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Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:25 pm to
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
19726 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:25 pm to
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Boss and his wife love me.


Posted by SouthernStyled
Member since Apr 2021
1307 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:29 pm to
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real estate appraiser.



Going the way of th dodo.
Posted by blueboxer1119
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2013
9685 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:37 pm to
I pay my mexican laborers $20/hr.

You are underpaid and need to ditch the "loyalty" to your employer. Make no mistake, he doesn't give a frick about you personally. He wants the best worker for the lowest wage and he's found that in you.

Make a plan. If you want to stay in this business, Id start planting seeds with customers like someone mentioned.

Make yourself the face of the company and start your own thing in a few years. Take customers. Additionally, it never hurts to inconspicuously rub elbows with competitors. I got 2 jobs this way in my 20s.

If you show loyalty to an employer, it'll just hold you back professionally.

Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37536 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:39 pm to
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I pay my mexican laborers $20/hr.

You are underpaid and need to ditch the "loyalty" to your employer. Make no mistake, he doesn't give a frick about you personally. He wants the best worker for the lowest wage and he's found that in you.

Make a plan. If you want to stay in this business, Id start planting seeds with customers like someone mentioned.

Make yourself the face of the company and start your own thing in a few years. Take customers. Additionally, it never hurts to inconspicuously rub elbows with competitors. I got 2 jobs this way in my 20s.

If you show loyalty to an employer, it'll just hold you back professionally.


He's at a college job, take the better experience for what you want to do long term. The benefits or $2 an hour don't really matter.

Yall are overcomplicating the shite out of this
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
58563 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:43 pm to
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as soon as I finish my degree (2 more years).


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Company is very chill and laid back.


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I probably only spend 60-70% of the day actually working.


Stay where you are until you finish your degree. The degree is your focus.
This post was edited on 6/3/21 at 2:44 pm
Posted by Mr Clean
Power I-Formation
Member since Aug 2006
53252 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:44 pm to
Don’t go to law school
Posted by DemonKA3268
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2015
21240 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:48 pm to
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Popeyes is paying more. Go do that.


Only if you are okay with this.
Posted by Steve Nebraska
Gooberville
Member since Jun 2021
59 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:50 pm to
Snitches get stitched
Posted by Archer
Murica
Member since Jan 2021
474 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:50 pm to
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22 year old needing career advice


Honestly, what do you like to do? See if their are certifications to do this and what they cost. If not then trade school, while working then get out of both the jobs you listed and prosper.
Posted by White Bear
Deer-Thirty
Member since Jul 2014
17431 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:51 pm to
Your boss loves you because you’re working basically for free baw. He didn’t get loaded by being a generous fool.
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
22138 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:58 pm to
You need to go to trade school
Posted by Traveler
I'm not late-I'm early for tomorrow
Member since Sep 2003
26276 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:03 pm to
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airplane maintenance

You better have another job while you spend the next 24 months in a class 7 hours a day, five days a week before you are signed off to take the tests and the oral and practical exam to get certificated.
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at nearly 40

Even in avionics, 40 is kinda late to get started in aviation. Most companies look at that as a negative with no actual hands on experience brought forward, esp in avionics or as an electrician.
This post was edited on 6/3/21 at 3:24 pm
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
33128 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:14 pm to
The two things I would do are

1. Tell your boss you got another job offer at a larger company for more money, don’t tell him how much. Negotiate higher pay or, even better, negotiate commission for the stuff you are selling, then you can sell sell sell and make more money, and help your boss out at the same time.

2. Go back to the bank and negotiate higher pay, not just $1-$2 more but $10 more. Or take the same approach and ask for some kind of commission
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6971 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:31 pm to
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I am also pretty close with my boss who is loaded and I feel like I could move up to pretty much being his assistant

Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12291 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:34 pm to
There is only one correct answer.

Waitr your way to OT baller status.
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
35881 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:38 pm to
Get the one with benefits, get a CompTIA A+ certificate and Security + and double your income by the end of the year with a different job.
Posted by wheelr
Banned
Member since Jul 2012
5951 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:51 pm to
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AML (anti money laundering) analyst for a smallish bank


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Pay: $12 an hour


Banks are really going all out for security.
Posted by seawolf06
NH
Member since Oct 2007
8159 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:56 pm to
Go for the AML position.
Posted by DCtiger1
Member since Jul 2009
11495 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:58 pm to
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I probably only spend 60-70% of the day actually working.


And you’re proud of this why?
Posted by charminultra
Member since Jan 2020
2779 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:03 pm to
Enterprise Rent-a-Car. They have a great corporate structure, and give you the tools to being your own boss
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