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So this has kind of been the week from hell. The van I drive is breaking down. My brother has pinkeye, and may have gotten it all over the cats (do cats get pinkeye?) so I have to bathe them later today.
Oh, and I lost my job on Wednesday.
The game I was working for used to break every weekend, because they would do updates on Friday. So come Monday, everything would be horribly backed up and we would be barely caught up by Friday. Then, they starting updating on Thursday, and fixing things Friday, and all of a sudden we were finishing by noon on Wednesday and then sitting around for the rest of the week. And since no one wants to pay people to sit around for half the week, they decided that a couple of us could be safely dismissed.
I am going back and forth about this. On the one hand, it was exhausting. The drive was an hour, hour-and-a-half both ways. They expect us to do 50 e-mails an hour, which I can do, but only just. I had no energy when I came home for my art, or a social life, either online or off, or even to cook dinner.
Plus the management is... pretty disorganized, in a way that makes me a little concerned for the company's future. Frankly, I think them laying off two people (leaving only three to answer e-mails) is an example of this- I expect that there's going to be a week-long wait for answers again.
On the other hand, I really really liked my job. We got free lunch on Fridays. I like the silly little Facebook games we made, I like the people, plus there was the chance that if I could work my flash skills up to par, I could get moved into the art department. I feel like I've been dumped, basically- half telling myself that it wasn't so great and I can do better, and half restraining myself from begging them to take me back. (Which is a possibility- they said I was welcome to apply again if they had an opening in the future. I suppose it's too much to hope that'll be in the near future, after they realize their HORRIBLE mistake. >_> )
Plus, you know. There's the question of money. And health insurance. And not having any. Which... I am basically not thinking about because it makes me flip out. I mean, I've got two cats and an also jobless brother to take care of.
So, uh, if anyone knows of a job opening in Southern California...? I can type fast, read fast, and draw good!
In the mean time, I have been watching lots of Psych and Avatar:TLA (no spoilers for s2 and 3, plz!) and deeply enjoying both. Where is a good place for Psych screenshots?
So what's up with you guys? Usually when I'm not posting I'm at least still keeping up with my flist, but this time I am completely behind. (Wasn't kidding about the exhaustion.) How is everyone? What fandoms are people into now? I hear LJ did something stupid again! Rec me stuff to read/watch- I have plenty of free time on my hands at the mo'.
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Oh, and I lost my job on Wednesday.
The game I was working for used to break every weekend, because they would do updates on Friday. So come Monday, everything would be horribly backed up and we would be barely caught up by Friday. Then, they starting updating on Thursday, and fixing things Friday, and all of a sudden we were finishing by noon on Wednesday and then sitting around for the rest of the week. And since no one wants to pay people to sit around for half the week, they decided that a couple of us could be safely dismissed.
I am going back and forth about this. On the one hand, it was exhausting. The drive was an hour, hour-and-a-half both ways. They expect us to do 50 e-mails an hour, which I can do, but only just. I had no energy when I came home for my art, or a social life, either online or off, or even to cook dinner.
Plus the management is... pretty disorganized, in a way that makes me a little concerned for the company's future. Frankly, I think them laying off two people (leaving only three to answer e-mails) is an example of this- I expect that there's going to be a week-long wait for answers again.
On the other hand, I really really liked my job. We got free lunch on Fridays. I like the silly little Facebook games we made, I like the people, plus there was the chance that if I could work my flash skills up to par, I could get moved into the art department. I feel like I've been dumped, basically- half telling myself that it wasn't so great and I can do better, and half restraining myself from begging them to take me back. (Which is a possibility- they said I was welcome to apply again if they had an opening in the future. I suppose it's too much to hope that'll be in the near future, after they realize their HORRIBLE mistake. >_> )
Plus, you know. There's the question of money. And health insurance. And not having any. Which... I am basically not thinking about because it makes me flip out. I mean, I've got two cats and an also jobless brother to take care of.
So, uh, if anyone knows of a job opening in Southern California...? I can type fast, read fast, and draw good!
In the mean time, I have been watching lots of Psych and Avatar:TLA (no spoilers for s2 and 3, plz!) and deeply enjoying both. Where is a good place for Psych screenshots?
So what's up with you guys? Usually when I'm not posting I'm at least still keeping up with my flist, but this time I am completely behind. (Wasn't kidding about the exhaustion.) How is everyone? What fandoms are people into now? I hear LJ did something stupid again! Rec me stuff to read/watch- I have plenty of free time on my hands at the mo'.
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