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So we need to make a presentation which is worth 30% of our grade. I (F28) looked at our presentation today and one of the team members (M mid 20s) has added at least five memes into the presentation, one them mentioning bodily fluids. They’re also not funny, like deep fried jpeg memes from 2016 bad. The more I look the worse they are. They’re kinda on our topic but they just suck. I don’t what to confront him though as he is autistic and can get very snappy and rude if he feels I offended him. There is one other girl in our group but she is extremely quiet and agreeable. I have been in this situation before and i don’t want to be a nagging bitch but I feel like I’m always put in this situation since the other girl will just stay quiet. He will flip out if i tell him these are inappropriate but i don’t know what else to do?

Hi I’m doing research and a site analysis on the west goshen town center for a grad school project. i was wondering what do long term residents think of the town center? and anything they wish was there or that they could do there? do you ever just hang out there?

I need to commute from West Chester but I’m only seeing passes for ambler lot parking. Did they all sell out?

Hey I just wanted to update people on this sub and let yall know I got a new job! I’ll be working part time while going back to grad school but the job is way easier on me mentally and my mental issues are starting to subside. Thank you all for giving quality advice. I stuck it out and didn’t quit immediately, took a week off to use up my PTO and rest a bit and then spent this last month applying like crazy to jobs after work. I feel like I can take on the future now! I can’t give any more details about the new job but the pay is less than my current job but I think for now thats ok. Me not having a mental break down matters more.

We are in the northeast US. I’m writing this for my mother. She has mostly worked retail and daycare jobs her whole life but she’s been telling me her body feels like it’s shutting down from how hard the work is on her. She has a lot of pain in her feet from the work and the doctor has warned her of long term never damage. My mom is bilingual and can read write and speak in Spanish. She is completely fluent in English and doesn’t have an accent in either language as she grew up in the US after moving away from Nicaragua. Her typing skills are okay but she struggles with computer and online based skills. Is there something she could focus on or course you would recommend she take to help her transition her career in a different direction. What jobs could she possibly do that are less physically intensive than retail work? I wish o could retire my mom but I don’t have the money and I’m going into grad school this fall. I’m also her only child left as my brother died 6 years ago so besides for herself I’m her only safety net. She has her associates in early childhood education as well. What can she do?

So I’m writing this for my mother. She has mostly worked retail and daycare jobs her whole life but she’s been telling me her body feels like it’s shutting down from how hard the work is on her. She has a lot of pain in her feet from the work and the doctor has warned her of long term never damage. My mom is bilingual and can read write and speak in Spanish. She is completely fluent in English and doesn’t have an accent in either language as she grew up in the US after moving away from Nicaragua. Her typing skills are okay but she struggles with computer and online based skills. Is there something she could focus on or course you would recommend she take to help her transition her career in a different direction. What jobs could she possibly do that are less physically intensive than retail work? I wish o could retire my mom but I don’t have the money and I’m going into grad school this fall. I’m also her only child left as my brother died 6 years ago so besides for herself I’m her only safety net. She doesn’t need a lot of money just around $40k-45 a year.

Edit: also wanted to add she has her associates in early childhood education.

I’m in the Philly area and when I look into a firm that I think is interesting or is doing something I would love to be involved in I also look up their current employees. Every single time they all went to U Penn or Columbia or some other elite school I couldn’t afford to attend. I’m going to a well regarded state school in the area but I worry I’ll have no chance against Ivy League grads who seem to have a shoo in for dynamic firms. There seems to be a glass wall for state school grads.

So my school requires a graphics communication course for urban planning students, but I was told by the dean it’s possible to replace it with an elective if my background already covers that. The thing is I’m coming from architecture so I’ve pretty much done professionally everything the course teaches but I do feel I struggle with graphic communication and maybe it would be worth it to retake the course. Should I take a course I kind of already know just to better myself in the subject or just not waste my money and find an elective instead?

Hi everyone! I'm a producer at More Perfect Union, and I'm working on a video featuring Ro Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley in Congress. We're planning to film a roundtable discussion with him and 3-4 folks from PA about how AI companies in his district are impacting jobs in Pennsylvania and across the country.

