My skill set is pretty niche and is in high demand right now. Agreed. I saw someone above alternating the two pronouns in a response, like He might want you to do that but you should check with them first so you do what he wants and not what you think they want.. Sie weiterhin diese Meldung erhalten, informieren Sie uns darber bitte per E-Mail (Im agender and use any pronouns in an I truly dont care sense, but I have multiple friends who transitioned away from any pronouns because they felt like people were just defaulting to the ones they were used to and denying their gender. message, please email We ensured that the representatives have been coached and understand the acceptable standards for interacting with customers and their pets going forward. So he said we could put the other devices in my husbands name and then reorder. Probably for the best. He worked his tail off and makes 7 figures at a tech company at an executive level. Im also good a regular spelling, so I guess so I guess my brain just has a problem with homophones. I definitely do that- it also helps with document creep. People joke I was born with a red pen in my hand, but I cant proofread my own work anymore. The Cydcor affiliates call themselves "direct sales and marketing firms" but it has been documented by people who worked and interviewed with the affiliates that the . The pre-fill feature saves wear & tear on my carpal tunnel/tendonitis prone hands, for example. NO. After she paid for and passed their training course, they ghosted her. He never went to college. Oh gosh no. I mean, who knows if things might change in the future? It was just another lie to get LW1 on board. What a great idea on #2 christine! Right! Im glad to give back some of the good feelings you have given me. Well that is one possibity. And OP#2 dont beat yourself up too much about this. Be the alarm bell. If you were in sales and not HR it might be one thing, but HR for a horribly run pyramid company is not ideal experience. HR told everyone. Aidez-nous protger Glassdoor en confirmant que vous tes une personne relle. I dont think they pronouns alone outs anyone. If I saw they/he, I would use they. 29899 Agoura Road, Suite . LW5 a cold call email from a recruiter can be treated like any other piece of junk mail in your snail mail. They also save money by paying us through a weird combination of salary & commission. Do you skip lunch and tell yourself NBD? If youre on the same level as these people laughing about it, and you did it without the insane debt, I dont see any negative here. But in a situation like this, its always okay to reach out to the student to clarify how theyd like to be referred to in the letter of recommendation to make sure youre on the same page as they are in terms of names/pronouns for the college application process. Is the correct thing to say: 2. Everyone I know who uses they does so because they think gender takes up way too much space in peoples identities, not because they are non binary or transgender. Literally my entire job is to not make stupid mistakes on documents, and to catch the mistakes of others. The extent to which employers are arbitrarily excluding potentially good hires with this requirement is stupid. OP2, if its not typos or the sort of mistakes that proofreading or reading out loud can catch, maybe start a process of having someone else check over your work? Get backup. I havent heard of Cydcor, but most MLMs are scams and will absolutely elicit a negative response on your resume. But if its frequent, there can be value in saying, Im aware of this and Im doing XYZ to address it., 3. It is not right, but it is a fact. Or no one encouraged you in your schoolwork. And then if someone does stay in this toxic place for 6 months, they are probably worn down enough too accept any flimsy excuse for refusing the transfer to HR. HR was showing my education level to people in the break room. Customers, their pets, and property are to be treated with the utmost care and respect. As it is, Im scared of losing this (inconsistent but always higher than minimum wage) paycheck, and Id like to use the promised HR experience to eventually transfer to a more legit company. I work in the life sciences (one of those places where you usually need a degree because of the specific things you learn getting that degree), but one of our best lab folks had a BA in music (I never quite got the story of how she went from music to cancer biology). Keep on being amazing. I wouldnt want to blow someone off who could help me if things ever went south at my current job. The Chicago-based Credico, and Cydcor, located outside Los Angeles, operate largely out of the limelight, sub-contracting with "independent" sales teams like Sway, who peddle products door-to . If it makes you feel better, I read that as blight them in the you know what and really liked the turn of phrase :). (You might already be doing that, of course!) c) Physical changes, like printing things out instead of on-screen review, possibly even w/ different font if possible; THIS IS HUGE. Finally got the third phone ordered in my husbands name and decided just to get one iPad instead of two. What actually happens is employees work 12 hrs a day, 6 days a week doing door to door sales to make maybe $300-600 (if theyre one of the successful ones who are ok hard selling stuff or happen to have a semi-decent product), while paying