It's the little things.
Due to a scheduling fubar at work tonight, I'm not sure how things will go. I dislike not knowing. Basically, my supervisor did the schedule early this past week (like Tuesday). There are only three of us, and the supervisor is out of town (vacation, again, Wed-tonight). The desk clerk requested last weekend off. Because my supervisor is out of town, that means she would have had to work 10 days straight. When the desk clerk saw the schedule, she refused to work 10 days straight. So my supervisor passed it off to the front desk manager who somehow thought that meant have someone stay a couple hours late Sunday night and leave me alone from 1AM-7AM. It's pretty damn hard to do my job and their job overnight by myself. And it's actually impossible for at least an hour or so when I have to input data into spreadsheets in the back. I cannot access the shared folders at the front desk; they are not part of the network. So when the front desk manager said he'd only have someone there until 1AM, the conversation followed like this:
Me: "Okay then, I'll just have security cover the desk while I enter info in the back. It should take 30-45 minutes."
Him: "Security can't cover the desk."
Me: "Then get someone to come in and cover the desk."
Him: -insert rant about my supervisor passing the buck to him-
Me: "I know, it sucks. I had nothing to do with this schedule."
Him: "I know, sorry, not blaming you. Maybe I can find someone to stay until 2AM?"
Me: "I cannot finish audit in that time. The earliest I've ever done it is by 4:30 AM. And I submit numbers at the end."
Him: "I can't find someone to stay that late."
Me: "You know I can't miss my deadline." (which is 5:15 AM to have numbers submitted to corporate)
Him: "I know, I know."
Me: "If no one else is here, Security will have to do it."
Him: "Security can't cover the desk."
Rinse, repeat. It was really quite frustrating. So either he finds someone to come in and stay until I finish audit, or security will cover the desk while I have to be in the back. I did not create this scheduling problem - I'm just the one getting screwed over.
I have talked to my supervisor, and told her I will be going to part-time hours starting mid-August. I'm not sure if the Controller/GM will go for it. Vicky says they will because they'd much rather hire another part-time person and keep me on as part-time, so they don't have to pay benefits to someone. Vicky, the supervisor, just doesn't want to train another auditor, so she's gungho for it. I intend to substitute 3-4 days each week, then do audit Friday/Saturday each night.
Getting a teaching job is hard. I've had interviews, but no job offers. I need to get into schools and get my name out. Many teachers that I know have told me they snagged jobs after subbing, including at least 5 from my 2-week hell academy in June. If I don't get into schools, will I ever? I already wasted half a year after graduating because getting a teaching job in January is incredibly implausible. At least, that's how it is here. And I might still get one, who knows? The subbing will be my fallback. ESL teachers won't be hired until late August/early September when they get a better idea of how many they will need based on ELL populations. Schools will be shifting/juggling/hiring/firing teachers throughout August to balance numbers as well. I should get my Praxis score (from the ESL test) on August 13. I hope I passed, but at this point, who even knows?! It was not what we were lead to believe it was in the summer academy. Three of us from the academy ended up taking it together; as soon as we were done, we all went out in the hallway and looked at each other with wide eyes before we started laughing. Three to five questions we had zero idea what on earth the answers could be. Several others were very iffy. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought so. All of us did the practice exams available online, plus reviewed stuff from class. It didn't help that the majority of the test was analyzing a situation to determine the best action. Of the answers given, 2 would be okay and 2 would be hideous. But which of the two was best?! The nuances, people! I did I even absorb the right ones from class?! Who knows. :P
I've procrastinated long enough. Time to get ready for work. I could be solo all night, right? :D I hate this job sometimes. Especially tonight.
Me: "Okay then, I'll just have security cover the desk while I enter info in the back. It should take 30-45 minutes."
Him: "Security can't cover the desk."
Me: "Then get someone to come in and cover the desk."
Him: -insert rant about my supervisor passing the buck to him-
Me: "I know, it sucks. I had nothing to do with this schedule."
Him: "I know, sorry, not blaming you. Maybe I can find someone to stay until 2AM?"
Me: "I cannot finish audit in that time. The earliest I've ever done it is by 4:30 AM. And I submit numbers at the end."
Him: "I can't find someone to stay that late."
Me: "You know I can't miss my deadline." (which is 5:15 AM to have numbers submitted to corporate)
Him: "I know, I know."
Me: "If no one else is here, Security will have to do it."
Him: "Security can't cover the desk."
Rinse, repeat. It was really quite frustrating. So either he finds someone to come in and stay until I finish audit, or security will cover the desk while I have to be in the back. I did not create this scheduling problem - I'm just the one getting screwed over.
I have talked to my supervisor, and told her I will be going to part-time hours starting mid-August. I'm not sure if the Controller/GM will go for it. Vicky says they will because they'd much rather hire another part-time person and keep me on as part-time, so they don't have to pay benefits to someone. Vicky, the supervisor, just doesn't want to train another auditor, so she's gungho for it. I intend to substitute 3-4 days each week, then do audit Friday/Saturday each night.
Getting a teaching job is hard. I've had interviews, but no job offers. I need to get into schools and get my name out. Many teachers that I know have told me they snagged jobs after subbing, including at least 5 from my 2-week hell academy in June. If I don't get into schools, will I ever? I already wasted half a year after graduating because getting a teaching job in January is incredibly implausible. At least, that's how it is here. And I might still get one, who knows? The subbing will be my fallback. ESL teachers won't be hired until late August/early September when they get a better idea of how many they will need based on ELL populations. Schools will be shifting/juggling/hiring/firing teachers throughout August to balance numbers as well. I should get my Praxis score (from the ESL test) on August 13. I hope I passed, but at this point, who even knows?! It was not what we were lead to believe it was in the summer academy. Three of us from the academy ended up taking it together; as soon as we were done, we all went out in the hallway and looked at each other with wide eyes before we started laughing. Three to five questions we had zero idea what on earth the answers could be. Several others were very iffy. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought so. All of us did the practice exams available online, plus reviewed stuff from class. It didn't help that the majority of the test was analyzing a situation to determine the best action. Of the answers given, 2 would be okay and 2 would be hideous. But which of the two was best?! The nuances, people! I did I even absorb the right ones from class?! Who knows. :P
I've procrastinated long enough. Time to get ready for work. I could be solo all night, right? :D I hate this job sometimes. Especially tonight.