No news...
Still under-employed, and I feel that my current employer has it in for me. May be a good thing if I am forced out. But the prospect of not having any employment is terrible. Let's see where this goes. 

So, here I am (again)

Last October was the last month I worked at that "100 Best Places to Work" company. The department I was working in eventually re-wrote the job description three times. And then they finally hired someone...who lasted three days. I get the "call" the same day the employee resigned asking me to return the next day. So I took them up on the offer, still not a full time employee tho'. Full-time hours - temp position.
I went back into the office and cleaned up that employee's mess and finished out the tasks that were not completed. Went back to doing the job and cleaning out the office file space to take in another department's files since "my" office/job was now in charge of those files. (Combining department responsibilities due to the original restructuring) Finished and filed those items away and continued on with doing the job I was hired to do in the first place.
So I was able to put in 6 months before they replaced me again. I guess they found the right person for the job this time as I did not get a call back. That's ok, I am able to cross that company off of my "Company I Wanted to Work for List."

The Burning Continues

So, for the past 2.5 months I have been working at a "top 100 best company" to work for. One month into it, they had a major restructuring. Actually this meant major layoffs. OK, so I made it past the axe. Everything was going well...for a short time. Then, they decide to re-write my job description, and proceed to tell me that I am not qualified for the job. They added responsibilities that I have not been trained for. But those responsibilities are only 1/3 of the job.   I've been doing 100% of the job with no problems. Under this new description, I was doing 2/3 of it. So now you are hiring someone you think will be able to do the job? 
You know, you will have to train them on 100% of the job.

Train me on 1/3 of the job or train the new guy on 2/3 of the job. (Hopefully the new guy knows the new 1/3 job requirements)

Yeah, that was a smart move.

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Yes dear reader(s), they will have to train the new guy on 100% of the job. I know this for two reasons:

1) One of the softwares they use only works under WinXP. It never got an upgrade and according to them, there is no other alternate software to replace it. The odds are great that this person has not used it.

2) My manager tells me that she does not know all of the new responsibilities in this job that she is managing. So she will have to be trained on them.
Why couldn't you just train us together? Hmmm, frustrating.


Changing the rules of the game after I commit to playing it, is not cool.


Anyway, there you have my latest update...unemployed again.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Really? The day before a national holiday, I get a disciplinary action? So here I am at 2:30am, Thanksgiving day, not able to sleep because all I can think about is how I am not doing my job correctly.
Let me give all you bosses out there a little advice: do not give an employee a disciplinary action the day before a four-day holiday weekend...Because all your employee will think about is either how much of a jerk you are or how they can do their job better. Actually, it will probably be both - and is not worth losing sleep over.
I've been working this part-time job for three years. Now they come and tell me how I miss "the details". Of course there are other employees there that do not complete their tasks. When one of them does not do their job correctly, it directly interferes with me getting my job done. I have to do their job, before I do mine. That takes extra time and energy to do this-you see both jobs are physical. So it slows me down and tires me quicker if I have to do things this way. For political reasons, this other employee will never get disciplined. You see, his father is high up in the food chain, so when he cannot get his job done, daddy comes down and instructs the work staff to cover for him - with no extra pay for their time. AND...my boss works for him on side jobs, so he will not say anything either. So...
I already put in more time than I get paid for, now they are adding to my duties again. They are telling me to do things that I was told were NOT my responsibility three years ago. I had verbal agreements where I was told only do certain job duties if I had the time. One of them I got paid extra to do - now they are asking me to do it within the hours I'm given. These extra responsibilities were normally done by volunteers in the past. Now these "items" are too minor to give to volunteers. The volunteers have become too picky, they don't want to do them. So they get left for me to do.

Now some of you non-readers may be saying to yourself, why don't you find another job. I AM LOOKING. I have been looking for full-time employment for over six years. This is the only job that would hire me. This job has allowed me to survive. My management knows this, so this is why they know they can get away with it.
I do know that there are politics working in the background. I am pretty sure there are strings being pulled to make my job so difficult that I will quit. I an so looking forward to quitting, but not until I have another job.

I am no longer happy at my job...there are people with no business being involved in my employment pulling strings to get me fired or seeing how far they can push me.

I have put up with a lot, I will continue the course, I need a new job.

Another let down...

     Yes dear non-readers, my latest job prospect failed. I got a second interview for a position within a growing company. It really bites when you prepare for an interview, and within five minutes you realize the job you thought you were interviewing for is different from the one you were told you were interviewing for. This has not been the first time that the rules of the game changed when I get down to the final interviews.
     It is such a waste of time for all parties involved when the job description does not contain all of the desired abilities the interviewer wants. I would have not minded so much if this was the initial interview. However when you get to the second or third one, don't add requirements that you did not initially desire. Understand, I have been on the other side of the table. I know that when you get candidates that are equal, you must figure ways to separate out the chaff. Although I have done that, I have never added abilities or changed the description.
     And no, I would not want to accept a job where the employer would interview candidates for a position that differs from the posted description. That's a problem with integrity. You want your employees to have integrity, but you don't possess the same qualities?

 Anyway, I continue on with my quest.

Good day Zombies,

I have no followers, live followers anyway. I am actually ok with this. So if anyone really cares, it would be a zombie. Only because they would be hunting me down to eat me. Which then would actually be the end of this blog. Not that you cared.
Ok, so I don't update very often. Which is no big deal as I have no (live) followers to be disappointed in me not updating my blog...daily...weekly...monthly...rarely.

So, then why am I posting today? Well, I am on track and waiting for a second interview...for a job. Yes folks, I have finally gotten to a second round interview. This mean I had a first one!! Woo hoo!

Another New Year

So, here we are again blog. I know that I have not been around as much as I had planned. I'm glad you're still here, waiting for me to return. Being patient, like a long lost love in a distant coastal town, who waits for the return of their beloved Captain from a long voyage out to sea. Coming back into a familiar port, looking for those I know and love. The familiarity is there, however things have changed. For good or bad...I don't know. I guess I would know if I spent more time with you, than once a year.

New year, new opportunity. Let's see how long I stay in port or how long my voyage is out to sea.