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Lavigne

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  1. "So what do you think? How often have you switched jobs?" At the moment I'm back at the first company I ever worked for 10 years ago, but as a Manager and by the looks at it they already think all of us undershot the margins when I was in my interview and that I should actually be Senior Management instead. When I last worked there I was a little shit I mean I was young first real job. I was good at the job, but late, called in sick, would get up and say fuck it then spend the day playing WoW or League. Since then I moved to being a portfolio manager, so I saw the other side of what I do now which is managing the maintenance side in both prime and super prime portfolios (basically, properties where the landlord owns either the whole block or the whole fucking street and sometimes rent is 20-50k a month). I was also at Radisson as an F&B Manager in London and Johannesburg (around when I joined DI), then British Airways as Communications Exec/Engineer, then MOD (translator), then the embassy (translator again) and then Air Canada (Engineering Lead). I wouldn't be as good as I am now at this job, without having spread my wings over the past 10 years at other companies, working in a variety of environments and levels of customer service and understanding all stakeholders. There's a reason why when I came back here, I shit all over everyone that was on the same pay grade as me, in fact some of the managers who have been here 2 years are actually on less money than me, they started me at the top end because I did this 10 years ago and whilst the portfolios have changed for the better, and whilst technology has changed which puts some previous technical knowledge I had basically turned useless; I know how to speak to high level clients and get things done. Some of them can't do what I can do yet. I ain't even doing anything special I simply reminded the company the level managers have to be to not cost them money in mistakes. However I have to emphasize here, I will never be out of a job. I am so in fucking demand (this place asked me to come back, I didn't volenteer, I accepted the offer because I loved Air Canada in some ways, but it was not my future, im done wakin up at 4:30am and being treated by people like it's the first time ive worked on an aircraft). I have so many professional connections I could leave my current employer in a year and likely start on near top money (for the grade) for an entry position in investment portfolio management at somewhere like JLL or Knight Frank. You should never ever job hop for the same reason you should never swap clans unless you have a genuine reason to do so. IE you want a bigger challenge or most important, you're losing your sanity and mental wellbeing. What it tells an employer when you have a CV like for example mine, it's not a good look to a blank page employer. Because they'll see it as I'm loyal to no one and I'll jump to whatever seems favourable at the time or worse 'jack of all trades, master of none'. It's not as impressive as it actually reads. They don't see the skillset and the level of work, they see the ''every 8-10 months something seems to happen and he just leaves for the last 5 years'. So I'm also extremely aware, irrespective of the directors of this company also being family (not that it means anything - it got me the job the first time, but not the second time. They don't fuck around anymore family is irrelevant at work we're colleagues). But also no other company like this imo exists in London. Again it took years of multiple jobs to realise how good my first job was. I also like the fact these directors will always say 'We're glad to have you working with us' not for us. Little things that are why I will try to stay this time. E: Also on the subject of pay, this place will pay you whatever you're worth it's not inherently tied into a promotion (hence why I came in on about 8k more than the other manager in my department - and she knows why too at least knew why until we sacked her 2 weeks orso again because apparently shes been shit for 10 months despite saying she could do this job and then kinda got shown up by me in my first week). Ok from Manager to Senior I would earn stupid money, and then from Senior to Exec it'd be stupid. But if your knowledge of the industry improves as well as your ability to generate and maintain revenue in the business with current clients as well as new; these guys will pay you what you're worth. So I'm not in any rush to be a SOM cos I'm top manager money for the bracket we advertise, but my Manager is paid about 5k above the bracket we advertise for her position because there has to be an incentive to improve otherwise obviously, people leave.
  2. Who were you in Downfall and what the fuck is this intro, wtf is child level. The only person interested in children on these boards is Jurgen.
  3. VR are truly the gift that keeps on giving, I'm glad they're still around else we'd have no one else to laugh at with DF2 dying.
  4. And I thought my clan history was long.
  5. Recognise the original name, welcome.
  6. Unarguably one of the most dedicated gamers in clanning history.
  7. tyff gamers. Always keep it fun and friendly.
  8. And yes, mixing parts of our VC into the songs was intentional
  9. Lavigne

    "Cannibalism"

    like bazz said would be rude not to... ...so I'll be rude.
  10. ur country is poor u vennie chink fucks i snort your annual salary in cocaine in one football match
  11. GG slag. Idk how she's got a simp army when she's fuck ugly. Like really fucking minging.
  12. How am I supposed to answer this as a European lol. American is a nation of immigrants, there is no true american culture because it's a mismatch whereas Britain was never supposed to be and neither was Italy.
  13. Without rivalry, any kind of competitive pvp is dogshit. Slapping Deathrow and Valhalla across the face like a bitch is a good laugh but there's nothing in it when you expect to win and because of how friendly we are with them. When the caps up it's like thank fuck I was bored of this 15 minutes ago. ROT, Rev, AF etc always had that rivalry element, because even when we're on good terms with them a lot of their members didn't like us and a lot of us didn't like them either; so it never took much excuse for us to fall out. Difference is we're not ever going to say no to a fight because we don't like someone or because it's not competitive, if other people kept that same mindset their clans wouldn't have burnt to a crisp and we'd still have 4-6 F2P fights a month. On that note, doxing/ddosing is just so cringe, it was cringe 10 years ago and it still is now. If you're one of the older lot and you think doxing/ddosing is still hilarious (even is a measured response to recieving it), you've got problems mate. Just fucking PK you apes. 11 year olds know to sort their problems out at school with a fight and you're telling me you can't?
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