Changes
Some things are meant to be, and some things not so much. Such as the longevity of my employment as a dispatcher. It was decent (ish) while it lasted, but the boss decided he didn’t like my attitude. Funny that he couldn’t tell me that to my face, and had to have the employment agency tell me instead. The lady that hired me was pretty shocked, and she is still investigating the place to find solutions to the problems they pretend they don’t have, which creates even more problems.... it was shown that Day and Ross Dedicated Logistics went through several dispatchers and well over one hundred drivers in a year or less - when I questioned these numbers, I was told that this was how the business went. Odd, thought I, but I didn’t dwell on it. Neither did I forget it, however.
Lo and behold. Long story short - I got fired.
There’s a first for everything, and this one was only something of a shocker - I was told I had an attitude after asking questions which were simply meant to understand operations better. After a lot of “pretty, pretty, nice nice” words to my face but alot of behind the back whisperings, I finally did give them attitude. But instead of working with me on the issue, they canned me.
Sucks to be them that no one else knew how to work in Access..... and I had just made a ton of changes. HAHA! Fuckers.
Anyways, this led to a decent amount of stress for only a few hours, as I realized I was busy with Nicole’s stagette and wedding preps anyways, so I decided to let loose and have fun instead. I was too tired to worry about losing a job that wasn’t going to go anywhere anyways. So I started handing out my resume like candy and waited for the phone to ring while prepping. And phone it did - somehow, miraculously, and with a HUGE thanks to Jason of Reptile Parties for the referral, I picked up a gig in Fort St. John to do several live reptile presentations over the course of a weekend following my return from the Pakan-Pilarski wedding, which covered the income I was out for the month I didn’t work. It was a long weekend for sure, but worth every penny and every minute!
So I made it through both endeavours not only alive and well, but very happily so! The stagette was fun (I liked the ping pong ball game at Sherlock Holmes best) and the wedding in the Dominican was beautiful, nevermind the other miscellaneous fun and sunburns that were had. The pictures (few they were, for once) are all up on Facebook if you’d like to see them.
The day after our return, despite exhaustion and pain of the most intense sunburn I’ve ever seen, I was off to my first actual interview as a Patient Referral Coordinator at the Wetaskiwin Primary Care Network.
I had no idea what it entailed, as the description was vague. I walked into an office that was bare, very little furniture, no phones, no staff - this place was literally just getting off the ground.
After my own interview I get to ask questions, and I certainly asked more than I’ve ever asked before. This may have impressed them - later they find out I was jetlagged and drugged because of the sun burn and they laughed in retrospect, but haven’t regretted their decision.
They knew before I left that they wanted to hire me, but decided to wait so they didn’t sound desperate. After all, I had found this job on Kijiji, of all places. Sketchy sounding? Absolutely. I nearly didn’t apply BECAUSE it was on Kijiji, but I’m glad I did.
I’m not technically allowed to post the name of the place I work, and instead have to say it’s generically “healthcare”. But, there’s nothing saying I can’t post a link to more information regarding it!
https://www.albertapci.ca/AboutPCI/Pages/default.aspx
The position I was hired for will be dealing with all referrals from all 26 of Wetaskiwin’s family physicians. I call to make the appointment, to follow up to make sure it’s made if they don’t call back, and to ensure the patient is aware of the details and to send said details back to the GP. Sounds tedious? I doubt it. I’m quite looking forward to it, actually.
There has, so far, been no training. We are waiting for the business plan and PIA to be signed by the commissioner and Mayor, and once that happens I can finally start my own position. In the meantime, the two other ladies I work with (my boss and HER boss) have been giving me random tasks here and there which I’ve been working on - creating forms, altering forms, writing letters and invites, ordering pamphlets and handouts for the public once we have patients, graphic design, clinic posters - it’s been SO much fun (I know, fun at work??) and they’ve realized that I have more skills than they were aware - so they’re using them. I have never had people actually excited to let me go on what I’m working on. They’ve realized that I won’t get offended when they ask me to change something, and that while there are some things that might take longer than others (especially custom artwork for the clinic walls), I’m working on it to the best of my ability and they leave me to it. There’s very little pressure, no tension besides regular business opening politics, I have my own desk with a fish and a frog and I’m pretty much free to do my own thing. I have keys to the office, my own phone line and a decent wage.
This is the first time ever that I can say that I love my job, the people I work with, and I can see myself staying here for a long time.
It’s a good feeling.
So, needless to say but I’ll say it anyways: life is great. Dave and I have been extravagantly busy with different projects, such as reptile shows and renovations, but it’s nice to be able to do these things instead of watch life pass by without being able to join in. This weekend is a perfect example (well, mostly) - we got eaten by bugs, made our lawn pretty, landscaped one of the front flower beds and planted some flowers and vines, painted half of the back steps, made ourselves hurt and ache and then went for a bike ride. And came home to make Mac ‘n Cheese with hot dogs, not because we didn’t have a choice, but because we wanted to. Our fridge is loaded with food, the bills are paid, the mortgage is now on weekly payments.
I feel responsible, but happy.
I missed my life. I’m glad to finally feel a little more normal again.
