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Does A Large Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit Help Or Hurt Women In The Workplace?

14 Comments / Career & Employment / By Financial Samurai

Sexual discrimination lawsuits are increasing as more women stand up for their rights. The #MeToo movement has empowered women to speak up, which is fantastic. However, some are wondering does a large sexual discrimination lawsuit help or hurt women in the workplace? Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit Example The producers of “The Price is Right” owe a former […]

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Are You For Or Against Labor Unions?

83 Comments / Career & Employment / By Financial Samurai

Labor unions exist to protect workers during a highly competitive global era. So I’m wondering, ae you for or against labor unions? Hostess Brands is shutting down and 18,500 of its workers are temporarily losing their jobs given the Bakers Union of 6,700 workers went on strike. It’s safe to say thousands of Hostess employees are

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How To Save Your Job And Not Get Fired

21 Comments / Career & Employment / By Financial Samurai

Want to learn how to save your job and not get fired? You’ve landed on the right article as I was a manage in investment banking from 1999 – 2012. During this time, we went through MANY layoffs given how cyclical the industry was and still is. There were many employees on the edge, who

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A Day Job Is So Much Easier Than Entrepreneurship

81 Comments / Career & Employment, Entrepreneurship / By Financial Samurai

You know what’s easier than entrepreneurship? A day job. I say this with emphasis after not having a day job since 2012! I’ve been running a lifestyle business, this site, since I started it in 2009, so I have 16+ years of perspective doing both. And a day job is a walk in the park

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No Unemployment Benefits If You Quit Your Job

26 Comments / Career & Employment / By Financial Samurai

If you quit your job, you get no unemployment benefits. The EDD will determine that you don’t need the money, otherwise, you wouldn’t have quit your job. Therefore, if you want to collect unemployment benefits, you must learn how to negotiate a severance and get laid off instead. If you are laid off, you not

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Growing Up As A Republican Black Woman In America Today

26 Comments / Big Government, Career & Employment / By Financial Samurai

When’ve we are in a Presidential Election year, it’s important we all discuss, understand and get involved. It’s irresponsible not to have a view when so much of our future is at stake. The popular vote is usually divided down the middle. Many are unwilling to see the other side of the story. Life As

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Working Is To Capitalism As Retirement Is To Socialism

37 Comments / Career & Employment, Retirement / By Financial Samurai

As students, it is trendy and idealistic to be Socialists. It’s just not cool to be a Capitalist while in school. We believe in our leaders and want to help as many people as possible through programs we don’t have to pay for. When we only pay a little or no taxes at all, of

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Zynga Rejected My Application So I Unleashed The FURY!

46 Comments / Career & Employment, Motivation / By Financial Samurai

One thing I plan on doing in retirement is find a potential encore career. As a computer and internet junky who has built up a reasonable size blog, a foray into the social media sector seems like a natural extension. I want to make sure that I exhaust all options before I really kick back

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What’s Your Ideal Income And Amount Of Work A Day?

64 Comments / Career & Employment, Retirement / By Financial Samurai

Do you have an ideal income and amount of work a day? I do. My ideal income is $350,000 for a family of four while working four hours a day. I like to work two hours in the morning before the family wakes up, and one to two hours in the afternoon and evening on

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In Search For Empathy For The Unemployed

34 Comments / Career & Employment, Insurance / By Financial Samurai

Back when I wrote this post on July 6, 2012 I had just negotiated a severance from a finance job I held for 13 years. I took a leap of faith and haven’t looked back. Back then, millions were still unemployed from the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Hence, I wanted to search for empathy for the

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