Well, yeah. Unfortunately I've landed with all of my eggs in one basket
right now, anyway. If that manager could just like give me the schedule th
he puts in the electronic schedule thing, that'd be great. But he does tha
show up, nobody is there, then they want me to come in on my day off so tha
can 'go over the schedule again'. It's unbelievable. So I haven't been fi
or quit there yet, but I'm not taking any hours until I hear back from DAG>corporate or whatever. This crap is obscene.
Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Daryl Stout on 01-May-2015 09:41 <=-
Unfortunately the job that I was having these troubles at never
really could get its bits together with handling scheduling. After my 3rd commute out to the airport for a shift that they 'forgot' they had
me on the schedule for I ended up quitting, as well. For the $10/hr
that they were paying me it was just destroying my already destabilized vehicle too fast, and the stress was putting me into states that were
not really condusive to a good employment experience, to put things mildly.
The contract work is finally producing hours, though, and it's
managing to hold me over until I can find something else around here
to get me out and about and to cover some of those extra hours a day
that I could be doing more useful things in. There's such labor competition in this city, though. I don't doubt that it's going to
take awhile. Really glad I had the contract work to fall back on.
There's definitely something to be said for the people willing to do
that kind of work. When I've been in that situation I've found, more often than not in my experience, that I was taken advantage of more
than I've been recognized for doing that. I really wish it worked the other way around a little bit more often. Then again, I guess the old 'beggars can't be choosers' kind of applies to the situation that I've been in, and still find myself at this point. :P
That's really a shame. Did you ever connect to the upper management
about the situation...? That all sounds just unprofessional, even if it is "only" foodservice...
And hopefully the contract work will blossom and pay well enough to sustain you. :) It certainly has the potential to be more satisfying
a job, even if it doesn't get you out of the house... :)
Even some professional jobs don't offer much respect... even if they pay
a little better and maybe even have better benefits... been there...
Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 06-May-2015 16:14 <=-
That's really a shame. Did you ever connect to the upper managementNo, it got stuck on the 'load shedding' pile and I suspect it's been there long enough so that it will be summarily discarded before taken into account. Regardless, with attention to detail like the guy had,
about the situation...? That all sounds just unprofessional, even if it
is "only" foodservice...
it's not going to take long for plenty of other complaints to take that one's place. I mean there were plenty of people complaining about unprofessional/incompetent behavior well before I left there.
I may still do it at some point, but even trying to salvage the
I may still do it at some point, but even trying to salvage the
situation for another dozen-twenty hours at the location in the city
here doesn't really seem worth it now that the contract is giving more hours. I think I'd rather volunteer than take another food service job at this point, being as this has happened for both food service jobs
that I've had in the area now.
I suspect that with all of the
competition for jobs around here they're just used to being able to
find people desperate enough to handle that kind of situation... People that don't have kids requiring them to have honored scheduling hours,
for instance, and don't have other fallback skills. I mean, that
sounds kind of bad, I don't mean desperate in a bad way, but the entry-level labor market is pretty tooth & nail around here.
And hopefully the contract work will blossom and pay well enough toWell it's now proven to do that at least for several weeks here.
sustain you. :) It certainly has the potential to be more satisfying
a job, even if it doesn't get you out of the house... :)
That'll be enough to get a nest egg set up again well enough to take
the sweat from my brow for a few months, hopefully. Better still, the guy arranging this contract has other ones up his sleeve; I think once
a decent amount of hours has been taken in stride, he'll probably
branch out to other contracts to keep a better amount of work on my plate. This has been indicated in his discussions so far, anyway.
I'll find something to do for the social situations. I did have a
good date day before yesterday here. :)
Another voice added to the uproar might not hurt...
Volunteering might serve the purpose of social interaction just fine... possibly even better than an entry-level job... especially if the job in your field gives you enough hours and pay to make it possible... :)
I hear you. Similar happening here, where there are so many people
trying for even those jobs that it's by no means guaranteed that just because someone wants to work that they can get a job...
