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I'm going to try to keep this as vague as possible:
Right now, I am working two jobs. Job #1 is retail, and despite it being retail and where I would not want to spend the rest of my life (esp. with my lofty aspirations of...grad school), I like it. It gives me steady work over the year and has more than once saved my ass as far as my finances (two student loans) go. Also, I have a nice insurance package through them (by which, I mean, nice according to my standards; I have the fortune of being healthy and not having too many needs as far as health care goes)
Job #2 is at a zoo. I'm not going to say which zoo, but if you know me or have discerned where I live (from my drunken ramblings during the SPNP chat or from here), then you can easily figure out WHICH zoo it is (it's a pretty damn awesome zoo, too). This job is seasonal, lasting from April to October, but it gives me a stable 40 hours/week, and thanks to that, I was able to save up a TON of money, most of which went to student loans. I just started working there again this past week.
Today, after I got off of Job #2, I went to Job #1 to pick up my paycheck. My manager calls me into the back to talk. He looks grim, so naturally, I'm expecting the worst. Turns out, our third key manager (who is a part-timer with management responsibilities) was offered a desk job and is taking it. She starts in two weeks. My manager offered me her position. It's $8/hr, and if the hours she works now are any indication, it would be at least 30 hours/week. Also, it would give me management experience for my resume.
Job #2 pays $7.50/hour, and - remember - I get 40 hours/week. No health benefits, but I LOVE the workplace (outdoors, in a ZOO), the people, and I stay fit all summer working there. Plus, because I'm one of the few returning employees in my area, my supervisor has given me a few more responsibilities, which shows a major sign of trust. (Granted, I love the people at Job #1, and Job #1 has also been giving me awesome responsibilities that show trust on their part as well. In general, I'm that awesome as an employee.)
I have three options:
1) Quit Job #2 and work at Job #1. I don't like this option. I wouldn't be making as much money, and I'd lose the small enjoyments that I get from working there, which reflect in my work at Job #1, because I come in happier, more enthusiastic, charismatic (no really), and I sell a lot more.
Also, I would not make as much money than I would if I....
2) ...moved down to working part-time at Job #2, and worked both jobs. This is the most appealing option, because I would make more money. I'm not a greedy person; my desire to make more money is not driven by an obsession to possess money in my account for frivolous activities, but to have a nest egg if I find myself without a job and to have enough money to pay off my student loans more quickly.
The problems with this: At Job #2, we're understaffed at the moment. A bulk of our staff consists of college and high school kids, and they're all still in school. Two or three weeks from now, we MAY have enough people to comfortably move me from full-time to part-time.
Also, a problem emerges at Job #1 if anybody in management wants to take a vacation. We only have 5 people on staff (that's all we can support). I would have to take time off from Job #2 to fill in, and in order to do that, I would need weeks - if not a month - of notice at Job #1.
Lastly, if I were to work the entire season at Job #2, there might come a time when they ask me to go back to being full-time, because after August, we'll be understaffed again.
I like this option, as I said, but there are too many unknown variables that make it not possible. I plan on talking to management at Job #2 about going to part-time, though. Never hurts to try, right?
3) I could turn down promotion at Job #1 and continue working as I have been. I like this better than Option 1, but I don't like it as much as Option 2. At this time, however, it's the most practical of the three. I would still make money, after all, and continue working both jobs to the best of my abilities without sacrificing my happiness at one for career mobility at the other; but I feel that if I turn it down, I'll end up regretting it.
Also, that would mean that my manager would have to hire an untested person as a third-key, which might be detrimental to the success of our store. We have another part-timer right now, but honestly, he doesn't possess the most desirable qualities for a quasi-management position.
...
So that's my life right now. I'm going to try to forget it and maybe get drunk and watch the newest Supernatural or just strip down to my underwear and play video games well into the night.
Coming Soon! Liz reviews Mary Renault's torridly tragic [gay] Ancient Greek classic, The Last of the Wine, and possibly posts crack or gay porn (possibly OF TLotW)! She might also talk about the awesome David Tennant/Patrick Stewart version of Hamlet that she watched a few nights ago on Great Performances!
