Comments | worldforawhile: I'm not even supposed to be here today

worldforawhile

I'm not even supposed to be here today

Dec 05, 2007 21:54

Yeah, so remember that job where I was temping, and they were supposed to give me an offer, but they kept making me come in and temp, saying the offer was "coming ( Read more... )

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escap1974 December 6 2007, 13:54:44 UTC

My company does a lot of temp-perm stuff. I think in our case, it's more of a "will they fit with the company culture" type of thing rather than not worrying about burn out. (Of course, I'm a consultant, so our turnover rate is atrocious.)

I don't really have any rules. As long as the job sounds good, they pay well, and benefits are good? I'm in.

k_rock December 6 2007, 15:06:07 UTC

My desk when I worked at the office was way too tall, because my boss is like 6'6". I felt about 5 feet tall everytime I sat in it. [I just edited out a large block of text, ask me about it later.] Anyway, I haven't interviewed or tried out enough jobs to know my standards at all, so I've got nothing for that.

playingtheangel December 6 2007, 16:42:21 UTC

I'm sure I've got many "rules" but the main one that comes to mind is having an office. I can't do squat if there's people babbling all around me and I can't close a door.

roatan December 6 2007, 20:15:00 UTC

I think it's great that you listen to the little voice in your head that told you quit. This became my #1 rule after wasting 2 years of my life at my first legal job.

fearlesstemp December 7 2007, 03:34:04 UTC

I definitely think following your gut is key to workplace sanity, as is access to caffeinated beverage of choice. As for me, for the three years I was temping, I always said that I only wanted short-term temp work and never did temp-to-perm and generally was able to find enough work. I generally either had 3-4 month assignments with small 1-2 week assignments in between, and it worked for me. I liked covering maternity leaves in particular. But then again, I was living with my parents and was paying out-of-pocket for relatively cheap health insurance, so I could exist without long-term job security. At one of those places, they offered me a longer term position but I turned it down because I hated my boss. So sometimes even the non-temp-to-perm ones can end up being permanent, you never know ( ... )