Work...
Well, looks like I might be moving up to Milwaukee sooner than I anticipated. Yesterday at work, everyone was told hours are 8:00-4:00, no Fridays, until further notice. So that is averaging out to 28-30 hours a week. At 50 cents more than the Illinois minimum wage. On top of that, they laid off at least 11 people yesterday, and fired one girl. I am not really concerned about being laid off since I know too much about all aspects of my department, plus I am getting paid less than everyone else. But I do not feel comfortable working for a company that is THAT terrible to employees. I understand we lost about 40 schools this year, BIG schools, and that things are slow. But they should have realized when we were BACKED UP with work, that they needed to hire more people, have them trained PROPERLY, get rid of the people who are WORTHLESS, and maybe we wouldn't have lost so many schools. But who am I? So anyway, I don't want to work crappy hours for the next month or two, because it isn't even worth it to make the drive every day at this rate. So I am looking for work in Milwaukee now, since I know there is crap around here. I will have to move in with Greg immediately since I know I can't afford a place on my own just yet, but I am willing to do it I guess. It would be very temporary, and even if it lasted until January, that would be do-able. He will HOPEFULLY be ready to move out then too, and we can find a place together. So yeah, that is my plan. Oh, and I also want to get my certification for legal studies through Penn Foster once I get settled in, because the demand for legal secretaries is growing rapidly. I MIGHT consider getting my A.S. from MATC, but that would be about $7,000 more. So uh, I don't know. But yeah, I am actually pretty excited, and I have decided NOT to limit myself to what jobs I apply for like I have done in the past. Even though I HATE phones, I know it is almost impossible to find something in an office setting where I won't have to use them. So what the hell? I need to grow some balls, and the best way to do that is forcing myself, right???