Right now, I am working two jobs. Job #1 is retail, and despite it being retail and where I would not want to spend the rest of my life (esp. with my lofty aspirations of...grad school), I like it. It gives me steady work over the year and has more than once saved my ass as far as my finances (two student loans) go. Also, I have a nice insurance package through them (by which, I mean, nice according to my standards; I have the fortune of being healthy and not having too many needs as far as health care goes)
Job #2 is at a zoo. I'm not going to say which zoo, but if you know me or have discerned where I live (from my drunken ramblings during the SPNP chat or from here), then you can easily figure out WHICH zoo it is (it's a pretty damn awesome zoo, too). This job is seasonal, lasting from April to October, but it gives me a stable 40 hours/week, and thanks to that, I was able to save up a TON of money, most of which went to student loans. I just started working there again this past week.
Today, after I got off of Job #2, I went to Job #1 to pick up my paycheck. My manager calls me into the back to talk. He looks grim, so naturally, I'm expecting the worst. Turns out, our third key manager (who is a part-timer with management responsibilities) was offered a desk job and is taking it. She starts in two weeks. My manager offered me her position. It's $8/hr, and if the hours she works now are any indication, it would be at least 30 hours/week. Also, it would give me management experience for my resume.
Job #2 pays $7.50/hour, and - remember - I get 40 hours/week. No health benefits, but I LOVE the workplace (outdoors, in a ZOO), the people, and I stay fit all summer working there. Plus, because I'm one of the few returning employees in my area, my supervisor has given me a few more responsibilities, which shows a major sign of trust. (Granted, I love the people at Job #1, and Job #1 has also been giving me awesome responsibilities that show trust on their part as well. In general, I'm that awesome as an employee.)
I have three options:
1) Quit Job #2 and work at Job #1. I don't like this option. I wouldn't be making as much money, and I'd lose the small enjoyments that I get from working there, which reflect in my work at Job #1, because I come in happier, more enthusiastic, charismatic (no really), and I sell a lot more.
Also, I would not make as much money than I would if I....
2) ...moved down to working part-time at Job #2, and worked both jobs. This is the most appealing option, because I would make more money. I'm not a greedy person; my desire to make more money is not driven by an obsession to possess money in my account for frivolous activities, but to have a nest egg if I find myself without a job and to have enough money to pay off my student loans more quickly.
The problems with this: At Job #2, we're understaffed at the moment. A bulk of our staff consists of college and high school kids, and they're all still in school. Two or three weeks from now, we MAY have enough people to comfortably move me from full-time to part-time.
Also, a problem emerges at Job #1 if anybody in management wants to take a vacation. We only have 5 people on staff (that's all we can support). I would have to take time off from Job #2 to fill in, and in order to do that, I would need weeks - if not a month - of notice at Job #1.
Lastly, if I were to work the entire season at Job #2, there might come a time when they ask me to go back to being full-time, because after August, we'll be understaffed again.
I like this option, as I said, but there are too many unknown variables that make it not possible. I plan on talking to management at Job #2 about going to part-time, though. Never hurts to try, right?
3) I could turn down promotion at Job #1 and continue working as I have been. I like this better than Option 1, but I don't like it as much as Option 2. At this time, however, it's the most practical of the three. I would still make money, after all, and continue working both jobs to the best of my abilities without sacrificing my happiness at one for career mobility at the other; but I feel that if I turn it down, I'll end up regretting it.
Also, that would mean that my manager would have to hire an untested person as a third-key, which might be detrimental to the success of our store. We have another part-timer right now, but honestly, he doesn't possess the most desirable qualities for a quasi-management position.
...
So that's my life right now. I'm going to try to forget it and maybe get drunk and watch the newest Supernatural or just strip down to my underwear and play video games well into the night.
Coming Soon! Liz reviews Mary Renault's torridly tragic [gay] Ancient Greek classic, The Last of the Wine, and possibly posts crack or gay porn (possibly OF TLotW)! She might also talk about the awesome David Tennant/Patrick Stewart version of Hamlet that she watched a few nights ago on Great Performances!
