarification after performing an investigation required by (1666(a)(B)(ii)) within 2 billing cycles.
2) Nicor continued to violate the FCBA by taking action to collect the disputed amount without addressing the dispute as required by law.As early as 4/5/07 I was contacted by RPM, LLC, a collection agency contracted by Nicor, attempting to collect the disputed amount (a copy of their initial notice is attached).
On 4/18/07 a collector from the company, ???????Dana Score,??????? called me to collect on the debt. I explained the situation to her and she indicated that she would ???????send it back to Nicor for verification.??????? She never did; or if she did, Nicor failed to take action. On 5/22/07 and 5/25/07 I received two more collection calls from RPM, whose collectors did not identify themselves. As I was explaining the situation, they terminated the call abruptly without resolution.
On 8/2/07 ???????Shay C??????? from RPM called me on the phone. Again, I repeated the problem with this account and explained that Nicor had never corrected the bill. I asked him to contact Nicor, which he stated he would not do. Before terminating the call, he made remarks to the extent that ???????I have your social security number,??????? and ???????check your credit report in a few days.??????? Such threats are clearly meant to intimidate me and will not be tolerated!
3) Section 1666a of the FCBA regulates the way a data furnisher can report disputed account information to the credit bureaus:
[quote][justify](a) Reports by creditor on obligor????????s failure to pay amount regarded as billing error
After receiving a notice from an obligor as provided in section 1666 (a) of this title, a creditor or his agent may not directly or indirectly threaten to report to any person adversely on the obligor????????s credit rating or credit standing because of the obligor????????s failure to pay the amount indicated by the obligor under section 1666 (a)(2) of this title, and such amount may not be reported as delinquent to any third party until the creditor has met the requirements of section 1666 of this title and has allowed the obligor the same number of days (not less than ten) thereafter to make payment as is provided under the credit agreement with the obligor for the payment of undisputed amounts.[/justify:c716da64f7][/quote]
Nicor continues to report this account each month to the credit bureaus as a ???????collection item???????, in full violation of the FCBA. Such reporting not only affects my credit score and ability to obtain credit; but Nicor????????s blatant disregard and willful non-compliance of the laws also serves to cause undue anguish and emotional distress upon my person.
4) You may not be very familiar with the fdcpa (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act), since those laws apply more-so to collection agencies. Take notice of ???? 807: ???????False or misleading representations??????? [15 USC 1692e], which states that ???????A debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt??????????????, including ???????(5) The threat to take any action that cannot legally be taken or that is not intended to be taken.???????
A collector from RPM threatening to put this disputed balance on my credit report, is a direct violation of ????1692e of the FDCPA, since that action cannot legally be taken under ????1666a of the FCBA. Since RPM is acting as an agent for Nicor, Nicor may be held liable for RPM????????s violations under Federal law. Please know that ????1692k of the FDCPA prescribes damages of $1000 for each violation under that cover.
5) As a data furnisher who reports information about its accounts to the credit bureaus, you should also be very familiar with the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act). You will know that the FACTA amended the FCRA in 2003 by allowing a consumer to make a tradeline dispute directly with a data furnisher ([15 USC ????1681i].
I now appeal to Nicor and demand that this account and its???????? subsequent ???????collection??????? status be removed from my credit report. On those grounds, you also know that you generally have the same time frame to respond as the bureaus do, which is 30 days. It will be very easy for you to log onto E-OSCAR and initiate an AUD. Nicor????????s continued reporting of this account, after 30 days of your receipt of this letter, shall constitute a separate violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Historically, you will see that you have never had a problem or late payment on my account. I do not object to paying a correct bill. But it is Nicor????????s negligence that has caused this problem, not mine. I should not have to be subjected to such collection tactics, when this problem is clearly not my fault. Until Nicor can produce a corrected balance, I demand that you remove this account from the collection agency, and I demand that you remove this account from my credit report. I will not keep writing letters and making phone calls; my next correspondence will be in the form of a Summons and Complaint filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, in which I intend to seek redress from your willful and unlawful violations of the Fair Credit Billing Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Lastly, I request that all future communication with me be reduced to writing. You phone support and customer service are unknowledgeable, unhelpful, and they make incomplete notes about my account within your computer system. When I call, they should be able to read the account notes to see what has been going on; instead, they are clueless to the situation and I constantly have to repeat myself. For that reason, I will not deal with this matter through the phone any longer. I look forward to your response as we may expedite a timely resolution to this matter.
via Certified Mail, Rtn Rcpt Requested
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The Washington State Board of Education is making it harder for schools to shorten their school years.
At the regular meeting this month, board members voted 6 to 5 to reject school day waiver applications for six Washington school districts including Seattle.
The board has the power to waive a district s legal requirement to provide students with 180 days of instruction each school year.
The denial of so many applications is rare, according to a KING 5 Investigation that found only three applications denied in the last five years.
