5th floor against the back wall
Here's the thing about potential new jobs: Potential pay cuts.
I was under the impression that the pay rate was the same, for multiple reasons. Turns out there's a big "NO" on that front. I would drop down 75cents from what I'm currently making OR, providing I finish the training that would see me promoted to a full-blown 'Supervisor', it would be a $1.25 loss in pay.
That would probably be a bad move, wouldn't it, given the crapshoot my finances are stuck in at the moment?
Here's the weighing in, as well. Would I be any happier in a similar job, for less money? Would I really learn or accomplish anything more? Should I sacrifice the flexibility and seniority I currently have, when I know it's something to rely on, when I have medical and dental benefits, and when I might be going to school in January?
And I don't hate Tim Horton's. (Hate is a pretty strong word, anyway.) I mean, well, I do get very frustrated with it, but I don't hate it. Usually it's during the antagonizing periods, when something happens that throws my schedule out of wack or something equally annoying... that's when I want to throw in the towel and quit. It's like... when the evening shifts get frustratingly monotonous. It's when I live in Black Mountain and have to leave my house THREE HOURS before my shift starts in order to get to work on time, because the buses are RIDICULOUSLY infrequent.
That last problem should be rectified on November 1st, at least, when Robyn and I are living in town. Other things, well... they're in and out. And I'm almost always bouncing back and forth between whether I'm willing to stay or whether I'm desperate to get out.
I haven't been made a job offer at the other place, regardless. But if they do call, I think I may have to turn it down. My rent will be going up. I may be going back to school. I can't afford to take a slice to my paycheck. Especially not when they only do pay raises every six months, based on performance. In the last nine months I've gone from $9 to $11, and by the time I hit one year there, I'll be at $12. It's just... stability versus something new? I don't know.
I was under the impression that the pay rate was the same, for multiple reasons. Turns out there's a big "NO" on that front. I would drop down 75cents from what I'm currently making OR, providing I finish the training that would see me promoted to a full-blown 'Supervisor', it would be a $1.25 loss in pay.
That would probably be a bad move, wouldn't it, given the crapshoot my finances are stuck in at the moment?
Here's the weighing in, as well. Would I be any happier in a similar job, for less money? Would I really learn or accomplish anything more? Should I sacrifice the flexibility and seniority I currently have, when I know it's something to rely on, when I have medical and dental benefits, and when I might be going to school in January?
And I don't hate Tim Horton's. (Hate is a pretty strong word, anyway.) I mean, well, I do get very frustrated with it, but I don't hate it. Usually it's during the antagonizing periods, when something happens that throws my schedule out of wack or something equally annoying... that's when I want to throw in the towel and quit. It's like... when the evening shifts get frustratingly monotonous. It's when I live in Black Mountain and have to leave my house THREE HOURS before my shift starts in order to get to work on time, because the buses are RIDICULOUSLY infrequent.
That last problem should be rectified on November 1st, at least, when Robyn and I are living in town. Other things, well... they're in and out. And I'm almost always bouncing back and forth between whether I'm willing to stay or whether I'm desperate to get out.
I haven't been made a job offer at the other place, regardless. But if they do call, I think I may have to turn it down. My rent will be going up. I may be going back to school. I can't afford to take a slice to my paycheck. Especially not when they only do pay raises every six months, based on performance. In the last nine months I've gone from $9 to $11, and by the time I hit one year there, I'll be at $12. It's just... stability versus something new? I don't know.