Domestic Geek

Well, I got my first paycheck from the new job today. It turns out I'm not an employee, (see, you shouldn't assume anything) but a contractor. Wish that had been explained up front. So, no taxes paid on my behalf and I'm gonna be fucked at the end of the year. Last I checked, even contractors around here made more than $12/hr. Top that off with the frustration I was feeling of trying to talk to the client whose menu they were having me do that doesn't really speak English. Yeah, not worth what they're paying.

Stupid me. Like I said, once this magazine of theirs goes to press, I'm done. I'd almost go back to my old job over this one (if they'd move to Castle Rock).

I just got back from an appointment I had with the placement person at my old school. She claimed to have a whole slew of new opportunities. Fact was, there was only one job that fit what I was looking for and I had already seen that on Monster. It's a production artist position that pays $8/hr. You know, McDonald's employees make about that. I was making that wage as a phone person at a pizza place three years ago. So glad I wasted money on getting an education.

So, I drove over to the place where I'm working only to find nobody there to let me in. This whole situation is stupid. I realized after the second day I didn't want to work there. I really need to talk to the owner and get out of this. I don't need a stupid workplace on top of everything else going on right now.

So, you know you're not working at the right place when you call in after three days on the job. *sigh* Normally, I would rant about why this job is not for me, but I'll just say that it's not working out and leave it at that.

I so badly want to find something bearable to do everyday. I feel like that guy in Office Space--I don't think sitting in front of a computer 8+ hours a day is for me. I really prefer having computers and web stuff as a hobby, not a job. I joked with Marcus that I would get a job in construction if it wasn't for the fact that I'd probably be in the ER on the very first day! LOL That's one reason why I kept at pizza for so long...as a driver, you're out on the road most of the time, not cooped up somewhere. That's why managing pizza or working inside didn't work. I just couldn't stand being in the same place doing the same thing over and over for that long. I need a job where I can make stuff or something, but not like an assembly line. I think that's why I liked the part of my merchandiser job I had at AutoZone. I loved resetting planograms. Too bad jobs like that don't pay squat.

So, nothing like wondering why you haven't heard from a place you sent a resume to that you really wanted to work at only to realize that you have a typo in your cover letter and said cover letter states you have high attention to detail. Said cover letter was also proofread by the placement coordinator. Whoo Hooo! Gee, wonder why they wouldn't call after that?