kybrunette

Working with numbers daily because I hate people. Louisville native, bourbon drinker, cynic.

Member Since 05/07/2014

  • kybrunette 8 years ago on 6 Questions For The South From A Country Music Loving Yankee

    The whole “dry county” business isn’t even isolated to rural areas in the South. I was housesitting in a county that is the basically the fancy ‘burbs of Louisville for my boss when I was an intern in college. I’m talking Bikram yoga studio, Starbucks-having, ‘burbs. Walked into a Walgreens looking for wine (naturally) only to be told that I had to go to a county line liquor store. The Bible Belt struggle is very real.

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  • kybrunette 8 years ago on The Worst Thing Guys Do While Texting

    I made the education and career choice I did because it’s challenging, lucrative, and I enjoy what I do. And partially in the hopes that, one day, I will have the income to let some guy I haven’t met yet live the stay at home dad life if he so chooses. Isn’t that what equality is all about?

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  • kybrunette 8 years ago on The Worst Thing Guys Do While Texting

    Not at all offended, I really appreciate your questions. An example – I referred a close guy friend from college. He’s currently raking in $15k more than me in base, we started at the same level. Other examples are people who were hired after but promoted before me (here, the raise is implied but the promotion is company-wide knowledge).

    I brought these issues up to my boss and to HR, they just aren’t responding quickly, at all, with concessions I asked for. As for finding something else – I’m actively working on it. Side note: I forgot how soul-sucking job hunting is.

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  • kybrunette 8 years ago on The Worst Thing Guys Do While Texting

    I’m in operations at an engineering company. My job is directly working on revenue-generating projects and I bust my ass and get great results – my pay doesn’t reflect that. I encounter so much resistance when I ask for raises (yes, I ask, and I have a well-constructed argument for why I deserve them), whereas my guy colleagues just… don’t encounter the same resistance. Through a friend who has access to the finance database, I know pay is unequal. I’m also somewhat frequently left off of meeting invites that pertain to my projects that I should be included on. I’m not someone who tries to be “one of the guys” (those women are always the worst) but it seems like to be included you have to be “one of the guys”. I don’t want special treatment at all, but I’ll admit that I expected better than this.

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  • kybrunette 9 years ago on The Baby Boomer Pledge

    Seriously, I know time’s really ticking for the old guys on the muni course we play once a week, but at least they got to retire. I’m just trying to sip my light beer in peace after a shit day at work, what are you in such a rush for?

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  • kybrunette 9 years ago on The 9 Worst People On LinkedIn

    The person who clearly is working an Amway-esque pyramid selling scheme with both a bullshit title (“Lifestyle Consultant”, “Dream Coordinator”) and dumb “motivational” posts in horrid fonts.

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  • kybrunette 9 years ago on Shoutout To My Work Best Friend

    My work best friend noticed from across the room and scooped me away from the Christmas party immediately after I did too many shots with the CFO (because she was ordering them, and I could not turn that down, obvs). The other two coworkers that were roped into the shots did not have a protective work best friend. One was arrested later that night, the other passed out in the lobby of his apartment building after ruining a very nice suit. Not to mention, horribly drunk photos of them were all over the public company photo album. Thank you, work best friend — for saving me a ton of embarrassment and salvaging what was left of my dignity that night. I’ve got your back — til two weeks past giving notice do we part.

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