Sentences with phrase «like being on call»

Having a newborn is like being on call constantly.

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«On the ride home, we get a phone call from Paul Graham to inform us that he'd like to offer us a spot in the Y Combinator program, and we later found out that the reason wasn't because of our idea,» said Gebbia.

However, sustained engagement on issues of equity and inclusion, activities that place participants in the situations that oppressed people experience (what I call «addressing the empathy gap»), and setting goals — much like the one Starbucks envisioned a decade ago regarding pay equity — are some examples of evidence - based best practices.

You'll be able to use Google's smart AI assistant, called Google Assistant, to use voice commands for certain tasks on the Pixelbook, like playing a YouTube video or playing a song.

On this track, the rapper bemoans rising real estate values in his home city, calling out one of Brooklyn's trendiest neighborhoods and saying, «I could have bought a place in Dumbo before it was Dumbo for like $ 2 million.

The technique, called crystallography, was a bit like making a shadow animal on the wall with one's hand and a flashlight.

Gaetz is one of four Republican members of Congress who have told Business Insider that Trump often likes to give them a call moments after they appear on cable news.

The so - called «Bos - Wash Landliner» was imagined in the late 1960s as running on air skis (a little like the initial Hyperloop proposal), vacuuming up moving vehicles at 60 miles an hour, and housing everything from a 100 seat theater to a gym.

The executive told analysts on a conference call on Friday to discuss the sports retailer's abysmal second quarter results that he wasn't concerned about companies like Adidas and Nike (nke) selling on Amazon.com (amzn), saying that quality in - store experience remained a crucial protection against the massive online retailer.

But perhaps what makes Bezos» letter stand out is its brevity (it's much shorter than Buffet's or Dimon's) and consistent focus on long - term values, like keeping a beginner's mindset through what he calls «Day 1» companies.

«I always feel like I have more to - dos than I have time for, so it's easy to lose connections with my team while focusing on my daily checklist and endless conference calls.

Defensive stocks, as they're often called, are big players like Coca - Cola or McDonald's — companies that have a lot of customers in sectors that aren't as dependent on good economic conditions to survive.

«But while it's a hard one to call, they could put an asset test on it — meaning employee stock options would be taxed more heavily for those employees who work for big public companies with a large asset base, like the Big Five banks.

And like any good retailer, she was also pushing her product — on this day a line of men's underpants called the Game On boxer brieon this day a line of men's underpants called the Game On boxer brieOn boxer brief.

As with Tinder, scientists who use the app (called «Papr») will be able to swipe left or right based on whether or not they like the, err, prospective paper.

Jones ran through how it works: You link your calendar, set your preferences — you prefer phone calls in the morning at these hours, these are the five places you like to have coffee, these are the three places you like to have lunch, and so on.

Attend an Open Call where you will be given the opportunity to do a 1 - minute pitch of your business / product / idea to a member of the Casting Team — just like you would as if you were on the show.

Layaway might make sense if you're calling dibs on an item that's in high demand, like an Xbox One S, or if you're plunking down a large amount of cash for a pricey 65 - inch Ultra HD TVs in high demand, like an Xbox One S, or if you're plunking down a large amount of cash for a pricey 65 - inch Ultra HD TV.

That's because, as he explains in more detail on an October episode of his show, when you're stuck at your desk, «you're getting a lot of stimuli that you didn't ask for — like other people's conversations and phone calls.

He announced this great new city called NEOM that they would like to open on the Red Sea, to be really an innovation center in the Middle East.

But low interest rates, at least in Canada, have pushed household debt to such vertiginous levels that officials like Carney know they shouldn't be counting on consumer spending to drive the recovery — ergo, the call for more corporate investment.

«We feel like it gives us a competitive advantage because we're always on the phone,» he says, «but we need to be available and know who's calling.»

«Ideo» was a prefix, and we toyed around with calling ourselves Ideo - Space, and other words that sounded like ideology, but IDEO stuck on its own.

Some of the experiences people started sharing were harrowing, like the time one user said he actually had the cops called on him when the neighbor mistook him for a burglar.

Although the trend would likely be in that direction, he has proven to be a compromiser (and a dealmaker, as he likes to call himself) when it comes to achieving his objectives and for him all options to achieving those objectives (for example, deficit reform) are up for negotiation, including those on the revenue side.

