In my experience, Fortune 25 companies don't have fixed salaries for positions or roles, but rather pay the least amount possible within a range. For example, the salary range of a lead professional at my company is $70,000 - $121,000. That's a pretty big swing.
I took a paycut to get into this company, and a few years into it, I gathered salary data from my peers (within my professional grouping only), then assembled a short presentation for my manager - our performance is metric driven, with quite clear revenue, margin, scope, and customer satisfaction expectations - showing that my professional output was near the very top, and my pay was near the very bottom. He didn't even realize - and I think most managers aren't intimately familiar with what their employees make.
But the data helped me negotiate for a higher salary, which I wouldn't have been able to do if I didn't have a federally protected right to discuss it with my peers.
The problem is that they think they know best for everyone else. Their default position is authoritarian and dictatorial.
The best way to entrench an idea is to tell someone they're wrong, and be a smug, condescending, elitist asshole while doing so.
So... Basically why the Democrats lost in 2016, and why the left in general is losing the culture war. They can't get over how fucking smart they think they are, and how stupid everyone else is for not thinking the same thing.
I want a reliable car that works when I get it, doesn't need troubleshooting, doesn't need patching, because it works. Treat my car like a fucking computer and not an engine powering a frame and wheels and I'm going to find a different car.
I'm torn here. Left to their own devices, businesses will pollute, strip, destroy, and maim anything in the name of profit. On the other side of that coin, the EPA has been egregiously out of control for years.
I don't know where the middle ground is, or if anyone knows what it is, but the pendulum *always* swings back the other way.
Then I'm going to expect tits. And I'm not going to want to pay for them.
Tits are in the blue lootboxes, but they only drop about 1 in 100. I know a guy - a friend, if you will - who spent $90 before he got a blue lootbox with tits in them, and then they were just little ones with hair on the nipples.
Oh...my tits for a mod point.
*disclaimer* They're the kind with hair on the nipples.
Then I'm going to expect tits. And I'm not going to want to pay for them.
Tits are in the blue lootboxes, but they only drop about 1 in 100. I know a guy - a friend, if you will - who spent $90 before he got a blue lootbox with tits in them, and then they were just little ones with hair on the nipples.
Arizona State Psychology Professor conducted a study and determined that "people" are more likely to welcome Aliens than shoot at them. Some facts:
1. The students that participated in his study, nor the commentary from past articles are representative of "people" as a whole. 2. Younger people have less fear of death than older people. 3. *NO ONE* that he conducted a study on is remotely representative of the governments of the world that have the resources and authority to initiate a meeting with Aliens if we made contact.
Now if he were to have conducted a study on military officials from governments around the world - you know, the guys with the guns - and concluded that those in power were more likely to greet aliens in a friendly manner...that would be interesting.
For a fraction of the cost of the shitty F22 Program, the air force could...
-Deploy brand new, state of the art computers across the entire Air Force. -Pay to have any legacy programs rewritten or migrated to their OS of choice. -Pay to have all of those certified. -Pay Microsoft to develop a DoD-grade OS compatible with those programs. -Give every Air Force employee a huge Christmas bonus. -Solve world hunger. -Fix the national debt. -Find extra-terrestrial life.
Automatic filtering to enforce copyright could work....if there were *steep* and enforceable penalties against media companies for wrongfully censoring / claiming ownership of work that wasn't copyrighted.
I had an original work on youtube (written and performed by me) get taken down on behalf of Warner Brothers for a DMCA violation - which equates to theft - they are claiming to own my work.
If they were responsible for the software that they use that spams out DMCA takedowns and financially liable for their theft (piracy)....if it was a two way street to protect the assets of owners instead of a one-way butt fuck, I'd support it.
I would LOVE to see an example of CNN lying. Just one.
Might I suggest you try using that google thingy people talk about using to search for things?
My personal favorite is CNN's Chris Cuomo telling us during the election that it is illegal for us peons to possess or view the Hillary e-mails from Wikileaks - but journalists have different rules so we have to listen to them.
Given that CNN is suing the shit out of anyone who says anything bad about them, and issued a DMCA takedown for the youtube video of *this* debacle, try this one. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/....
You are forgetting that roads are also heavily subsidized. So, each time you drive to work you are taking money from a neighbor who cycles, or walks, to work.
Can you think of anyone who doesn't benefit from subsidized roads? Unless you live in a self-contained biosphere constructed by local labor from locally sourced material, the food you get at the store was trucked in from somewhere else, the fuel you use for heating/travel was trucked in from somewhere else, the place you live was constructed from materials trucked in from somewhere else, and there are services available to you beyond walking distance because there are roads available for those services to reach you.
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YMMV:
In my experience, Fortune 25 companies don't have fixed salaries for positions or roles, but rather pay the least amount possible within a range. For example, the salary range of a lead professional at my company is $70,000 - $121,000. That's a pretty big swing.
I took a paycut to get into this company, and a few years into it, I gathered salary data from my peers (within my professional grouping only), then assembled a short presentation for my manager - our performance is metric driven, with quite clear revenue, margin, scope, and customer satisfaction expectations - showing that my professional output was near the very top, and my pay was near the very bottom. He didn't even realize - and I think most managers aren't intimately familiar with what their employees make.
But the data helped me negotiate for a higher salary, which I wouldn't have been able to do if I didn't have a federally protected right to discuss it with my peers.
Almost every slashdot article in the last couple days has been a question.
Fucking knock it off.
If my internet goes out for more than 3 minutes, my wife starts shooting at things.
Using Facebook as intended doesn't make it a data breach, as facebook quite clearly told everyone.
The "other" political party using facebook for their own ends is the reason for this autistic screeching.
