Recent content by dadu007

Aside from the unemployment, this is my wishlist! So while it’s unlikely I’ll be part of a RIF (my company is not a MC, but it is growing), it doesn’t seem that my idea of a fair package is outrageous. @jollystomper: While it is true I’ve been marginalized for what are my least important...

Yeah, it's a little loosy-goosy at my company... Typically everyone just wants to limp over the Sep 30 finish line and then between then and December is when new budgets and KPIs are set, even though theoretically they should be in place by end of October. People are just burnt out in the fall...

I like this! It sounds like my best option. Our fiscal year ends Sep 30th, so I'll quiet myself until then. :) I appreciate all the other frank and reality-based comments, too. The consensus seems to be that, as the great George Constanza once said, "I have no hand!"

Thanks. But my main question is whether anyone, on their own, initiated a negotiation for a severance package and was successful in that? I'm not talking about unexpected offers coming the from the company side (out of the blue) or other mass layoffs. IOW, people who asked for a package...

Thanks for all the replies so far. Yes, I understand the company's perspective. I guess I'm using the Financial Samurai's concept from several (many?) years ago. He even wrote a book on it: https://www.financialsamurai.com/how-to-make-money-quitting-your-job-2/ (Or something close to...

I introduced myself years back, but I didn't know which sub-forum to post this question. If the admin needs to move it, I thank you in advance. I turned 63 in January. First child is now out of college with a good job (just got promoted yesterday, as a matter of fact) and he's still living at...

23.5% YTD, AA of 82/16/2 (Stocks/Bonds/Cash). Investment portfolio is still about 12% down from Jan 2022 high. AAPL comprises a large percentage of my portfolio and is the main reason for bringing my performance up in the last couple months. I've held it since 2013. (I essentially haven't...

I started converting my front lawn over to native plants (Minnesota). It doesn't rain as much as it used to and I'm not going to waste water on a mono-culture lawn. I'm sure the neighbors think I'm nutty.

I recommend ScanCafe. Wait for their 40% off coupons around every holiday (not just the Christmas holiday). Easy peasy. Save your labor.

After handling the estates for both my FIL and mother in the past 5 years, I learned two important things: - Wills do not mean squat and will not prevent probate if no beneficiaries are listed on accounts (where applicable). My mother had one account that didn't have beneficiaries listed and it...

Can I quote myself and say, "Told ya." ? ;)

All the major manufacturer's have tinnitus therapy in their upper technology hearing aids. The two typical technologies are: 1. Tinnitus masking; the user can choose different brownian noise, white noise, narrowband noise etc. to add to one or more programs in their hearing aids, or 2...

OTC will definitely change the game. It already is, because consumers of hearing aids breached the firm wall between the hearing aid manufacturers and dispensers/audiologist about 3 years ago. Consumers (or patients, in old parlance) used to have to go through a dispenser for help with their...

Costco does NOT sell bottom of the line hearing aids. You won't get a better price for hearing aids PLUS follow-up service. Costco takes bids every 2-3 years from the major hearing aid manufacturers. The winning bid gets the Kirkland KS line (I think they're at KS 10 right now?). The KS line is...

Hearing aids are considered medical devices and, as such, it is illegal for this website to sell you the Connexx software, as well well as the Noahlink programming interface. The software from any hearing aid manufacturer is not allowed to be given to any old Joe on the street; only to licensed...