Welcome to the 31st installment of my newsletter about my two very favorite things in the world. Hello. I watched another show on an airplane: At the end of February I got a new job, so I quit my current/old job, only to be un-offered my ‘new’ job after being ghosted for a week. I almost considered writing Ask A Manager, since this is literally never supposed to happen - women in particular, we are told, should always counter-offer, always negotiate, always ask for more (money, vacation days, flex time, whatever) - what’s the worst that could happen? They’ll say no! Your prospective employer will never, actually, rescind the offer. But: It Happened To Me. I was dumbfounded and scrambling. Should I try to get my old job back? But I had decided to quit in October 2018, when, after a full day of back-row coach class travel (on an UNPAID SATURDAY), I checked into a corporate apartment that hadn’t been cleaned since the last occupant left, and my supervisor told me I should “change the sheets myself” instead of agreeing to pay for a night in a hotel. That is the kind of thing that really makes you despise your work, and what you will put up with to remain on an ‘affordable’ health insurance plan. I decided to drain my 401k and live off that until I found another job. “But your 401k is for retirement!” one of my work friends said. Hah! I’ll be 60 in 22 years, exactly when climate change will, according to
Coffee & TV: Blue Bottle, Friends From College
Coffee & TV: Blue Bottle, Friends From…
Coffee & TV: Blue Bottle, Friends From College
Welcome to the 31st installment of my newsletter about my two very favorite things in the world. Hello. I watched another show on an airplane: At the end of February I got a new job, so I quit my current/old job, only to be un-offered my ‘new’ job after being ghosted for a week. I almost considered writing Ask A Manager, since this is literally never supposed to happen - women in particular, we are told, should always counter-offer, always negotiate, always ask for more (money, vacation days, flex time, whatever) - what’s the worst that could happen? They’ll say no! Your prospective employer will never, actually, rescind the offer. But: It Happened To Me. I was dumbfounded and scrambling. Should I try to get my old job back? But I had decided to quit in October 2018, when, after a full day of back-row coach class travel (on an UNPAID SATURDAY), I checked into a corporate apartment that hadn’t been cleaned since the last occupant left, and my supervisor told me I should “change the sheets myself” instead of agreeing to pay for a night in a hotel. That is the kind of thing that really makes you despise your work, and what you will put up with to remain on an ‘affordable’ health insurance plan. I decided to drain my 401k and live off that until I found another job. “But your 401k is for retirement!” one of my work friends said. Hah! I’ll be 60 in 22 years, exactly when climate change will, according to