I found a great opporunity the other day in the newspaper and I’m debating whether or not I want to take this opporunity. I applied for this company previously but figured I wouldn’t get even an interview based on experience and I didn’t but this time around, I have some experience in said field which I think would make my chances of getting an interview greater. The only thing that’s really holding me back is…well, I’m not exactly sure what is holding me back. I guess part of me would feel bad/guilty if I applied for this job and actually got it and had to tell my current job that I would no longer be able to work for them considering my supervisor just went through the process of trying to find a replacement for the lady they just let go. But then again, I’m not going to be at my current job forever and it’s definitely not the job description I thought it would be/told it would be. AND if I got the other job it would not only give me MORE experience but it’d be better experience for my career field. I’m thinking of apply anyways because it can’t hurt and if I get an interview I’ll go from there pending what they say etc. This job doesn’t include sales training but is working at the mental health center here in town and involves kids. I’ll update later.
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Getting a second job.
May 4
Extra hours.
Apr 25
They let go/fired, D, last Friday because she didn’t have a high school diploma. They gave her 6 months to complete it but between working full time at the day care and having to deal with a 11 year old son who was having problems in school and constantly getting suspended, she got behind. She was working on it, just not in a fast enough pace for home office. It didn’t matter that she had education in child development from continuing ed courses she took – I don’t know how this works since a lot of places require you to have a diploma or GED to take college level courses. She always showed up on time and was willing to pick up shifts or changes days if anyone needed anything. She went above and beyond what her job required her to do and she loved it but none of that mattered.
Even though, it makes me sad that she was let go because I don’t agree with the circumstances and she was the person I worked with the most thus got along with the most, it did benefit me. I was able to pick up an extra hour on both Monday and Wednesday because I dropped a class but I am also able to be scheduled on Friday mornings or afternoons now where as I wasn’t able before because they had 3 people working. I went from getting about 38hrs every two weeks to 46hrs which is nice. Maybe now I’ll be able to keep more money in the bank rather than having to spend everything on bills then being broke for two weeks until I get paid again. Maybe now I can buy some things that I want, like Samsonite luggage to go out of town with, instead of just having to pay bills. We’ll see how it goes. A wants to hire another part time person to fill in the blanks when there is only one person because me, T, and P have classes but who wants to work from 11-1/1:30 and possibly some evenings but no guarantee.
Management.
Jul 22
As of lately, the management team at work has been dropping the ball and should seriously take into consideration what Dennis C Carey has to say about replacing CEO’s with people who will do the job right. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my job but when you start to treat people like slaves and not treat them with the fairness and respect they deserve, you’re crossing the line. Luckily, I’m not the only one who has started to feel this way or does feel this way as we’ve had half of our staff quit in the last four months or so and I’m continually finding out that people just aren’t happy.
For me, it’s an issue of feeling like they don’t respect that we have lives outside of work. Granted, they have been good to me and have worked with me when I needed time off or called out for whatever the reason may be but when you specifically write down your availability on a form, sign it and then have your manager sign it agreeing to your hours and then turn around and schedule you during a time frame that you aren’t available yet they expect you to show up, is wrong and it’s the reason (well, one of them) why I didn’t go to work today. I changed my availability a few weeks ago and told them I could work any time any day except for Tuesdays where I said I could work any time until 5pm…what happens this week? I get schedule from 5pm-9:45pm for Tuesday. What’s the point of availability if you aren’t going to follow it?
But it doesn’t stop there…there are two managers who are not time conscious at all and forget about people’s breaks and such which is not good at all. One of the managers, K, has been working there for awhile and she’s not as bad as R. is. R. just recently took over the CEO position C. had because C. is currently out on maternity leave. On 4th of July, I didn’t clock out until almost 1:30pm (my shift ended at 12:45pm) because she FORGOT about me in the fitting room, I wouldn’t just leave and clock out because I wasn’t sure who was taking over for me in the back. Then a week or so ago, she didn’t give me my 15 minute break until it was almost time for me to go home…at that point I was pissed off. Sure, she maybe new as far as having the CEO title goes but she’s worked at the store for…what 10 years or something crazy like that, it’s not like she doesn’t know the job requirements. It’s not an excuse.
You may ask, why don’t I say anything to them about it, ask them if I can have a break etc.? Well the reason is this: it’s not my responsibility to keep track of time and to make sure I get a break, that’s the responsibility of the CEO who is currently working. I won’t ASK if I can have a break because they should come to me and tell me it’s time to go on break. After talking to a co-worker of mine, who is a much older lady than me, about it I realized that she too had the same complaints as I did so I feel better knowing that I’m not the only one who feels the way I do or reacts the same way (not saying anything). Hopefully, they will get their act together and straight up otherwise they’re going to keep losing the people they have and lose the ones they just hired.
