Things Might Be Looking Up!
About a few weeks ago, I had managed to apply for Jo-Ann Fabrics which is about a ten minute walk to a two minute drive from where I now currently live, and after what could be considered three weeks of waiting, I had recieved a phone call yesterday which was to set up an appointment for an interview with the hiring manager at that particular store and today was the interview- It was a relatively quick interview and I managed to get offered the job, and I accepted it. The pay is relatively good and the hours are more or less comparable to the house which I had worked when I was employed for Toys R Us- although this place seems to be a lot more relaxed and I won’t have to deal with rambunctious children who leave the aisles a mess. Of course, I still have to provide information for a background check and I might start the earliest around Tuesday of next week.
This is something which I have been waiting for almost a little over a year for- because it has been one year since I’ve worked after Toys R Us had shut down when the company filed for chapter eleven and closed all of their stores within the United States and laid over thirty one thousand employees just to avoid paying whatever debt that they seemed to be experiencing, and restructure and rebrand the company. And add on top of that, the board members of Toys R Us have given themselves a million dollar bonus and didn’t give the little guys, some of whom had remained loyal to the company for over thirty or more years, severance pay. Employees had to fight for that severance and supposedly, they are still fighting for it… I don’t know the details, but as my hours were manipulated by the management team at my Toys R Us, I was ineligiable for unemployment benefits nor am I able to see that severance pay money in my hand.
But things are finally looking up now… I was offered the job at Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts, and the starting pay is actually higher than what I was being paid at Toys R Us when the company had shut down. This actually makes me very happy as in my second year of Toys R Us, I wasn’t seeing an increase of pay and pretty much wasn’t valued very much over there but the atmosphere of this new place seems to be pretty relaxed and the hiring manager seemed to be an overall nice guy. Of course, I am going to have to learn some new skills which I didn’t learn at Toys R Us such as cashiering (this is something… I absolutely dread) and working the cutting table for fabrics. Of course, I am going to be trained to do these things but… it might be hard. But if I have to learn it to keep my job, so be it.
Over all, I am just happy that someone had decided to pick me up for a permanent part time job. It seems like things are going to be looking up for me and my family… family being myself and my mother only, of course and we’re going to try and pick up the pieces which has been a struggle for the last eight years. We’re living in a new condo which we moved into around late November, early December and we don’t have lousy neighbors living above us like before…. Although they seemed to be quite heavy footed in their steps and seem to be moving furniture around a lot, vacuuming too since the have a Cocker Spaniel and that breed of dog tends to relentlessly shed. But at least they’re not getting drunk, watching football and stomping around or having drunken sex like the last neighbors.
I’m just happy that I will be making money soon, and that could mean I will be able to do a lot of things such as helping my mother out with the bills and hopefully… once again be able to pay for my own comic books and pay for commissioned artwork once again.
I feel really good about this… Maybe things are looking up for me. I most certainly hope they are… I’ve been through so much.
This is something which I have been waiting for almost a little over a year for- because it has been one year since I’ve worked after Toys R Us had shut down when the company filed for chapter eleven and closed all of their stores within the United States and laid over thirty one thousand employees just to avoid paying whatever debt that they seemed to be experiencing, and restructure and rebrand the company. And add on top of that, the board members of Toys R Us have given themselves a million dollar bonus and didn’t give the little guys, some of whom had remained loyal to the company for over thirty or more years, severance pay. Employees had to fight for that severance and supposedly, they are still fighting for it… I don’t know the details, but as my hours were manipulated by the management team at my Toys R Us, I was ineligiable for unemployment benefits nor am I able to see that severance pay money in my hand.
But things are finally looking up now… I was offered the job at Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts, and the starting pay is actually higher than what I was being paid at Toys R Us when the company had shut down. This actually makes me very happy as in my second year of Toys R Us, I wasn’t seeing an increase of pay and pretty much wasn’t valued very much over there but the atmosphere of this new place seems to be pretty relaxed and the hiring manager seemed to be an overall nice guy. Of course, I am going to have to learn some new skills which I didn’t learn at Toys R Us such as cashiering (this is something… I absolutely dread) and working the cutting table for fabrics. Of course, I am going to be trained to do these things but… it might be hard. But if I have to learn it to keep my job, so be it.
Over all, I am just happy that someone had decided to pick me up for a permanent part time job. It seems like things are going to be looking up for me and my family… family being myself and my mother only, of course and we’re going to try and pick up the pieces which has been a struggle for the last eight years. We’re living in a new condo which we moved into around late November, early December and we don’t have lousy neighbors living above us like before…. Although they seemed to be quite heavy footed in their steps and seem to be moving furniture around a lot, vacuuming too since the have a Cocker Spaniel and that breed of dog tends to relentlessly shed. But at least they’re not getting drunk, watching football and stomping around or having drunken sex like the last neighbors.
I’m just happy that I will be making money soon, and that could mean I will be able to do a lot of things such as helping my mother out with the bills and hopefully… once again be able to pay for my own comic books and pay for commissioned artwork once again.
I feel really good about this… Maybe things are looking up for me. I most certainly hope they are… I’ve been through so much.