for their own gas, car etc. My worst one was misspelling Success as Sucess. ONE free inside look at company reviews and salaries posted anonymously the employees. and that was the second interview. It Susan had to put it under an official birth name and wasnt given the opportunity to include a preferred name, this gives them a say in how theyd like materials affiliated with their application to address any potential discrepancies. Its also not advisable to proofread your own work. But if youre more rushing just to get through it,try setting the work down after youre finished and then come back and recheck it later with fresh eyes. Shes a better manager than I would be. (Innocent question Im not a native speaker). Nonbinary folks vary a LOT, but I think most of us will take the question as a sign that you respect our identity and want to get it right. Weird vibes from the guy as if they dressed a meth dealer in nice clothes and gave him a back story to regurgitate. He formed what became DS-max. This! schools require the legal name and might not have a place on application for preferred name. When the phones arrived, we did as AT&T told us and put the return label on and directly returned the phones to void the deal. The first is what they wrote about, the second is something that does not require digging into tens of thousands of dollars of expense to solve. If its typos, I suggest making your peace with them, they are a fact of life. I appreciate it. So no, I dont think youre wrong to be upset. OP2, send it to a colleague with fresh eyes and a checklist. Its a very accepted and well-known thing. Yep- Fully agree with this. Privacy Policy and Affiliate Disclosures. Post your questions here and have them answered by people who are knowledgeable about all types of scams. they would always reply Funny how we ended up in the same place yet I have 1/3rd the student debt.. Of course this recruiter has reached out a second time, you have skills and they are trying to make money in filling a position. I would not be at all surprised if you were correct in your assumption. it gets them used to seeing the sorts of communications that are VP level appropriate (which is the first step towards writing and presenting them), it shows you trust them and have noticed their skills, and it creates a culture where you acknowledge youre not perfect (which makes it safer for your reports to acknowledge imperfections themselves). ago by LebCad Door to door Rogers scam? LW #2 A technique that people with language LDs use to proofread for spelling/typos is scanning the text backwards. (Or, like I prefer they, but Im not going to be horribly offended if you use she. Galvanized Shot. Creepiest thing I've experienced in my 22 year life. Would you mind a quick look at this for a second pair of eyes? and encourage that person to ask you for the same in return next time they have a big deadline. LW#4 -I agree with asking the student about preferred name and pronoun. No need to alternate, necessarily I think that would be unnecessary and more confusing. Dont be embarrassed if you can help it, just smile and say thanks for catching that, Ill fix it, and keep moving. My GP helped out with some meds and I got lots of cat cuddles at home. If youre passively job-hunting, this could be a good thing. OP3, you have my full empathy and my utmost respect. Consistently achieving exceptional results on behalf of its clients, Cydcor . Run away. Johnson became an activist to end child marriage and in 2018 she succeeded in her native Florida, which now has a minimum age of 17. Its not always easy to slow down when youre up against a deadline, but its necessary if it means making less errors (Ive learned the hard way once or twice this year!). But whether dealing with it by going through the expense and effort of getting a degree for the sake of having one is a good idea is also questionable. Im in the same frame of mind as you and WellRed. Actually it doesnt have to cost a lot of money. I have a problem with careless mistakes. I would be completely unsurprised if it was not OK, and when you contact someone, they say Oh, THAT company again!. Not much help from the original guy that sold us the devices. It speaks to the strength of the community youve built that people are engaging in meaningful and legitimate workplace discussions. Some dont, but just because this request might feel more unusual to you doesnt mean its any more specific than a kid who has always been named Mark and has always used he pronouns wanting to be called he.. 4. I would definitely speak to someone above her. For OP#4, why not use they for everybody? She jump up and put her front paws on his knee at which point he kicked her. I wished we never ordered anything through them and just kept our service with Verizon. Hi OP, Cydcor- a pyramid selling scheme with franchises across the country to hide its identity. There are daily meetings full of meaningless motivational speeches that translate to you should be glad to be working 80-hour weeks for us, only losers wouldnt want this opportunity. (They also dont offer benefits because offices are intentionally kept too small to be legally required to provide health insurance.). In this context, its pretty obvious that its about a single person, and I would expect most colleges to be hip to the notion of people choosing their pronouns. I use these things to help myself as a