I know only too well what it’s like to be in a job that you don’t like, however I know more so what it’s like to be out of work! I have had a few jobs so far for example; Dental nursing. Now that job was a real kick in the teeth, no pun intended. I had a stuck up boss who could be as embarrassing as she liked towards me and still pay me below minimum wage, But when you need the money it’s hard to know what to do.
After a while I quit that job, I say quit what i actually mean is I disappeared for about a month. Which is of course completely the wrong way to go about things, but I wasn’t really thinking about how it would effect them at the time because I felt f*** them!
After that I thought “hey why not get a rewarding job with kids….” If your in it for the money don’t, their isn’t any money in it. I got a job in Maidenhead working for this big company that had a string of nurseries, so I figured that I had some real prospects to make some big bucks here. Unfortunately I found out a week later that they were only paying me £2.60 an hr? I thought that minimum wage was around £5.05, so any way the following Monday I called in and said “I’m really sorry but …. I won’t be coming back”. Of course kinda like the first job I had I didn’t really handle quitting very well.
Now by this time and with my short stay record under my belt you must be thinking how on earth must I mange to get another job, what poor sap would employ me? Well next on my list was a local supermarket. I was getting desperate by now, I really need the money to pay my rent and do what everyone my age was doing. So i had my interview and shortly afterwards was welcomed into another company. I started 6am til 12pm as the in-store baker, that was Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays for £5.05 an hr. Finally i had something i thought. If i stick at this i said i could be promoted to head of department and get more hours and really save some money. However once again i pit myself against fate to have an all out battle and I lost again. The hours were taking their toll as i kept having to stay at my dads house so that i could get to work on time and the lack of routine was sending me ever so slightly barmy! I felt ill just being their but with my work record i was so determined to keep going i couldn’t leap out of another job. My dad decided he was fed up with his neighbors and he and my step mum were going to move away. That was it for me I couldn’t have my dad move away from me. With that i decided regardless just to give up.
I was depressed for a while too because it felt like not only did i need this job but my whole family were just waiting for the second I said I quit and it felt like they were so turning their noses up at me in disappointment and for a while i thought my boyfriend was just as disappointed in me and it really got me down. But i picked myself back up and got myself into college studying holistic therapy at diploma level, and if I do say so myself I’m working really hard and doing really well. And of course i’ve just applied for another job at a local DIY store to raise some cash for Christmas. Wish me Luck!, the interview is on Wednesday and i really hope that i can make a go of this and start saving money for the future!
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