The investigation also revealed districts have been using the waivers in increasing numbers.Since 2007, the number of waivers granted has grown 400% to an all time high.This year, nearly half of all districts in the state have waivers that typically range from 3 to 5 days.
The waiver days are used for professional development, said Shauna Heath, the Seattle School District s Director of Curriculum and Instruction.
Seattle was one of the six districts whose waiver application was not approved.Seattle sought a three day waiver for parent teacher conferences, which do not count toward the 180 day requirement, and three additional days for what is known as professional development.
Heath says the teachers use the professional development days, when students are not at school, to improve the quality of their instruction.
There are always new and innovative techniques to hone anybody s craft.If you re a physician you re getting on-going training as you go along.It s the same with teachers, said Heath.
Health says the district shouldn t have any problem getting the three days for parent/teacher conferences.However, the State Board of Education wants more data proving that the professional development time will improve student s grades.
In November, the State board responded to concerns about the reduction in class time by waiver days and partial school days which are also used to give teachers professional development time.The board tightened up the rules for granting waivers, including provisions requiring schools to show measureable gains from their wavier days.
Seattle is re-submitting its waiver application and hopes to have it approved by July.
For the time being, waivers are one of several issues holding up putting the finishing touches on next year s Seattle School calendar.
We have a start and a potential end time and that s kind of where we re at right now until we find out whether or not these days need to be built into the calendar, said Heath.
If the waiver days aren t approved, Seattle might have to pay teachers more money to receive professional development outside of regular hours or provide it with early release days after kids go home.
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The Petraeus Syndrome
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Let's say that Petraeus does return to Washington in what, these days, passes for triumph. The question is: So what? Or rather, could success in Afghanistan prove worse for Americans than failure?


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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing serviceHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He loved the twilight that surrounds The border-land of old romance; Where glitter hauberk, helm, and lance, And banner waves, and trumpet sounds, And ladies ride with hawk on wrist, And mighty warriors sweep along, Magnified by the purple mist, The dusk of centuries and of song.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks...Stand like Druids of old.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend!Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and trembling fear, so much of the heart's history, that all errors and shortcomings are for a while lost sight of in the amiable self assertion of youth.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


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Praying in the Night, the Righteous and Forbidding Evil
During the time of al-Hasan al-Baṣri there was an evil noble who used to sit on his balcony drinking; committing acts of sin and disobedience. Al-Hasan amassed a group of the righteous to face this evil. Thus, whenever the evil noble engaged in the forbidden, al-Hasan and friends would sit under his balcony, recite the Qur'an and engage in Allah's remembrance with loud voices. Upon hearing them, the evil ruler sent his servant who said:
Servant: Why have you come here?
al-Hasan: "Tell that man to stop his evil and to refrain from doing it in front of the masses or we will kill him!"
The servant returned to his master explaining all that had happened. Upon hearing the threat of al-Hasan the noble said, "And how will they kill me when I have this and that and I have 1000 soldiers (to protect me)?"
The servant delivered the answer to al-Hasan ending his message by saying, "And how will you kill him?"
Al-Hasan responded, "We will kill him with arrows of the night."
Servant: "What are arrows of the night?"
رفع الأيدي إلى الله عز وجل
"Lifting the hands (in supplication) to Allah."
When the servant informed the noble of al-Hasan's words the noble responded:
"We have no power (to challenge) what he has promised."
After that he left committing his evil acts in public.
Take from Rawāı̔u al-Qasas of Ibn al-Jawzī D. 1201 C.E
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wAllah this is true, there is nothing like praying in the night. Thank you for this.
Assalamu Alaykum
Your comment just made me realize what this was about. Subhanallah. That's a cool story.
Assalamu Alaykum
Lowly Servant
P.S. I love these small stories. These stories are what really make us appreciate the people in the past and Islam in general.
Subhanallah the act of praying in the night and the power it holds for the Ummah is sorely underestimated by us today. If only we would struggle to get up in the last part of the night and pray to Allah and ask of Him, then surely we would see radical changes in the affairs of the Muslim world and in our own selves. May Allah give me and all of us the ability to act on this noble sunnah.


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This Friday's Track (I'm Not Proud Of)
June 7, 2013 in Emotional, Fun, Life Update, Original Song, This Is Friday by Vaughn Oliver
Well, that's a misleading title, because I am proud of this weeks song. I poured quite a bit into this one, it's a little autobiographical and a little fictional – I'll let you decide which parts are which. Something different, something new, happened while writing this song. I grabbed my guitar and just played some chords, then starting singing a melody with thoughts that had been on my mind for awhile. I got around to the second verses and was tearing up by these lyrics I had written. I knew this would be an emotional song for me right then.
The actual recording took longer that usual, even though it's not too complex a song. I wanted it to be simple, yet grasping, and I feel it does that. The guitars are simple, but full, and with a nice guitar line that sticks out. My vocals were troublesome… I didn't know whether I should've sang it softly or with a rasp, my roommate , Connor, liked the harsher feel but I felt it should be a bit cleaner. I tried to get a nice balance. Finally, I thought it needed something else. A nice chime seemed to please me.