Personal growth: employment.
Jul 19
Yesterday, at work one of my co-workers showed me her one year anniversary pin she had received for working at Old Navy for a year. She was all excited and rightfully so, then it hit me that I will be celebrating my one year of working for Gap Inc. at Old Navy in November and I can’t wait. Sure, all you get from the company is a shiny silver pin that says 1 year of service that you can put on your name tag and a card that says congratulations with your name on it, but it’s so much more than that…it’s a year of great times with some pretty cool co-workers as well as a personal feat of being able to hold a job for an entire year!
I’ve come to realize as I’ve gotten older that having a job and access to money is a necessity, not an option and something we can’t live without. I’ve also realized how important it is to save a proportion of your earnings because you’ll never know when you’ll be hit with an emergenacy that calls for back up funds or if you want to splurge alittle on yourself. Not only that, I’ve realized how much I’ve grown personally and how far I’ve come from being a lazy high school teenager who didn’t give a rats ass about working to feeling bad if I call out of work because I know I’m letting someone else down, someone that depends on me to be there.
And when I sit down to pay what little bills I do have because I still live at home, I wonder how the people who are too lazy to lift a finger and don’t have jobs – those who should be working - really feel about themselves…I know I would feel awful if I had to depend on everyone else to take care of me, whether it’s paying bills or lending money. I know seeing my paychecks deposited into my bank account every two weeks is exciting because I know I worked hard for my money and I earned the things I am able to buy for myself, even if those things are few and far between. It also makes me feel great to know that I can take care of the responsibilities I do have even if it’s only $70/month ($462 over six months) for car insurance and $104/month for access to the Internet and cable TV. And while, I haven’t splurged on myself with my earnings because I’m a very frugal spender I have been able to buy clothes and items I’ve needed when I’ve wanted too…I don’t have to ask my mom to purchase the small stuff anymore, and that’s a good feeling.
However, with classes starting up next month and finally attending a larger university and being able to live on my own in a one bedroom apartment where I’ll be responsible for every last bill known to man when it comes to living on your own, saving has become more important than ever and I’m a bit worried. I’ll be able to transfer my current position with Old Navy (ON) to ON in Lawrence (if I go to KU; KS) but with being a full time student who will be taking between 12-15 credits (4 to 5 classes) it’ll be more difficult for me to work.
Currently, I work part time which is what I’ve been working since hired and average about 25 hours a week with 2 days off, it’s been a bit more because it’s summer time and my availability is wide open but when classes start it’ll change drastically. Hopefully, I’ll be able to find a good deal on an apartment which will be paid for using reimbursed tuition money that originally would have gone to on-campus housing. I’m just worried about the extras – Internet/cable, any utilities that aren’t paid for by the apartment, food, etc. – because I won’t be able to work as much and school comes first. Hopefully though, it’ll all work out for the better and I won’t have to stress out about money and whether or not, I can completely afford it which I want to be able to do on my own without any help, I know that my mom will always be there to help me in the littlest ways.
With that being said, don’t be alarmed should you start seeing random links about simple project management software- it’s only temporary (this blog will not become a bunch of spam!) and a means to make a little extra saving money for a college student who will soon be poor…okay, not poor but you get what I’m saying 
I look forward to this next chapter in life, even though I’m absolutely scared out of my mind and filled with anxiety at this point which will only get worse when I finalize my decision but like I tell my friends – keep your head up and have faith because things will work themselves out for the better, and everything happens for a reason!
Back to work.
Mar 6
Tonight is my first night back at work since I left almost two weeks ago. My visit to Kansas ended up being extended three more days, well…not really but I called last Thursday and told them I wouldn’t be back into work until Wednesday because at that point no one even knew when we were leaving Kansas to head home. I’m glad I called in the end though, since I was sick the entire way home on Friday which left me feeling crappy through out the weekend – I would have not made it to work on Sunday had they scheduled me which is when I was originally suppose to be back. I only work from 5:15p-10p tonight which isn’t bad, and then the same on Friday and from 2p-6:45p on Saturday. I’ll complain when I get home because my feet will hurt and my back aches and yadda yadda, but whatever, lol.
A more detailed post will hopefully go up tonight if not sometime this weekend, I have a few things going over in my head that I’ve wanted to write about, just want to make sure I sort out my thoughts/feelings first.
