1hipmom (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} 1hipmom) wrote,@ 2008-10-17 08:56:00 |
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Update on me (Job)
This is long but just a portion of what has been goingon with me, will post more later on other parts of my life
So for the last year I have been working as a staffing specialist in a staffing agency in Jackson. I LOVED IT for the most part. When I started out, I was able to help people and that was awesome. Placing single Moms or Dads to work felt great. However the better I got at my job the more they pushed me more into the high level positions. Ya know the 50-150k jobs per year that the candidates were already working, just wanted more money or a change. I got rewarding from that in the form of $$, those positions brought in big money to me but it felt like I was selling people. The job turned more into sales than what I had wanted and the average worker was not someone that my company wanted me to invest my time into. So for about a month that really worked on my heart, ya know hearing single Moms shamefully beg for my help because the were about to loose their jobs isn't something I can turn away from. Maybe cut throat people can but that is NOT me. THEN on top of all of this I had this nagging feeling of failure at home. My house never seemed to stay clean with work then 3 nights a week for Nicks football, 1 night for Church, Saturdays were full with helping my Dad, Saturday night was Mikes racing night, Sunday morn Church...so that left me with 1 night during the week and Sunday evening...ugh....Who wants to clean when you are spreaded so thin from all that I mentioned??? Then there was also the feeling of not really having time to be connected with the kids school. THEN what topped it off for me was my company did 2 LONGtime employees so wrong that I couldn't stay any longer. Last Monday I turned in my 2wks notice. They asked me to stay and what they could do to get me to stay. I told them I couldn't work for a company that could be so cruel and explained the aboved mentioned about how my job had turned into something I didn't feel right about. They said if I wasn't planning on staying that I could let that be my last day. I was fine with that, even with bonuses coming that now I won't get paid for, it still felt like that best thing that I could have done. Mike is very supportive in whatever I want to do. I do feel like I want to go back to work but I want to take time to find the right fit for me and my family. A job that is just a job, that I don't have to take home, be on call for or worry about meeting my #s. However if/when I do go back to work, Mike and I both agree that it is time to start paying someone to come in and clean/help me out, that will take a huge burden off of me and what a nice feeling to come home to a clean house!!
The very next day that I quit I had 3 clients from my past job to call me very upset that I wasn't there any longer and expresed interest in speaking with me about going to work for them. 1 was pretty ok pay, a couple or so grand less than what I was making but less stress, closer to home & will train with NO exp. The other 2 are better paying jobs starting out at what I would have made at my old job with my salary and commission, closer to home, will train, less stress!! I got my resume together and sent it to them this week, I think they will have me come in next week to talk to them. Meanwhile I have been catching up on housework and laundry!
This is long but just a portion of what has been goingon with me, will post more later on other parts of my life
So for the last year I have been working as a staffing specialist in a staffing agency in Jackson. I LOVED IT for the most part. When I started out, I was able to help people and that was awesome. Placing single Moms or Dads to work felt great. However the better I got at my job the more they pushed me more into the high level positions. Ya know the 50-150k jobs per year that the candidates were already working, just wanted more money or a change. I got rewarding from that in the form of $$, those positions brought in big money to me but it felt like I was selling people. The job turned more into sales than what I had wanted and the average worker was not someone that my company wanted me to invest my time into. So for about a month that really worked on my heart, ya know hearing single Moms shamefully beg for my help because the were about to loose their jobs isn't something I can turn away from. Maybe cut throat people can but that is NOT me. THEN on top of all of this I had this nagging feeling of failure at home. My house never seemed to stay clean with work then 3 nights a week for Nicks football, 1 night for Church, Saturdays were full with helping my Dad, Saturday night was Mikes racing night, Sunday morn Church...so that left me with 1 night during the week and Sunday evening...ugh....Who wants to clean when you are spreaded so thin from all that I mentioned??? Then there was also the feeling of not really having time to be connected with the kids school. THEN what topped it off for me was my company did 2 LONGtime employees so wrong that I couldn't stay any longer. Last Monday I turned in my 2wks notice. They asked me to stay and what they could do to get me to stay. I told them I couldn't work for a company that could be so cruel and explained the aboved mentioned about how my job had turned into something I didn't feel right about. They said if I wasn't planning on staying that I could let that be my last day. I was fine with that, even with bonuses coming that now I won't get paid for, it still felt like that best thing that I could have done. Mike is very supportive in whatever I want to do. I do feel like I want to go back to work but I want to take time to find the right fit for me and my family. A job that is just a job, that I don't have to take home, be on call for or worry about meeting my #s. However if/when I do go back to work, Mike and I both agree that it is time to start paying someone to come in and clean/help me out, that will take a huge burden off of me and what a nice feeling to come home to a clean house!!
The very next day that I quit I had 3 clients from my past job to call me very upset that I wasn't there any longer and expresed interest in speaking with me about going to work for them. 1 was pretty ok pay, a couple or so grand less than what I was making but less stress, closer to home & will train with NO exp. The other 2 are better paying jobs starting out at what I would have made at my old job with my salary and commission, closer to home, will train, less stress!! I got my resume together and sent it to them this week, I think they will have me come in next week to talk to them. Meanwhile I have been catching up on housework and laundry!