My production standards, in my humble opinion anyways, are getting more and more advanced, cleaner, bigger, and just better overall. It's still hard to get the sound I want from my bedroom studio, but it's all I can do right now – the actual studio is getting harder and harder to get into these days. I need some acoustic treatment, among other things, unfortunately that involves having something that I don't. Money.
Unfortunately, we can't all get what we want.
In Other News:
This weekend should be a lot of fun, some friends moved out to the island (Vancouver, if you didn't already know) and I'm heading out there today to spend the next couple days. I haven't been to the island (again, Vancouver, if you forgot) since I was a wee lad (and apparently Scottish). I don't remember much, except for the ferry ride, which I'm completely excited for! Going to bring some pennies and put them in that 'squish-penny(tm)' machine. Do they still have those? I hope so! I've been hoarding all my pennies since they took them out of circulation – just for those dang flatten penny machines!!
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School is almost over. Crunch time is near. MONSTERS is getting worked on. Excited? I am. It's been a fun EP to make hopefully fun to listen to, and should be out by the end of July, if all goes well! Speaking of paying money for things (Segues, am I right?), how much would you buy an EP from yours truly for? $5? $10? $50??? Oh my goodness you flatter me!! All kidding aside, this will be a free download with an option to pay, because I know how hard it is to put your credit card number into the computer and make some clicks. I really do.
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Why Rain Causes Joint Stiffness for Arthritis and RSITuesday, October 13, 2009 22:34
The first major storm of the season hit the San Francisco Bay Area today, causing freeway snarls, nearly-drowned cars-and a lot of stiffness in my joints.
Why does rain and weather change affect joint stiffness? I had to do some research to find out.
Arthritis sufferers in particular have been reporting this phenomenon for many years, and the first study was done in 1961. They used a small sample of only 12 subjects, and found that the combination of high humity and low barometric pressure caused the increased stiffness.
When air pressure is low, tissues in your joints can expand and put more pressure on the joint, which makes it harder to move. The cold can also slow down our bodies and make it a little harder to get around.
Creating Better Conditions
One patient felt so much better after a vacation that he allegedly decided to build a room in his house that replicated the ideal conditions of his trip. His new chamber controlled and increased the air pressure and helped him improve and get off his meds. As a result, his doctor conducted a study of 30 patients on a similar machine and reported that the increased air pressure helped patients feel better. However, there were side effects-ear pressure and sinus pressure among them.
What you can do
I certainly don't expect that any of us will be building our own special rooms to get over our joint stiffness. But there are some simpler steps-
Hope you enjoy the rain, stay dry, warm, and flexible!
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October 31st, 2009 at 12:50 pm
[...] Why Rain Causes Joint Stiffness for Arthritis and RSI [...]
November 4th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Women are more commonly affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis as compared to men. Rheumatoid Arthritis affects people falling between the age group of 25-45 years. Swelling in wrists and hands characterize the joint stiffness associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The organs which are mainly affected by this type of joint sickness are knees, feet, neck, shoulder, elbows, fingers and wrists.
November 13th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
That is an interesting statistic, because women are also more affected by Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (and other Repetitive stress injuries, I believe).


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Grey's Anatomy Spoilers: More on Georgeby Steve Marsi at . Comments
As we know, actor T.R. Knight doesn't return for the September 24 Grey's Anatomy season six premiere, but it appears his character, Dr. George O'Malley, will.
"Transplant doctors descend on Seattle Grace because it's revealed that George was a registered organ donor," according to a source on the Grey's Anatomy set.
"His colleagues are still reeling from George's death and are fighting with transplant doctors to stop them from taking his lungs, liver, corneas and bone marrow."
"It's only when everyone hears what lives will be saved that George's friends start to get some perspective on his death," says the source to Life & Style Weekly.
George's funeral scene is also said to take place early this season.
Who knows how reliable any of this actually is, but according to the source, all of the scenes with George O'Malley were shot using special effects and makeup.
"It's one of the goriest scenes they've ever done because you literally see each of these organs get pulled out of his body," says the supposed on-set insider.
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I've been holding back on commenting on this b/c I was hoping that TPTB would respond to this rumor, but since they haven't... I guess that it a good indication that it may be, in fact, true. If this rumor is true I have one question for Shonda: Why does it have to be graphic? Why do we have to see his organs harvested? It's our George! We love him. Hospitals and doctors do not force an organ donor patient's family to watch their organs harvested in the OR... there is a obvious reason for that. They loved that person. And we loved George. If this is going to be graphic, I will find that UNACCEPTABLE.
Shonda erase George because TR was the reason that IW left the show. It's not because he was friend with her but because she had to erase another character, more important to her, dr Burke.
And the lesbian couples storylines are exactly for not tell her that she is homophobic.
