I need a new job. Suggestions?

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 10/05/2014 at 20:34 • Filed to: None

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You might remember that I recently complained about my manager forcing me to miss some days off for literally no reason other than that she could, but now she's gone too far. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow that's going to take all day. It's like six hours of testing and even though I'll be home before the night shift starts, it's supposed to be extremely draining and I need to take it easy for the rest of the day. So, about two weeks ago, I told her about it.... and today I found out that I'm scheduled to come in tomorrow. So, I called her to tell her that I really, honestly, cannot make it, and she took the opportunity to try to put me on some sort of guilt trip for giving her such "short notice" and told me that this can never happen again. So it won't, because I'm not working for someone who won't let me take care of myself. I haven't quit yet, but as soon as I can get an interview somewhere else I'll get right on it. (I don't even need to get hired. I'm just ready to get out of this place)

So, what sort of jobs do you know of that would be hiring around now, don't require more than a high school diploma (unless it's not a strict requirement. You never know), and are more likely to actually give me time off when I really do need it?

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 20:36

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Manufacturing jobs if you're willing to work on a second or third shift. The pay isn't amazing but some places hire part or full time help and often start them on nights or swing shift.

Conan > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 20:36

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Going to technical school/community college/college.

The railroad. The military.

Rainbow > Conan 10/05/2014 at 20:38

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That's actually not in the cards right now, unfortunately. I don't want to get into it much, but I will say that my ultimate goal is to go back to school next fall.

Conan > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 20:40

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Temporary stuff wise I'd say you usually have to work some extreme hours to get appreciated. I worked terrible hours at a security job while I was waiting for my ex wife to graduate and they were totally cool with time off if I gave them enough warning/found coverage from the other employees.

PS9 > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 20:41

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Call CAcoalminer and ask if he needs help cleaning his supercars. I know he does because me and $kay got fi-...laid off for unknown reasons. We certainly didn't try to steal one of his GTs, that's for sure.

GhostZ > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 20:44

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This is why you keep records of every time you notify your boss of something like that, so you can point to them and say "Uh, I told you 2 weeks ago, and you said it was okay. Did you forget?"

The problem isn't that your boss doesn't want you to take care of yourself. That's a jump assumption. If that were true, they wouldn't let you go at all. The problem is that your boss doesn't want to admit that they weren't paying attention and forgot about what you told them, and scheduled you for that time . Because your boss is probably afraid of being thought of as a pushover or a bad manager. That's because most people are more concerned with playing the role that they believe they should (because that's how most of us end up doing well in life, by playing into expectations).

Ideally, you would do freelance web development. It doesn't require a diploma, and in fact, no one cares if you have a degree or a diploma, because instead all the certifications you need are online and usually free or cheap to get.

But if you haven't put the time into that sort of thing, another good job is any sort of consulting job. The best early-20-s job you can get is to be hired to maintain a facebook/twitter/youtube accounts for a business, or to be a "social media consulter". The problem is that you usually need to have a decent twitter following or something else. What you do is you can go around to different businesses locally with no social media presence, and ask to show them what you can do. Even suggest that you work for free for a month and if they see that their social media presence increases, pay you afterwards to maintain them.

What you can end up doing is maintaining pages for 5-10 businesses at once, and ideally, a few of them will pay you for maybe "10 hours a week" to maintain them. That's 30 hours a week for what is probably closer to 2-3 hours a week of work.

I've had two friends do both that, and once they figure out how to sell the ideas to businesses, it works out very well for them. They get references, and from there on they never really need to work as long as there's some little restaurant with a terrible facebook page with only 11 likes out there.

GhostZ > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 10/05/2014 at 20:46

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There's also the fact that even if the pay isn't very good, simple jobs with lots and lots of hours could actually be a better income than a difficult/highly qualified job where you're limited to only a few strict hours a week.

Sweet Trav > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 20:47

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Staples was a great company to me. pay was alright.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > GhostZ 10/05/2014 at 21:05

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Yep. It all depends on the company. I know at my old job, we actually went through a contract house and would do contract to hire for these employees. If after 90 days they looked good? Full time hire. If not, they went back to the contract house but often got a severance pay of like a month or so. The guys liked it because it kept them employed and they had help finding some work and the companies like it since there is someone prescreening labor for them and will literally just send down a few guys to interview for any opening we had. Need a maintenance technician? They could have three candidates at our doorstep by the end of the day who were skilled at fixing electrics or production line equipment or whatever we needed.

D > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 21:11

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you got a car?

Rainbow > D 10/05/2014 at 21:16

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Yup.

D > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 21:18

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slang pizzas brother! so long as your state's tipped minimum wage isn't any lower than the regular minimum wage

Rainbow > D 10/05/2014 at 21:20

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Our regular minimum wage is like $5.00 and I don't even know how that's possible since it's well below the national minimum. So, I suppose it would depend on the specific place, but I would definitely like that.

D > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 21:23

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Wow that's... incredibly illegal. Have you/people you know been working for below federal?

Ferrero1911 > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 22:37

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Do you have Trader Joe's where you are? They pay well, have health insurance and you earn paid vacation days even as an hourly employee. I worked there for 8 months while I was trying to get my career started and it was a really awesome place to work.

Rainbow > D 10/05/2014 at 23:02

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Nope. But Georgia's not the only state with a below-federal minimum wage. We have the lowest (tied with Wyoming) at just $5.15, though, and there are a handful of states that don't have a minimum wage at all.

D > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 23:15

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Fuck, so you can't even contact local authorities about it. What's the best way to reach the feds... I'm scratchin my head here, how does this shit even fly

low wages get me fired up

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Rainbow 10/05/2014 at 23:28

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That's messed up. I would go over her head and get her in trouble. Don't know if you did or not, but when you ask for time off always get it in writing. Get everything in writing.

As for jobs, lot attendant/porter at a car dealer. It's a foot in the door with open schedules usually.

Rainbow > D 10/05/2014 at 23:51

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I'm currently earning $7.50/hr, so it's not that bad on my end. But yeah, the whole $5.15 thing is just messed up.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Rainbow 10/06/2014 at 01:12

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depending on what medical condition you have that requires these grueling tests, your manager could be violating the Americans with disabilities act

quarterlifecrisis > Rainbow 10/06/2014 at 08:40

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Not sure if you elaborated on it or not, is this full-time or part-time? Job or career? Are you a student, or planning to be one?

Rainbow > quarterlifecrisis 10/06/2014 at 08:44

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Just a part time job. I'm currently taking a year off from college.