And now... the moment I've been waiting for...
OK, well, maybe not entirely. But the truth is, Whole Foods has gotten really difficult. I love my store dearly and I love the food and my team, my job and my coworkers...
...but times have been tough. Hours are short (very) and wages are good-- or would be, I should say, if I weren't driving an hour to work. Gas prices are rising and it isn't quite worth it in the same way that it used to be.
However...
...I have long been waiting for a certain position, one that would allow a creative outlet as well as higher pay and supplemental hours...
and it has come. The position of Backup Graphic Artist is going to be posted by the end of the month. Since this store's first day, I have been badgering the Graphic Artist and the Store Team Leader to hire me on as backup graphic artist, but unfortunately the position is going to be a regional posting. There are so many people going for it just within the store itself (who knows about elsewhere in the region) and I am spectacularly outclassed. I am, however, trying my very hardest to get this job. It would mean:
A) I help my team. Instead of struggling to get my hours fit into our labor budget (which we are, cough, not doing anyway) part of my hours would be supplemented by this position, which is...
B) Admin. As an 'admin' position, a pay raise is (ohgodihope) definitely in order. This means for me that I will feel like I'm struggling to 'keep up' less-- I'll be working my hours, but have a little bit more easy of a time achieving a ...uh... workable... paycheck.
C) I can draw. I sincerely hope that this does not 'burn me out' of something that is a part of my soul, as drawing is... but as of right now, the idea of doing chalkboards around the store just makes my heart as warm as Chai. Most of the job wouldn't be chalking-- it'd be printing sale signs and the like-- but still. I'm not exactly presented with many opportunities to draw behind the cheese counter right now.
So, that's it. Lets go for it.
...but times have been tough. Hours are short (very) and wages are good-- or would be, I should say, if I weren't driving an hour to work. Gas prices are rising and it isn't quite worth it in the same way that it used to be.
However...
...I have long been waiting for a certain position, one that would allow a creative outlet as well as higher pay and supplemental hours...
and it has come. The position of Backup Graphic Artist is going to be posted by the end of the month. Since this store's first day, I have been badgering the Graphic Artist and the Store Team Leader to hire me on as backup graphic artist, but unfortunately the position is going to be a regional posting. There are so many people going for it just within the store itself (who knows about elsewhere in the region) and I am spectacularly outclassed. I am, however, trying my very hardest to get this job. It would mean:
A) I help my team. Instead of struggling to get my hours fit into our labor budget (which we are, cough, not doing anyway) part of my hours would be supplemented by this position, which is...
B) Admin. As an 'admin' position, a pay raise is (ohgodihope) definitely in order. This means for me that I will feel like I'm struggling to 'keep up' less-- I'll be working my hours, but have a little bit more easy of a time achieving a ...uh... workable... paycheck.
C) I can draw. I sincerely hope that this does not 'burn me out' of something that is a part of my soul, as drawing is... but as of right now, the idea of doing chalkboards around the store just makes my heart as warm as Chai. Most of the job wouldn't be chalking-- it'd be printing sale signs and the like-- but still. I'm not exactly presented with many opportunities to draw behind the cheese counter right now.
So, that's it. Lets go for it.