copywriter. Over the years, the employers tended more and more to require a degree I, as a more recent employee had degrees but many of the most valued and experienced employees never got one, and as time went on the economic benefit of getting one decreased. I ignored the email, but got a follow-up one from her today. One of my peers in grad school had never graduated high school (she dropped out when she chose to flee an authoritarian country), and yet she had somehow managed to work her way into a prestigious PhD program she never hid it and we were all quite impressed! This is why a second person is so important. A few years ago someone in my department made a coding mistake in a query that meant we sent the wrong data in a situation where that ended up costing us actual money, and since then weve set up formal QA/QC processes for nearly everything that leaves our department. Is this a good strategy, or will future employers be more put off by an extended stint at a shady company than by a string of retail positions? Good luck! Anyone who looks down their nose at you for your lack of degree is being elitist and has the situation backwards. Its so easy to pick up other peoples errors. Although I dont have much confidence in your HR higher ups doing the right thing. At the very start of finding out about the illegal goings on I got very distressed at the thought of all the people whod never get their money back. And follow your dreams as been discussed A LOT around here lately, particularly when those dreams lead to hefty debt and living paycheck to paycheck. Im exceedingly good at it, relatively speaking. Luckily I did spot the error at that point and while it is never a happy thing to make a change that large in galleys, it beats waiting till the thing is in print and unfixable. I also didnt graduate college (ran out of money), and Im pretty sure Im the only one in my office without an advanced degree, much less a degree at all. And if you dont have the clout theres nothing you can do: if you strike at a king you should not miss. One example: probably 50% of my errors were in presentations, where the title would say one thing (we need to increase salaries by 3.5% across the board next year), but the tables or graphs on the slide would say something else (a 3.2% increase is sufficient to stop attrition). She better not be getting the same pay! Id be concerned that someone pulling out personal info to entertain this nosy group and be the center of attention might have trouble drawing a line. It was right after the recession and I had no other opportunities so I tried it. We were Advertising and way too cool for that. You can pause in the moment to fix things, and really focus on what youre hearing/seeing. AT&T will now not refund the sales tax that we paid. They usually activate their base pretty quickly in the face of criticism. Im out with friends but not at work (if someone asked me directly I wouldnt lie, but Im not planning to come out), I want my references to use my AGAB pronouns. Got an email the next day saying two phones had shipped and that the payment didn't go through for the rest. Someone who says they use he/they means that its okay to use he/him/his or they/them/theirs, not that theyre mix-and-matching the two sets of pronouns on a per-sentence basis. I've been working for one of Cydcor's ICL's. After reading about the company, finding negative and downright frightening reviews, and then digging into how it REALLY got started; well I've decided to take employment elsewhere. OP #2 If youre primarily working with numerical errors, I might have some ideas for you in terms of how to spot errors and prioritize the errors to make the most time checking for. The more differences there are, the more easily your brain can see it as new, needs review.. Of my graduating class that went to college? Cydcor is a multi level marketing firm. Then Id begin to question why they so desperately needed that info. OP3 I went to Uni but never finished (I hated the program, and it was not something I pursued as a career, nor, in retrospect, was it something I ever wanted a career in). I know that as a cis lesbian, I wouldnt want to work anywhere where Id have to be closeted, and where the climate is so hostile that Id be fired/not hired for being gay. Thank you for your time and advice. It might actually depend on how they are applying. Long story short I ended up losing my savings on out of pocket costs. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. Writing everything out made all the things that I was brushing off as well, any first job in a field thats not your ideal is going to be a bit rough really come into focus, and then right after my break I got pushed into signing up a customer whose card got declined twice, and I realized I genuinely couldnt keep working for a company that was so blatantly scammy. Opened the iPhone and activated it and something is defiantly wrong with the speaker. BBB Business Profiles are subject to change at any time. Sorry, that sucks. Am I committing a faux pas here? There is no indication it went beyond education, but I could easily imagine the next question being about salaries. If the salary is X and we make X-$20 in commissions, our paycheck for the week will still be X, buuuuut if next week we make X+$70 in commissions, theyll take back the $20 they paid us last week to get us up to X. As a matter of policy, BBB