My friend, an immigrant to my country, was laid off two weeks ago and wasn’t able to land a new job. She was 4 months away from getting her PR, but without a new job, she wouldn’t qualify. After many stressful nights of crying, doing resume review and interview practice, she YOLO’d and sent the CEO of her old company an email asking to be employed until she got the PR, and the CEO simply said “Sure”.
Absolutely crazy, and rare to see that sort of compassion. I’m super happy for her, even though it might be awkward, but getting over this cusp will lock her in on her new life.
In this context, the question really boils down to “Do you want to ruin your former employee’s life to save a bit of company money?”. Which should not be a hard decision, but there’s way too many people who would disagree here. Kudos to the CEO to realize this and do the right thing, and good luck for your friend.
I think it’s more that most of these issues would never actually reach the CEO if brought up through standard channels. Some bs middle management explanation of why it’s not possible, even though they never passed it up. CEOs are still people, and if they just randomly receive an actual personal email that wasn’t debated over by a board meeting or considered inconsequential by people they hired to micromanage, they’re likely to just say fuck it why not.
Haven’t had a smoke or vape in more than a week now. I know I’m not out of the woods yet but this is a big achievement for me.
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That’s a massive achievement! Congrats!!!
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I finally had an opportunity to photograph the neighborhood hawk last weekend. I’ve been trying to photograph this guy for YEARS, but he always takes off before I can go get my camera.
Wow, and it’s a great shot too! He’s looking right at you, very cool. Thanks for sharing.
A friend came by that I hadn’t seen in a while and while hanging out she asked me if she could put some make up on me. I agreed and when she was done I felt attractive for the first time in a long while. That was a nice experience. :)
Sound great! Being gently touched in the face always feels wonderful, I think, no matter whether in a romantic or a non-romantic setting like yours. Scratches the itch for intimacy with another being.
Was supposed to watch something with my best friend last night but we just ended up chatting for like 4h. Never fails to cheer me up
Got health insurance AND dental b so finally fixing some dental problems that I’ve had for years without worry of going broke.
Aye congrats homie
Watched a bunch of tits (the other tits) romping about the hazel bush, they were hilarious.
Tell me more about Hazel’s bush…
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the humidity is way down
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my wife and I are actively clearing our house of things we don’t need and want anymore
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I’m successfully knocking a lot of small, tedious tasks off my to-do list
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I played my first official league game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and it was a great experience. Not professional gaming or anything, just hobby gaming in the lowest league. But I always wanted to do that and finally found a group of nice people to do it with.
I went on a vacation trip last week. We took the ferry fron Connecticut to Long Island, rode our bikes from Orient Point to the Hamptons, took the train to New York City, hung out in Brooklyn for 4 days. No car the whole way. It was awesome. Brooklyn is super cool, biking in NYC is the best way to enjoy the city. I am full of ideas for the next trip.
Happy?
It’s triple digit weather for the 9th week.
My friends 16 year old son just got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
My daughter is having a rough recovery from an apendectomy.
I’m having to work extended hours due to staff shortages.
Payment from my last job is a week overdue and I don’t know how I’ll eat or get to my new job.
My back is fucking killing me from being on my feet 12 to 14 hours a day.
What is happiness again?
Unironically the republican primary debate. My favorite part of any election season is when they drag a bunch of these clowns out of the woodwork and we get to watch them slaughter each other (verbally) over the course of six months like teenagers in an 80’s movie. Too bad the fascists are always the ones that win.
One can hope for a barroom free for all, much damage all around.
Public holiday 3 day weekend
I got a picture of mine featured in a newsletter on Buzzly.
