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NOOOOOOO. You are talking to a military romance scammer. I received an email from the US Army that directly answers your question that is pasted below please keep reading.I believe you are the victim of a military Romance Scam whereas the person you are talking to is a foreign national posing as an American Soldier claiming to be stationed overseas on a peacekeeping mission. That's the key to the scam they always claim to be on a peacekeeping mission.Part of their scam is saying that they have no access to their money that their mission is highly dangerous.If your boyfriend girlfriend/future husband/wife is asking you to do the following or has exhibited this behavior, it is a most likely a scam:Moves to private messaging site immediately after meeting you on Facebook or SnapChat or Instagram or some dating or social media site. Often times they delete the site you met them on right after they asked you to move to a more private messaging siteProfesses love to you very quickly & seems to quote poems and song lyrics along with using their own sort of broken language, as they profess their love and devotion quickly. They also showed concern for your health and love for your family.Promises marriage as soon as he/she gets to state for leave that they asked you to pay for.They Requests money (wire transfers) and Amazon, iTune ,Verizon, etc gift cards, for medicine, religious practices, and leaves to come home, internet access, complete job assignments, help sick friend, get him out of trouble, or anything that sounds fishy.The military does provide all the soldier needs including food medical Care and transportation for leave. Trust me, I lived it, you are probably being scammed. I am just trying to show you examples that you are most likely being connned.Below is an email response I received after I sent an inquiry to the US government when I discovered I was scammed. I received this wonderful response back with lots of useful links on how to find and report your scammer. And how to learn more about Romance Scams.Right now you can also copy the picture he gave you and do a google image search and you will hopefully see the pictures of the real person he is impersonating. this doesn't always work and take some digging. if you find the real person you can direct message them and alert them that their image is being used for scamming.Good Luck to you and I'm sorry this may be happening to you. please continue reading the government response I received below it's very informative.   You have contacted an email that is monitored by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. Unfortunately, this is a common concern. We assure you there is never any reason to send money to anyone claiming to be a Soldier online. If you have only spoken with this person online, it is likely they are not a U.S. Soldier at all. If this is a suspected imposter social media profile, we urge you to report it to that platform as soon as possible. Please continue reading for more resources and answers to other frequently asked questions:  How to report an imposter Facebook profile: Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... < Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... >   Answers to frequently asked questions:  - Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.  - Soldiers are not charged money for secure communications or leave.  - Soldiers do not need permission to get married.  - Soldiers emails are in this format: john.doe.mil@mail.mil < Caution-mailto: john.doe.mil@mail.mil > anything ending in .us or .com is not an official email account.  - Soldiers have medical insurance, which pays for their medical costs when treated at civilian health care facilities worldwide – family and friends do not need to pay their medical expenses.  - Military aircraft are not used to transport Privately Owned Vehicles.  - Army financial offices are not used to help Soldiers buy or sell items of any kind.  - Soldiers deployed to Combat Zones do not need to solicit money from the public to feed or house themselves or their troops.  - Deployed Soldiers do not find large unclaimed sums of money and need your help to get that money out of the country.  Anyone who tells you one of the above-listed conditions/circumstances is true is likely posing as a Soldier and trying to steal money from you.  We would urge you to immediately cease all contact with this individual.  For more information on avoiding online scams and to report this crime, please see the following sites and articles:   This article may help clarify some of the tricks social media scammers try to use to take advantage of people: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/>   CID advises vigilance against 'romance scams,' scammers impersonating Soldiers  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 < Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 >   FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center: Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx< Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx>   U.S. Army investigators warn public against romance scams: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...>   DOD warns troops, families to be cybercrime smart -Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...< Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...>   Use caution with social networking  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...>    Please see our frequently asked questions section under scams and legal issues. Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ < Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ > or visit Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ < Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ >.  The challenge with most scams is determining if an individual is a legitimate member of the US Army. Based on the Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot provide this information. If concerned about a scam you may contact the Better Business Bureau (if it involves a solicitation for money), or local law enforcement. If you're involved in a Facebook or dating site scam, you are free to contact us direct; (571) 305-4056.   If you have a social security number, you can find information about Soldiers online at Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... < Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... > . While this is a free search, it does not help you locate a retiree, but it can tell you if the Soldier is active duty or not.  If more information is needed such as current duty station or location, you can contact the Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) by phone or mail and they will help you locate individuals on active duty only, not retirees. There is a fee of $3.50 for businesses to use this service. The check or money order must be made out to the U.S. Treasury. It is not refundable. The address is:  Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) 8899 East 56th Street Indianapolis, IN 46249-5301 Phone: 1-866-771-6357  In addition, it is not possible to remove social networking site profiles without legitimate proof of identity theft or a scam. If you suspect fraud on this site, take a screenshot of any advances for money or impersonations and report the account on the social networking platform immediately.  Please submit all information you have on this incident to Caution-www.ic3.gov < Caution-http://www.ic3.gov > (FBI website, Internet Criminal Complaint Center), immediately stop contact with the scammer (you are potentially providing them more information which can be used to scam you), and learn how to protect yourself against these scams at Caution-http://www.ftc.gov < Caution-http://www.ftc.gov > (Federal Trade Commission's website)

