Ok, I did it, I quit my job. I quit on February 1st. I let my emotions run ammuck and in a howling rage I grabbed my personal junk, announced that I could not take it any more and left! I had been aiming towards resigning by the first of february and had a job lined up without a solid start day but approximate start date of February 1st, so with this knowledge and my moment of insanity and plunged out the door! About a mile down the road I started to think....I am totally screwed! I only have one and a half day to get paid for....I went directly to the place of employement that I am waiting to begin work at and asked when I would be starting (as a data entry operator) no fuse, no muse, just typing....she said that they haven't gotten the work in yet but they should be calling me by the end of the week or first of next week. I had to forgo a background check and that was the initial waiting game....which the human resources person told me if there had been a problem I would know by now. There shouldn't be a problem, I have NEVEr been arrested, Never had a ticket even. Only filed bankruptcy which has prevented me from getting several other jobs, who knew that would effect your employment future!
So, I apply for work with a competetor company in desperation, they call me the next day to come for an interview, and then they call again to come to a second interview. Yeah! I went to that interview today, which the money sounds great and the job, I know how to do it, but there is something that worries me about it. Where is my data entry job...damn it! I stopped in there again on friday, the lady at the front desk says she hasnt been given the list to call the new hires to start yet.
I am really enjoying my vacation, I'm relaxed, my house has never been cleaner and I have been cooking such nice meals for my family! but the money is gonna run out soon....
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Will I ever find the right job?
Well here I am again, it's been nearly a year sense I've been here, sense my last blog I've switched jobs (which is the main reason I stopped blogging-took alot of my time and energy) and I have turned 40....
About the job, I began there on June 1, 2009, I am a customer service rep at a durable medical equipment company-we rent out and sale equipment such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, home oxygen and sleep apnea machines (which is a thorn in my side) dealing with insurance companies are a major pain which is mostly what my job consists of. I hate my job but it pays ok for this area, but for the crap I deal with, it should be more. The company I work for is like working for hitler. When I arrived at my job our office had no manager as he had been fired the month before I began, but nobody told me that until after I was on board, the "acting" manager was from another location. Three days after I started my job the other CSR quite leaving me holding the bag full of shit that this job is! You are not properly trained, you get bits and pieces of how to do everything from other employees from other locations do what they tell you to later be chewed out by someone at corporate that says you are doing it all wrong! They watch every move you make and then when you least expect it that bite like a snake hiding in the tall weeds, you know they're in there someplace but you never know when they are gonna strike!
I have discovered that this company has a huge turn over in employees for two reasons 1) you either get fired for one thing you do wrong-or at least they lead you to believe you are doing a great job and then when they are done with you toss you aside-or 2) The organization of the company is so wack that you ride it out until it drives you over the edge and you quit.
Our office has two demons working there (which as does most offices) but they are like imature little kids and if you do one tiny thing they don't like they email corporate. What makes it bad is that they try to act like they are your best friend and all along they are stabbing you in the back. If you are gonna be a bitch, do it with pride and don't try to be something else, everyone knows and you are not fooling anyone. The two demon bitches played a big roll in the recent clean sweep of our office which took place a few days after Christmas. Our manager who came on board about a month after me, and a technician/driver. They fired the manager for not firing the tech for a mistake he made. So, they ended up hiring another CSR after me and we get along great but the two demons hate her and have tried to get her fired so many times for mistakes she has made. Which when you are new you will make mistakes because you are never given correct training. Every once in a while I am still told I am doing something wrong. I have been waiting on my walking papers, almost hoping for them, it would almost be a relief. The only problem is there are very few jobs where I live. I have applied for a few jobs and hope to get out of hell soon.
I just turned 40 and you would think that by this age I would have settled into a permanent career by now....NOT! I feel like such a loser. I have no college education mostly because when I finished high school I never really knew it was an option. None of my family had ever went to college and I thought you had to be rich and extremely smart to go to college and I didn't realize that making a living would be so rough with it. Then by the time I realized I needed to go, I was in my first marriage and he didn't want me to go---said we couldn't afford for him alone to work, but now I realize that was just because he was affraid I would be better than him.
Now i'm in my second marriage, we have debt, he has child support to pay and we really cannot afford for me to leave a job to go to college, and even if I did, I still don't know what I would want to do. I don't think I would like the nursing field, I did the nurse aid thing and know how it works besides, I almost faited when I had my blood drawn a few days ago. I would hate teaching. I am unsure about social work---had a job linked into that field and did not like that either. I did try cosmetology school and I kinda liked it but there's no money in it here. Any suggestions?
About the job, I began there on June 1, 2009, I am a customer service rep at a durable medical equipment company-we rent out and sale equipment such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, home oxygen and sleep apnea machines (which is a thorn in my side) dealing with insurance companies are a major pain which is mostly what my job consists of. I hate my job but it pays ok for this area, but for the crap I deal with, it should be more. The company I work for is like working for hitler. When I arrived at my job our office had no manager as he had been fired the month before I began, but nobody told me that until after I was on board, the "acting" manager was from another location. Three days after I started my job the other CSR quite leaving me holding the bag full of shit that this job is! You are not properly trained, you get bits and pieces of how to do everything from other employees from other locations do what they tell you to later be chewed out by someone at corporate that says you are doing it all wrong! They watch every move you make and then when you least expect it that bite like a snake hiding in the tall weeds, you know they're in there someplace but you never know when they are gonna strike!
I have discovered that this company has a huge turn over in employees for two reasons 1) you either get fired for one thing you do wrong-or at least they lead you to believe you are doing a great job and then when they are done with you toss you aside-or 2) The organization of the company is so wack that you ride it out until it drives you over the edge and you quit.
Our office has two demons working there (which as does most offices) but they are like imature little kids and if you do one tiny thing they don't like they email corporate. What makes it bad is that they try to act like they are your best friend and all along they are stabbing you in the back. If you are gonna be a bitch, do it with pride and don't try to be something else, everyone knows and you are not fooling anyone. The two demon bitches played a big roll in the recent clean sweep of our office which took place a few days after Christmas. Our manager who came on board about a month after me, and a technician/driver. They fired the manager for not firing the tech for a mistake he made. So, they ended up hiring another CSR after me and we get along great but the two demons hate her and have tried to get her fired so many times for mistakes she has made. Which when you are new you will make mistakes because you are never given correct training. Every once in a while I am still told I am doing something wrong. I have been waiting on my walking papers, almost hoping for them, it would almost be a relief. The only problem is there are very few jobs where I live. I have applied for a few jobs and hope to get out of hell soon.
I just turned 40 and you would think that by this age I would have settled into a permanent career by now....NOT! I feel like such a loser. I have no college education mostly because when I finished high school I never really knew it was an option. None of my family had ever went to college and I thought you had to be rich and extremely smart to go to college and I didn't realize that making a living would be so rough with it. Then by the time I realized I needed to go, I was in my first marriage and he didn't want me to go---said we couldn't afford for him alone to work, but now I realize that was just because he was affraid I would be better than him.
Now i'm in my second marriage, we have debt, he has child support to pay and we really cannot afford for me to leave a job to go to college, and even if I did, I still don't know what I would want to do. I don't think I would like the nursing field, I did the nurse aid thing and know how it works besides, I almost faited when I had my blood drawn a few days ago. I would hate teaching. I am unsure about social work---had a job linked into that field and did not like that either. I did try cosmetology school and I kinda liked it but there's no money in it here. Any suggestions?
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