Well, I'm going back. BUT NOT TO AUDIT!!!!!! Never again to audit...but...never say never....see how my life plans have clearly drastically changed in, oh, say, the last 15 years??!!!
At 23, I was supposed to be engaged.
25, married.
27, babies...
I'm already behind.
And where did my career figure into all this?
I think I was supposed to be a cashier or bank teller making $50/hr.
Oh, the dreams of an 8-year-old....
NOW....
I'm at The Firm again. Doing HR, which I said I'd never do. But hey, at least it's NOT AUDIT!
(News reporter voice:)
"Will Ro still be Woe? Will she change jobs again in less than a year? How long will it take for her to HML all over again???"
BPL...I need your help...need to come up with a whole new HML-o-meter scale!
(PS - I just re-read the post and it sounds extremely negative. But I'm actually not - I'm still really excited about the change! Current HML-o-meter reading - 0.)
Friday, April 29, 2005
Monday, April 25, 2005
Reality Check
Guess what I just read in the Metro today.
"In 2002...the top 10% of [tax return] filers had income of more than $64,500, the lowest 50% of filers had income equal to or less than $23,000, and the remaining 40% had income levels between $23,000 and $64,500."
So that's:
10% of population - $64,500 +
40% of population - $23,000 - $64,500
50% of population - <$23,000
Granted, there's been some inflation since 2002 - but given the most recent CA salary survey, the average salary for a brand new qualified CA is $65,000. So that means that as soon as you've got your CA hours, you're in the top 10% of the Canadian population income bracket - at least, for those who file tax returns. In fact, probably there are even more people in the <$23,000 category who DON'T file tax returns because they don't think it's worth filing, they don't make enough money, don't know how to do it - etc. So it might be more like the top 7 or 8% of the Canadian population.
How crazy is that??????
"In 2002...the top 10% of [tax return] filers had income of more than $64,500, the lowest 50% of filers had income equal to or less than $23,000, and the remaining 40% had income levels between $23,000 and $64,500."
So that's:
10% of population - $64,500 +
40% of population - $23,000 - $64,500
50% of population - <$23,000
Granted, there's been some inflation since 2002 - but given the most recent CA salary survey, the average salary for a brand new qualified CA is $65,000. So that means that as soon as you've got your CA hours, you're in the top 10% of the Canadian population income bracket - at least, for those who file tax returns. In fact, probably there are even more people in the <$23,000 category who DON'T file tax returns because they don't think it's worth filing, they don't make enough money, don't know how to do it - etc. So it might be more like the top 7 or 8% of the Canadian population.
How crazy is that??????
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
HML-O-METER
This is the OFFICIAL meter reading for Woe only - it is OFFICIALLY UNSANCTIONED by the HML governing council, as per Bullpen L.
0 - I'm in paradise. Life will never feel this good again.
1 - Then I am forced to wake up and get out of bed in the morning.
2 - Now I'm at work.
3 - Rejected by candidate on cold call.
4 - Rejected by client on marketing call.
5 - Actually speak to someone! It's a client! Client rejects my candidates.
6 - Client tells me that I'm an idiot for sending the candidate, they're firing me.
7 - Actually speak to a candidate! Candidate rejects my client.
8 - Candidate tells me they hate me, don't ever call them again.
9 - Client accepts my candidate, refuses to pay me.
10 - I kill myself and enter the gates of hell.
I see that this is just a work thing. There need to be various other readings, such as:
8 - Accidentally saved an auto-recovered document over the document I really needed. Now have to look like an idiot to tech support to get the older document back.
9 - Cell phone provider screws me repeatedly by rejecting my polite requests for decent customer service & a free phone. I waste hours and hours of my time. At my current hourly salary, that would be worth....$0.
Of course, the level of these events will automatically increase depending on the number of HML events that have already occurred during the day. An event normally at level 1 would be escalated to level 8 if it was 5 pm and multiple level 1 events have already occured.
There, BPL - just for you!!! UNSANCTIONED!!!
0 - I'm in paradise. Life will never feel this good again.
1 - Then I am forced to wake up and get out of bed in the morning.
2 - Now I'm at work.
3 - Rejected by candidate on cold call.
4 - Rejected by client on marketing call.
5 - Actually speak to someone! It's a client! Client rejects my candidates.
6 - Client tells me that I'm an idiot for sending the candidate, they're firing me.
7 - Actually speak to a candidate! Candidate rejects my client.
8 - Candidate tells me they hate me, don't ever call them again.
9 - Client accepts my candidate, refuses to pay me.
10 - I kill myself and enter the gates of hell.
I see that this is just a work thing. There need to be various other readings, such as:
8 - Accidentally saved an auto-recovered document over the document I really needed. Now have to look like an idiot to tech support to get the older document back.
9 - Cell phone provider screws me repeatedly by rejecting my polite requests for decent customer service & a free phone. I waste hours and hours of my time. At my current hourly salary, that would be worth....$0.
Of course, the level of these events will automatically increase depending on the number of HML events that have already occurred during the day. An event normally at level 1 would be escalated to level 8 if it was 5 pm and multiple level 1 events have already occured.
There, BPL - just for you!!! UNSANCTIONED!!!
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