Maybe.
The problem is that they think they know best for everyone else. Their default position is authoritarian and dictatorial.
The best way to entrench an idea is to tell someone they're wrong, and be a smug, condescending, elitist asshole while doing so.
So... Basically why the Democrats lost in 2016, and why the left in general is losing the culture war. They can't get over how fucking smart they think they are, and how stupid everyone else is for not thinking the same thing.
This.
*bark* *bark* *bark* *bark* *bark* *bark* *bark* *bark* *bark* *bark* *bark*
*BLAM* *BLAM*
NO TERRIER
Aww...wish I had mod points today.
I don't want over-the-air updates for my car.
I want a reliable car that works when I get it, doesn't need troubleshooting, doesn't need patching, because it works. Treat my car like a fucking computer and not an engine powering a frame and wheels and I'm going to find a different car.
Brought to you by Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] (Introduced 02/06/2018).
If there was someone I wouldn't feel bad about getting SWATTED, it would be this douchecanoe.
Wiki's editorial staff are well known to be biased, group-think, and agenda-driven - some of the wars are legendary.
Wiki is not accepted as a scholarly or reputable source in any reputable academic institution.
As a basic source of information for non-scholastic arguments, I suppose its better than nothing.
We're a unique company, we KILL people!
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
I confess I didn't even know that "stealing tweets" was a thing. O Brave New World...
Alrighty then, I guess I'll go yell at some kids to get off my lawn after Matlock is over.
Matlock?
Is that one of those newfangled theater performances in a box?
I'm torn here. Left to their own devices, businesses will pollute, strip, destroy, and maim anything in the name of profit. On the other side of that coin, the EPA has been egregiously out of control for years.
I don't know where the middle ground is, or if anyone knows what it is, but the pendulum *always* swings back the other way.
Tits are in the blue lootboxes, but they only drop about 1 in 100. I know a guy - a friend, if you will - who spent $90 before he got a blue lootbox with tits in them, and then they were just little ones with hair on the nipples.
Oh...my tits for a mod point.
*disclaimer* They're the kind with hair on the nipples.
Tits are in the blue lootboxes, but they only drop about 1 in 100. I know a guy - a friend, if you will - who spent $90 before he got a blue lootbox with tits in them, and then they were just little ones with hair on the nipples.
Oh...my tits for a mod point.
And how many deaths has Windows called?
How many BSODs causing ACTUAL DEATHS?!?
With my past destroyed, the one where I *didn't* enter a future-granting black hole and lived a mundane human life didn't happen.
Infinite futures means that in one of my futures, benevolent aliens gave me two cloned Jessica Alba sexbots.
WOO!
Do I get to tell people I had a threesome with Jessica Alba now?
Translation:
Uber CEO sees opportunity for sound bytes in the press.
Uber. Uber. Uberuberuber. Uber. Let's talk about Uber. UBER. Cows say UBER. UBER says the cows. UUUUUUUBER. Uber luddites.
Arizona State Psychology Professor conducted a study and determined that "people" are more likely to welcome Aliens than shoot at them. Some facts:
1. The students that participated in his study, nor the commentary from past articles are representative of "people" as a whole.
2. Younger people have less fear of death than older people.
3. *NO ONE* that he conducted a study on is remotely representative of the governments of the world that have the resources and authority to initiate a meeting with Aliens if we made contact.
Now if he were to have conducted a study on military officials from governments around the world - you know, the guys with the guns - and concluded that those in power were more likely to greet aliens in a friendly manner...that would be interesting.
This is useless.
brake the EULA = jail!
Whoa-a-a-a Nelly! Put your brakes on them breaks!
For a fraction of the cost of the shitty F22 Program, the air force could...
-Deploy brand new, state of the art computers across the entire Air Force.
-Pay to have any legacy programs rewritten or migrated to their OS of choice.
-Pay to have all of those certified.
-Pay Microsoft to develop a DoD-grade OS compatible with those programs.
-Give every Air Force employee a huge Christmas bonus.
-Solve world hunger.
-Fix the national debt.
-Find extra-terrestrial life.
Automatic filtering to enforce copyright could work....if there were *steep* and enforceable penalties against media companies for wrongfully censoring / claiming ownership of work that wasn't copyrighted.
I had an original work on youtube (written and performed by me) get taken down on behalf of Warner Brothers for a DMCA violation - which equates to theft - they are claiming to own my work.
If they were responsible for the software that they use that spams out DMCA takedowns and financially liable for their theft (piracy)....if it was a two way street to protect the assets of owners instead of a one-way butt fuck, I'd support it.
CNN would NEVER lie.
I would LOVE to see an example of CNN lying. Just one.
Might I suggest you try using that google thingy people talk about using to search for things?
My personal favorite is CNN's Chris Cuomo telling us during the election that it is illegal for us peons to possess or view the Hillary e-mails from Wikileaks - but journalists have different rules so we have to listen to them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Given that CNN is suing the shit out of anyone who says anything bad about them, and issued a DMCA takedown for the youtube video of *this* debacle, try this one. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/....
Another one of my favorites is the "White men account for 69% of violent crimes." http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/19/...
C'mon, you know how to use the internet.
You are forgetting that roads are also heavily subsidized. So, each time you drive to work you are taking money from a neighbor who cycles, or walks, to work.
Can you think of anyone who doesn't benefit from subsidized roads? Unless you live in a self-contained biosphere constructed by local labor from locally sourced material, the food you get at the store was trucked in from somewhere else, the fuel you use for heating/travel was trucked in from somewhere else, the place you live was constructed from materials trucked in from somewhere else, and there are services available to you beyond walking distance because there are roads available for those services to reach you.