I got a new pair of jeans over the weekend -- a size smaller I might add -- and I could actually get in them, even after washing them, with out a blow torch. It gives me a nice warm and fuzzy feeling, which I am trying to focus on as I return to work for another week.
I put in an application online for a receptionist postion at a spa. They must be using a head hunting firm that's sorting things for them. I'm sure I qualified for the position, but I don't know if I'm really spa material since I'm rather stlyistically challenged (I'd be a prime canidate for Tim Gunn). But it's your basic receptionist job -- setting appointments, welcoming customers, recieving/putting out inventory, etc, but it pays 5.00 more an hour than what I'm making here with full benefits -- I'm still waiting for the catch on this hourly wage for a receptionist.
So I figured it wouldn't hurt just to see what it's about. I don't know if it's really a good time to switch jobs and a cell phone company is probably more likely to endure through the bad economy than a spa. I mean cell phones have stopped being a luxury and are a nessecity in most people's eyes, so I think the economy would have to be in the seventh circle of hell before people stopped buying cell phones, but going to a spa people, I think...maybe I'm wrong about this, would be a luxury people would sacrifice.
However I also can't stand the people I work for now because I find they lack leadership skills, they don't appreciate us that work in the back office, and I think their morals are skewed -- their only passion seems to be to maintain their lifestyle.
Our counterpart in North Carolina (the owners there are friends with the owners here) a year or two ago had a discrimination law suit filed against them by their former inventory manager who was fired not long after it was discovered that she was a lesbian.
And of course my boss now is making all these snide comments like, "well if Obama becomes president you guys just might not get a raise." Please! Don't tell me I'm not getting a raise when you just bought a new BMW and are buying a new house (not to mention their "River house"). I realize that we are remodling and adding on to the office and that that costs a lot of money, but tell us that's why we aren't getting raises -- not something petty because who want for president isn't doing so hot.
So I don't know. If I were to get offered this receptionist postion it could potentianally be a better enviroment -- I don't really know since I haven't actually met anyone yet -- but not as secure. Plus I doubt I'd be as bored because there would potentially be slight variations to my day unlike here.
But I also would feel a little guilty about leaving since we're going into the holiday season and it's going to be incredibly busy back here. How fucked up am I to feel guilty about this? I guess I feel bad for my co-workers who would get stuck picking up the slack, not the bosses. But still, how much should my guilt factor into my decision -- because that usually effects my decisions more than it probably should.
I realize I'm jumping the gun, but that's what I do. I kill every possible option before it even happens and drive myself crazy -- it's why I'm so god damn indecisive.
So I'm just not sure which is the better choice...if I was to get this second choice. Security or better pay and a different environment?
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Decisions like that are never easy to make but in this economy it's even harder. Is the spa an established business or is it brand new? That makes a difference,too.
I've left jobs with negative atmospheres because it was just not good for my psyche. I was bitchy and irritable and pretty miserable. It paid a lot better than my current job does, but I'm generally happier now than I was back then.
The job security part is a difficult thing to think about, too.
I was considering applying for a job at a new company in their accounting department for better pay, etc. But they're brand new and I've seen a lot of businesses come and go the whole time I've been at the newspaper. So I'm going to stay put. Of course, I do like my job so that does make the difference.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
Yeah...i kinda feel like it won't hurt to at least look at my other options and go from there. The online system that spa was usingactually sent me an email about another job I may be qualified for...so we'll see. I'm just tired of being frustrated and feeling like I can't say what I really think about things out of fear of being lynched or them finding some excuse to to try to get rid of me.
Happy thoughts...
:)
p.s. glad you are feeling better.
1. Sorry I haven't commented yet. I don't know what I do with time these days, but I never seem to have enough of it.
2. Congrats on the new jeans! I love me a great fitting pair of blue jeans.
3. While the spa pays more, and I don't think anyone is going to get so bad off that people will stop going, I have worked at a spa and there's a lot of shit to swallow dealing with the customers there. A lot of entitlement attitudes that you may or may not be able to let wash away.
4. That being said, I'm not telling you not to go for it. Better pay and benefits is nothing to sneeze at. And better pay may make you better able to allow the attitude to wash away more easily.
5. Whatever you choose, good luck! Let us know how things go.
Thanks...nice to hear from you. The thought about snootiness from customers did cross my mind. My customer service skills are used to dealing with fanboys or music geeks (some ridiculously particular Anime fans)...so i don't know much patience I'd have, but either way I think I have decided to make an effort to look at other jobs that could be something different and hopefully a better envronment.
I am proud of myself just for looking since, it's hard for me to presue change and deal with prospect of having to be assertive and actually quit.
As much as I griped about the customers at my old job, I dearly miss the people I worked with. We got along...some had an even more ridiculous knowledge of movie qoutes than I do...it was nice to feel like a part of the group.
I guess that's one thing that's hard with my current job -- I just don't fit.
And yes a good pair of jeans is sometimes all you need for a good ol' esteem boost. :)
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