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My current project at work does not have a project manager and as a result is an absolute, unmitigated shitshow. I have decided to become the project manager because it seems to be the only way any of us will survive the year. I need some advice on how to do this. Details within! [more inside]
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 2:35 PM - 18 answers

I have ADHD and I am looking for a hands-on approach to boost accountability, guidance, and task management. I've tried Focusmate, which works well as a body double, but I need more interactive support. Are there any other options you’d recommend? [more inside]
posted by Boyd at 11:57 AM - 2 answers

In spring of 2022, I bought my first home (a condo). I hate it, I hate home ownership, and I want out. What are my options? [more inside]
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My sister wants to consolidate a couple credit cards into a lower interest personal loan. What is the best non-scammy online company for this? [more inside]
posted by stoneandstar at 6:34 PM - 6 answers

Several years previous I found out that i was general partner of my family's farm and have been for 38 years. I was informed that as a GP, I was entitled to % of profits. My mother passed a way early '23. This has forced the issue and I am assuming the farm has to get their books in order. [more inside]
posted by goalyeehah at 1:42 PM - 3 answers

The last time I rented an apartment, I didn't have a job but could show I had reasonable savings, which my landlord was fine with. This time around, two places so far have said I'd need a prepaid lease: 6 months rent up front. On one hand I'm ultimately going to pay that anyway, but on the other, it's a decent whack to cough up in one go. Is this a normal request for renters without jobs, or maybe I should I hold out for another landlord like my last one?
posted by my log does not judge at 10:52 AM - 10 answers

My kid had a minor fender bender. Should I pay for the other car damage out of pocket or have it go through insurance? [more inside]
posted by Mid at 5:08 AM - 11 answers

I'm in an ASN program right now and looking for a job I can hold during school (so part-time or per diem). My #1 priority is finding a job that will help me get a real RN job once I graduate. What are your recommendations? [more inside]
posted by miltthetank at 11:43 AM - 8 answers

I'm part of a union where a not insignificant amount of members are considering a wildcat strike. However, I actually ethically disagree with this wildcat strike and I think it will hurt our cause more than help it. Ethically, if I don't support it, would I be a scab? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 5:59 AM - 25 answers

My friend is in the late stages of a brutal battle with colorectal cancer. She is at a clinic in California and has a bed held for her at a last-ditch clinic in Germany. Her bank will not allow her to initiate a $19K wire transfer by phone or online to the German clinic. They are insisting she come in to a branch in New York. My friend cannot travel to New York--she is going to be lucky to survive the trip to Germany. What options does she have? [more inside]
posted by yellowcandy at 7:52 AM - 28 answers

I've heard that it would be beneficial to learn SQL/Python/VBA to a career in accounting, I was wondering what specific language to learn and what careers specifically I could go into with this? [more inside]
posted by Sunflower88 at 5:01 AM - 18 answers

I'm leaving my job (academic at a clinical school) due to burnout and a toxic workplace. I'm worried about people taking credit for my work and possibly blocking my future job chances in this field. What's the best way to leave while protecting my work, making sure students can still learn what they need, and maintaining my reputation and relationships in case I want to work in this area again? [more inside]
posted by sockitysock at 4:30 AM - 8 answers

I'm renting a small office in Alameda County, California, in a city where residents and businesses have to actively opt out of the local Community Choice Aggregator. I asked my landlord which of the plans - 100% renewable or just cleaner and cheaper than PG&E - the building is signed up for, and they told me they're just with PG&E. My question: what reasons - good ones, or somewhat reasonable bad ones - would a business not sign up for a Community Choice Aggregator? [more inside]
posted by mistersix at 3:38 PM - 17 answers

In my organisation we frequently have to run fiddly batches which are fraught with potential errors - one step forgotten and it's a world of trouble. I am looking for a web app or (likely) Microsoft desktop software that we could use to create template checklists for common processes/tasks that we 'tick off' (like a pre flight checklist) prior to running the (for example) batch. These should be easily sharable and updatable by the whole team if possible and we should ideally be able to re-use them time after time [more inside]
posted by dance at 6:41 AM - 7 answers

My small, all-remote, nonprofit workplace has an annual in-person gathering, and it has become clear that some people aren't able to attend because of family commitments. Help us fix that. [more inside]
posted by number9dream at 11:13 AM - 44 answers

I am university staff who wants to propose one of our academic departments grant me a courtesy research/practice professor appointment. There are precedents here for staff who want to teach for-credit classes for departments, but I don't want to do regular formal classroom teaching (I am open to teaching in other formats, like independent studies and reading groups). Which is why I'll be suggesting the model of research faculty/faculty of practice. What can I offer in my proposal, that might be attractive to an academic department? (The only cost to them is their reputation. I don't need pay/an office.) [more inside]
posted by rollcredits at 4:58 PM - 10 answers

I'm looking for an academic citation, or the proper technical terminology (if it exists yet) from sociology or related discipline, for a particular category of microaggression or gender bias referred to in a Facebook post I saw recently as "Men Responding Negatively to Everything a Women Says". Slightly more details below the fold. [more inside]
posted by eviemath at 12:52 PM - 3 answers

Following up from this question, I'm trying to find freelance design work with major publishers, but I'm not really sure how to get noticed. I've done a lot of freelance typesetting for the Folio Society, which was set up by one of my lecturers at Reading University just after I graduated, but other than that, the only freelance work I've done has been on self-published books, through Reedsy.com. [more inside]
posted by Chenko at 10:39 AM - 2 answers

I just got an email from PayPal asking me to Confirm my US taxpayer status. But I'm not one. [more inside]
posted by nouvelle-personne at 10:33 AM - 5 answers

Would it be a terrible mistake to file a tax return at odds with the 1099 I have received? [more inside]
posted by bullatony at 6:59 AM - 11 answers