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threeplusfire) wrote2007-06-29 02:22 pm
threeplusfire) wrote2007-06-29 02:22 pm
At least six more months
One of the training supervisors asked to see me this afternoon. She explained that she hoped I would continue to peer train for them, and that the office has gotten last minute approval to hire seven additional peer trainers. that I didn't even get an interview for the current position because so many people with so much more seniority applied. They will be able to hire two people a quarter, starting in September.
I figured that I wasn't going to get the job. I'm a little stung that I didn't get an interview, though I understand the whys and whatnot.
This is hard. I am the only person that the scheduling matters so much to, because I am the only peer trainer who has to work outside of Monday-Friday hours. I am superbly good at my job, and I get these glowing evaluations that mean nothing because I've only been here two years, five months and eleven days. I'm in the process of applying for acting supervisor privileges. I can do everything here.
So I wait. I have my summer scheduled out, and I have several weekends off because I'll be working Mondays. I have to see if I can live in small increments as far as work goes, to see if maybe there's a chance to make this lateral move. Did I mention it is a totally lateral move? No promotion, no pay raise. While I understand, it is still sort of lame. In September, we will receive our great and generous gift from the Legislature, a 2% raise. Yes, that number is correct. No, you don't want to know how many years behind inflation our salaries are. My 2% raise, after taxes and deductions, will get me something like $30 more a month. Because that, my friends, is somehow going to convince people to stay in these jobs and make us feel valued. Oh yes indeed.
This entry probably sounds more angry than I really am. Mostly I'm sad.
I figured that I wasn't going to get the job. I'm a little stung that I didn't get an interview, though I understand the whys and whatnot.
This is hard. I am the only person that the scheduling matters so much to, because I am the only peer trainer who has to work outside of Monday-Friday hours. I am superbly good at my job, and I get these glowing evaluations that mean nothing because I've only been here two years, five months and eleven days. I'm in the process of applying for acting supervisor privileges. I can do everything here.
So I wait. I have my summer scheduled out, and I have several weekends off because I'll be working Mondays. I have to see if I can live in small increments as far as work goes, to see if maybe there's a chance to make this lateral move. Did I mention it is a totally lateral move? No promotion, no pay raise. While I understand, it is still sort of lame. In September, we will receive our great and generous gift from the Legislature, a 2% raise. Yes, that number is correct. No, you don't want to know how many years behind inflation our salaries are. My 2% raise, after taxes and deductions, will get me something like $30 more a month. Because that, my friends, is somehow going to convince people to stay in these jobs and make us feel valued. Oh yes indeed.
This entry probably sounds more angry than I really am. Mostly I'm sad.
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I apparently remembered the big, tapered cylindrical silver beads you first chose, and which we agreed were too big for the piece. I know they're too big because I sat down today to put them on... whoops. They also had little purely cylindrical ones that look very similar, only smaller. Is that what you'd gotten the first time? I also noticed flat discs (the traditional button shape) with an abstract sunburst pattern. Those would lay flat on the material... I'm kind of worried about even the stubby cylinders being too 3D and flopping, no matter how tightly I try to sew them in.
What's your preference, or should I try both? (There's a half off beads sale this week.) I've got BPAL to mail tomorrow morning so I'll hit up the Hobby Lobby then too.
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