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plonkee

plonkee has written 579 posts for plonkee money

you can have a job that you like

People take the mickey out of media studies graduates in the UK. I think the equivalent in the US is probably the English major syndrome. I know nothing about the career possibilities of either subject, but I do know that just because Joe Bloggs in the street can’t think of what you might do with [...]

i got a promotion…

…but it’s not going to make me rich.
In my company promotions at the staff level happen exactly twice a year. 1st April and 1st October. They arrive in little white envelopes usually hand delivered by team leaders. When Wednesday came and went and no one asked for a quick word, I assumed that I’d missed [...]

the sky is not falling in…

…or why you shouldn’t be worried about your savings account.
I already know that you’re all nice sensible people, busy savings and investing towards a fun and exciting future. In the wider world I suspect that not everyone has a positive net worth, or even an emergency fund. Which is why I find the vast amounts [...]

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