u/ProfessionalStewdent

I’m new to the hobby. I’m currently growing Monkey Masks, Corn Plant, Snake Plant, Nepenthes, palms, and one regular monstera (as far as I know). My interest in this hobby is growing as I do more and more research on plant care — especially for bioactive terrariums.

I am surrounded by a lot of plant nurseries where I live (SWFL), but I have a hard time finding one with real expertise on soil/substrate. If there is no retail opportunity, then I’ll go look at wholesale/commercial to create my own mixes in bulk.

Does anyone have any tips?

How Do I Tell My Manager “I Hate My Job, and I Plan to Return Back to My Old BU”?

I am Sr. Individual Contributor at my F500 organization, and I moved from a client facing role into an operations role 9 months ago. I’ve been with the company for 4 years and have established relationships with previous BUs and colleagues. I’ve proven my value by my ability to support client retention and build Low Code Applications that enhance productivity/impact for client retention.

This skillset/experience is how I was introduced and ultimately interviewed for the role I am in now. I hate it. I hate how I only work through spreadsheets all day; I hate that people who’ve never met with clients in their lives are determining strategy for client-facing associates; I hate the lack of well documented Projects/Programs, the lack of agency I have to be effective, and the politics — GOD I hate the politics. Insufferable how people will push work onto you and pull the fun stuff for them. I don’t believe in this mission space, how it’s operating, and the culture surrounding it.

I’ve been hinting to my manager that I don’t want to remain in this role, but I think he’s trying to convince me to stay. We’re already down a man, and we’re a three man team. With me leaving, he has 3-4x the workload, and he’s at the associate director level. I don’t hate my manager, to be clear — I just hate how transactional everything and everyone is over here.

I have my Mid Year Review at EOM, and I want to be straight up with him: “I am not enjoying the workflow or workload of this role, and I plan to transition out once I achieved my 1yr mark (internal mobility requirement). I’m afraid he is trying to avoid this, and I don’t want him to. I have directors and BU Leaders asking for me back in a client-facing / program manager role to continue working with clients and building tools for the BU specifically (rather than at the enterprise level).

What can I do? Have you seen circumstances like this before and how does it play out in the end?

Some of y’all are crazy, but some of y’all are pretty chill too. I appreciate the banter. I’m looking forward to another great season with you, reddit!

Hi Canada!

My wife and I are visiting for a week (Mid 20s) and want to know if there’s any emo scene in Banff. We’d love to meet folks, have a good time enjoying the nature, smelling the roses, gardening, and stuff.

If there isn’t something like this, what do the mid 20yos do to have fun?