u/theusualsuspect19

I'm a first-time manager and could use some advice. I have a meeting with HR early next week about one of my direct reports, and I'm not sure what to expect or how to approach it.

She's currently under investigation by HR/Security after trying to access one of our internal documents using a Gmail account that's associated with her dad's company instead of her work account. Access was denied, so as far as I know she never actually got into the document through that account. It happened on her day off and she didn't report it herself. I honestly don't know whether it was an accident (she was logged into the wrong Google account) or something more intentional. I do have a suspicion that she may have been trying to access it in connection with her dad's work, since he works in a similar area, but I have no evidence of that (yet) beyond the circumstances.

For some additional context, she's been a somewhat low performer and has been a challenging employee to manage for other reasons, but this is the first incident I'm aware of involving something like this.

I'm going to defer to HR and Security on the investigation and whatever conclusions they reach. But from a managerial perspective, how would you handle this?

Pretty cool milestone today: I officially hit $100k in investment growth.

I started investing a little over four years ago with about $30k saved and not much of a plan. I eventually learned about index investing/XEQT and realized I probably wasn’t going to beat the market by picking stocks or trying to time things. My friend at the time was trying to convince me to invest it all in GME/AMC.

I started in early 2022, lump summed all of it, and then watched it drop almost 20%. Definitely had a few moments where I wondered if I’d made a mistake, but I kept buying every month and stuck with the plan.

Today I’m at about $235k invested, and the compounding is starting to feel real. Last month's growth was greater than our household net income. Obviously it could drop tomorrow, and I know recent returns aren’t normal, but it’s a nice reminder that boring and consistent can actually work.

Still have decades to go, but this feels like a good checkpoint.

Looking for advice on the best way to get a decent price on a rental car in Ontario, specifically a minivan.

We need one for about a week from Ottawa and would probably drive around 1,500 km total. Prices seem close to $200/day in a lot of cases.

I checked Costco Travel and Kayak, but the pricing didn’t seem that great. Are there better places to look?

I recently applied for a 25-year term life policy through PolicyMe and ran into an issue I wasn’t expecting.

As part of the process, they reached out to my doctor and got a medical note. After that, they came back and said the underwriter declined to insure me and they wouldn’t reconsider based on the medical info they received.

I’m 35 and generally in good health. The only thing I can think of is family history, as I’ve had several relatives pass away from illnesses at relatively younger ages.

I’m trying to figure out what the best next step is. Should I just apply through a different insurer or broker and see if I get a different outcome? Or does a decline like this usually follow you around? Is there a different type of policy I should be looking at instead?

Would appreciate any advice. Thanks!