Yes let's.
I wasn't attacking them because they are George fans. I love George. I DID cry these past couple of heartwrenching finales. However .. I personally feel that some of the posts here went too far. So sue ME. I'm allowed to have an opinion here. Do you guys have 100% proof she's doing this because he's gay? She's writing a complete lesbian storyline for Callie and Arizona. I really think all of that has been taken out of context. I do not condone what Shonda has done; in fact, I'm really upset about the quality of the show since about the ending of the 3rd season into the 4th. I think after the Ferry thing the show got way too depressing for me at points. I missed the fun, light, joking way the show HAD been. No one has really any clue what the hell went on behind the scenes there. We don't KNOW why things happened the way they do, we just go by articles and spoilers and all of that. I'm not saying she didn't cut his character out because of his sexuality, but until it clearly comes out of her mouth, I can't say she did. Maybe TR misunderstood and saw the pattern come right after he came out and figured it went to that. I'm not standing up for Shonda or saying TR is a liar. Not one bit. I think everyone is misunderstanding what I said. I never said I hated George, or hated TR or hell, hated anyone on that show. I just felt SOME posts (not all) were just a little crazy for a character is all. I felt like some were a little too attached, saying they wouldn't ever watch the show again and such. I didn't say that everyone who posted here was melodramatic, and I honestly cannot believe I'm sitting here defending my actions. Everyone has opinions and I have mine. That's not a crime. You don't like what I said? More than fine, but don't tell me that what I say is wrong, because I could fire right back and say what you say is wrong, and that's not true, it isn't wrong, just YOUR OPINION. Let's just let this conversation die, and agree to disagree.
I hate when they talk against Katie too but I just tell myself they're jealous. I don't say a thing because I know Katie doesn't come here and read this. She's too busy, but the people you insulted are posters here and you hurt their feelings. You went after George fans, and most George fans love Izzie and Katie so you didn't even take out your frustrations on the right people. Yes, George's death has been heartbreaking to me. I cried when I saw the scenes. Sue me. You watch a character every week for 5 years, you get to love them especially a character as sweet and wonderful as George. People are not robots. We know those aren't real people, but we get to love them anyway. And like it was mentioned, the reason George is dying is because Shonda has been making TR Knight's life miserable. You know TR? Katie's very best friend in the world. The one she loves so much and the one she has been missing so much filming the next season. TR is a real person and if TR is right and she treated him like that because he came out of the closet, then we can't be melodramatic enough. It's human rights abuse, a violation of who he is as a person. If she had treated Sandra Oh like that because she was Asian or another actor because he is black, i'm sure nobody would think we are overdramatizing, but homophobia seems to be trivialized by some people.
I mention Katie because a lot of people have ripped her to shreds when she's mentioned. I, however, love her, and it makes me really mad when people hate her because she's opinionated and they constantly say she should shut up and that Izzie should be the one killed off. Do you think those posts are any different here? If those people can say what they want, why can't I? It's the same thing. There a lot of people that whine about Katie and no one tells them they're wrong, so that is why I brought it up. I'll miss TR too, but I just felt the melodramatic responses were a little too much for me, and so I said something. If I came across as too harsh, I'm sorry, but post after post it sounded like everyone was crying as they typed their words. It got a little annoying, per my opinion.
I don't get what Katie has to do with it either. Katie is my second favorite after TR, and Gizzie is my favorite couple. I'm not offended by what you said. I just think you shouldn't judge people for reacting in a way you don't understand. I'm devastated about George, and it will probably take me a long time to get over him dying. Don't worry. I do know George is not real, and TR is. I'm really glad he's happy. I'll still miss him.
I love George, fictional character or not. He is so sweet and amazingly kind. I love him and I don't want to see him be butchered. And yes it did affect me to see such a nice guy with his face all mashed up and in so much pain. I loved George and I have rooted for him since day 1. Shonda never gave him a break, and I have the right to be sad and angry about that. What does Katie have to do with any of this? Most TR fans love Katie. She is TR's best friend. So why attack TR and George fans who love Katie too? I don't get you.
You guys are allowed to have your opinions and I'm allowed to have mine. I've sat and read thousands of pointless bitching about whenever Katherine Heigl had an opinion, and I got sick of it, but let it go because it was YOUR opinion. Are you really gonna let what I say offend you? That's not my problem if you did.
Yes I get nightmares after horror movies and I know they aren't real either. In this context, it's worse because it's a character I love so much. Yes, I do love her. I never usually love fictional characters, but TR played George in such a real lovable way, I couldn't help love him.


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"Silence like a cancer grows…"
Simon and Garfunkle, Sound of Silence, 1964.
