Cyclonicmicroburst's posts
Posted in Greetings~
Posted 3 years ago
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@Totalanimefan: That's true, I'm just always hesitant because "level of skill" is subjective and nonlinear, so I get easily intimidated by those with more refined skills. But I will check out that forum 🖤 Do you dabble in art at all?
Colors are very nice and those things hanging from the ceiling are super cute too~ Can't wait for events, goodness.
Colors are very nice and those things hanging from the ceiling are super cute too~ Can't wait for events, goodness.
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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Every few months something financial seems to pop up, so any paychecks that would be a little bit of a buffer I end up using every penny of it and I just can't get ahead. Hopefully now it will be different as this past shift drop was far easier to get shifts that it has been.
My partner and I only want to work the same schedule as we carpool and it just makes sense. So we just pick whatever day shifts are available, take a breath, and then compare schedules. We then assess what we are doing in the coming week and drop any shifts tat we don't share/can't work.
It seems to be working thus far, thank God.
My partner and I only want to work the same schedule as we carpool and it just makes sense. So we just pick whatever day shifts are available, take a breath, and then compare schedules. We then assess what we are doing in the coming week and drop any shifts tat we don't share/can't work.
It seems to be working thus far, thank God.
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Posted in Greetings~
Posted 3 years ago
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@Totalanimefan: I will definitely keep my eyes open for more application openings after a few months. it would look good on my resume and in my portfolio, haha.
That's a really good suggestion! My stuff is kinda all over the place aesthetic-wise, but I'm sure someone would enjoy seeing it ^^;
Love the new look btw~
That's a really good suggestion! My stuff is kinda all over the place aesthetic-wise, but I'm sure someone would enjoy seeing it ^^;
Love the new look btw~
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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The reason it has been difficult to get hours is because of the shift code that we are on. We are on something called FlexRT- "Flexible Reduced Time." This means that instead of the 4 10's like the rest of the building, we are allowed to only work a minimum of 30 hours per week and we can pick our own shifts each week. They are in 5 hour increments, so if we wanted to work a "full day" we would select two 5 hour shifts back to back.
These shifts are available every week at 6pm for the following week. The amount of shifts available per 5 hour slots is all based on work load/volume. From January to May-ish is the slowest time of the year for work so there are less shifts available, meaning that some weeks we were only working 15 hours because that's all we could select before other Flex Associates got them.
When I tell you that by 6:03pm on shift drop day almost every shifts is gone (both day shift and night shift) I am not joking. It has been quite stressful because nowhere in this city will hire at the wage we're getting as the minimum wage in Florida is a measly $10. It was $8.56 when I moved here.
Finding another job would be a better option than worrying about a paycheck you'd think, but this type of shift code has worked in our favor for a few things over the past almost-year we've been on it so it's has been a struggle to just give it up. Believe me- we have been looking for another jobs since April last year but nothing has aligned right for what we need.
One of my most despised sentences I hear when I tell people at my job that I'm a Flex Associate is, "Oh you're on Flex? So you get to work whenever you want!"
No. If I could truly work WhEn I wAnT, my schedule would look a lot different each week.
I haven't had a steady week's schedule in m o n t h s.
These shifts are available every week at 6pm for the following week. The amount of shifts available per 5 hour slots is all based on work load/volume. From January to May-ish is the slowest time of the year for work so there are less shifts available, meaning that some weeks we were only working 15 hours because that's all we could select before other Flex Associates got them.
When I tell you that by 6:03pm on shift drop day almost every shifts is gone (both day shift and night shift) I am not joking. It has been quite stressful because nowhere in this city will hire at the wage we're getting as the minimum wage in Florida is a measly $10. It was $8.56 when I moved here.
Finding another job would be a better option than worrying about a paycheck you'd think, but this type of shift code has worked in our favor for a few things over the past almost-year we've been on it so it's has been a struggle to just give it up. Believe me- we have been looking for another jobs since April last year but nothing has aligned right for what we need.
One of my most despised sentences I hear when I tell people at my job that I'm a Flex Associate is, "Oh you're on Flex? So you get to work whenever you want!"
No. If I could truly work WhEn I wAnT, my schedule would look a lot different each week.
I haven't had a steady week's schedule in m o n t h s.
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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No seriously. I know some abhorrent things about some of my coworkers and it's sickening being in the same building as those people.
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Posted in Greetings~
Posted 3 years ago
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@Totalanimefan: That's true, just gotta wait patiently I suppose.
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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So I have the displeasure of working at an Amazon facility. I've been with the company since late 2021 and I've been at two buildings. I've been at my current building for a year and a half. I used to work with my partner and my friend until April last year, then my friend quit because of some bs that happened (I'll get into it at some point I'm sure), but my partner is still working with me.
The kind of facility we work at is staffed in teams of at least 2 for each section in our department, and we've made it very clear that we want to be staffed together. We have been priveldge enough that our managers see how well we work together and how hard we work so they always schedule us together. I could not mentally handle with working with just anyone, especially some of the actually horrible people who're somehow still on payroll.
The kind of facility we work at is staffed in teams of at least 2 for each section in our department, and we've made it very clear that we want to be staffed together. We have been priveldge enough that our managers see how well we work together and how hard we work so they always schedule us together. I could not mentally handle with working with just anyone, especially some of the actually horrible people who're somehow still on payroll.
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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We have until July to pay for our tickets, and I'm sure we'll be fine because work is picking up literally next week so we'll be picking up more hours. I'm so excited for the food AnYtImE yOu WaNt. I'm gonna be comatose the whole time.
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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Okay so Mercy, that's a year out. You don't have to worry about that for a while. You'll be fine!