Definitely sounds promising... :) Hope it truly pans out well... :)
I'll find something to do for the social situations. I did have a:)
good date day before yesterday here. :)
Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 13-May-2015 13:21 <=-
Volunteering might serve the purpose of social interaction just fine...Yeah I've done a couple of shifts at Free Geek here, which kind of ensures that I'll have things in common with the people that I'm
possibly even better than an entry-level job... especially if the job in
your field gives you enough hours and pay to make it possible... :)
meeting. I'm setting up another one right now, since the last one
didn't work out due to rescheduling that had to take place.
I was looking into some rehabilitation groups through the VA, too,
but after an introductory session there, I think I'll just leave that
to the people that need it a whole lot more.
Regardless, with the hours
going up on the contract work I should be able to have the liberty to choose what I'm doing fairly easily at this point. :)
I hear you. Similar happening here, where there are so many peopleThere's only one other area where I spent a decent amount of time
trying for even those jobs that it's by no means guaranteed that just
because someone wants to work that they can get a job...
that had this kind of labor situation. Well, actually it was a whole
lot worse. I was there for around 6 months and never did get any employment at all. I don't know if the stats that I heard were correct but it was allegedly around 28% at that recession peak (before they started fudging the numbers) then. It was in Yuma, AZ, as I've
mentioned before, and people were fighting tooth & nail to hold onto
fast food jobs or whatever else they could get. In a situation like
that I'm guessing that management gets pretty used to getting whatever they want, much like here. It's all kind of foreign to me, when I'm
used to a location where I can walk out and start searching and usually land something in less than a month or even two weeks. They treat
their people a lot better in that area, too, at least at the
entry-level tier.
Definitely sounds promising... :) Hope it truly pans out well... :)Things are still looking promising on the contract labor front. I'm getting held up a little bit by things outside of my control, but I'm chomping at the bit and the work is there to be done. I've got high hopes. :) *thinks helplessly of the Pink Floyd song*
I'll find something to do for the social situations. I did have a
good date day before yesterday here. :)
:)Had a second one that went well yesterday, too! Taking everything
nice & slow, too. Not going to get involved in a situation that's
going to tear me up again if I can help it. :)
Or the Sinatra song... high apple-pie in the Sky-y-y-y hopes <G>
Whoops there goes another rubbertree plant... ;) Things should work
out just fine... :)
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-20-15 14:19 <=-
Or the Sinatra song... high apple-pie in the Sky-y-y-y hopes <G>
Whoops there goes another rubbertree plant... ;) Things should work
out just fine... :)
I'll be hearing that darn thing in my head the rest of the day now.
:P
For that matter, I saw a picture on Facebook of a take-off of
another one of "Ol' Blue Eyes" songs...from "I Did It My Way". It
showed this elephant walking down the road, with a bunch of white
birds behind him.
The caption...
Egrets...I've had a few... <G>
Yeah I've done a couple of shifts at Free Geek here, which kind ofThat sounds like a good fit. :)
Those can have a focus that isn't necessarily what you need... although that might be a possibility for socializing if you thought your input might be helpful to others, even if you don't think you really need it.
True... the dynamic changes some when one HAS to keep the job... vs
when one can walk and find something better...
Or the Sinatra song... high apple-pie in the Sky-y-y-y hopes <G>
Whoops there goes another rubbertree plant... ;) Things should work
out just fine... :)
Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 31-May-2015 16:33 <=-
Yeah I've done a couple of shifts at Free Geek here, which kind of
That sounds like a good fit. :)I actually got sick when I had the last one set up that I was going
to go to, unfortunately. However they're always looking for more
people that they've already certified to fill shifts, so I'll be trying to see if I can get in another slot on Monday.
Right now I'm also thinking that I might _finally_ be able to afford Aikido for myself (and possibly even my son, though he's already in
Tae Kwon Do) come this next paycheck, which should be Tuesday or Wednesday. Needless to say I'm really pumped at starting to have some different options available for socialization where I've really had nothing but the volunteering or food hell places before.