When I was young, I wanted to be like Dr. Doolittle and to be able to speak animal languages. To some degree, I have learned this skill. I can speak to dogs, cats, horses, and some birds, including wild parrots on my trees. I can understand them, and they can understand me. Sometimes it includes vocalizations, but mostly not. Parrots are an exception. They require both vocalization and playful dancing. Most of the time, body language and context suffice. Silence in a parrot may signify uncertainty. A silent parrot may have spotted a predator or be experiencing a novel experience. Sometimes parrots happily groom themselves or bliss out in other ways, without noise. But when they are in a relationship, they vocalize. Happy parrots are pretty loud! Animals may be silent for long periods, like cats or dogs, but vocalize to threaten, to express needs, or to express solidarity.
It has taken me far longer to understand how to interpret human silences. They can be as pregnant as …a pause. As trivial as a breath. A signifier of impending attack or assault, or simply slow speed in normal communication. I am going to try to summarize what I understand now about human silences, but this is a work in progress and I would invite people to add more insights.


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A 32-year-old Jacksonville woman pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to one count of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
In May 2011 Angel Gust's 3-year-old son, Logan Gust, died as a result of a drug overdose.
Angel Gust was the boy's primary caretaker while his father was deployed overseas with the Navy.
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Beginning with perhaps the most important storyline, and that's our subscriber growth which totaled 445,000 net RGU adds, our best quarter ever in the history of the company. I'll provide a little more color on this number in a minute, but 11 of our 13 markets are up year-over-year. We continue to exceed even our own internal expectations on sales and churn in most markets. Our recent RGU growth acceleration underpinned rebased revenue growth of 5.5%, which was our best results in six quarters. I know I've said publicly that we believe revenue growth in 2012 should exceed 2011 and we're off to a good start.
And on the cash flow front, we generated rebased operating cash flow growth of 3.1%, a pretty good number given the isolated impact of our 4G rol1out in Chile, and an increased sales volume in Europe. And then free cash flow growth of 15%, which is right in line with our full-year guidance.
As most of you would know, we have effectively closed sale of our Australian business Austar, and should be receiving net proceeds of $1.1 billion before the end of this month. And we are right on track with the integration of our German businesses Unitymedia and KBW, and should be receiving net proceeds, sorry and I'll give you a snapshot of that market in just a minute, no net proceeds out of Germany.
Sitting back for a moment, it's worth pointing out that in case you were not following it, that our publicly listed European peers KDG and [DIGO] continue to trade pretty well in the market, certainly at a premium to us which on one level validates our own business and on another level, it shines a light on the left side in our own stock.And then lastly, our balance sheet remains as usual in very good shape. Pro forma for the Austar sale, our total liquidity will be nearly $5 billion including $2.8 billion of cash. Our debt remains fixed, hedged and long-term with 95% of our debt due in 2016 and beyond. And we're on pace to complete $1 billion of buybacks this year.
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You can definitely learn a lot in short spam in Amazon as they make you work a lot (in 118 reviews)
Density of talent: Some really smart people spoiling their careers here (in 352 reviews)
Company is not at all sorry to screw people's work-life balance for itself to excel (in 636 reviews)
There is literally no work life balance inside this company (in 145 reviews)
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"Challenging work and smart people all around. No perks. High turn over rate. "
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I have been working at Amazon.com full-time (less than an year)Pros
High hiring standards mean you will be surrounded with smart people. Easy to transfer to other jobs inside the company. Good stepping stone as a means to reach nerdvana ( Google, Facebook, Apple ).Cons
Excessive overtime without compensation. Difficult to schedule vacations. Poor scheduling of projects. Favouritism. Below average pay. Benefit plan is average. Promotions are difficult to get and the pay raise is very low. Expected to perform at new job level for a full year before promotion will be considered. Two years at Amazon is considered a very long time.Advice to ManagementAdvice
An eye for an eye... in other words, make sure employees get just rewards for their efforts.Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
"Interesting place to work "
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I worked at Amazon.com full-time (less than an year)Pros
Fun place to work
Lots of other responcibility and freedomCons
No a very good grounding process to learn what to doRecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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I have been working at Amazon.com full-time (less than an year)Pros
High hiring bar ensures smart teammatesCons
Everyone is overworked.
Ops load is pretty high.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Dont set aggressive deadlinesDoesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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"Take Google's engineering scale, mix Apple's customer satisfaction focus, and you get Amazon "
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I have been working at Amazon.com full-timePros
For an engineer, not excited about the roller-coaster ride in a start-up, it cannot get any better than Amazon. You will get to work of technologies that need to scale to cater million if customer, and hundreds of million requests made by these customers. With AWS as backbone, and working with tons of in-house and open source technologies, you will gain invaluable experience, which ensure both technical and financial growth. The companies motto of being frugal and passing the saving to the customer will ensure you always come up with the right engineering solution to problem.Cons
Good pay, but not a lot of extra perks. Limited financial growth at the company, but it prepares you for good financial growth outside the company.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Invest a bit more in employeesRecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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I worked at Amazon.comPros
They work you hard, which occasionally leads to burnout, but the work tends to be quite interesting, which makes the whole process satisfying.Cons
Minimal perks, frugal is an understatement, but occasionally it's to the point of penny pinching. Depending on your team, there may be as little as no team building type activities, though I've heard tales of other teams that do beer and boardgames and pizza quite frequentlyAdvice to ManagementAdvice
If yo have a budget to spend on your team, spend it! It's there to make sure your team is working in tip top shape. It may not seem like much but when there's a little bit of tangible gratitude for the work we've been putting in, it's quite uplifting.RecommendsNo opinion of CEO
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"Can be amazing for some people, horrible for others "
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I have been working at Amazon.com full-time (more than 3 years)Pros
Amazon is doing lot's of cool stuff...but lots of boring stuff too. There are really well run teams...and very badly run teams. The experience for software managers and engineers is all over the board, from really run low operational load teams to teams where people burn out after a year.
