Ummm, it hasn't been quite a year this time, has it?

[dazymo]

I'd say it's only been about six months that I've been lacking in updatage. And here's a big update too. Once they found out that I might leave for another job the company I work for, JES, wants to actually hire me now. After working there for three months with only tiny hints dropped now and again they've come at me with the full out wooing,

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[basslikesitruff]

Ok....now I know I'm not the person you were hoping would reply to this entry (you can hear my take any old time), but I was thinking about it and thought I'd reply for the heck of it. The way I see it is, no job is forever. As long as you're alive and breathing you can always find a different job, even if it takes longer because you're working for someone else at the time. When you're offered a wage that's exceeding your expectations, even if you just work for the company for a few years, that is building a salary scale. The next time you apply for a job potential employers will take you more seriously and the jobs open to you will be more lucratice. I see this JES thing as an opportunity among several...and it all depends on who offers the best deal. Let's think for a moment, of working with Christy can, in all honesty, truly be compared to working with Tony. It just doesn't seem like it would be that bad, PLUS, and this is a major thing, unlike when you were at SISALT, you actually have a supervisor who cares about...Carol. Should Christy ever overstep her bounds to the point of greatly upsetting you, you'd have a resource to turn to who really cares. It just seems like JES would be a great stepping stone. If we learned anything from SISALT, it's that sometimes it's worth it to stick it out.

[patheticat]

Well, here's my take. You have to look at what will stress you more: not being able to pay your bills or not liking your job?

I've learned that it all comes down to that. I'm lucky. I can sit here and not make anything because my husband makes a decent-esque salary. Still, I feel pulled very often to quit and make more money. I'm not in love with my job in any way, I'm just too loyal to quit. I'm like a dog. It's really awful.

That being said, I really look forward to the day when EB moves us for work or whatever and I can quit my job. Then I can find something that pays a lot more, which is what matters most to me at this point. Well, that and decent hours, considering the bun in the oven. Anyway, but Dave Barry said "never confuse what you do with who you are" and I can separate. I don't need my job to fulfill me or love me or be the object of my love. I have a life outside this place, so I sit here and get my stuff done and think, "It's all just for a paycheck."

You can ask Jen, but I tend to ramble on about subjects, usually missing the question in general. Oh, right. So should you take a job for money or not.

I say yes, especially if they come in with an offer. You haven't been offered the library job, and, as Jen said, no job is forever anyway. Doing what you love is a luxury only afforded to the wealthy, in my opinion. God, if I didn't have to pay bills, you think I'd be sitting here right now? No way, no day.

So... yes. Update more!