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☆ I'm a New York real-estate agent who's not worried about losing guaranteed commission. Here's what I'm doing to replace those funds.
  + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mukul Lalchandani, a 44-year-old real-estate agent from New York. I decided to become a real-estate agent so I could prevent other immigrant families from going through the same situation. I've lived in New York for 23 years and have been a real-estate agent for over 15 years. One of the rules is that the seller no longer has to pay a commission to the buyer's agent. Here's what the new commission rules meanThere is a lot of confusion around the commission rule and what it means, especially for buyers.
Persons: Mukul Lalchandani, It's, I've, REBNY, they'll, towners, Sellers Organizations: Service, Business, National Association of Realtors, NAR Locations: New York, Hong Kong, NY
☆ Best ways to earn extra money while driving for Uber, from the 'Rideshare Queen'
  + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
After about six months of driving, I set up a dashcam and started making content with my Uber passengers. I'm now known as "the Rideshare Queen" and make money through ads, sponsorships, and driving for Uber full time. AdvertisementHere are four of the best ways I earn higher tips driving for Uber in Atlanta. Sometimes airport riders book their Uber trips in advance, so I have guaranteed pickups for those days. Sports fans help me make good money and good contentSports fans usually help me create the most interesting content for my social media and are good tippers.
Persons: —, Deanna Dixon, It's, Uber, I'm, Ubering, I've Organizations: Service, Uber, Sunday Service Choir, Kanye, Business, Sports, Braves Locations: Atlanta, Los Angeles
☆ I'm an American living in Mexico. I've seen the effects gentrification has on the locals and wish other expats would stop doing these 5 things here.
  + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
He says Americans moving to Mexico need to stop staying in older Airbnb units among other things. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeremy Albelda, a 36-year-old entrepreneur living in Mexico City. Here are some things that other Americans moving to Mexico should stop doing. Make an effort to learn Spanish and you'll help improve the overall image of remote workers and tourists. Stop staying in older Airbnb unitsOlder Airbnb unit owners usually displaced a local resident to turn it into an Airbnb.
Persons: Jeremy Albelda, Albelda, —, It's, it's, who've, Airbnb, I've, we're, I'm Organizations: Mexico City, Service, San Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, Philadelphia, Roma Norte, San Miguel, British, London
☆ I'm a recruiter at Meta. These are the top perks that win tech workers over — and the one they don't seem to care about.
  + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Glaze Martillano, a tech recruiter at Meta who lives in Toronto, about the benefits Meta employees are offered. VacationsWhen joining a big tech company, most candidates have high expectations when it comes to healthcare, competitive equity packages, vacations, and bonuses. Most importantly, they get to work on different projects with Meta employees based on their personal interests and skills. Companies talk about the importance of mental-health care, but there's still a stigma attached to getting help, so employees often don't take advantage of it. Forty percent of employers say they believe workers leave their jobs to work at companies that offer better benefits and perks.
Persons: Glaze, Martillano, —, It's, Meta, I've, we've, We've, it's, they'd, there's Organizations: Meta, Talent, Service, Facebook, Tech Locations: Toronto, Canada, United States, Menlo Park , California
☆ I went from making $9.50 an hour to almost $100K a year at UPS without having a college degree. I'm grateful that my 21 years at the company have paid off.
  + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
A UPS worker says he started out making $9.50 an hour and now earns $100,000 at the company. The delivery driver says new drivers may be disappointed since it takes years to earn the top wage. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a 39-year-old UPS delivery driver from Arizona. I started as a warehouse worker in 2002 at 18 years old making $9.50 an hour and eventually got promoted to a delivery driver making about $100,000 a year — the maximum $44 an hour wage. When people apply to become a UPS delivery driver, they may be disappointed because it takes years of hard work to make anywhere close to that amount.
Persons: —, I've, I'd, we're Organizations: UPS, he's, Service, Disney Locations: Arizona, U.S
☆ I earned up to $130K in tech roles, but the jobs felt fake. Here's why I think startups hire people to build a brand only to fire them later on.
  + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Arias was earning $130,000 at her second "fake" tech job. During that time, I had two tech jobs that felt like fake jobs. I believed so much in their product that I decided to apply for a business development role at the company. Some venture-capital tech startups build a company with the sole purpose of creating a brand good enough to sell to a buyer. AdvertisementAdvertisementAlthough I had tech jobs that felt fake, I did walk away with new skills that I can now use to help other businesses.
Persons: Celia Arias, Arias, I'd, haven't Organizations: Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York City
☆ I'm a millennial living in Bengalaru, the Silicon Valley of India. I have my dream job in tech and get to spend 30% of my salary on travel, but there's a lot of pressure to be married.
  + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Dangda has the exact job she wanted and loves being able to learn and grow in it. Bengaluru is known as the Silicon Valley of India and I work for a tech company there. In India, work experience is more important than degreesI got my Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a public university in Delhi which was very affordable. In India, work experience is more important than degrees. Unfortunately, my starting salary was based on the salary I had at my last job with an LLB.
Persons: Kavya Dangda, Dangda, It's, that's, I'm Organizations: Service, EMI Locations: Bengaluru, India, Wall, Silicon, Valley, Noida, Delhi, Singapore, Cambodia, Angkor
☆ I spent hours trying Target's price-match guarantee and saved $2.83. It was a huge waste of time, and here's what I'd do instead.
  + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Ananya Vahal visited her local Target to see how much she could save with its price match policy. She only had six items on her shopping list, but spent two hours trying to price match them. Fortunately, Target's price match policy is designed to do just that. I try to use coupons whenever I can, but I had never used the price match policy at Target. During a recent trip to my local store, I finally decided to try my luck.
☆ I'm a nurse tech and the 'tripledemic' is pushing me to the brink. We still don't have enough beds because of the surge after holiday gatherings.
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
One hospital worker says the COVID-19, flu, and RSV outbreak reminded them of the early pandemic. We no longer have a separate floor for COVID-19 patients because there aren't any extra rooms available. The COVID-19, flu, and RSV patients are put on the same floor as the cancer, tuberculosis, and shingles patients. Flu and RSV patients also share some of the same treatments and equipments as COVID-19 patients. We don't put immunocompromised patients next to flu or RSV patients, but we do put them next to the COVID-19 patients.
☆ I shopped in-person and online at Fabletics to see if the brand's brick-and-mortar expansion makes sense. I loved the fitting rooms and modern aesthetic of the store.
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
All of the sports bras fit differently, so I needed to try different sizes in all of them. The employees informed me that I could sign up for the VIP membership in the store and get all the same benefits from shopping online. The register at Fabletics store where employees helped me make decisions. Ananya Vahal
☆ I'm a Pennsylvania poll worker. I worked a 15-hour shift for $250, but it was worth it to help people vote — especially in a swing state.
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Aaron Stevens, 33, is a Philadelphia poll worker who worked the 2022 midterm elections in Pa. This was his fourth time as a poll worker because he loves to see his community participate. This is my fourth time as a poll worker in Philadelphia. If their information was correct, we guided them to the touch-screen voting machines and gave them extra help if needed. When I used to work as a poll worker in the past, people were worried about voting terminals getting hacked.
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