Who we're looking for: We're almost done recruiting for the roundtable, but we're still missing a college student (or recent grad) who is entering the job market and is noticing the impacts of AI on future career opportunities.

If you fit this description, or know someone who does, please comment here or reach out to me at joshhk@perfectunion.us Thanks!

Please contact us ASAP!

Event Date: August 1st (this Saturday, in the afternoon)

Location: Linwood, PA

I’m having panic attacks for no reason. They feel like my heart is about to stop and my throat is closing up. It been happening the last two days while I’m at work. I’ve been having issues with my job and I’m in the process of looking for a new job. I’ve posted about it on my profile about the issues I’m having with management and expectations. The attacks are really scary I almost got in a car accident the day before and feel like I’m dying. The thing is work has actually been better lately my boss has actually been nice to me and I’m going on vacation this next week so there is no reason for me to feel this way. I don’t know what’s wrong or how to stop it. I’m scared.

If anyone has experience in any of the following fields I would greatly appreciate if you could be a reference for me! I’m going back to grad school and hoping to apply to several competitive internships and fellowships. If you could say we worked together or you contracted my previous companies and wanted to recommend me I would be incredibly grateful! Only one reference needed!

Location: Denver CO, but I moved to the east coast so this is for work I did back in CO with an arch firm
Type of reference: contractor or Coworker
Job Area: architecture, construction, urban planning
Timeline: Urgent tonight to the next three weeks

With the changing of architecture to a non professional degree in the US I feel this should be the push architecture as a field needs to phase out Bachelors of Science and Bachelors of Art Architecture programs. Masters degrees should be an option for those seeking to transition into architecture from other fields. Requiring students who already have a bachelors in architecture to then also get a masters is vile, especially when starting salaries are so low. Most BS and BA programs should use this time as an opportunity to transition to 5 year programs and NCARB should encourage this nationwide. We need to stop treating architecture like medical school if we’re not offering medical degree level salaries!

I have been at this job for almost 2 years. I have developed severe burnout from this job due to the general toxicity of my workplace. I spoke about this last week here: https://www.reddit.com/r/work/s/l22mBtMtlX . I took a day off which also happened to be a day HR was organizing luncheons with multiple team members to discuss how we feel about the company. Now because of my mental state and recent SI thoughts I worried I would be too honest so I hoped skipping it I wouldn’t have to answer any questions. Instead our hr guy said he was for sure going to fit me into the next meeting… and that he was shocked I didn’t tell him I wasn’t going to the last one. I explained I was sick but he had this look. I don’t know how to describe it but like as if I’m some asshole or did this personally to spite him. I’m so done with this company part of me wants to offload and say everything but I honestly think these meetings are just to find out who they think are “problematic” and do another round of layoffs like last year. Anyways what should I do at the meeting? Or am I already cooked?

I’m having a mental health crisis caused by my toxic work environment and personal stuff in my life. My company expects a level of detail and exactness which is hard for me to maintain. I’ve been told anything less than 100% is not good enough. I was getting better the last 6 months but I have started to crack. People throwing me under the bus for following thru on company policy, slamming me with more work but no time to do it, and the general lack of support even for basic things like patching my computer program I use everyday. I’m having eye twitches, insomnia, and losing hair. I had a spiral last night and was considering more permanent solutions to my problems for the first time in six years. I’m scared what I’ll do to myself if I stay here. I just got into grad school and I reached out to some people about work but I’m so depressed it hard to apply for new jobs. Should I quit without a backup plan just so I can dedicate my time to finding a new job? Or stay and just suck it up. I have 10k in savings I can live on and my mom is living with me at the moment.

Would the fmla payout immediately or would one need to apply for paperwork after inpatient treatment?

