Possibly changing jobs again?
When I first moved here in May, I handed out resumes to all the plumbing companies in the yellow pages (except the small ones that turned out to be houses). Then, I handed out resumes to several shops in town as backup; Safeway was one of two that called me back (the other being Coles bookstore, and when I was hired by Safeway I cancelled the Coles interview).
I also handed out resumes at the petstores; well, just a week ago Petland called me. I really wasn't expecting a call back from any more places since it had been over a month since I dropped off any resumes, but they called me, and I went to an interview. An assistant manager interviewed me, but she wasn't sure whether they were looking for full or part time, and told me that she would go over the interview with the manager and I might be getting a call back for a second interview.
I was rather excited about this interview; first off, perhaps I could supplement my part time income with Safeway; secondly perhaps they would offer full time, and if the wage was good enough, that would be enough to get me to quit Safeway; thirdly the hours at Safeway are a little awful; I need to be at work at five am, sometimes even earlier, and that means if James works late I'm in bed before he comes home and don't see him at all.
I got a call on Monday night to come in for a second interview, and went in yesterday afternoon. I think the interview went well; in fact when I mentioned that I am currently a stocker at Safeway the manager's eyes widened and she mentioned that they have a stock manager position open. But she wasn't clear on wages; I explained that while I understand that I might have to start at a lower wage, I am making $11.15 at my current job; if she has full time available that would balance out, but if not I probably can't afford to leave my current job. She made a note of that, and also mentioned that while they normally hire people at part time to start (for assessment) if I am looking for a permanent job and to advance, they could hire me as full time.
Anyways, I got a good feeling from the interview but I won't know until the weekend either way about the job. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be offered full time with a good enough wage that I can quit Safeway.
Safeway has mentioned training me for other departments, in possible preparation for manager training, but if I wanted to be a store manager I would need to move, possibly to another province. I don't want that. I'm done with big moves. As well, I just got a call from my manager asking me to come in at 1:30am tomorrow, and Friday, and I'm willing to do it, but I'd rather work a job where I don't have to get up so frakking early.
As for plumbing? Sometimes I think about the time and money I've invested in it, and I feel like it was such a waste. Sometimes I look at some plumbing in the house, or at the "golden plunger" I was awarded at the end of my course for being top of the class, and I feel tears, because I was *good* at it damnit, and Mr. Scobie was proud, my parents were proud, my grandparents... and now I'm looking at retail again?
But honestly when James comes home from a 12 hour day, covered in mud, tired and sunburned and sore, I think, "Shit, I'm glad I'm not doing that." When I first signed up for the course I told myself, "I'll just take the course; if I don't like it, then I don't have to do it." It's just hard being on the other side of that decision.
But a pet store... I could do that again. I worked at PetSmart for six years, six of the worst years of my life. But time has tempered me and I now see that I made the job worse than it was; my severe depression, my problems, I just didn't know how to keep them out of the store, and my friends at the time were enablers.
But I still love the idea of pet stores. Heck, when one was for sale in Whitehorse I discussed buying it (it was in bad debt so of course I didn't but still). I would love to do that again...
In other news, when reading Writers Block responses, do you ever reply to a stranger's journal? IMHO if a person doesn't lock their response, they desire comments, but I was just banned from a person's journal for replying to their views because obviously if I respond to a stranger's journal I'm a troll now. *Sigh* I lock anything I don't want open feedback on, but I guess I'm just wierd and logical like that. How on earth do people find LJ friends if they never read new journals these days?
I also handed out resumes at the petstores; well, just a week ago Petland called me. I really wasn't expecting a call back from any more places since it had been over a month since I dropped off any resumes, but they called me, and I went to an interview. An assistant manager interviewed me, but she wasn't sure whether they were looking for full or part time, and told me that she would go over the interview with the manager and I might be getting a call back for a second interview.
I was rather excited about this interview; first off, perhaps I could supplement my part time income with Safeway; secondly perhaps they would offer full time, and if the wage was good enough, that would be enough to get me to quit Safeway; thirdly the hours at Safeway are a little awful; I need to be at work at five am, sometimes even earlier, and that means if James works late I'm in bed before he comes home and don't see him at all.
I got a call on Monday night to come in for a second interview, and went in yesterday afternoon. I think the interview went well; in fact when I mentioned that I am currently a stocker at Safeway the manager's eyes widened and she mentioned that they have a stock manager position open. But she wasn't clear on wages; I explained that while I understand that I might have to start at a lower wage, I am making $11.15 at my current job; if she has full time available that would balance out, but if not I probably can't afford to leave my current job. She made a note of that, and also mentioned that while they normally hire people at part time to start (for assessment) if I am looking for a permanent job and to advance, they could hire me as full time.
Anyways, I got a good feeling from the interview but I won't know until the weekend either way about the job. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be offered full time with a good enough wage that I can quit Safeway.
Safeway has mentioned training me for other departments, in possible preparation for manager training, but if I wanted to be a store manager I would need to move, possibly to another province. I don't want that. I'm done with big moves. As well, I just got a call from my manager asking me to come in at 1:30am tomorrow, and Friday, and I'm willing to do it, but I'd rather work a job where I don't have to get up so frakking early.
As for plumbing? Sometimes I think about the time and money I've invested in it, and I feel like it was such a waste. Sometimes I look at some plumbing in the house, or at the "golden plunger" I was awarded at the end of my course for being top of the class, and I feel tears, because I was *good* at it damnit, and Mr. Scobie was proud, my parents were proud, my grandparents... and now I'm looking at retail again?
But honestly when James comes home from a 12 hour day, covered in mud, tired and sunburned and sore, I think, "Shit, I'm glad I'm not doing that." When I first signed up for the course I told myself, "I'll just take the course; if I don't like it, then I don't have to do it." It's just hard being on the other side of that decision.
But a pet store... I could do that again. I worked at PetSmart for six years, six of the worst years of my life. But time has tempered me and I now see that I made the job worse than it was; my severe depression, my problems, I just didn't know how to keep them out of the store, and my friends at the time were enablers.
But I still love the idea of pet stores. Heck, when one was for sale in Whitehorse I discussed buying it (it was in bad debt so of course I didn't but still). I would love to do that again...
In other news, when reading Writers Block responses, do you ever reply to a stranger's journal? IMHO if a person doesn't lock their response, they desire comments, but I was just banned from a person's journal for replying to their views because obviously if I respond to a stranger's journal I'm a troll now. *Sigh* I lock anything I don't want open feedback on, but I guess I'm just wierd and logical like that. How on earth do people find LJ friends if they never read new journals these days?