September 2008 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Thursday Poll
Ah, again with half the day being gone before I post!
What's one thing you love about your job? (If you're a SAHM or unemployed, what's one thing you love about that?)
What's one thing you hate? (Same)
Planning bio My DIY blog The Maine Bio
Re: Thursday Poll
I love that my boss is in NYC and hasn't been to Maine in over a year.
I hate pretty much everything else. Haha, but I also hate that he's in NYC because sometimes he can be so hard to track down when I need things (like today).
Planning bio My DIY blog The Maine Bio
2012 Reading Challenge
I love my 9/80 schedule and not being micromanaged. Also, the benefits are the best I have had since working FT.
Hate-the fact I am at my max salary and I can not move up.
I love being home with A, feeling like I'm really taking care of my family, and having a clean house :-)
I sort of hate the money stresses, but I think we'd have them even if I were working and being with A full time is worth it.
Also, while I get out a lot and see friends, etc, I feel as if my life is very "silo-ed" if that makes sense....like I'm not part of something bigger, or a bigger community. I miss that aspect of working. I don't miss the drama per se, but I miss being part of something...I am working on getting playgroups together, etc but it is harder than you'd think!
I love the autonomy and my private office.
I hate our complete lack of flexibility and the total lack of communication between offices.
What's one thing you love about your job? Hands down my 80% work week schedule in that I only work a 4-day work week. I'm really lucky to have this opportunity and I know it. It's been very interesting to me to learn that the AVP of our area AND our current Director (both high, high ups) had the SAME exact schedule as I have now while their children were growing up and look where they are now. I may sacrifice any immediate career progression, but in the long run I think I'm still "in the game".
What's one thing you hate? The outsourcing. It's stressful and emotional right now considering we're supposed to find out who is gone next week. Once the dust settles it probably won't be that bad (should I still be here), but it will involve a lot of baby sitting and hand holding so I hear from other dept experiences. I do like the fact I'll be given more analytical responsibility and ability to do more approvals (vs. submitting stuff for approval). So we'll see. If I get a pink slip next week this is all irrelevant.
LOVE: I have to name just one? If I had to pick only one, I'd say I LOVE the company I work for. Kellogg is just amazing, plain and simple. Very focused on employee moral, work/life balances, flexiability, great benefits, fun incentives to keep morale high. Specific to my actual job, I love what I do...the people I work with and my boss included. We're like a little family and it's just awesome. I have yet to have a day that I completely dreaded going to work.
Hate: I don't really hate anything, but it's frustating that the team of managers I do work for (on another team) doesn't realize there are 12 of them and only 2 of us do all their projects. They all think their project should be #1 priority, and it can be frustrating at times.
Love: most of the people I work with closely, they're very great people. I love not being micromanaged by my boss, I know what is expected and I'm left alone for the most part to finish it.
Hate: Almost everything else? I hate the corporate environment, how much is expected without a lot of great rewards, the stress and high strung environment. That there will be downsizing soon and a lot of people have gotten a really bad attitude about it.
Books read in 2011: 111
Books read in 2012: 100
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What's one thing you love about your job? I love my 9/80 schedule and the fact that if I need to leave work at a moment's notice or I have to call off no one sweats it. They want you to take care of yourself and family and don't question it. I cannot say this about any of the other places I worked, military included.
What's one thing you hate? The pay. I think other counties pay more for similar positions.
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Love: helping people
Hate: pay, lack of respect, etc
Love: my students, my time actually in the classroom, helping students out when they are motivated but need a little help. Seeing them mature and change. That working in the summer is an option, not required. Most of my colleagues are really great, too.
Don't like so much: pay could be better, my commute (over 1 hr each way), some of the paperwork things that come with the job but that they keep adding on, the grading, that during the school year I feel like I'm working nonstop - I usually have several hours every night and at least one day on the weekends just trying to keep up.
2012 Reading Challenge
I love that my job is very laid back and not stressful.
I hate that I am too cheap to eat in the cafeteria every day because there is some really good food down there (and wonderful coffee!). Honestly - I don't have anything really.
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Love- I have it pretty easy...no call, no hospital rounds. My hours are decent, 6 saturday morning a year.
Hate- the liability.
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Love- My full time job is at a school, and I LOVE the hours. I love my profession bc of the freelancing. I meet so many wonderful people and get to go to all kinds of places. I get to interpret some really hard (emotional) things and some really cool ones too!
Hate- The pay, atleast with working in the school. I have been maxed out on raises (about $0.25 a year for the first 4 years) and am making the same pay as someone with a hs diploma that has been grandfathered in. It is very frustrating. Teachers get raises if they get more education/certification but educational interpreters do not. Freelancing is where the money is but it isn't a steady income