Kate
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Oh dear. That’s sad.
I have noticed some young women, maybe interns, maybe not, wearing extremely short dresses, like probably that’s just what they own / are used to wearing and they don’t realize. I think for the guys it’s easier and if they don’t have a lot of work clothes they can wear the same outfits on repeat.
Yeah I was at lunch Friday with two people born in this century. One of them (21 y/o intern, the son of one of my peers on an adjacent team, comes across like he’s 14, has ADHD and can’t stop talking) was telling me all his fave movies though, and they’re all from the 80s and 90s. This kid… Friday was his last day and after lunch my friend who supervises him had to go pick up her kids from camp, so I was joking that I was going to give him a ton of stuff to do. But then he was sitting next to me talking nonstop about all his favorite sub-reddits 😭 and showing me memes on his phone. He went to the intern goodbye thing but got bored after 5 minutes. I told him to go home. It truly is like babysitting a child who’s a handful. That said, our intern last year was an absolute superstar and we’ve hired him.
It struck me how there are people on my work team now whose mom I could easily be. Not just if I had a teen pregnancy, but if I had a kid at 25 or 26. And it doesn’t seem that long ago that I was that age and going out 3 nights in a row.
Sex education AND access to effective contraceptives you can get without involving your parents.
Jesus, I hope so too. This job gave him PTSD??? Ohh right, I just remembered he’s military right, or former military? And he can’t really get mental health help because they’d hold it against him, is that it? Or is he able to get treatment?
What is causing him so much stress there? And is there a way for him to stay at that job but just have a complete mind shift or something and start approaching it differently?
I think black to a wedding is fine. Especially if that’s your usual vibe.
I hope it’s all good and benign, Anonymousse!
But you know what I mean? Less about your frustration with having to cover this department’s work, more about what’s best for the client or whatever.
Don’t wait til your review. And I’m sure you know how to do this, but when I have had too much work as an individual contributor, I have tried to say something like, I’m concerned that I’m going to miss something and not deliver the best product, or that I don’t have time for focused thinking. Make it about your boss working with you to prioritize, and have suggestions ready.
Oh ok, that backpack looks like it holds a ton and you don’t need that.
Idk, I avoid a backpack because I worry about a sweaty back. I’m currently using a medium LL Bean Boat & Tote that has “Finance” embroidered on it, which my friend gave me. It’s pretty small and doesn’t go easily over the shoulder. Eventually I’ll need to go back to a standard work tote but no idea what to get.
Ok so my husband works in an athletic field and is often traveling and going to sporting events. Like you, he uses a tablet with a keyboard. He has had this Coach backpack for a few years and always says how much he loves it and how perfect it is. I’m NOT saying spend this much on a backpack, just that the shape and the structure of it works perfectly for him in his field. Fits a change of clothes or extra layer, water bottle, sunscreen, all the stuff. And it looks good but not over the top.
