Job Smob

Work is overrated. I did some calculating yesterday at work and the verdict is in ~ in order to not exceed the number of hours I am allowed to work through the rest of the fiscal year (the end of December), I can only work 27 hours a week. Once my allotted hours are gone, I go without a paycheck until the new year starts. Like I can afford to go without a paycheck! So in order to avoid that happening, I have to cut it down to 27 hours a week.

Yeah, I'm not too happy about it...once again I've been severely screwed by the HR Dept. And so, after being screwed over and over again for the past 5 months, maybe this is a blessing (I'll get to why in a bit).

I've decided to forgo taking the seasonal maintenance position that they have so kindly offered me to help supplement my hours (I'd be working my 27 hours in my original job & working the extra time as a seasonal maintenance lackey). They act like their doing me some sort of favor by offering me a $4/hour pay cut to work side by side with the biggest pain in the ass employed by the organization, AND making me apply & interview for it b/c it's "policy". Whatever...I don't need that hassle.

So fuck that. I've decided that I'm going to pursue other options. I'll keep my 27 hours a week. But I'm not doing the maintenance bullshit. No thank you. Why the hell do I need to drive 20 miles to make peanuts when the holiday season is quickly approaching and I live so close to about a billion retail stores? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to drive 20 miles to make the same money I could make just down the road. Not with gas prices the way they are. And so I'm going to cut back work at the park to a 4 day work week to open up some availability and am starting to apply for part-time jobs closer to home.

Not only will another job supplement my income through the end of the year, but it'll give me a much needed break from the bullshit of my "real job". Maybe it'll actually give me enough of a break from it for me to actually be able to not be so pissed off about all the crap that's happened over the past 5 months. Another job could give me something else to think about, something else to occupy my time with that will be of financial help as well. So wish me luck as I set out on the hunt for a job once again.

I filled out an on-line app for Books A Million yesterday. (I hate everything that Levis Commons stands for, but working at a bookstore would be awesome! & it's the closest one to my apartment.) And I have an app for Barne's & Noble too. (A bookstore would just be really fun. I wish there were locally owned options for those in the area, but I want a second job I can actually enjoy since I don't enjoy my first job that much anymore. I should enjoy at least 1 job if I'm working 2 of them right? And who could turn down a discount on books?)

I'll keep my options & my eyes open for other jobs too. I shouldn't have too hard of a time finding something. Retailers should be hiring for the holiday season shortly I imagine. I imagine they want people trained before the madness of day after thanksgiving shopping so I'm starting to look at a good time I think. Wish me luck.

Sorry for the hella long post...and for the bitching in the first half of it. I'm in a good spot. And I'm trying not to be too pissed about things anymore. It's a waste of energy. I just get fired up when I think about it all ya know. Sorry for the negativeness, but I'm glad I have an outlet like this to vent through.

Let's end on a positive note shall we: I don't have to go into work until 1pm tomorrow! Which means I get the entire morning to do whatever I feel like! Woo Hoo! Enjoy your weekend everyone.