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I mean, I know the housewife definition is getting looser and looser, but by episode 5 she’s a “girlfriend of a random guy who lives in an apartment”…and by reunion she’s the live-in girlfriend of an (same guy) insurance agent who begrudgingly pays (only) for her car.

Been on Reta for almost a month and WOW I never realized how low I’ve been on protein before. I’m shooting for about 120 grams daily based on the 1-gram-per-desired-goal-weight, mainly because 135 grams feels impossible (my true desired goal weight).

To hit this, keep it simple (and not bust my wallet), I’m building my daily diet around 3 eggs (18 grams), 1 cup cottage cheese (22 grams), and 16 oz chicken (80 grams, measuring from raw).

I had no idea how hard it would be to hit this, and being on the Reta makes it even harder! I’m not a big morning eater so it’s 2 pm by the time I’ve finished the eggs (split the scramble into 2 meals). When I can’t eat enough chicken, I try to up the cottage cheese.

Anyone have tips on more palatable proteins? Also open to a protein drink if someone has a favorite that’s not crazy expensive.

Thank you!

Exactly what it sounds like. I've lined up my next role and I REALLY want to say a professional f you for the latest way my narcissist boss has tried to screw me over.

I've been at this place for only 6 months so I don't have to include them in my resume--but there are some accomplishments that would be helpful to have in there, so I might keep it in.

But of course if a future place contacts them...not great to have it in writing. But he would give me a shit reference anyway, because narcissist. So if I leave this stay in my resume, my best hope would be that they don't check references.

On the other hand, if I leave it off my resume, there's less chance that it could bite me, but I hear the old "this industry is small, these things travel" adage etc etc etc.

Part of me just wants to take the high road. But part of me feels like I always take the goddamned high road and this is a very low stakes way to stand up to a bully, for once in my life.

Love to hear what people have done, and how they felt about it afterwards.

I started recently (in the last 5 months) at a particularly toxic Hyatt location, owned by a franchisee. The GM in particular is awful. I started as Front Office Manager and I was supposed to transition to AGM within the year, but I declined due to realizing how terrible he is and he has since been retaliating.

I lined something else up and I want to quit, but I love the brand and I'm bummed out about hurting my chances at a corporate location or a spot owned by a different franchisee. (I have been scrupulously professional, but I suspect they would still shit-talk me in a reference).

How connected are the Hyatt employment systems? If I move on to this next spot (not a Hyatt hotel) and don't include this position in my resume, will another Hyatt location 2, 3, 10 years down the line see this position?

One reason I am asking is I haven't been applying at Hyatts in town because I'm concerned they will reach out to him...But if the record is going stay connected to me in their system & mar my future chances at Hyatt, I was thinking I may try to move on to another one right away so it "offsets" the bad record.

edited to add: okay one other reason is when I leave I really want to write him a "professional" email that lowkey tells him off--(i know, i know, i won't do it! but I just want to.) :D ...*So leaving after 5 months is one thing but having a scathing email on file is another lol.

Hi there! I think I need to get medication; I used to live in Washington but now I live in a very unfriendly state. I have a Washington address I can use for mailing but I’m curious what they do for the “Location Check” during the telehealth appt. Is it something where they “ping” my machine to verify, or do they just ask me?

Thank you! Per Google:

“In Seattle, Washington, you can get the abortion pill through a telehealth visit. Qualified patients up to 12 weeks of pregnancy can complete an online or video appointment and have the medication safely mailed to a Washington address in 2 to 3 business days.

How Telehealth Works
Appointment: Schedule a virtual or e-visit online through the Planned Parenthood portal or by phone.

Location Check: You must be physically located within the state of Washington during your telehealth consultation.

Delivery: Pills arrive by mail or can be picked up locally depending on your preference and provider discussion.

Gestational Limit: Medication abortion via telehealth is available up to 12 weeks of your last menstrual period.”

Hi friends!

I’m interviewing for hotel roles. I have always stayed at Marriott properties because my husband travels for business and has points etc. The hotels we’ve stayed at have been 4+ stars and always felt premium and high-quality.

I’m transitioning into the hotel industry and interviewed at a Hyatt Place hotel. So, basic. Straightforward. But still, it felt nice and good quality.

Meanwhile, I interviewed at a Hilton which was located in the downtown of my city. 4 stars. It’s a corporate property. And it felt…run down. Dated, Gross.

Then I thought about it and realized this is commonly my experience at the high level. Marriotts have been a great experience. Hyatts also great. Hiltons….well honestly we have tended to avoid them!

And meanwhile, even a low-end, franchisee owned Hyatt place felt much more aligned with the “brand standard”.

Curious if this may be universal or if it’s unique to me?

Hey guys!

I was hoping to get your perspective on which industry of sales may be best for me? (Sorry this is long but I want to be thorough. Hopefully it shows my effort in thinking this through) :-)

TL, DR:

-High performer; divorced/no kids so not averse to travel/long hours

-Naturally smart with most areas including technical, mathematic/financial, and scientific concepts, love sciences like medical

-Ideally want something remote friendly so I can work while I travel internationally; open to something local/national if it’s an awesome fit (in that case I would reside stateside and do my traveling with vacations only)

-I have a small side hustle that takes 5-15 hours per week and I can scale up and down

-For all these reasons I feel I am most drawn to Life Insurance, but I’m trying to think it through and get multiple perspectives.