Straight A’s and Work.
Dec 12
I was able to pull straight A’s this semester, 4.0 GPA and raised my overall GPA to a 2.75 (do they round that shit? lol). I’ve requested to have my transcripts sent to MSU which should be done within the week, so now I just have to call and get them to change the semester I applied too from Spring to Fall and write a reconsideration letter due to a change in GPA. Cross fingers that I get in this time around, I should – I’m keeping my head up this time unlike last time!
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On a side note, work is lame…okay well maybe not work but the people are lame. Unfortunately for me by working at Old Navy I get stuck working with a lot of people who are fresh out of high school or still in high school which means there maturity level is down here (raises hand 3″ from the floor) compared to where I am. I’ve always been told I’ve been mature for my age especially when I was in high school – sure when I’d get around my small group of friends (when I lived in KS) I could act a fool just like anyone else but in general, I was mature I guess compared to other high school kids.
I don’t have time to mess around with “stupid” people, I don’t have time to waste when it comes to work and life in general, I just don’t. I hate people who waste my time because they CHOOSE to act immature. When it’s 10pm and the store closes, everyone wants to get out of there ASAP not lolly gag around taking our sweet time. Sure…we get paid hourly and you assume that the longer we spend the more we’ll get paid, but most of us don’t care that much to spend ANOTHER hour putting clothes back where they belong.
What also irritates the fire out of me is that when I go to work, I WORK. I don’t play around, I don’t stand around talking (unless it’s to a manager), I keep myself, I find work to do. It pisses me off when I have to do the work for another person because they refuse to do it or think they are special and can throw their work onto someone else because they won’t do it, but know you will. For example, the person who is in charge of the fitting room is NORMALLY in charge of handling the infant section since it’s right in front of the fitting room. The fitting room (or at least when I’ve been in there) doesn’t get so busy that you stay busy through out the night, so you’re able to venture out of the room into the infant section. We’re not required to stay in the fitting room, we can leave if we need too.
So this chick is working last night and I take over the fitting room for 15 minutes so she can take her break. I realize the infant section is a MESS; clothes all over the floor, clothes in the wrong spot, t-shirts that need to be folded. I think to myself, wtf has this girl been doing all night – come to find out…she was just STANDING around, literally. I go and ask Pam (manager) if the infant section is included when you’re working in the girls/boys department (which I was) and she said yes. I told her that I wasn’t sure because I’ve been told that if you’re working girls/boys, you only do girls/boys since the fitting room person takes care of infants. She said that normally the fitting room person does infants but if you’re alright in girls/boys, go over there and fix it up for me. So I do…now I can’t complain too much since technically I was in charge of infants too since I was working in girls/boys, but I know when I was in the fitting room ALL week last week, ain’t a damn person come over and fix up infants when I was in there – I, the fitting room person, had to do it. And yet, there I was last night, NOT in the fitting room in charge of girls/boys still fixing infants because someone else refused to do it…
And it’s like I told Alan last night after I got off, it’s not like I’m getting paid more to do extra work. It’s not like I’m getting paid more for actually DOING my job and it’s not like I’m getting a pat on the back for doing stuff that other people refuse to do. I swear, if the managers – who are all really cool/nice – knew how many of their associates stand around and just TALK half the night while me and a few others that I know who actually do their job work, we’d be almost associate-less! I need a vacation, maybe I should look up Las Vegas hotels and head to Vegas for some me time – what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas after all. I’m kidding…I don’t think I’ll ever go there and if I do, Alan comes with me so he can win $1000 more dollars in the casino, lol.
Getting Hours!
Dec 9
Just when I thought I had given up hope on getting more hours at work, I started getting called to take over shifts 
I am scheduled to work 14.25 hours this week (Tues and Thurs 6-10:45p and Sat 2:15-7pm) but was called last night and today to see if I wanted to work extra shifts. Not even 10 minutes after Linda (manager) had called me last night, left a message on my voicemail wondering if I would like to take over a shift and calling her back had she already called someone else and given them the hours 
However, about 30 minutes ago Kara (manager) called and asked me if I wanted to work today from 4-8:30pm and I said of course, I figured that I may as well get as many hours in for this next check and for Christmas since I won’t get paid again until the 20th which will be about 30 hours or so. Maybe I’ll be able to afford to buy Alan gifts after all 
I’m off to finish getting ready…then to come home later and do my paper for my marriage and family class since it’s due tomorrow! So far, I’ve gotten an A in Social Problems and Probability and Statistics, I’m very happy
