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HelloKitty1988 t1_j9qoyv4 wrote

Librarian in the area but never worked there. I’ve heard mixed things.

It seems to really depend on the branch you get placed at which you don’t know ahead of time. They can also send you to other branches when needed. Some branches you end up more as a social worker than doing librarian work, which for some is a joy, for others not.

I interviewed and it was not really a friendly process, but that wasn’t really the libraries fault and more because it is a civil service job and have their system.

I passed the interview, but then got dumped into a pool of others. They did not explain this portion beforehand. I found out after I “passed” the interview. I ended up declining it when it reached my placement which was about two years later.

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kevlarbaboon t1_j9qo9nv wrote

weirdly i read it how it was intended. just my limited experience. Honestly it felt like lots of profs resented their placement and wanted to dive into industry but just couldn't for whatever reason.

then there's non-profit research institutions that have PIs who are also multi-millionaire CEOs

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1up t1_j9qnebx wrote

Krasner is right that it is not automatically a conflict of interest under the PA rules of professional conduct that govern attorneys even if it is a clear violation of the ethical rules that El-Shabazz is subject to. Not sure what else you would expect Krasner to say eitherr as it is not his job to enforce the city ethics code.

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emet18 t1_j9qkyfi wrote

Waiting to see how the Krasneristas defend this one.

Look, I don’t like the guy’s policies. But this is separate from that. He is just a bad, unethical attorney. File this under the same category as all the stories about enormous office turnover, getting rebuked for incompetence on the record by a judge, accepting enormous amounts of money from out-of-state donors, etc. Donald Trump levels of comically apparent corruption, ineptitude, and belief that the rules don’t apply to you.

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SeaFar6856 t1_j9qfu9d wrote

I spent the last day researching and buying a bigger higher end air filter for my first floor. I have double doors to the outside and they are sealed pretty well, but man o man, I feel like I go downstairs and all of a sudden I have a head and lungs full of snot.

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