- Amazon is built, quite deliberately, to be Darwinian. You can generally expect that anyone who's been here for more than 2 years is competent and motivated or they wouldn't have survived. You can count on them as long as your priorities are aligned. There aren't many slackers here, and they don't survive long.
- We work on so much stuff that there's always an opportunity to find amazing cool stuff to work on (note that it's an 'opportunity', one that you have to pursue)
- A chance to make a huge difference
- A place where you can learn a lot about all kinds of things, both technical and about yourself
- Amazon encourages high mobility - even your manager can't prevent you from moving to another team within 6 weeks (normally, more than a few months under unusual conditions).
- Your friends and family have actually heard of the place you work and have at least a vague notion of what Amazon does without you having to explainCons
- You're responsible for your own career progression and finding the places and teams that are doing the stuff you want to do. No one is going to take you by the hand and help you with that.
- Amazon is built, quite deliberately, to be Darwinian. The strong survive and the weak perish (metaphorically speaking) and the 'bar' is constantly increasing. The level of performance that would have been acceptable five years ago will get you canned today. It's a kind of crucible that'll help you develop a harder edge, if you can survive, that can serve you well in your career and in life, but it's often not a pleasant experience.
I wouldn't recommend it as a place to work for just anyone.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Stack ranking is a horrible practice since it's rife with favoritism. It's also not Amazonian in that it's not data based (arbitrarily designating a certain percentage of employees that must be put on performance management isn't a data driven criterion) and it's not frugal (effectively forcing an individual out of the company in one division who would make the grade in another is either retaining someone who doesn't meet the bar or a waste of talent). The goal is to force managers to actually make the hard decisions about how their team members compare with each other (not everyone can be exceptional), but it has more defects than virtues. Replace it with a common comparison of each person against the bar for their position, based on data. The percentages that are assigned to each performance category will turn out how they turn out, but there will be an evaluation mechanism that's fair and frugal.RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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"Make sure you know exactly what you're getting into "
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I worked at Amazon.com full-time (more than 3 years)Pros
The name will precede you. This company can legitimately be called a "Disruptor" and perhaps even a world-changer. Customers love it and it's amazing to watch it all unfold at times. It's a pleasure to be even a small part of that.
Even low-level employees are given some ownership, more than they might in some other places. Processes like the customer service andon cord demonstrate this.
Pay is mostly good, with some caveats (see the Cons section).
You will learn a ton. You'll be put through the ringer, but will emerge stronger for it. It's been said that a year at Amazon = two years elsewhere. That's definitely true. You'll learn business, supply chain, tech, retail, you name it. You're surrounded by smart people who challenge you to grow constantly. That was one of my favorite parts about working here.
You can bring your dog to the office, dress code is casual, and South Lake Union is a fun neighborhood to work in. Seattle is stunningly beautiful in the summer, too (if you have time to enjoy it, that is.)
Bezos is one of the few CEOs I've seen who earns the glowing reputation. He's a genius and a visionary. It's exciting to work in his company, though the thought of what will happen when he moves on is also a bit frightening.Cons
"Work-life balance" means different things to different people, so I'm not going to say it's bad here per se. That said, long hours are the norm at all levels across the company, and usually that's required and expected just to keep up. Expect 60 hours as your baseline year round and 70 or more during Q4. You should expect that your time and mental energy for kids, hobbies, etc. will be extremely limited. Plan accordingly. Whether this is a negative will depend largely on the individual; just ensure you know where you stand on this before you sign an offer letter.
That Amazon is a massive company with tons of smart people at all levels can actually be a huge negative. You might be a solid individual contributor, but so is absolutely everyone else - and you're all fighting for the same attention. It can be very hard to stand out, and you have to ensure your manager and your manager's manager know what value you bring at all times or you're toast. (You may still be toast regardless.) That means politics, backstabbing, and stack ranking do occur, despite some claims to the contrary. People definitely look out for themselves and themselves alone here; it's not a collaborative environment. It's also very easy to get the sense that you are a highly expendable cog even if your contributions bring significant value to the company. Plan to fight for yourself hard here, and be prepared to not get much acknowledgment or praise. Even if you do prove yourself well, know that advancement opportunities are limited. Most transfers in my observation were lateral, with big new hires being external. I've heard that the strategy of many people is to do a few intense years of lateral moves which can then be leveraged into a higher position at another company.
