Work & Possible Future Disappearance
A short while back, I applied at Target (much easier since you can now do so online). I figured this would be the last time I'd bother, and if they rejected me again, I'd go ahead and just give up on them completely.
Unexpectedly, I heard back from them (no form rejection letter in the mail) and they want me to come in for an interview. I scheduled it for 8/2, because that's my next day off.
This Friday I go back to work for Bill over at 96, my old store. Carey finally came through, and Bill is tired of rotating through people for my spot, I guess.
What I'm going to try to do is to work at Target and ABC simultaneously as long as I can put up with it. I can manage 80hr weeks, it's just a matter of careful scheduling so I get enough sleep to not die. I did it at one job in the early Target days, after all.
I would just go back to Target full-time, but the store that's interested in hiring me isn't overnight, and I don't want to hang all my future prospects on a store that can't give me true overnights, away from customers. Also, early morning stores are lower-volume than overnight (except SuperTargets, those are ALL overnight) so who knows how many hours they're going to want to give me. ABC is a pain in the ass and pays for shit, but at least they're steady in how many hours they give me.
The good news is that Target is offering me $8.25/hr to start, which is what ABC is paying me after three fucking years of working for them. And Target isn't going to completely fuck me out of a raise, either. They might give me a crappy one, but they don't ever just not give them.
And now for the "disappearance" part. If I do work at both Target and ABC simultaneously, I'm going to be getting up at 3AM to go to Target for the 3:30AM-11AM shift, and then from Target to ABC for my 12PM-8PM shift there. And pretty much all my time at home is going to be sleeping, showering, and making food to take to work. I'm basically going to be living out of my car. And as such, my internet presence from home is going to basically vanish. If I only have 6hrs at home every day, I'm going to be making damn sure no less than four of it is going to be spent sleeping.
I'm not sure how well the dual jobs is going to work out, I'm not 18 anymore. I'm going to do it as long as I can handle it, and possibly after Target's BTS rush I'm going to have to cut back to working there 2/3 days a week while I work at ABC and bide my time waiting for a store with an overnight spot to open up. That's really what I want out of ABC for, after all... I want away from customer service. Indeed, that's the main reason I want back to my old store, 96 is a lot quieter than 19 is, and that's easier for my frayed nerves to take.
So, this is going to be interesting, this next couple of months. Watch for my possible nervous breakdown / collapse from exhaustion.
Unexpectedly, I heard back from them (no form rejection letter in the mail) and they want me to come in for an interview. I scheduled it for 8/2, because that's my next day off.
This Friday I go back to work for Bill over at 96, my old store. Carey finally came through, and Bill is tired of rotating through people for my spot, I guess.
What I'm going to try to do is to work at Target and ABC simultaneously as long as I can put up with it. I can manage 80hr weeks, it's just a matter of careful scheduling so I get enough sleep to not die. I did it at one job in the early Target days, after all.
I would just go back to Target full-time, but the store that's interested in hiring me isn't overnight, and I don't want to hang all my future prospects on a store that can't give me true overnights, away from customers. Also, early morning stores are lower-volume than overnight (except SuperTargets, those are ALL overnight) so who knows how many hours they're going to want to give me. ABC is a pain in the ass and pays for shit, but at least they're steady in how many hours they give me.
The good news is that Target is offering me $8.25/hr to start, which is what ABC is paying me after three fucking years of working for them. And Target isn't going to completely fuck me out of a raise, either. They might give me a crappy one, but they don't ever just not give them.
And now for the "disappearance" part. If I do work at both Target and ABC simultaneously, I'm going to be getting up at 3AM to go to Target for the 3:30AM-11AM shift, and then from Target to ABC for my 12PM-8PM shift there. And pretty much all my time at home is going to be sleeping, showering, and making food to take to work. I'm basically going to be living out of my car. And as such, my internet presence from home is going to basically vanish. If I only have 6hrs at home every day, I'm going to be making damn sure no less than four of it is going to be spent sleeping.
I'm not sure how well the dual jobs is going to work out, I'm not 18 anymore. I'm going to do it as long as I can handle it, and possibly after Target's BTS rush I'm going to have to cut back to working there 2/3 days a week while I work at ABC and bide my time waiting for a store with an overnight spot to open up. That's really what I want out of ABC for, after all... I want away from customer service. Indeed, that's the main reason I want back to my old store, 96 is a lot quieter than 19 is, and that's easier for my frayed nerves to take.
So, this is going to be interesting, this next couple of months. Watch for my possible nervous breakdown / collapse from exhaustion.