(Limited time ability to use journal skins makes me happy...)


So today I got a phone call from work offering me steady hours until Christmas (as opposed to the on-call fun that I've been getting ever since they ultimatumed me to either work fulltime or basically not at all [link]).

The trouble? I have in fact been filling my open schedule with stuff, namely choir gigs (some of which pay a little, and some which are just about doing good in the community). So I'm probably not as available as they want me to be. Which could mean they'll hire someone more available... again.

So they don't give me enough hours, forcing me to focus on other things, then they turn around and say "Okay, we're ready for you to work now. You've kept yourself completely available, right?" Gee, this feels familiar...

I'll admit, this is more rant than real frustration. I'm heading in shortly, where the manager is willing to try to sort out a working schedule with me. I just need to work myself up enough to not back down if/when they try to make me feel guilty for having other commitments. I would love to have some real hours for the next month and a half, but I've already made my peace with not working there anymore. They kind of saw to that when they forced me to choose between work and the other things in my life. In the two years I've worked there, I've put up with all sorts of instability with my scheduling, so I have no intention of diving for yet another dangling carrot.

On the upside, either way I'm looking for a new job in January!