No one is looking out for your career.My first manager out of college was amazing. He was patient, motivating and loyal to his team.He pushed us but took time to celebrate when we delivered. This is a rare attribute in a corporate world where no conversation seems to end without asking for more.In a short period of time under this manager, I won several top sales awards and was promoted to sales manager in only three years.He made us feel like insiders, sharing information typically reserved for executives.If we were facing genuine resistance, he fought for us. Not just the “I’ll run it up the chain” nonsense you get from yes-men, but legitimate battling.When an employee sees their manager in the trenches, listening and fighting for their team, it can be incredibly motivating.We worked for one of the smallest business units in a massive company.One day, we came in to the office to learn about an internal company merger. It was communicated in an email and from what we could tell, our small business was being merged into a much larger business.Uh-oh.I hustled down to my manager’s office to get the scoop. He was always in the loop on this type of stuff and I planned to bust his chops for not looping me in earlier.He was reading the same email very carefully. It struck me that he was learning about this merger the same way I did.Oh shit.“I’ll make some calls and see what I can learn.”This wasn’t the first re-organization I had been through. Big companies go through these internal mergers for one reason.To reduce staff.They communicate something entirely different. Creating value, simplifying the customer experience, selling a more valuable bundle, blah, blah, blah.The real reason is always cost reduction. The larger business gobbles up the smaller business, keeps sales and key technical resources, then reduces functions like back office, accounting, HR, management, etc.This is especially true when the overall business is declining or flat.We didn’t learn much after that email. Two months went by and it was business as usual. We kept on working, all with this approaching storm cloud on the horizon.My team would ask what I knew. I would mutter, “We’ll know soon” and then call my boss and ask the same.Finally, we had our annual manager’s meeting after the close of the year. The first big change was that our meeting was now combined with our new merger partner.Good or bad, we would learn what we needed to know at this meeting.The first day of meetings was filled with presentations from executives I didn’t know. PowerPoint slides explained the merger with colorful bar charts and catchy buzz words like “synergy”, “better together” and “one team”.They were talking without saying anything at all, a skill I had yet to master as a young manager. The only thing I could discern was tone. It was clear that they saw our cute little business as inferior to theirs.They had big plans to optimize us, succeed where we had failed and get us back on track. In other words, this was not a merger of equals (they never are).Our boss set up an early dinner with his direct reports. There were six of us managers. We sucked down a drink and talked about how odd the meeting was.We didn’t know that his day had been considerably worse than ours.During one of the breaks, he had been pulled aside and told that his position was being eliminated. After 15 years with the company, he no longer had a job.We were stunned. This was a friend and he looked crushed.That feeling lasted about two seconds. Next, came panic. Were we on our way out the door too?He didn’t make us ask that awkward question. He told us that decisions hadn’t been made at our level and that there would be some competition for front line management positions.There would be cuts but not as deep as the executive ranks.“Do you know who is going to make that decision?”“Not sure.”“Do you know when they plan to make that decision?”“I believe they are going to meet with you tomorrow to discuss.”It was clear. He didn’t know and couldn’t help if he did. After all, why would they want the opinion of an executive they just fired?I came into that company as a gullible punk and always had this boss to get my back. I worked my tail off but trusted that he was helping me signNow my career goals. He had my back.I learned at this moment something he never told me.No one is going to manage my career but me.Sure, you’ll find managers who care about you and genuinely push for your best interests. But, the second that their situation is in question, they have no choice but to get focused on their own career.Up until that point, there was no Plan B. I would work hard and deliver results. The rest would take care of itself.Stupid boy.He invited us out for drinks. Four of the guys went with him but I broke rank with a friend.We were on the chopping block and the likely executioner was at this meeting somewhere.Sentiment was out. Survival was in.We passed on drinks with our group. Feeling sorry for ourselves was not going to help us keep our job. My boss understood and gave us some tips on who we might try to talk with at the social event.Instead, we headed out to the social event and started networking as if it would be our last.After some time, we figured out who our new bosses would be and bought them drinks. In a loud bar, we could feel that we were being interviewed on the spot. It was also clear that they had done some homework on us already, which was unsettling.One round led to many more as we answered questions all night. We passed that first test, stumbling home at 2AM after last call.We went out of our way to share everything we were working on after that point. We inundated our new bosses with details about our strategy, business challenges and teams. We made the effort to get to know their entire support staff. If they gave us an assignment, we made sure to impress, knowing they were comparing us against our peers.This was all made easier by the personal connection we made at that first networking event. Showing up at that event might have saved our jobs.When the dust settled two months later, we both still had jobs but several of our peers did not. We had accomplished what seemed impossible sitting in that annual meeting. We survived.The lesson for me was stark.There is only so much your manager can do for you. If you want a long, successful career, you will be the only constant. Only you know your aspirations, fears, doubts and dreams. Your manager may love you but their first priority will never be you.If your manager were to cut all priorities to one, that priority would be their own career.Build a network large enough to withstand any shock.

