Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   As per CNN:  1.4 million (that’s million with a DAMN) filed for unemployment benefits last week; reversing the downturn in applications that have supposedly been falling since March; a trend that’s being partially blamed … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/24/2020 – Working From Home XVIII: Understimulated

Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   As has been the usual for the past few weeks, I haven’t had a whole lot to say, as honestly, work’s basically been chugging along at a steady clip, with no shake-ups expected, and … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/17/2020 – Working From Home XVII: Checking In

Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   Honestly, I got nothing, this week. I took a few days off, so the worst I’ve experienced is having to play catch-up. Not surprisingly, there’s been no word as to when we’re getting back … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/10/2020 – Working From Home XVI: Chugging Along

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday-   This Saturday will mark the 244th observance of Independence Day in our increasingly dis-United States of America. While much could likely be discussed about the nature of observing a holiday that celebrates freedom in … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/2/2020 – Working From Home XV: Independence(?) Day

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   So, I did a little mental math and figured out that, as of next Wednesday, I’ll have been working from home for exactly 100 days. That’s beyond strange to even think about, let … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/26/2020 – Working From Home XIV: …Day 95

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday-   …It’s too nice to be writing a column right now. I mean it; it’s really nice out right now, and I am going to soak up some desperately-needed Vitamin D. While I will be … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/19/2020 – Working From Home XIII: Recess!

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   Don’t really have a lot to say this week, save for it’s taken me over 5 days to reset my internal clock to get to bed and wake up at a reasonable hour. … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/12/2020 – Working From Home XII: Resetting the Clock

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   So…   This week.   I mean, I don’t really have anything to say. I’ve thought about it all this week, and…Yeah. What can be said that would either mean anything, or hasn’t … Continue reading Job Rants Thread 6/5/2020 – Working From Home Edition XI: …Y’all Right?

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   As everyone well knows, many states began to implement their soft rollout policies for certain businesses this past week; and, so far, the results are…   …We’ll see.   Anyway, between every else … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/29/2020 – Working From Home X: The Waiting Game

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday-   On Monday, Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker unveiled the four-stage plan for reopening the state. In this upcoming first stage. some businesses, such as construction services and hair salons are being permitted to operate in … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/22/2020 – Working From Home Edition IX: The Reopening?

  Hey, all;  Healthy Friday –   As per CNN, another 3 million Americans filed for unemployment last week; with that number not expected to go down any time soon. I know that we try to keep it light, here, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/15/2020 – Working From Home Edition VIII: – The Destruction of Jared-Syn

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   Hope everyone’s keeping well, both physically and mentally. I can’t speak for the rest of you, but I know that the latter has been much more a problem than the former. While I’ve … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/8/2020 – Working From Home Edition VII: Workin’ To The Music II: Breaking the Silence

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   So,, the title should really say it all. My internal clock is utterly wonked from this whole damn situation, and I need to reset it, desperately. I currently have no capacity for abstract … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/1/2020 – Job Rants Thread: Working From Home Edition VI: …Yeah, I Got Nothin’

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday-   As ever, I hope you all are keeping well, both physically and mentally, and if working, then keeping busy. As I brought up in a previous post, I’ve basically caught up with all of … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 4/14/2020 – Working From Home V: Flattening the Curve

Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   Full disclosure: I completely spaced on what day it actually was. I would have bet a paycheck on it actually being Thursday, today. I’m told that this is becoming an increasingly common problem in … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 4/17/2020 – Working From Home Edition IV: Through the Portal of Time

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing the pandemic total to over 17 million Not much else more to say this week, is there? Everyone keep your chin up. as best … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 4/10/2020 -Working From Home Edition III: Ascencion

  Hey all; Healthy Friday –   3.3 million. 3.3 million; that’s “million” with an “ill,” have applied for unemployment in the wake of the recent outbreak; with that number likely to rise. Back around 50,000 years ago, when I … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 4/3/2020 – Social (Distance) Networking

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   Hope everyone’s going well. This will mark the end of my first week of working from home, and…Well, I’m not going to complain about being bored, because I’ll likely miss it when things … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/27/2020 -Working From Home Edition II: Retribution

Hey all; Healthy Friday – So, after a very frustrating delay, my company finally put measures in place so that myself and my colleagues can finally work from home. Without being able to do the in-person interviews that we normally … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/20/2020 – Shutting Down

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   So, I thought it might be good this week to talk about the different kind of break rooms that exist in different kind of business–no, of course we’re going to be talking about … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/13/2020 – Special Pandemic Edition!

  Hey, all; Happy Friday –   No much to say, this week save for that I’ve been getting saddled with even more work due to so many of my co-workers being out “sick” this week, (I will have plenty … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/6/2020 – Open Table