My life is a changing
Well, things are being shaken up in my life.
My contract with AT&T ended on Dec. 3 after 2 years. It is painful because I've loved working from home and making excellent money. But the job was frustrating and not at all fulfilling.
I interviewed for a job running a franchised AT&T wireless store and was offered the job but turned it down because I wasn't willing to work for $6.65 per hour plus commission. When I told the HR person I wanted more money on the base she proceeded to explain the stuff she already had explained to me. Three times she offered me the exact same stuff she had offered me originally. Not my idea of negotiating. I just didn't want to take a job that was so restrictive. No vacation for a year, once in the building I wouldn't be able to leave for lunch or anything, working 3 Saturdays a month and managing 3 or 4 people that weren't good enough to promote in place. Not my idea of a minimum wage job.
So I've been talking to a few contractor companies and one might have some opportunities in London England, and another might have some openings in NJ. I'd love to go to London for a year or so and I'm thinking of going to NJ again for a while. I just can't wrap my head around taking such a large cut in pay especially since my retirement fund has been hit really hard. I was seriously thinking of just retiring and working a fun little job but I don't think I'm going to feel comfortable doing that with the economy so bad. Hopefully I'll be able to find a good job.
Right now I'm in California with my Mom at Bre's house. Tomorrow we are going on a Norwegian Cruise to the Mexican Riviera. So looking forward to it. None of us has been on a cruise before and so it should be fun.
I've made several more purses since my last post. Really enjoying it and I've started carrying one of the bags I made. Learned what I need to change on the next one. I've knitted a couple of baby hats. I just wanted to knit something small and Bre has a couple of friends that are having babies.
I have a long list of things I need to do while I'm off work and I've applied for a local job at one of the theaters. I probably won't be able to get a local job before March so I think I may go to NJ for a couple of weeks to visit friends and see some shows.
Bre is disappointed. She was ready to close on a house in Long Beach and a week before the scheduled closing there was a gang shooting at the house. She has decided the neighborhood is too rough for her to feel comfortable and is backing out of the deal. Now she is having to start the house hunting process all over again but I'm so glad the incident happened before she closed rather than after.
My contract with AT&T ended on Dec. 3 after 2 years. It is painful because I've loved working from home and making excellent money. But the job was frustrating and not at all fulfilling.
I interviewed for a job running a franchised AT&T wireless store and was offered the job but turned it down because I wasn't willing to work for $6.65 per hour plus commission. When I told the HR person I wanted more money on the base she proceeded to explain the stuff she already had explained to me. Three times she offered me the exact same stuff she had offered me originally. Not my idea of negotiating. I just didn't want to take a job that was so restrictive. No vacation for a year, once in the building I wouldn't be able to leave for lunch or anything, working 3 Saturdays a month and managing 3 or 4 people that weren't good enough to promote in place. Not my idea of a minimum wage job.
So I've been talking to a few contractor companies and one might have some opportunities in London England, and another might have some openings in NJ. I'd love to go to London for a year or so and I'm thinking of going to NJ again for a while. I just can't wrap my head around taking such a large cut in pay especially since my retirement fund has been hit really hard. I was seriously thinking of just retiring and working a fun little job but I don't think I'm going to feel comfortable doing that with the economy so bad. Hopefully I'll be able to find a good job.
Right now I'm in California with my Mom at Bre's house. Tomorrow we are going on a Norwegian Cruise to the Mexican Riviera. So looking forward to it. None of us has been on a cruise before and so it should be fun.
I've made several more purses since my last post. Really enjoying it and I've started carrying one of the bags I made. Learned what I need to change on the next one. I've knitted a couple of baby hats. I just wanted to knit something small and Bre has a couple of friends that are having babies.
I have a long list of things I need to do while I'm off work and I've applied for a local job at one of the theaters. I probably won't be able to get a local job before March so I think I may go to NJ for a couple of weeks to visit friends and see some shows.
Bre is disappointed. She was ready to close on a house in Long Beach and a week before the scheduled closing there was a gang shooting at the house. She has decided the neighborhood is too rough for her to feel comfortable and is backing out of the deal. Now she is having to start the house hunting process all over again but I'm so glad the incident happened before she closed rather than after.