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I've never "called in sick" in 16 years. Why? Because if I'm that sick that I seriously can't work, then generally it's something I want checked out. I show up at 730 at sick parade regardless. I have no issue having that same requirement of my personnel. What does piss me off though is...

You have no idea why you are expelling bodily fluids in such a manner. I would think the prudent thing is to get it checked to make sure it's not serious, not to have a solider dying in a puddle of their own excrement in the SQ/PMQs

I know I would be, I wish I could be that shameless to coast through my career without a care in the world!

Sounds like a huge problem with the CoC. There is no entitlement to 2 sick days a month. I've always had the requirement that people go to the MIR if they are sick. If they claim they're too sick for the MIR then we can send an ambulance. Unit PT is a parade, everyone goes. If you are on chit...

It's FISM - Foreman of IS Management. They've been stood up in a number of units now.

What sells houses is price. We're starting to see the market turn and people that bought houses less than 3 years ago are very likely going to take losses. This is probably going to be a trend for the next few years. But honestly, if the house isn't selling and isn't getting views than no amount...

Shouldn't be too hard to keep people in the same area though. The spouse income issue is something that is only going to get more and more significant as things like dual incomes become a stronger and stronger trend. If someone wants to stay in Petawawa or Edmonton, there's no reason why they...

I get this is a go-to feel-good line, and maybe some show up excited every morning to serve queen and country but fact is, in my job I've lost a good few of my smartest people to public service and private contractors mainly due to money and post stability (they had spouses with high paying jobs...

I've lost 4 of some of my smartest techs to outside military hires. They were honestly just tired of the foolishness and received much higher paying jobs straight out of releasing (companies that will wait the full 6 months that the CM is permitted to (and is adamant on) holding them to). The...

This is an amazing concept, I'm shocked we haven't tried this before.

I would think it would create only 1 vacancy, the one in the NCM's previous occupation, as the vacancy in the officer trade is then occupied by the former NCM. That said, having a person that can immediately start trade training (or in the case of a Cpl, only requires BMOQ), chances are they...

From my understanding of the system from talking with the BPSO, red/yellow trades only impact VOTs among NCM trades, the CM have no say over the officer entry programs (which makes sense since he was never consulted on mine, instead I let him know as a heads up before posting season)

For those who are unaware, the Special Commissioning Plan is a officer entry program for serving NCMs who have already attained the educational requirements for their desired officer trade (ie the have a bachelor's degree). Being from a large unit, I've seen messages for about 10 members who...

Honestly I don't see much point for CSTs to being doing TCP/IP as well for that matter. I get that the original idea was IST would do red side and CST would do black side but that's inane, it's the exact same skillset, it only makes sense for one to do both. TCIs should most likely be done by...

I've never seen cross training on things like that ever done successfully, no matter how much people say it needs to happen. Sometimes you need people to specialize to be truly effective.

I was of the understanding that leave passes don't even need to be signed by the member. They can be signed off by the CoC without the member signing their part. Maybe this isn't the case, but I've seen it done quite often, people adding weeks onto post deployment leave etc.

Core is definitely an available trade, and for reserves I believe it's the only ACCIS option (I don't think IST, CST are with the reserves, and LST may not longer as well but I'm sure someone will correct me). A "tactical sig" would be referring to core, it is possible to be imbedded with the...

The real shocking thing is no one complains and tries to give money to the CF when their house investment goes up $40,000 but the second their investment drops by $30,000 it's the tax payer's job to cover their investment risk. If you don't want to take the risk of losing money on a house...

Hi Leeworthy, There are a few formal and informal avenues for you. First would be to contact your CoC and explain to them the situation and request a phone meeting with the career manager. Explain your situation and be flexible on where you could go and be posted to (for instance, if they...

No idea whether it comes off your student record or not, but rest assured, no one is digging into your basic training files looking mistakes you made as a recruit. Especially since the next time you'll be at the school will likely be your ILP WO's course.