does not endorse any product, service or business. Its a surreal, and super stressful experience for sure! But honestly Id check in with your student first to find out what they want or need in this situation. I get what you are saying but my hesitation with asking the student who has taken the big step to embracing who they are to essentially reconsider just didnt feel right. in the analysis. Or getting one for personal interest. I have a trusted colleague review if I dont have time for seasoning. Hope that helps someone in the comments. Its possible she had some legitimate use for compiling that data but it sounds like she was sharing it a gossipy way, which (a) isnt okay and (b) undermines the trust people need to have in HR to handle information sensitively. Her parents didnt want the church, or her family to be involved in a messy criminal suit she told the New York Times, so they decided to have her married. So Id always look at the biggest numbers first and double-check with other data sources to make sure I was getting them right. I had such a viscerally negative reaction, I got up and left in the middle of the interview literally while the guy was talking! I expressed my concern and he assured me that they would buy out the phones for what we owed. At a certain point your brain sees what it is expecting instead of what is actually there. But Im puzzled as to how the pyramid part works if you yourself are not required to make an initial investment. I am not arguing for the casual and regular use of deadnames here. On the rare occasion that college education or lack thereof was mentioned, most people were kind of surprised but that was about the extent of the conversations. Deployed by the Cephalon Suda, once a data-analyzing instrument the Gammacor main focus is defense. It is simply gossip. SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Summer Stephan. Even basic things like cross-reference data from X and re-run spellcheck are good to put on, because sometimes youll forget or think you already did them when you didnt. The product were selling is legitimate and reps dont have to buy a package to get started, but the training, promotion, and commission structure is 100% pyramid. If youre sort of a trusted personal mentor figure who they came out to early because they feel comfortable with you, yeah, Id check in. Among the many hats I wear I also write a lot of recommendation letters for students who are applying to colleges and universities, scholarships, and other activities such as internships and job opportunities. Im very sorry this happened to you. This is super reassuring to hear, thank you! Square Consulting "pyramid scheme" Reviews. At first, I told him that we were not interested as we all have brand new iPhone 11s from Verizon. )and of course, theres the old Johnny Cash song about a Boy Named Sue. Our HR manager is very immature and has done several things that I question (mostly sharing private information) but I tend to just mind my own business. If financially its not an option to just quit, Id recommend continuing to actively look for something else. This meant we always had to bring in new customers constantly. yes, for the 2nd person. Put the awkward on them: why is that funny? I have a degree. After the second interview I did NOT get a call back, although they told me that theyd call me before 7 PM that day even if it was a no. Experience at the company has caused you to have ethical concerns, and so you are looking for another role. And I eventually ended up in a career completely unrelated to my degree anyhow (virology degree, work in IT). The only people I know who use it (and there are a lot of them) are all nonbinary. Answer: they sell anything and everything. TWO THINGS I learned in the field kept me from going back my second day though. Als u dit bericht blijft zien, stuur dan een e-mail Said teacher was a math teacher and writing was not one of his strengths. Ill add that to the answer. I also dont want the admissions committee to think I am writing about the wrong student or recycled a letter and forgot to change the pronouns. We upgraded two of them to 264gb. 99% fail and just make money for the few at the top of the pyramid. and the one thing Ive learned is that it is nearly impossible to have a 100% perfect document, even if it is proofed by multiple people. I had a similar experience around the same time. I think the issue that people are taking is that getting a degree isnt the cure for OP#3s problems that their HR person has serious boundary issues, primarily, nor their stated insecurity about their lack of degree despite their professional success. When you use this technique explanations such as, I was rushing, I was tired etc all get chucked to one side. . Do you want me to be spending 10% of my work on that? Paid taxes and then got an email saying to update payment information which again I couldn't. It really depends on personal goals, industry, prospects after degree, etc. Im far more impressed than I would be by a degree. Typos about inconsequential things still slip through, possibly because we are all focusing ion the substantial staff and our eyes glide over the blah-blah. Which is genuinely what happened, and means that my jobs with more legitimate skills/achievements dont get pushed off the page. . I was close. naar It really forces me to slow down and shift my perspective a little so