Work?

[terminus2010]

sales are bad, have been for months. We're being asked to volunteer to go part time.
and we expect some shoe to drop after January rolls in.

what do I want for christmas?

A new full time job. not in sales.

Comments

[the_gargoyle]

Ugh- I feel for you, really do. State of the business and/or layoff decisions happen usually shortly with quarterly meetings (say February, July, October), plus time to get paperwork together. Look for all contacts from higher ups (ra-ra news, or visits) to come to a near stop. Be wary if any good feedback is vague or not in writing or if you know everything sucks or you don't have enough to do to fill the hours, and the advice is to stay the course. And if you see HR and Accounting in a meeting together- oy.

Start stockpiling where you can, seriously. Get concentrated detergent, bleach, large all purpose cleaners, soup, ramen, mac and cheese, pop, stuffing, soup stock, potato buds, cereal/oatmeal- all that while you are still employed so that most of your food budget becomes about perishables only. If you get to keep the job or find another one, well then you get a couple of easy months burning off the stockpile.

[terminus2010]

well, I think it's gonna be a little different where I am, but your logic is sound. so far we've had some pretty good returns earlyer this year, so i expect the slide to come a little bit at a time.

if they do cut me it would be after the Novell negotiations in feb.

tough to stock up when everything I earn is already going to pay that next bill to keep the lights on. hell if i had extra i'd have to send it in for the property taxes.

[josiemarcus1978]

I think there is a website called wnyjobs.com that you can look at. I remember a long time ago looking for jobs on that site. They pretty much have new stuff posted every day.

[justric]

Geico is hiring full time. It's phone work, but it pays well. And you get benefits right off the bat. Plus profit sharing if it's a good year. You've got sales, customer service and claims to choose from, day shifts and night shifts. The only real downside is that you don't usually get two days off in a row after training (which goes for a couple of weeks), but you'll normally get at least one weekend day off. You can use me as a reference if you'd like.

I believe if you get hired/start training within the month of January, you'll qualify for profit sharing the following year. After January, you have to wait another full year to get it.

Normally I wouldn't recommend any call center work to anyone, especially a friend... but with the economy the way it is there are worse options.

[terminus2010]

if i even get wind that i'm a casulty I'll apply - i wont have much choice. another phone job will probably make me snap; but so will losing the house.