Compensation is a mixed bag. Salaries are just average, but you get a huge signing bonus and stock which vests in strange increments over four years. Since the average employee lasts less than two years, you will not see most of that stock and you may need to repay some of that signing bonus (usually awarded over two years) if you leave or are pushed out. Raises are very, very small each year - your salary will not substantially increase even with a good review. Most people work startup hours, so their effective pay rate is pretty low. Additionally, the company espouses frugality as a core value. While this can be a positive, it also means they're downright cheap on some things, including hardware. Employee perks are pretty much nonexistent, and that's compared to most big companies and not just the Googles of the world. Benefits like health insurance and 401k match are mediocre at best. No free Prime accounts. No paid parental leave; moms get disability and dads get zip. (As in zero. None.) I did mention earlier that this isn't the most kid-friendly company to work for.Advice to ManagementAdvice
It's great to work at a place that highly values customer experience, so please keep that up. Work on your compensation - it's not competitive when compared to other tech giants. If I'm going to work as hard or as much as I did, at least I'd get free haircuts and food and massages at Google. Hell, even some paid paternity leave would be a start.Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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I have been working at Amazon.com full-timePros
Disclaimer: My opinions reflect that of an SDE in Amazon. Seems like some operational job functions are very tough.
I have read through some of the other Amazon reviews and it seems to me that everyone has a very different experience! This is so true. Within the same team, you can have both workaholics and slackers coexisting and coworking together. I think I am more of the balanced type as I try to stay sane. The Amazon experience is basically the entire spectrum and it is what you make it out to be.
Pros in Amazon certainly excludes great benefits, but compensation is competitive. Free food means average quality free coffee, once in a while free pizza for lunch where it is a working lunch, and free beer and finger food in special events. We get a free Orca card to take any bus in the Seattle area for free. $160 per month subsidy for office parking, which is better than nothing. Downtown monthly parking goes for about $200 per month. 401K contribution is 50% of what you put in, where you can put in max 4% of your salary. Not so great. Staff cafeteria food is average and not at all cheaper than outside food, or could be even more expensive. It is hard not to complain about the cafeteria. Vacation days are ok but note that there are no sick leaves. They count as part of your 5 personal days per year. Listing the benefits of Amazon is like listing the cons and not the pros.
Work life balance seems to be ok for the most part, and seems to be individually-driven. No one will tell you that you have to come in at what time and stay till what time. I have team mates working every night and weekend, and others getting in at 10am and leaving at 5pm, all in the same team. Managers will focus on your project deliveries instead of how much time you spend working. If you work 40-hour weeks productively, you can definitely outperform someone who works 60-hour weeks but don't deliver stuff. Working less than 40 hours per week is somewhat common, but I can't say how many people are working how long. The view on work life balance is a bit skewed. All it comes down to are the managers and what they think. Projects are always never-ending but I have found that deadlines are very realistic and reasonable, without counting your nights and weekends. Getting some slack time once in a while is probably a sign of a healthy work environment. Everyone needs a break.
On-call really really sucks. Basically all it comes down to is having SDEs double-duty as support operations engineers. Note that on-call does not improve the code quality of any team in any way. The on-call experience is particularly bad because you are using services from some other team, and their code is of low quality and fails for the wrong reasons. If the managers had given more time to up the quality, there would not be so many problems. Software is usually delivered with a tough deadline with code that meets the minimum quality bar and never gets improved for the next few years. The code review process does not seem to help improve the code but it really obstructs developers from making great changes as unconventional things will not pass code review in clumsy minds. Innovation and excellence are not the name of the game in Amazon. Searching through the Amazon code base is usually not going to turn up quality code that you can actually reuse.
Integration is the name of the game in Amazon. You will need to spend a lot of time to figure out how to integrate your code with another team's services. Whether these other people are cooperative is a hit-or-miss. I have found that most people are responsive and helpful, but there are also quite a number of jerks who are out to make trouble for everybody. It is not easy to work across teams but the experience is mostly positive.
Amazon is a huge behemoth and is hiring people like there is no tomorrow. This reflects well on a good growth momentum but also is worrying that the company is not turning much profit. If the company does not make money, where is our bonus going to come from? You can see new faces around the Amazon building almost everyday! Downside is that we are taking in a lot of average to above-average engineers and being an Amazonian SDE certainly does not share the same reputation as the top names. Amazon is a huge mixed bag of some very talented people and some very dumb people. I think the world is not turning up enough SDEs and the only way is for quality to go downhill.