A little context:

I come from the recruiting world (which is absolutely sales oriented). In my agency role, besides traditional business development with corporate clients, I had to “sell” the company to the candidate (and the candidate to the company). I was responsible for 70+ cold calls daily and 1+ placement per week, so it was high volume and high pressure.

I have a strong “Beast Mode” that I can turn on, and I was a high performer in my recruiting role:

-Top producing agent at one of the top producing offices nationwide for our company.

-Hit our 1-year KPI at 7 months into the role.

-When COVID happened, I basically lost everything because I recruited for biotech (These lab roles can't be done remotely, so we had to furlough all of our contractors—my income went into the tank!) Within 6 months, I had pivoted, hustled my ass off, and built my way back to the top 10% of the company.

I loved the sales aspect of it, but here are a few things I didn't like about recruiting work:

-You can't go deep with people AT ALL.

Due to anti-discrimination laws (which are very valuable and necessary!) you can't talk about anything that really makes a person a person…No questions about their family, where they're from, anything that might indicate their age, et cetera.

While I recognize the validity of this, for me it made conversations wayyyy too dry and boring.

-I like to be a Subject Matter Expert. With recruiting, your knowledge is a mile wide and an inch deep. You know a little bit about each role, but you can’t really learn the intricacies, which was really unfulfilling for me.

In Sales, I love the idea of knowing a subject matter/ industry inside and out, and helping present people with something that will solve their problems.

Other aspects to consider:

—I have a small side-hustle business, and I want to continue devoting about 5-15 hours per week on this. (Ideally, someday it will blow up, but that's a ways down the road.)

—I'm a smart cookie. I recruited for machine learning and biotech. I'm not afraid of scientific concepts. My SAT scores were in the top 2% nationwide, and I got 4.0s in pretty challenging collegiate biology/calculus classes. (Sorry, not sharing to brag—who even cares lol—just illustrating that I understand difficult concepts pretty easily) So I don't have any concerns about grasping technical or scientific industries.

—Something that I really want is to travel the world and live abroad at some point. I love the idea of working remotely and doing deals from Spain or Costa Rica, or anywhere abroad. I'm comfortable with time zone differences and I can manage that.

—No matter what area of sales I choose, I feel confident about gaining mastery. I have a learning mindset, and I am willing to practice and improve, do roleplay and go to bat. I don’t mind sucking in the beginning, I will do what it takes to be successful.

With that said, here are some different areas that I have strongly considered.

Life insurance:

I love the idea of this, because I'm not shy about talking about what might be difficult or touchy subjects for some people. I love the idea of helping people with something that I believe is really important. My family has been touched by A LOT of loss, and so I see the true value of life insurance**. I also know that you can sell it remotely and as long as you're licensed and have a US home address that if you're traveling abroad, you can continue to sell it.** The other pro for life insurance is potentially being my own boss and choosing my own hours, which would give me flexibility with my other business.

(I'm open to adding home/auto insurance, not really interested in selling health insurance because of the restrictions around not being able to sell it abroad, and also—I think health insurance is a big scam in our country. I had premium health insurance that found ways to not pay for anything and lied at every corner.)

Downsides:

No base pay.

Not as fascinating as other areas.

I don’t consider the cold-calls/difficulty to be a downside because I don’t have any rejection sensitivity/sales resistance.

Medical device sales/ pharmaceutical sales:

When I recruited in the biotech world, I loved geeking out about the science. I have such a respect for these life-saving industries. I love working with people whose mission is to save lives. I consider myself a charismatic person, so I think I would be really good at the face to face interaction of it.

Downsides:

Having a territory/needing to be in person, travel that's not of my own choice. Plus I hear that med device is really hard to break into.

Real Estate:

I love homes. I love architecture. I love the different components of the city that I live in. My mom was a real estate agent. I know I would adore this field. I’m very personable/relationship oriented so that’s a plus for this industry.

Major Downside: it very much tethers you to one city.

The other major downside of this field is when my mom was a real estate agent, she was abducted and assaulted in the role…I don't live in fear, so I could overcome my safety concerns, but goddamn, there's a lot of safety concerns as a real estate agent. My local market is also trash right now, one of the worst in the nation. It was way over bubbled, and now it's in the gutter.

Tech Sales:

I recruited in machine learning, but I am not super geeked-out about tech stuff, so this field doesn't interest me as much. But Im open to having my mind changed! Positives are the potential to work remotely and the income.

Downsides: My ex is in tech sales and I've seen enough to be turned off by the “cog in the machine” aspect of it.

I definitely would not be interested in enterprise sales because the deal cycle is way too long for my liking, and I don't love the idea of having to bring in so many different decision makers.

Tech feels like a dumpster fire right now. My friend in account management has been tasked with training a bot that will essentially replace him.

Door to door sales (like pest control, roofing):

I am a very physically active person and love getting out and about. Because I have no inner sales resistance/rejection sensitivity, I know I would crush this field.

Downsides:

The door to door aspect does have safety concerns, as does the fact that I think I could potentially get bored with the industry. And again, there's the aspect of it being very local. And weather!

Financial/Mortgage/Lending:

Honestly don’t know much about these areas and haven’t given them much thought or research. What I did see about mortgage looks too volatile for my tastes

So these are the areas I've considered. I’d love to get any feedback on what I've presented, as well as anything I haven't thought about.

If you successfully work in one of these industries and are open to chat, I’d love that!