We do 1 - 3 in university land. 2 % is the norm and 3% is extra special. Mostly, you need to move to a new position to get an increase that is larger than that.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 25, 2008 10:27:06 am PST #5493 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
lisah - Jan 25, 2008 10:30:59 am PST #5494 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
ooh one of my bosses just walked over to say he was going to happy hour around the corner. to invite us I mean, not to brag. sweet!
aurelia - Jan 25, 2008 10:33:42 am PST #5495 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Something near 30% of my income comes bi-weekly but the rest of it varies wildly. I didn't get anything else for the first half of Jan but I should have 3-4 additional checks in the next couple of weeks. My budgeting is like my bowling approach. If I overanalyze it I get all screwed up.
ION, Tommy Tune is in the building today. I haven't seen him yet though.
Glamcookie - Jan 25, 2008 10:37:23 am PST #5496 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Do you tip a cleaning service?
Trudy Booth - Jan 25, 2008 10:38:26 am PST #5497 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Do you tip a cleaning service?
I would, but I'm a little tip-happy and I've never actually had one.
Glamcookie - Jan 25, 2008 10:40:36 am PST #5498 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
They are doing a really good job. Is it cool to just add it to the check total do you think? I don't have cash on me.
Pix - Jan 25, 2008 10:40:43 am PST #5499 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I don't tip every time, but I give a huge bonus/tip around the holidays.
Glamcookie - Jan 25, 2008 10:41:48 am PST #5500 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
They are here to do a post-construction cleaning, but I think I'm going to start having them come every two weeks.
Pix - Jan 25, 2008 10:43:34 am PST #5501 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
That's what we started doing this past fall, and it's been a godsend.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2008 10:46:49 am PST #5502 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Until embarrassingly recently, it never even occurred to me that someone wouldn't live paycheck-to-paycheck.
I have a small emergency fund (~1 month's expenses in a high[ish]-yield online savings account), and a "cushion" of sorts in savings at my local bank (in case monthly bills are high, or the car insurance premium is due, etc.), but for the most part, my paychecks (which go into my checking account) are budgeted and every dollar is accounted for.
Is that paycheck-to-paycheck? I've never been quite clear on what people mean when they use that phrase. Or is it one of those phrases that might mean different things to different people?
Ever since I moved in with The Boy, my minimum monthly expenses come out to just about 1 takehome paycheck (I get paid every other week), but I have a year of car payments left, along with a little over $9,000 in credit card debt (0%, fortunately), so I'm throwing as much of the rest of my monthly income at my debt as I possibly can.
In fact, this month marks the first time in literally years that my credit card debt will be under $10,000. I aim to get it paid off by the end of 2008, if not sooner.