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if Hegseth says that Newsom had drugs that were going to kill 25k Americans, then yes we could bomb his house.
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Compensation & WFH debate ($120K vs 240K)
Nice Guy Eddie replied to Nice Guy Eddie's topic in Daily Texan
Since I was at my job long before COVID and WFH, I feel I can do my job without a problem either at home or in the office. The problems I see today with my dept's 80% WFH schedule is with new employees. They get very little face time with other employees to learn some of their job responsibilities, and definitely struggle to build a network of relationships. I believe that network can be the most important asset an experienced employee has. One aspect of my job that suffers from remote work is brainstorming especially related to web design. Sometimes you just can beat is being in a room with a whiteboard. I know there are online whiteboards or similar tools but they're just not the same as a whiteboard to express an idea, workflow, etc. -
for what it's worth, I'm in my mid-50s and have never run into people being told to not hire the white guy. What I actually notice is when companies frequently have non-white hires in lower paid divisions like call centers, while higher paid departments like Finance or Legal are mostly white. It's borderline awkward sometimes when I see mgmt teams get together across divisions and one mgmt team is all white and the other all black. It doesn't look to be a coincidence. The writer of the article does point out that it probably does suck to attempt to work as a young white guy in some industries like entertainment, news or education. Those are all fields that want to pro-actively present themselves as non-discriminatory and I don't doubt that they limit or eliminate new white guys from entering. If I'm not mistaken, the Oscars require a certain amount of representation of previously marginalized groups in order to be eligible for awards. Finally all people are fundamentally lazy. When there is a desire to be more diverse, I don't believe that it's a stated goal to hold back the previously non-diverse group. But the fastest way to be more diverse is to hold back white people especially white men. Therefore that scenario will most likely occur in some areas if not actively managed.
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It's like Trump changing the DoD to the dept of War. He has zero authority to do it but I doubt there is anything illegal about Hegseth calling himself the Secretary of War and changing the website to war.gov.
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ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
Nice Guy Eddie replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
I had a cold a couple of weeks ago. I told ChatGPT the symptoms I had, and then asked it to provide a list of OTC meds I should buy and to ask me followup questions. I also asked it to explain the differences in some meds. I walked away informed and had a shopping list to take to CVS. I'm sure there are webpages that would have informed me the same way but this was tailored to me. The only thing missing was a button to send the order to CVS or Amazon. I used to think the general interest was the best education tool ever invented. That's been replaced by ChatGPT or other AI tools. -
I work for a company that started up a DEI dept and now has renamed it to something else. Honesty I can't tell you what they do. It doesn't bother me that they exist but its never been clear why we need them. Now I'm a white guy that has never felt discriminated against and usually more than fairly compensated so that most likely skews my opinion about this area. I'm also skeptical about some HR functions as well.
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It’s actually amazing that the right has made DEI such an enemy that a politician can run that he will be the most effective RR commissioner because he will root out DEI spending. Hats off to them in a perverse way. perhaps Venezuela will soon be made the #1 enemy to replace DEI.
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Compensation & WFH debate ($120K vs 240K)
Nice Guy Eddie replied to Nice Guy Eddie's topic in Daily Texan
When I started working in the 90s, not only was I in the office everyday, I was wearing a suit and tie. There wasn't even a casual Friday. Yes, I'm old. That experience somewhat anchors my general thoughts on WFH or in-office. Sure, I love that I WFH most days but I also like getting out of the house and going into the office. It was a different time, but my life would have been much worse if my initial job out of school had been WFH. I have nothing but great memories of going out to lunch, water cooler talks about the weekend (recap or planning) and impromptu happy hours. there was occasional work that got done too. I know that younger folks today condescendingly say that they don't need an office job to make friends but work was also a great place to meet new people, either friends or dates. In my opinion the under 30 crowd is short changing themselves to stay at home all day. They should want to go to the office to expand their life. It's not that bad. -
Compensation & WFH debate ($120K vs 240K)
Nice Guy Eddie replied to Nice Guy Eddie's topic in Daily Texan
it’s a given that there are costs with going to the office. -
There’s an social media debate regarding a question presumably from a Gen Z worker. The claim is that the person has 2 job opportunities: work 100% from home for $120K/year or go into the office each day for $240K. What would someone choose. Obviously other factors come into play like growth opportunities, work responsibilities, commute time, etc. For argument’s sake, assume everything is somewhat similar and/or reasonable. We’re not talking about a 2-hr commute each way or working 100+ hours for the double salary. Anyway, the online replies show that people feel very strongly about their answer. Some value working at home so they're cool with significantly less money. Others focus on the higher comp. I would go for the double salary because compensation is why I work. Double the money would allow me to meet my investment goals faster as well as enjoy my weekends and vacations that much more. And while I prefer to WFH, going to the office isn't a big deal to me. What would you choose? (And if your comp is already higher, think about this in terms of doubling, or halving, your salary for changing work conditions.)
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There is zero indication that wealth inequality won't continue to grow. And it won't grow in terms of the current poor getting poorer, it will drag more middle class into poverty. And they will be told that it's the fault of Dems, illegal aliens and transgender swimmers. And the only way out is to give more tax cuts to the uber-wealthy since they create jobs.
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Steps politicians enact laws to support more charter schools politicians (or their families/friends) start and find funding for charter schools school never opens or generally fails profit it wouldn’t surprise me if we soon see govt loans to start up the schools without personal collateral or co-sign required. If the school goes bankrupt, write the loans off the books.
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