Gainfully (sorta) employed through science... I guess
So, I started a new job last week. It is a corporate job, 8-5 (and way to get my hopes up for a 9-5, Dolly Parton, you lying liar!), Monday-Friday, weekends off, 2 weeks paid vacation. It is glorious.
Sure, the pay is complete shit and I googled the salary for my position and this area is about $20,000+ under the average, so that blows. And it's not a laboratory, which is where I envisioned myself.
BUT... it is not valet, it is not the casino, it is not third shift, it is not waking up at 4 in the morning (and sometimes 3) and never getting two days in a row off because your place of employment is open 24/7/365. And it is where all my friends and family are. Like, all of them.
AND... it uses my education! (At least, I think it will. I still don't have access to all the programs I need to actually DO my job, but I am sure it requires knowledge that I have gleaned in college classes).
So what do I do? Well, it's kind of hard to explain. After hearing a long, drawn out, rambling kind of sorta explanation, my friend Wen dubbed it, "scientific paperwork". So that sums it up well.
And I am so fucking much happier having a regular schedule with regular days off that, despite the poor pay, will utilize an education that I worked hard for, I cannot tell you. Yay. I have learned that I am not a seat-of-the pants, go-with-the-flow kind of person that jobs with irregular hours require. I need stability to be happy. And I need to feel that I went to school for a reason; that it wasn't all wasted. So go corporate job, woo!
Who knew I'd like being a corporate tool? Yay, tools!
Sure, the pay is complete shit and I googled the salary for my position and this area is about $20,000+ under the average, so that blows. And it's not a laboratory, which is where I envisioned myself.
BUT... it is not valet, it is not the casino, it is not third shift, it is not waking up at 4 in the morning (and sometimes 3) and never getting two days in a row off because your place of employment is open 24/7/365. And it is where all my friends and family are. Like, all of them.
AND... it uses my education! (At least, I think it will. I still don't have access to all the programs I need to actually DO my job, but I am sure it requires knowledge that I have gleaned in college classes).
So what do I do? Well, it's kind of hard to explain. After hearing a long, drawn out, rambling kind of sorta explanation, my friend Wen dubbed it, "scientific paperwork". So that sums it up well.
And I am so fucking much happier having a regular schedule with regular days off that, despite the poor pay, will utilize an education that I worked hard for, I cannot tell you. Yay. I have learned that I am not a seat-of-the pants, go-with-the-flow kind of person that jobs with irregular hours require. I need stability to be happy. And I need to feel that I went to school for a reason; that it wasn't all wasted. So go corporate job, woo!
Who knew I'd like being a corporate tool? Yay, tools!