How to overcome office politics

The company I work for was acquired 9/2024. With this company, reviews and raises were on the anniversary of hire date. The new company reviews everyone in the spring in two parts; the review and the raise separately. From what I understand, the raise will be 'prorated' if your last raise does not coincide with the timeline of your last raise. Can someone help me understand this? For example, my hire date is 9/5. Last 9/5 I received an 8 percent raise. (right before the acquisition, so that's good) So how is it suppose to work from now that we are fully acquired? Am I suppose to get a prorated raise? What if it's COL 3 percent? So that's 11 percent over 1.5 years? It seems to me that someone gets shorted, the employee or the company. Not even my manager can really tell me. Are you familiar with this concept and what are the positives and negatives?

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I'm struggling to optimize my LinkedIn to be applicable for other fields. Based on my resume, I was being considered for a job. I tailored it and my cover letter and HR said I was exactly what they were looking for the role. Today,, I saw the CEO view my LinkedIn which is the kiss of death for my applications due to past industries and their perceived experience. I've had to expand my search due to current location and industries. My issue is that on my resume, I can highlight skills that would be applicable for that field but only have one LinkedIn. If someone doesn't see past industry blinders, I wouldn't be the right fit. What is the best way to handle this issue? It's happened so many times so I know it's a problem, not only for applications but for recruiters viewing my LinkedIn. My marketing and media background doesn't coincide with the predominant healthcare roles in this area. I successfully demonstrate on my resume why I'm the right fit but LinkedIn's layout makes it difficult to look past global media experience and to be applicable for other fields. I'd appreciate your advice!

I have a master's degree. I am 50 years old and had a 10-year career break to be home with my children. I was laid off from a large pharmaceutical company in February 2024. Since then, I have not been able to find a job in my field. I honestly did not think it would take this long or be this difficult to find another position in my field. Now, it's been over a year, and I have another unattractive gap on my resume. I have had some interviews, but mostly have been rejected from the hundreds, yes hundreds of jobs that I have applied for. As I mentioned I am over 50 and am worried that ageism is one of the reasons I have not found another position. I have recently started to apply to some part time retail work because I need an income. I am interested in the clinical research space, as a clinical research associate or data manager. I do not know what kind of training is needed or available for those positions and how to enroll in the necessary training. I have tried to do some networking, but didn't get very far with it. My questions are: Is anybody currently in a situation like mine? What were some techniques/methods that you found useful for landing another position? Am I doing something wrong? Has anyone found a way out of a situation like mine? If anyone changed careers, what sort of career did you pivot to? What can I do to find another job?

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I am the Operations Manager in the manufacturing industry, while I am a conservative and do not hold to modern feminist views - I have experienced my share of misogyny, I am wondering what your thoughts are on the following questions: Are there STILL bias opinions from men of women who work in Industrial workplaces? Do you feel looked down on by men for making it into management in such workplaces? Do men ever make comments to you about your level of intellect? Curious to see how many other women are in manufacturing environments and what your experiences are!