I was selected for a summer internship 2016.I tried to be very open while filling the preference form: I choose many products as my favorite products and I said I'm open about the team I want to join.I even was very open in the  location and start date to get host matching interviews (I negotiated the start date in the interview until both me and my host were happy.) You could ask your recruiter to review your form (there are very cool and could help you a lot since they have a bigger experience).Do a search on the potential team.Before the interviews,  try to find smart question that you are going to ask for the potential host (do a search on the team  to find nice and deep questions to impress your host). Prepare well your resume.You are very likely not going to get algorithm/data structure questions like in the first round. It's going to be just some friendly chat if you are lucky. If your potential team is working on something like machine learning, expect that  they are going to ask you questions about machine learning, courses related to machine learning you have and relevant experience (projects, internship). Of course you have to study that before the interview. Take as long time as you need if you feel rusty. It takes some time to get ready for the host matching (it's less than the technical interview)  but it's worth it of course.

In most cases, an employee is asked to sign the warning or evaluation to document that the employee was made aware of the form's content. An employee may refuse to sign it because he or she a) disagrees with the content or b) thinks that the document is not valid without the signature.

You are not required to sign a written warning, and you should certainly not do so if you consider it to be unfair. You should ask for a copy of the warning. Make a note of the circumstances in which you received the warning, including the time and place you received it and what was said and by whom.

Answer: Your employer can't force you to sign the performance document, but there may be consequences for refusing to do so. For one, your employer could fire you for refusing to sign. For another, your refusal to sign may disqualify you from receiving unemployment benefits.

Normally, the employer asks the employee to sign a verbal or written warning form to establish that they discussed the issue with you. ... This is because that type of employer may later use that against you to block your unemployment or as evidence to support your termination. Do not sign it if you disagree it.

A written warning letter should start out with the basic formalities, such as the subject, date, time, your name, your job title, the employee's name and job title and the names of any other people receiving a copy of the memo. You may want to include your company's logo at the top of the form, but this is optional.