that Im not just seeing what I know should be there, rather than what actually is there. I only know about a handful of my co-workers and thats because it came up in conversation (for example, one person wearing a hat and decorating their desk with college memorabilia since theyre still excited about it). Its all one company continuously changing its name. However, BBB does not verify the accuracy of information provided by third parties, and does not guarantee the accuracy of any information in Business Profiles. I barely lasted two days at a marketing company in the mid-00s that was going door to door getting small business owners to switch their phone service. Why on earth would they take on a commitment like that for no reason? Yes, this. I second the suggestion to put the document down, do something else for a little while, and then go back and look at it again once your brain has changed gears. And have to train yourself not to autopilot or skim your way through. I didnt last long there. And while it wont help your resume, neither will it be the kiss of death. I would hesitate to assume that every application reviewer at every school is adequately familiar with gender identity for this use of pronouns not to be confusing. You have to really work to train yourself to see every letter and word individually. I got Word to read my essays to me in university for that reason, but it really doesnt like reading anything earlier than 1900 as a year. Just use the pronouns. Its five answers to five questions. RED FLAG 1. The biggest proofing mistakes that I have made or I have known about directly involved headings and charts. If you think the HR persons boss would take you seriously, I recommend reporting this. We only use that information when discussing talent/development, not guess who went to X school or guess who only has Y level of education.. To the surprise of no one in the world except the board, they did not share the boards belief that the honor of working there was more valuable than a pay raise. Uh, I dont think Tumblr is a legitimate source of career advice (and I say this as a former user). Seasonal work in retail or warehouse work can be very lucrative these months if youre able to work overtime, and while theyre not easy jobs they typically dont invite moral dilemna. why do people insist on writing an entire message in the email subject line? I dont know how well that works with the OPs data-focused presentations, though. I know this Cydcor ruse. PEOPLE DONT GET ALONG AT WORK- ITS LIFE. There is a lot of information that is not private that one should use discretion in sharing. I often see small typo/grammatical errors in our management presentations. December 28, 2014 theghostofrepspast Cydcor, Cydcor Pyramid Scheme, Cydcor Scam, Dirtbags, Ponzi Scheme, Scumbags, War Criminals Leave a comment Email this Report . Honestly this seems moot anyway, since Susan should never be in a position to see the recommendation letter. Other commenters have raised other valid concerns about this particular issue, but admission staff have to look at literally thousands of letters of rec every application cycle, so I wouldnt sweat the negative impact aspect of this. Yes and if a particular college isnt, then presumably the student wouldnt be applying there. Perhaps get a friendly colleague to scan through any presentations? Which is why he is a former police officer. You proofread their stuff, and they proofread yours. There are many ways to learn a skill; a college education is only one, an expensive one, and not even always the best one. When looking for the root cause, I realized I usually made these mistakes because the analysis I did to get this number would often undergo a change after I initially created the slide. You > Them. Finally graduated with $80K in debt and two masters degrees in 2010, after my new field (biology) had just offshored 95% of its lab tech jobs. Honestly though I really try not to do anything majorly important in the afternoon, or do it and wait until the morning to send it if at all possible because I know I am sharpest in the morning. I also come from a blue collar family, of people who are also proud of what they do, and I would never dream of making fun of someone for having less education. OP, this is something to raise to your boss or higher up HR people. I agree that the LW should reach out to student to see how they want to be addressed. Theres enough unique family traditions, historical changes in usage, etc that itd probably either get no notice whatsoever or just a brief one-off thought huh, havent met a man named Susan before, but okay. Full stop, no explanation needed. One woman called him out on it as she had just bought her paper the day before- in response, this salesman of Cydcor for 3 years, was baffled as to what to do besides ask her twice to confirm that the cheaper price was not a special sale price. I always find stuff. Leave your permanent job for this 6 month contract! No, you are barking up the wrong tree here. Agree. I now have a job at a legal firm, and funnily enough, the interview I did for the scam job was way harder than the one I did for the law firm. Yeah. Working retail sucks in nearly every way, but it produces a paycheck. I found out why a mistake occurred and decided what I would do differently so the mistake did not happen again.
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