theunemployedinvestor

A while back, a friend I had known since elementary school told me something that genuinely surprised me. He had rejected a promotion to become a manager at a hotel in Hawaii which was what he wanted a year ago.…

There was a time in my life when I was negative about almost everything. I complained about life. I complained about work. I complained about policies, procedures, meetings, management, and just about anything else that I felt wasn’t being done…

When I first started my consulting assignment in May 2025, there were seven consultants, including me, working on the inventory accounting team. At the time, there was plenty of work to go around. In fact, there was probably more work…

When I was younger, I honestly didn’t think much about cleaning up after myself. Looking back, I probably had a little too much help growing up. My mom was constantly cleaning up after me, whether it was picking up things…

Recently, I was having a conversation with a coworker about a former team member who was no longer with the company. Her contract had expired back in October 2025, and, based on what I had seen during the time we…

A while back, I was offered the opportunity to be converted from a consultant into a permanent employee at the company I was working for. On the surface, it was good news. The company wanted to keep me. I had…