Whereas once it seemed like Facebook could ride out any bad publicity on the strength of its inexorable growth as a business and cultural force, it's increasingly operating in an environment where billionaire technology moguls like Michael Bloomberg and Pierre Omidyar are publicly criticizing it and even calling for it to be regulated.

«So, we feel like the error bars around the unit volume predictions are getting smaller with each passing week,» Musk said on a conference call on Wednesday.

Like many service businesses, Share makes its money on billable hours; once the fixed costs are paid, margins on additional calls are high.

They may not understand what it's actually like to be in the shoes of the people they're asked to call on.

Sure, Twitter and Facebook can tell you what's trending, but I'm really liking this new app called Read It For Me, which will match you with a person who has read the top 100 articles, blogs, and listicles and narrowed down everything to three must - reads based on your interests, plus a bonus longread for the commute home.

«Like for many companies, that was a wake - up call that says you can't rely on the Canadian dollar going down 2 % to 3 % a year to keep competitive.

There were versions of games like «Mass Effect» and «Call of Duty» that were inferior to their counterparts on other platforms, and Nintendo's own contributions were lackluster: a rehashed, sidescrolling Mario game, and «Nintendoland,» a forgettably competent mini-game collection that offered some great menu music and not much else.

In a quarterly - earnings call on Wednesday, Penegor said that the presidential election is weighing on consumer sentiment and, in turn, people are spending less at restaurants like Wendy's.

You'd think that investors would be among the most cold - blooded and rational consumers of information — after all, fortunes depend on them making bias - free judgments about what they hear on earnings calls — but according to this new research, they are actually highly swayed by one tiny shift in language, just like everyone.

As a business owner, you're used to calling all the shots, so it can be infuriating when the Internet seems like a vast, uncontrollable forum for customers to heap criticism on your company.

I love the night mode setting on my iPhone, which can be set up to allow phone calls from favorites - like my wife — to ring through in case of emergency.

On the company's fourth quarter conference call in January, Mayer discussed implementing «rigorous hiring protocols» — a phrase unnamed company employees cited by Reuters say is code for a newfound zeal for high grades and degrees from prestigious universities like Stanford.

Gerber says generating leads with call - to - action tools like these on your website is important, but carefully track them with reliable metrics solutions is even more critical.

«There were 9 people at that table... So you can ask them... Steve likes to go on rants... HE called the president an asshole... that is a fact,» Clooney said in a statement about the verbal altercation that occurred at a restaurant inside Wynn's Encore hotel.

Diversity advocates like Sen. Celine Hervieux - Payette have called for hard quotas on representation, while critics have argued that women should be appointed solely on their own merit.

He's taken on small roles in TV shows like «Law & Order» and «Stitchers» as well as larger parts in movies like «The Thinning,» which The Verge called «a mess.»

It's easy to dwell on negativity, but even easier to succeed when you approach each new day and project with a renewed sense of positivity — what I like to call «short - term amnesia,» the mentality that we will still achieve greatness despite any inevitable setbacks we may face.

Features like Facebook Professional Services (a local business directory), City Guides (an early - stage, travel planning feature), more info on business search results (price range, popularity, Call Now, etc.), and which friends have visited a specific local business are all foreshadowing for what's to come at Facebook.

Steve, his youngest son, likes to call the hotels when the Silverdome is putting on events.

South of the border, there's a lot of attention being paid to the rich, as President Barack Obama and some wealthy Americans like Warren Buffett call on the most affluent to pay a greater share of taxes in that recession - torn nation.

As growing numbers of TV watchers either cut the cord entirely or opt for what cable providers like to call «skinny bundles,» ESPN's iron grip on viewers and subscribers is being questioned in a way it never has in the past.

In other jobs, you might not be able to get a workout like this because you have to meet with clients or go on a sales call.

And he cold calls me everyday Monday, at 8:03 AM, and every Thursday, at 8:03 AM, right on the dot, like he's got it on a tickler.

Blush, bubble gum, petal — call it whatever you like, but what we can all agree on is that the light pink hue has been showing up everywhere lately, adopted by the Instagram generation as the go - to shade for clothing, shoes, and accessories.

It's not like you are on a video call and can see them reading.