CorporateLand: Restaurant Lockdown for Sales Guys

CorporateLand: Restaurant Lockdown for Sales GuysIntroduction: Just a short CorporateLand post, primarily applicable to sales guys, but also helpful for others.Body: So when the economy is in recession, guess what industry gets nailed? Well, trick question, because there's more than one, but restaurants, especially fine dining. Back during the "Great Recession" high end restaurants were begging for...

CorporateLand Published on 10/03/18 by VasiliyZaitzev

CorporateLand: How to Ask For a RaiseSo I’ve been asked to write about “How to Make More Money, Without Leaving Your Current Job”.The Short Answer: You won’t. The best way to move up, is to move out.The Long Answer: You can, but….Corporations are not good at determining employee value. And they’re not really incented to. What they are incented to do is get you to work the most hours they...

CorporateLand Published on 10/03/18 by VasiliyZaitzev

CorporateLand: How to Handle Salary Negotiations.

CorporateLand: How to Handle Salary Negotiations.TL;DR: If you are working in CorporateLand, read this. If you are not, good for you, but read it anyway. This also applies more to moving from one job to the next and less so your first gig, b/c you will have more leverage when you are already a CorporateLand resident. Until then you are basically an illegal alien with no rights.Note 1: If you are a...

CorporateLand Published on 10/03/18 by VasiliyZaitzev

CorporateLand: How to Kill it in Your Job Interview

CorporateLand: How to Kill it in Your Job InterviewTL;DR: A guy who interviews candidates tells you what he looks for in job interviews, and how not to fuck yours up. Based on the reaction to my last two "CorporateLand" threads, I thought this might be useful for RPMen navigating the interview process.Related posts in the "CorporateLand" series you may find of interest:CorporateLand: How to Handle...

CorporateLand Published on 10/03/18 by VasiliyZaitzev

[FR] When the orbiter sizing you up is bigger than you

Saturday night at the club. I’m checking out this HB7 on the dancefloor. Fit body, cute face and a blonde Miley Cyrus 2013 undercut. Not exactly my thing, but it looked good on her. I smile, she smiles back and I start chatting her up.I start getting negative vibes from the guy right behind her. He’s giving me angry looks and tries taking up my space as I'm touching her back and holding her face...

JeepSix's Blog Published on 10/02/18 by JeepSix

Correcting Her Faux Pas

Sometimes things go wrong and it isn't big enough to cut her off. Let's handle that.If you have worked to improve yourself then you have undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of your previous social circle and have moved to another that fits your new standards. As you improve yourself, you'll find yourself embarrassed by some of the things that females do that were previously acceptable to you. For instance,...