u/Emotional_Celery_222

Hi! Basically what the title says lol. I know Pepsi is obviously a huge company so I’m trying to gauge what the average wait time to expect is.

Waiting in limbo is so tough lol - I keep telling myself it was Memorial Day Weekend, some people were probably off, it's a big company with a lot of internal processes, etc. ChatGPT is telling me to wait until this Thursday to check in, but there's nobody I trust more than the friends of Reddit. What should I do? TIA!

I've been seeing a new therapist since February, usually twice per week. I was deciding between two therapists at the time and chose this one. Overall, she's been helping me through a difficult transition period in my life, and there are things I genuinely appreciate about her, but lately I've been questioning whether this is the right fit.

Some positives:

• She gave me a free consultation session before I committed.
• She seems genuinely caring.
• She has helped me through a difficult transition period.
• She introduced me to the concept of HSPs (highly sensitive people), which resonated with me.
• She's lent me books to read.
• Sessions sometimes run over time, so I never feel rushed.
• She gives me plenty of space to talk.
• Her scheduling is flexible (i.e., not a rigid day/time every week)
• She regularly asks how I'm feeling about the therapeutic relationship.

Some concerns:

• Since February, she's asked if I can move my appointment the day of around 6-8 times. These requests are for the same day (typically within 15 min - 3 hours of the original time), but it happens often enough that it's started bothering me.
• This past week, she tried to move my appointment 45 min later the day of. I couldn't do it, and she said that was fine. She then called me 20 min before my appt to tell me she wouldn't make it at all because she was stuck in traffic after a doctor's appt. She gave me an alternative option for 2 days later and was very apologetic/said it's not like her to do this, but again, this is getting to be a pattern (relating back to the first bullet).
• She self-discloses quite a bit. I understand therapists sometimes do this intentionally as a method to build the relationship, but often it feels unrelated to what I'm talking about and doesn't really get brought back to my situation/original point.
• Some of the things she's shared have felt very heavy, and one time she cried while sharing something personal. I'm an empath and it affected me hard.
• She has made a few comments that rubbed me the wrong way about certain blue-collar professions (i.e., showing a general lack of respect / downplaying)
• I once shared I dated someone in high school who I believe had narcissistic personality disorder in, and she responded by saying "all teenagers are narcissists, right?" which felt dismissive, especially for someone who claims to specialize in mood disorders.
• We were discussing some difficult topics one week and I told her I needed to slow down because strong emotions were coming up. A few weeks later she asked if I'm ready to talk about them, and I reminded her of the difficult feelings convo we had. She didn't seem to remember that conversation and suggested maybe I'd only mentioned it "in passing."
• One day she forgot to turn on the white noise machine, and I could very clearly hear another client's session before mine.
• She brings up convos she has with other clients about their lives (again going back to the self-disclosure thing), but anonymizes them. I've never really had a therapist do this before, but again, she makes it anonymous, so maybe this is more of a beige flag.

The complicating factor is that I tend to be somewhat avoidant when conflict comes up. Part of me thinks I should bring these concerns up directly and see how she responds. Another part of me feels like it's more than a simple conversation / maybe we're just not on the same wavelength and it's okay to move on and just let her know.

If you were in my position, would you have a conversation first, or would you start looking for a different therapist? Thanks so much in advance if you read this far!

I haven’t been asked this yet in the interview process (I’m 2 rounds in for reference) but am assuming it’ll come up during the offer stage (someone pls feel free to correct me if that’s not the standard, I’m just assuming)!

I ideally would want to start 3 weeks after the background check officially clears (2 weeks to give notice to my current employer + 1 week for a transition period between jobs).

Is it acceptable to say something like, “I’d want to give my current team notice, which is typically 2-3 weeks.”? Idk if it’s necessarily “professional” to bring up the background check thing in my answer. I’ve just heard from friends to be never tell your current employer you’re leaving until your background check officially clears.

Thanks so much in advance for any advice everyone!! This is my second job so all jobs beforehand just gave me the start date automatically (internships, cohort training program with same start date, etc.)

Basically what the title says lol

for context, this is my dream job / #1 at the moment. they also didn't answer an email i sent a few days beforehand when i had a question regarding timing, so i'm not sure if their inbox is just flooded.

trying to find a good balance of trusting the process and also not wanting my submission to fall through the cracks in case she didn't see it.

we haven't had any live convos yet either (for context). thanks in advance!

Would today (Tuesday) or Wednesday be better? I don't want to be pushy since this is my dream job, but they also didn't acknowledge my submission (or the email I sent before that when I had a question).

We haven't had any live convos yet either. Thanks!

Would today (Tuesday) or Wednesday be better? I don't want to be pushy since this is my dream job, but they also didn't acknowledge my message (or the one before when I had a question). We haven't had any live convos yet either. Thanks!