Yeah I could tell that the VA groups weren't for me even before I
met the members of the group. I could tell by the person that was
giving the introduction and the way that she was treating the people
that were there that I was really far out of my element. Perhaps
you're right, though. The last time that I was in a place with lots of groups I spent about a half a day making sure that I'd dealt with my losses as best I could, and the rest of the time it helped me more than anything to be able to sit down and help some of the other people work through there problems. I'm not trying to steal crap from Patch Adams here, it's just kind of how it worked out, if you remember his scene in the psych ward and all.
True... the dynamic changes some when one HAS to keep the job... vsRight now I wouldn't throw away what I've got for anything. It's allowing me a degree of freedom that I never thought I'd have and
when one can walk and find something better...
there's finally been enough of a ramp up in hours that I'm able to get
in enough work to do well. Not too much of it, though. I never thought I'd find that mix. Plus I'm starting to get good at it again, which is really nice. I don't like having to ask somebody about every little
step every time. Autonomy and the confidence in the actions that one
is taking is always a good thing. It is quite a bit like riding a
bike. ;)
Or the Sinatra song... high apple-pie in the Sky-y-y-y hopes <G>I'm starting to feel that way, finally. Even got some ideas
Whoops there goes another rubbertree plant... ;) Things should work
out just fine... :)
together on how to bring my credit up some points within the next
couple of months here, and get my cat the operation that he needs at
the same time. :) Best wishes.
Bummer about getting sick... but good that you've got yourself a foot in the door there now...
To say nothing of being something that can help work off the nervous energies... :)
But it's true, for all that... helping others does indeed help you work out your own issues, more likely than not... If nothing else, as we've said before, it provides perspective that focusing on one's self doesn't give so well... :)
Sounds like the IT job is a definite win... :) I was refering more to the dead-end jobs, like in foodservice... And the dynamic is even more changed when one has a good job, with prospects, that is a very good
fit. :) Enjoy your bike ride... <G>
Definitely a nice turnaround of events for you. :)
Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 14-Jun-2015 21:10 <=-
To say nothing of being something that can help work off the nervous
energies... :)
We're going to go and witness our first Aikido lesson tomorrow, and
if all looks kosher we're going to get signed up then for the next available session. That is, of course, keeping my fingers crossed on
this witch's brew that I feel going on in my chest right now, though.
But it's true, for all that... helping others does indeed help you workIt does. I mean Free Geek isn't the opportunity for help like
out your own issues, more likely than not... If nothing else, as we've
said before, it provides perspective that focusing on one's self doesn't
give so well... :)
offering people a hand out of the gutter at the place I was being underpaid $7/hr for... But it's still knowing that I'm doing some thing nice. Plus, after you've got a certain amount of hours in, they
actually give you a working computer (or in this case, they give my son
a working computer). :)
Sounds like the IT job is a definite win... :) I was refering more toAh the bike ride is getting better as I go. Had one of those
the dead-end jobs, like in foodservice... And the dynamic is even more
changed when one has a good job, with prospects, that is a very good
fit. :) Enjoy your bike ride... <G>
experiences today that really makes me smack myself and wonder how much of the skills I've retained, though. I put in over an hour of work on something that really should've taken about 10 minutes, tops. Had to
go and pick the hard way. 'Course, I've got integrity sometimes, so I didn't charge for that hour. ;) Still, realizing afterwards what I'd done means that I'm going to save that much time the next time I've got
a similar problem in the future. Not such a bad thing, really.
Things have been going well. I am bracing, however, for the next
couple of days. My roommate has had a fever of 101.5+ _with_ generous application of ibuprofen and acetaminophen. I'm really hoping it
doesn't hit me quite as bad. I'm the one where things with lung involvement usually stick around, though. So if it does get bad maybe I'll have to head in and see somebody... We'll see how it goes. I'll meditate more to keep from fulminating on the frustration. ;)
Funny... I've maintained a pretty positive outlook for just putting
down the cat that I loved so dearly, I'm realizing. Guess I'm doing something right. I do still get misty once in awhile, of course. I'm suspecting that'll be the case for some time. Yet I've definitely been doing better than some negative others lately... Heh.
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