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a year ago
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I have been working with this current place for 3 months now and I have seen them doing a lot of things that I just don't agree with.
The way they "care" for the individuals that we support, and even their staff, I just couldn't get behind it.
So although I care DEEPLY for the individual that I support, I went on looking at other job opportunities in the same field.
One place reached out to me a month ago, I was casually looking at the time, not really sure that I wanted to leave my current situation, they wanted to set up an interview and I ended up telling them that I thought it was better for me to stay with my current company as I would miss the individuals I support too much.
After a month of changes within my current company, them hiring a EXTREMELY rude assistant manager, discontinuing a needed medication for one of the individuals, and showing no support for me as staff when I was being beat up on by an individual (yes this is part of the job, but at the same time it was preventable if they just cared about her a little bit) I decided it was in my best interest to finally take the plunge and seriously consider other job options.
I texted the lady back, letting her know that my situation had changed and if they were still interested in interviewing me as a prospective employee I would be interested.
They contacted me yesterday. I set up a interview for next week, then they contacted me again today saying they had an opening for a interview today if I was interested.
Of course I was 😆
I was in the interview for all of like... 10 minutes and they were like "yea we would like to hire you" 😆
I make $20 an hour at my current job, the new place was offering me $16 an hour, I told them this pay cut unfortunately wouldn't work for me. I ended up talking them up to $18 and hour, it's still a heafty pay cut but it's better than the latter.
I put in my 2 weeks notice at my current job, the individuals that I support there are really attached to me so I worry about how they will take the news of me leaving, although I'm going to give them both my phone number and tell them that they are welcome to text me as much as they want.
I will be sad to leave them, and this new job does sound like it will be more difficult, but I need to be with a company that I can fully support, and will support me and the people we care for.
That is what is really important to me.
So right now, I'm sitting with a -$52 balance in my paypal (someone forced a refund on a finished NSFW commission a week or 2 ago and I still haven't been able to pay up the balance) my bank account is at $0 and my credit card is maxed out.
I get paid in a few days, but it's a small paycheck due to my boss screwing me out of some hours, and pretty much my whole check is going to bills.
I know it will only get worse with the pay cut, but I'm also working shorter days and they allow overtime so I might try to pick up extra hours where I can so I can get these bills paid off and start ACTUALLY living my life.
Being an adult is stressful I swear.
The good news however, is that my therapist is helping me go back to school! I did a lot of thinking about what I want to do with the rest of my life, and I landed on either being a licensed therapist, or really going for it and becoming a psychiatrist. Both jobs would bring me a lot of satisfaction, both are needed, and both pay pretty well.
We will be looking at me going back to school either this spring or next fall if all goes according to plan.
I also had a dr appointment today, I am trying to quit smoking right now, and I am also looking into weight loss surgery, which is something I have been wanting for a few years now, so that is really exciting.
I have a appointment with my psychiatrist and my therapist tomorrow.
Besides some depression my mental health has been doing pretty good, I really like my new therapist, so hopefully this one will be around for a while (everytime I get comfortable with a therapist they quit their job 🥴 it seems to happen about every 6 months)
Also my laptop is broken right now, not turning on, screen is black, ect. So until I am able to make some decent money I have to put art on hold. It could be up to a month and I might have to pay one of those super expensive places and do one of those monthly payments for something just so I can work on commissions.
Otherwise I need something around $800 to get just a cheap laptop to work on, although tbh i would rather just get a tablet at this point. Something with windows so I can continue to use SAI.
I dunno, I don't have money for either one at this point and bills come first
Ugh, again, so freaking stressful, and art was like my #1 stress reliever so I don't know what to do at this point.
Again, depression, that is my go-to when everything seems against me I guess.
Oh well!
Anyways if you made it this far I am quite impressed. This was a long journal 😆
The way they "care" for the individuals that we support, and even their staff, I just couldn't get behind it.
So although I care DEEPLY for the individual that I support, I went on looking at other job opportunities in the same field.
One place reached out to me a month ago, I was casually looking at the time, not really sure that I wanted to leave my current situation, they wanted to set up an interview and I ended up telling them that I thought it was better for me to stay with my current company as I would miss the individuals I support too much.
After a month of changes within my current company, them hiring a EXTREMELY rude assistant manager, discontinuing a needed medication for one of the individuals, and showing no support for me as staff when I was being beat up on by an individual (yes this is part of the job, but at the same time it was preventable if they just cared about her a little bit) I decided it was in my best interest to finally take the plunge and seriously consider other job options.
I texted the lady back, letting her know that my situation had changed and if they were still interested in interviewing me as a prospective employee I would be interested.
They contacted me yesterday. I set up a interview for next week, then they contacted me again today saying they had an opening for a interview today if I was interested.
Of course I was 😆
I was in the interview for all of like... 10 minutes and they were like "yea we would like to hire you" 😆
I make $20 an hour at my current job, the new place was offering me $16 an hour, I told them this pay cut unfortunately wouldn't work for me. I ended up talking them up to $18 and hour, it's still a heafty pay cut but it's better than the latter.
I put in my 2 weeks notice at my current job, the individuals that I support there are really attached to me so I worry about how they will take the news of me leaving, although I'm going to give them both my phone number and tell them that they are welcome to text me as much as they want.
I will be sad to leave them, and this new job does sound like it will be more difficult, but I need to be with a company that I can fully support, and will support me and the people we care for.
That is what is really important to me.
So right now, I'm sitting with a -$52 balance in my paypal (someone forced a refund on a finished NSFW commission a week or 2 ago and I still haven't been able to pay up the balance) my bank account is at $0 and my credit card is maxed out.
I get paid in a few days, but it's a small paycheck due to my boss screwing me out of some hours, and pretty much my whole check is going to bills.
I know it will only get worse with the pay cut, but I'm also working shorter days and they allow overtime so I might try to pick up extra hours where I can so I can get these bills paid off and start ACTUALLY living my life.
Being an adult is stressful I swear.
The good news however, is that my therapist is helping me go back to school! I did a lot of thinking about what I want to do with the rest of my life, and I landed on either being a licensed therapist, or really going for it and becoming a psychiatrist. Both jobs would bring me a lot of satisfaction, both are needed, and both pay pretty well.
We will be looking at me going back to school either this spring or next fall if all goes according to plan.
I also had a dr appointment today, I am trying to quit smoking right now, and I am also looking into weight loss surgery, which is something I have been wanting for a few years now, so that is really exciting.
I have a appointment with my psychiatrist and my therapist tomorrow.
Besides some depression my mental health has been doing pretty good, I really like my new therapist, so hopefully this one will be around for a while (everytime I get comfortable with a therapist they quit their job 🥴 it seems to happen about every 6 months)
Also my laptop is broken right now, not turning on, screen is black, ect. So until I am able to make some decent money I have to put art on hold. It could be up to a month and I might have to pay one of those super expensive places and do one of those monthly payments for something just so I can work on commissions.
Otherwise I need something around $800 to get just a cheap laptop to work on, although tbh i would rather just get a tablet at this point. Something with windows so I can continue to use SAI.
I dunno, I don't have money for either one at this point and bills come first
Ugh, again, so freaking stressful, and art was like my #1 stress reliever so I don't know what to do at this point.
Again, depression, that is my go-to when everything seems against me I guess.
Oh well!
Anyways if you made it this far I am quite impressed. This was a long journal 😆
Try looking into smaller computer repair businesses in your area. I've lucked into a great one near me.
They have a business recycling electronics, selling used computers etc., and doing repairs.