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There's so many other things I am stressed out about; I'm merely compartmentalizing the big move for right now because if I process my feelings and fears I'll just shut down.
For my partner's 22nd birthday we're going on a cruise. Neither my friend nor I have ever been on one, and my partner and their family has gone on a lot of them so they want us to experience that with them too. Plus my friend and my partner share the same birthday (yes that's right) so it's going to be a birthday jamboree for both of them. This is the end of September.
I'm really jazzed about it but we have only paid the deposit, which is a far sight from the grand total. Because of how our job has been lately, it's been difficult to get hours so we haven't been able to get ahead since probably January. Every month it's been "just enough" for bills, and that's not including all the grocery costs my friend has been spotting us for. My friend is literally keeping me and partner alive and I don't know why he cares about us so much lmao
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There's so many other things I am stressed out about; I'm merely compartmentalizing the big move for right now because if I process my feelings and fears I'll just shut down.
For my partner's 22nd birthday we're going on a cruise. Neither my friend nor I have ever been on one, and my partner and their family has gone on a lot of them so they want us to experience that with them too. Plus my friend and my partner share the same birthday (yes that's right) so it's going to be a birthday jamboree for both of them. This is the end of September.
I'm really jazzed about it but we have only paid the deposit, which is a far sight from the grand total. Because of how our job has been lately, it's been difficult to get hours so we haven't been able to get ahead since probably January. Every month it's been "just enough" for bills, and that's not including all the grocery costs my friend has been spotting us for. My friend is literally keeping me and partner alive and I don't know why he cares about us so much lmao
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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Right now we are realistically looking at at least one year out to be able to move to the west coast. My partner's brother and his girlfriend are both coming as well. They think it's a great idea since the Netherlands was pushed back quite a bit, and they are both extremely like-minded to me and my partner. Plus I don't think my partner could live without them to be honest. They're both really good eggs. Their kids are also really good??
Oh God that's another thing to add to the main post: ✨children✨
Oh God that's another thing to add to the main post: ✨children✨
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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My partner is trying to get their dream car and the listing they just checked out listed the wrong oedometer reading. They found out only after driving 5 hours to another state. God this sucks...
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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We know we have to get our of this state and we have our sites set on the cold-water West Coast.
California is kind of out of the question as it costs an arm and a leg (maybe both) to live there. Couldn't go to Washington because of a certain person living there (long story, not my story to tell, just know it is bad and I'll kill the person on site if I ever see him), so lovely, wet, green Oregon it is!
I've been to Oregon a number of times since my step-dad's sister has a time share that she more often than not does not use. Because of this, she has let my step-dad use it periodically and he has brought my mom and me along for week-long mini vacations. When I say that the resort we stayed in every time gave me the absolute best night's sleep of my life, I am not exaggerating.
Moving that far means finding housing. Yay.
My friend is a veteran so he gets home loans very easily, but his credit is bad from years of supporting his parents, so we don't have a huge amount of money to work with. The housing market just gets worse the farther left on the map you go, so it's going to be a struggle finding he right place with enough space for us all. It will ultimately be 4 adults (maybe 5 if our other friend moves with us), and currently 7 cats. Based on that, renting just is not an option for us unfortunately.
He currently owns the home we all three live in (and it's a lemon let me TELL YA) and it has been a rocky journey in the year and a half we've lived here. It's a major stressor is all of our lives that's slowly chipping away our will.
California is kind of out of the question as it costs an arm and a leg (maybe both) to live there. Couldn't go to Washington because of a certain person living there (long story, not my story to tell, just know it is bad and I'll kill the person on site if I ever see him), so lovely, wet, green Oregon it is!
I've been to Oregon a number of times since my step-dad's sister has a time share that she more often than not does not use. Because of this, she has let my step-dad use it periodically and he has brought my mom and me along for week-long mini vacations. When I say that the resort we stayed in every time gave me the absolute best night's sleep of my life, I am not exaggerating.
Moving that far means finding housing. Yay.
My friend is a veteran so he gets home loans very easily, but his credit is bad from years of supporting his parents, so we don't have a huge amount of money to work with. The housing market just gets worse the farther left on the map you go, so it's going to be a struggle finding he right place with enough space for us all. It will ultimately be 4 adults (maybe 5 if our other friend moves with us), and currently 7 cats. Based on that, renting just is not an option for us unfortunately.
He currently owns the home we all three live in (and it's a lemon let me TELL YA) and it has been a rocky journey in the year and a half we've lived here. It's a major stressor is all of our lives that's slowly chipping away our will.
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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Operation N Foreseeable Future: Not Gonna Happen.
Knowing that was pushed back indefinitely, we had to think of something, think of somewhere else to live. Florida is literally killing me. I left my hometown to become the person I should be and want to be and flourish, and instead I am walking around with eggshells at my feet and a beartrap around my neck.
Knowing that was pushed back indefinitely, we had to think of something, think of somewhere else to live. Florida is literally killing me. I left my hometown to become the person I should be and want to be and flourish, and instead I am walking around with eggshells at my feet and a beartrap around my neck.
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Posted in Have Mercy
Posted 3 years ago
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So that was the plan- roughly- to move early 2021. It was moved to late 2021, then got pushed back to when my friend's husband got back from Guam in 2024. I couldn't make that jump and leave my friend to live by himself looking after the house and all our pets. He doesn't do well by himself and I care about him too much to give him an almost death sentence.
So 2023 when he gets back from Guam yes nice and good...
... Then the Russia-Ukraine war started.
It changed our plans a bit, to say the least.
So 2023 when he gets back from Guam yes nice and good...
... Then the Russia-Ukraine war started.
It changed our plans a bit, to say the least.
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