I(F28) let my mom(F55) live with me since last August. My mom keeps saying she's gonna go on a years long trip to France and needs to stay with me to save up for it. Very quickly after moving in we started fighting because she was changing stuff in the house. She also doesn't follow a lot of the rules I wanted to uphold in the apartment like no shoes, she wears her slippers around the apartment and claims she doesn't wear them outside but the carpet and furniture have been looking more worn down since she moved in. I'm depressed all the time, not from her but my shitty job, but talking to her about it just becomes a lesson and a "I told you so" moment where I should have listened to her about every singe thing in my life. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of not having a personal moment or space because I don't know when or how late she'll be working. I'm grateful for her help around the house and for helping me with the bills but I feel I'm at a moment to live alone. But she doesn't agree.

She wants to stay with me past this lease being up in October and stay till New Years. She also wants me to take care of her car and my car after she leaves and either sell my car and pay her for her car or watch both. She says her job will punish her if she leaves for her trip before the holiday season. But I really need space! I feel like a horrible daughter and she tells I'm stupid and selfish for not accepting her help and most people in my culture/family would take her side and consider me a bad daughter, fyi I'm Latina. But I feel like having to consider her living with me for those two months also limits what places I can consider moving into. I'm going back to grad school and was considering whether to get a roommate or a dorm/studio apartment near campus, but I can't because my mom will have nowhere to sleep. And I don't have the budget for another 2 bedroom apartment just for her to live in for 2 months. She says she fine sleeping in the kitchen or living room of a one bedroom apartment but I want to be able to invite friends over and not have them ask me why I have a full sized mattress by the refrigerator and give me weird looks after I say my mom sleeps there. I have no other siblings as my brother died when I was 22 so I am solely responsible for my mother. Prior to living on my own I had lived with my mother until I was 25, then I went backpacking before moving to a new state and getting my current job. I had one year of freedom and now I feel like I don't really want to go back to living with her forever. But I don't know how to go about this without hurting her.

TL;DR: My mother wants to continue living with me for another 2 months after our lease is up and keep care of her car, but I'm done and want to live on my own. But I feel I'm abandoning her and my family agrees with that. What's the best way of moving out on my own??

I(F28) let my mom(F55) live with me since last August. My mom keeps saying she's gonna go on a years long trip to France and needs to stay with me to save up for it. Very quickly after moving in we started fighting because she was changing stuff in the house. She also doesn't follow a lot of the rules I wanted to uphold in the apartment like no shoes, she wears her slippers around the apartment and claims she doesn't wear them outside but the carpet and furniture have been looking more worn down since she moved in. I'm depressed all the time, not from her but my shitty job, but talking to her about it just becomes a lesson and a "I told you so" moment where I should have listened to her about every singe thing in my life. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of not having a personal moment or space because I don't know when or how late she'll be working. I'm grateful for her help around the house and for helping me with the bills but I feel I'm at a moment to live alone. But she doesn't agree.

She wants to stay with me past this lease being up in October and stay till New Years. She also wants me to take care of her car and my car after she leaves and either sell my car and pay her for her car or watch both. She says her job will punish her if she leaves for her trip before the holiday season. But I really need space! I feel like a horrible daughter and she tells I'm stupid and selfish for not accepting her help and most people in my culture/family would take her side and consider me a bad daughter, fyi I'm Latina. But I feel like having to consider her living with me for those two months also limits what places I can consider moving into. I'm going back to grad school and was considering whether to get a roommate or a dorm/studio apartment near campus, but I can't because my mom will have nowhere to sleep. And I don't have the budget for another 2 bedroom apartment just for her to live in for 2 months. She says she fine sleeping in the kitchen or living room of a one bedroom apartment but I want to be able to invite friends over and not have them ask me why I have a full sized mattress by the refrigerator and give me weird looks after I say my mom sleeps there. I have no other siblings as my brother died when I was 22 so I am solely responsible for my mother. Prior to living on my own I had lived with my mother until I was 25, then I went backpacking before moving to a new state and getting my current job. I had one year of freedom and now I feel like I don't really want to go back to living with her forever. But I don't know how to go about this without hurting her.

TL;DR: My mother wants to continue living with me for another 2 months after our lease is up and keep care of her car, but I'm done and want to live on my own. But I feel I'm abandoning her and my family agrees with that. What's the best way of moving out on my own or should I just bite the bullet and let her live with me for another two months??