Do you send a holiday gift card to your admin assistant ? If you do, how much do you send it for?

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$250 min.

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The amount you would be willing to pay to keep them in your professional life and continue to make your life easier. Then add 10%.

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This! It’ll go a long way. I’d say $200+ minimum but depends on your seniority as well.

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Just confirming, we have 4Th and 5Th October as Location holiday right?

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Hello fishes 🐠🐋🐟,

Please help me out here.... Your input will be really great.

I have herd that currently most of the companies are in hiring freeze. (Holiday season, recession or layoffs).

I am trying to apply job for many companies since last month, and i haven't got any response from any of them.

Are there any Organizations still out there who are hiring/open for referral and are in position to handle recession.

Please comment your thoughts. It might make someone's day.

Thanks.

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Here we go! Traveling on vacation for the next week and didn’t bring my Adderall (which I’ve been abusing for the past year). Hoping to wean myself off of it during the vacation. Wish me luck

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Not much happening in here of late, but thought I’d share what I’m doing with a week of US firm holiday. At an American Guild of Organists national convention in Seattle with a ton of really cool pipe organs!

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Two holiday related questions:
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Get that PTO in!

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