In academia, we laugh at your COLA. Does not exist. You get your 2.75% annual "merit" raise and are supposed to be thankful.
ETA Except in years where we get no raise at all.
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
'Lessons'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
flea - Feb 05, 2009 2:52:45 pm PST #5227 of 30000
information libertarian
Sophia Brooks - Feb 05, 2009 2:55:54 pm PST #5228 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yeah-- we never, ever get anything but COLA-- our "merit" raises are 3%!
I am lucky because a) I got a huge increase at my previous job at the uni and b) I was reclassifie709ooooooooooooooooo9999999999999999987pppppppppp
last year.
Also, I decided to leave the effectsof my cat on the keyboard.
Steph L. - Feb 05, 2009 2:56:40 pm PST #5229 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
In academia, we laugh at your COLA. Does not exist. You get your 2.75% annual "merit" raise and are supposed to be thankful.
ETA Except in years where we get no raise at all.
Hey, that's MY job! (And we're not even academia....)
Jesse - Feb 05, 2009 2:56:51 pm PST #5230 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, last year was the first in my career where I got a "standard" pay increase.
ION, I heard my grandmother say "fuck" this evening. I am traumatized. Granted, she was reporting someone else's conversation, but STILL.
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2009 3:03:17 pm PST #5231 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sophia, your cat has stretched the board.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 05, 2009 3:08:21 pm PST #5232 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think I fixed it!
But now she is eating my chicken.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 05, 2009 3:45:51 pm PST #5233 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
OK, buffalo burgers tonight were considerably better than Play-Do coonsistency cheesy rice last night.
sarameg - Feb 05, 2009 3:47:38 pm PST #5234 of 30000
I think Loki is getting fat.
msbelle - Feb 05, 2009 3:49:15 pm PST #5235 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
what is the rhyme to easy peasy ____ ______?
megan walker - Feb 05, 2009 3:53:15 pm PST #5236 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Doc and Sneezy?