But I feel bad for negating on visiting Hilda and Karl - renos and landscaping kinda created a Krys vortex and stole me away. I is sorry. L
PS: The animals are fabulous. I have crestie eggs cooking, leo eggs hatching and corn snake eggs waiting to be laid! Many changes on that front, too, but that's for another day....
Lo and behold. Long story short - I got fired.
There’s a first for everything, and this one was only something of a shocker - I was told I had an attitude after asking questions which were simply meant to understand operations better. After a lot of “pretty, pretty, nice nice” words to my face but alot of behind the back whisperings, I finally did give them attitude. But instead of working with me on the issue, they canned me.
Sucks to be them that no one else knew how to work in Access..... and I had just made a ton of changes. HAHA! Fuckers.
Anyways, this led to a decent amount of stress for only a few hours, as I realized I was busy with Nicole’s stagette and wedding preps anyways, so I decided to let loose and have fun instead. I was too tired to worry about losing a job that wasn’t going to go anywhere anyways. So I started handing out my resume like candy and waited for the phone to ring while prepping. And phone it did - somehow, miraculously, and with a HUGE thanks to Jason of Reptile Parties for the referral, I picked up a gig in Fort St. John to do several live reptile presentations over the course of a weekend following my return from the Pakan-Pilarski wedding, which covered the income I was out for the month I didn’t work. It was a long weekend for sure, but worth every penny and every minute!
So I made it through both endeavours not only alive and well, but very happily so! The stagette was fun (I liked the ping pong ball game at Sherlock Holmes best) and the wedding in the Dominican was beautiful, nevermind the other miscellaneous fun and sunburns that were had. The pictures (few they were, for once) are all up on Facebook if you’d like to see them.
The day after our return, despite exhaustion and pain of the most intense sunburn I’ve ever seen, I was off to my first actual interview as a Patient Referral Coordinator at the Wetaskiwin Primary Care Network.
I had no idea what it entailed, as the description was vague. I walked into an office that was bare, very little furniture, no phones, no staff - this place was literally just getting off the ground.
After my own interview I get to ask questions, and I certainly asked more than I’ve ever asked before. This may have impressed them - later they find out I was jetlagged and drugged because of the sun burn and they laughed in retrospect, but haven’t regretted their decision.
They knew before I left that they wanted to hire me, but decided to wait so they didn’t sound desperate. After all, I had found this job on Kijiji, of all places. Sketchy sounding? Absolutely. I nearly didn’t apply BECAUSE it was on Kijiji, but I’m glad I did.
I’m not technically allowed to post the name of the place I work, and instead have to say it’s generically “healthcare”. But, there’s nothing saying I can’t post a link to more information regarding it!
https://www.albertapci.ca/AboutPCI/Pages/default.aspx
The position I was hired for will be dealing with all referrals from all 26 of Wetaskiwin’s family physicians. I call to make the appointment, to follow up to make sure it’s made if they don’t call back, and to ensure the patient is aware of the details and to send said details back to the GP. Sounds tedious? I doubt it. I’m quite looking forward to it, actually.
There has, so far, been no training. We are waiting for the business plan and PIA to be signed by the commissioner and Mayor, and once that happens I can finally start my own position. In the meantime, the two other ladies I work with (my boss and HER boss) have been giving me random tasks here and there which I’ve been working on - creating forms, altering forms, writing letters and invites, ordering pamphlets and handouts for the public once we have patients, graphic design, clinic posters - it’s been SO much fun (I know, fun at work??) and they’ve realized that I have more skills than they were aware - so they’re using them. I have never had people actually excited to let me go on what I’m working on. They’ve realized that I won’t get offended when they ask me to change something, and that while there are some things that might take longer than others (especially custom artwork for the clinic walls), I’m working on it to the best of my ability and they leave me to it. There’s very little pressure, no tension besides regular business opening politics, I have my own desk with a fish and a frog and I’m pretty much free to do my own thing. I have keys to the office, my own phone line and a decent wage.
This is the first time ever that I can say that I love my job, the people I work with, and I can see myself staying here for a long time.
It’s a good feeling.
So, needless to say but I’ll say it anyways: life is great. Dave and I have been extravagantly busy with different projects, such as reptile shows and renovations, but it’s nice to be able to do these things instead of watch life pass by without being able to join in. This weekend is a perfect example (well, mostly) - we got eaten by bugs, made our lawn pretty, landscaped one of the front flower beds and planted some flowers and vines, painted half of the back steps, made ourselves hurt and ache and then went for a bike ride. And came home to make Mac ‘n Cheese with hot dogs, not because we didn’t have a choice, but because we wanted to. Our fridge is loaded with food, the bills are paid, the mortgage is now on weekly payments.
I feel responsible, but happy.
I missed my life. I’m glad to finally feel a little more normal again.
But I feel bad for negating on visiting Hilda and Karl - renos and landscaping kinda created a Krys vortex and stole me away. I is sorry. L
PS: The animals are fabulous. I have crestie eggs cooking, leo eggs hatching and corn snake eggs waiting to be laid! Many changes on that front, too, but that's for another day....