As an SDE, expect to spend most of your time talking, writing emails and documents, and maybe around 20-30% of your time coding. In most of the teams, you can work on interesting projects, but probably not revolutionary ones. Note that Amazon is a very down-to-earth company and the work is very down-to-earth as well. You will work on real things that people have actually requested for, and that people will start using as soon as you are done. Work is challenging but not to expect highly technically complex stuff. Most of the work has to do with solving everyday problems. To me, this seems to make sense because I have ever tried working on experimental projects before elsewhere and I did not feel it was a good use of my time.
Internal mobility is a key strength of Amazon, and I am not sure which company has done better than Amazon in this aspect. Internal moves are easy. You only need to stay in your team for a year before moving to a different team. There is no easy way to tell which team is a good team to move to because they all have their different pros and cons and people and coming and leaving all the time!
Seattle is by much rumour an easier place to live than the Bay area.
Overall Amazon is a tough but yet sane place to work. The flexibility of this company is really its core strength. You have the freedom to excel as much as you want and also to slack as much as you want. Bummer. You shouldn't be slacking!Cons
Beware of bad managers and horrible team mates. They are not specific to Amazon but they do exist in Amazon.
I have to admit that Monday is usually a blue day at Amazon and it is very tough to look forward to getting into office. I don't know anyone in Amazon who looks forward to getting in on Mondays.
Be realistic about SDE requirements. Coding skills are good to have but they are not the most important part of your job. I think we are hearing the same thing from every company.
Medical coverage is average or below average. Expect to pay about $60 per month for singles and about $240 per month for families. $240 per month for families gives you $3000 in medical fees before you have to pay (more) anything out-of-pocket.
SDE advancement is unreal difficult. They have about 6 levels total, SDE 1-4, then Senior Principal Engineer, and finally Distinguished Engineer. The number of SDE 1s and 2s are huge. Trying to get to SDE 3 seems to be all-of-a-sudden extremely difficult, but not impossible. So this essentially means that if you come to Amazon as a fresh grad SDE, expect to get about only one or two promotions in your entire career, which obviously is quite a lame expectation and reality. You will probably do much better in your career advancement anywhere else.
Employee retention is horrible. I am not sure why the philosophy seems to be trying to undercut existing employees and then hire from external sources. Management all say that they are trying to retain people, but actions don't seem to suggest anything better. Rumour has it that annual pay raises are horrible. This basically mean that either you are a superstar in the company before they will try to retain you, or if you are smart you should not stay in Amazon for too long.Advice to ManagementAdvice
The thing about thinking long-term is getting more and more worrying as the company has not turned a tidy profit and is trying to conquer the world with its lofty expansion strategies. I don't know what kind of secret recipe management is cooking but seeing the company not making much money never feels comfortable.
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I have been working at Amazon.comPros
I absolutely love working in an Amazon Fulfilment Center in Schertz, Tx. I will be sad indeed when seasonal peak is over and they start firing seasonal workers. All of the bosses are wonderful and really contribute to the team feeling you get there. The work is hard but at the end of the day you feel great about yourself.Cons
The only major con is not really to do with amazon... During peak they hire so many people some are hard to work with but most of my coworkers have great positive attitudes. The only other is the long hours. It's exhausting work and an 11 hour shift leaves you tired.RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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"Freedom and fast pace. Good tech. Management can be better. "
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I have been working at Amazon.com full-time (less than an year)Pros
You can run your own agenda inside this company, there's a lot of freedom to try new ideas. There's a plethora of technology experts and internal services that enable you to build great things. There are tech talks all the time by senior engineers. If you have your own agenda, this is the place to go.
Amazon has built a great software toolbox for its own internal operations. A lot of tools are aimed at analytics. This is a data-driven company and the toolbox is there to empower this thinking. I really love that aspect of Amazon.
I haven't had any bureaucracy problems here. This is a lean company and logistics are very high-performing. IT support is fast and effective.
In Amazon, there's freedom, and that freedom is backed by the leadership principles. You can find them on the company's jobs website. This culture is extremely empowering. They ask you to be a leader, in writing. If you like to do so, you feel backed by the company's culture from the very first day.
The buildings are functional and comfortable. You can bring your dog, and there are kitchenettes in every floor. I like my workplace, it's just right for me.
The office culture looks cold. You don't talk to people unless you need to (including saying hi). This was shocking to me the first days, but now I got used to it and I'm starting to think that it's better to maintain focus.Cons
Rather than a "con", this is the counterpart of the pros: everyone is busy running their own agenda, and so you need to care about yourself. In particular, you need to be able to back your decisions with data, solid arguments, or evident results.
Now, something that I really don't like is that my boss has been breaking a lot of promises and it looks like he doesn't care about it. That's something plainly bad. I just cannot trust my boss' word.
The food in the cafeterias is rather expensive.
Be ready to negotiate your salary. They will definitely try to save money. Don't undersell yourself.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Don't make breaking promises a policy and give your reports the time they deserve.
Maintain the data-based approach for measuring people's contribution. It's good and fair.RecommendsApproves of CEO
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