Grrrrrrr, so some of you read my previous post about the friend I babysit with. Well, she ended up getting fired after all. Which is fine, I guess, I mean the girl needs to take care of herself and she didn't show up to work 4 times in a week (of course, this is the only week ever that she's screwed up like that, but whatever. Cruel, cold world.)
So anyway, here I am, resolving conflicts, trying to do my job (and doing a darn good job, too) and they basically give me an ultimatum. Find one of your friends to step in, or we're firing you too and going with a full-time professional nanny. Well, this is sort of an unfair place to put me in. I'm not the one who screwed up. I'm not the one who knows exactly what you need. I'm not allowed to just post a flier and find a student who can do it...it has to be someone I KNOW. Otherwise they'll use a service to find a professional nanny.
So, basically, the long and the short of it is this: I'm not aware of anyone who has availability on those days, because they're the days band and orchestra meet, which occupies 225 of the 300 music students in that time period. Not only that, but there's basically little to no hope of me finding a new ob since I built my schedule around this one, which has weird times (basically only leaving me available on Tuesday and Thursday after 3:30). If this were for next quarter (beginning in April), I'd have more hope, since people wouldn't already have their classes already committed.
So, I guess I just wanted to add to the chorus of crappy work experiences that's been going on around TCS and maybe get a vibe or two that I'll be able to feed myself and pay, you know, my utility bills and that one of my cats doesn't need major surgery before June when I can get a FT job at the shelter. Or, even better, vibes that I'll be able to keep this job, just until June, when I can drop it like a hot potato and snarl in anger at how selfish these people are.
I mean, their littlest daughter SOBBED for 20 minutes when she found out Cheryl had been laid off. The little girl loves us both SO MUCH and is SO UPSET about the whole thing. But they only have their best interests in mind and they don't want to have to do any work for it. Awful people.
So anyway, here I am, resolving conflicts, trying to do my job (and doing a darn good job, too) and they basically give me an ultimatum. Find one of your friends to step in, or we're firing you too and going with a full-time professional nanny. Well, this is sort of an unfair place to put me in. I'm not the one who screwed up. I'm not the one who knows exactly what you need. I'm not allowed to just post a flier and find a student who can do it...it has to be someone I KNOW. Otherwise they'll use a service to find a professional nanny.
So, basically, the long and the short of it is this: I'm not aware of anyone who has availability on those days, because they're the days band and orchestra meet, which occupies 225 of the 300 music students in that time period. Not only that, but there's basically little to no hope of me finding a new ob since I built my schedule around this one, which has weird times (basically only leaving me available on Tuesday and Thursday after 3:30). If this were for next quarter (beginning in April), I'd have more hope, since people wouldn't already have their classes already committed.
So, I guess I just wanted to add to the chorus of crappy work experiences that's been going on around TCS and maybe get a vibe or two that I'll be able to feed myself and pay, you know, my utility bills and that one of my cats doesn't need major surgery before June when I can get a FT job at the shelter. Or, even better, vibes that I'll be able to keep this job, just until June, when I can drop it like a hot potato and snarl in anger at how selfish these people are.
I mean, their littlest daughter SOBBED for 20 minutes when she found out Cheryl had been laid off. The little girl loves us both SO MUCH and is SO UPSET about the whole thing. But they only have their best interests in mind and they don't want to have to do any work for it. Awful people.
