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Hey, how is everyone doing?
As some of you might have noticed, I have not been as active as I usually am, specifically posting art or poking around on here. So I thought it would be easier to post a journal, and have an excuse to say hello to everyone since the last journal I posted was a while ago!
So where to start…
My hospital I work out was bought out by another company. This particular company is quite well known, at least in our state, and offers some of the best healthcare service in the country! Needless to say, almost everyone here and around the community are excited for the change! They are an excellent company to work for, not to mention they have great benefits and take care of their employees.
The transition will officially take place a few weeks from now. Even though they bought us back in October of last year, the transition and us having their benefits and perks will not take place until this month.
The good news is, I did get a new job title (same job, just new fancy title that makes me sound more important than I really am) AND a slight raise, and most importantly, I still have a job! So I am grateful for that much.
But the thing I REALLY like about this company is they are big on education and learning! They were telling us how they will pay for us to go back to school if we want to take certain classes, get our Masters, or want to pursue other fields. They also offer classes for computer courses: excel, powerpoint, word. They even have podcasts we can listen to on various topics that pertain to work, finances, education, and life-
Needless to say, not only am I taking those computer courses, but there is a strong chance I might go back to school again! I am debating between getting my Master’s degree, or becoming a Pharmacy Tech, and doing that PRN (PRN= part time, on weekends or holidays for extra income).
Yeah I know, I already have a Bachelor’s degree, but if someone is paying for me to go back to school and I have a chance to better myself, why not! There is nothing wrong with trying to better yourself!
Sounds great right? Eh, I suppose. Here comes the hell and why I have been so quiet lately: to prepare for the transition, ALL employees certifications, training, and information has to be up to date.
The new company has clock in system to where an employee cannot even clock into work if their certifications are expired! LOL, I love that policy!
That is one way to keep employees compliant. You guys would not believe how hardheaded some of these employees, especially the nurses, are about doing their training…I literally have to fuss and scold at folks twice my age about doing their work if they want a paycheck –sighs-
So to make sure everyone’s information is up to date, my department has been having to teach extra classes, work overtime (which I do not mind=more money), and go through over 700+ employees certifications and files to make sure they are current and if not, said employee needs to either bring us their information, or take a class ASAP- at least if they want to have a job at the end of the month.
So here I am scanning, emailing, inputting data, teaching, and dealing with idiots nonstop for the last month since our department is over maintaining employee certifications.
Now June is already a bad month for our department. We nicknamed it "Hell Month" a few years ago due to how much crap we have to deal with this month: high school students, incoming residents, and for some reason, June brings out all the idiots...I think it is the heat down here.
But wait, it gets better!
The new company also sent me and my boss over 1000 pages of training they use to train clinical staff. Yeah, I’m serious: 1000 pages folks. It was so massive, they sent the files via dropbox.
…on a sidenote, dropbox sent me an email shortly after I downloaded said training warning me my storage was almost full *facepalms* Gee thanks new overlords for using up MY dropbox space for your training! LOL. And no, I have not finished looking over all of it yet; there is not enough caffeine to help me stay awake in one sitting to read over it all at once. Y’all, I swear they laced that training with chloroform!
So with all that going on, I have had NO life outside of work for the past 2-3 weeks now…nor do I see any change in sight for the next month or so, at least until things settle down a bit after the transition.
So if I am quiet, that is why! I busy doing the adult thing, trying to stay sane, or trying not to commit workplace violence against some of my coworkers that push the wrong buttons…
I am still around though! Just not as chatty as I used to be; hopefully that will change once my job settles down a bit. I am still going to try my best to post art semi-regularly, though I am SO behind on posting art! Soon, just bear with me folks- I guarantee some of the art I want to share is totally worth waiting on.
Otherwise I am doing good. I know it sounds like I am grumbling, but really I DO like my job; it is just tedious and draining at times- especially when a major company is about to take us over and they expect us to have everything in order.
“Are you still exercising like a fanatic and trying to lose weight?”
-Yes, yes I am! At the moment, I am trying to get cut and lean for the summer. Oddly enough, I can gain muscle without even trying. But losing fat? Ugh, the struggle…
I am determined though! I have not broken any scales lately so there is that small plus! LOL
Thank you all SO much for putting up with this busy little kunoichi while she gets her life and sanity in order! I hope everyone is doing well and not working too hard~
As some of you might have noticed, I have not been as active as I usually am, specifically posting art or poking around on here. So I thought it would be easier to post a journal, and have an excuse to say hello to everyone since the last journal I posted was a while ago!
So where to start…
My hospital I work out was bought out by another company. This particular company is quite well known, at least in our state, and offers some of the best healthcare service in the country! Needless to say, almost everyone here and around the community are excited for the change! They are an excellent company to work for, not to mention they have great benefits and take care of their employees.
The transition will officially take place a few weeks from now. Even though they bought us back in October of last year, the transition and us having their benefits and perks will not take place until this month.
The good news is, I did get a new job title (same job, just new fancy title that makes me sound more important than I really am) AND a slight raise, and most importantly, I still have a job! So I am grateful for that much.
But the thing I REALLY like about this company is they are big on education and learning! They were telling us how they will pay for us to go back to school if we want to take certain classes, get our Masters, or want to pursue other fields. They also offer classes for computer courses: excel, powerpoint, word. They even have podcasts we can listen to on various topics that pertain to work, finances, education, and life-
Needless to say, not only am I taking those computer courses, but there is a strong chance I might go back to school again! I am debating between getting my Master’s degree, or becoming a Pharmacy Tech, and doing that PRN (PRN= part time, on weekends or holidays for extra income).
Yeah I know, I already have a Bachelor’s degree, but if someone is paying for me to go back to school and I have a chance to better myself, why not! There is nothing wrong with trying to better yourself!
Sounds great right? Eh, I suppose. Here comes the hell and why I have been so quiet lately: to prepare for the transition, ALL employees certifications, training, and information has to be up to date.
The new company has clock in system to where an employee cannot even clock into work if their certifications are expired! LOL, I love that policy!
That is one way to keep employees compliant. You guys would not believe how hardheaded some of these employees, especially the nurses, are about doing their training…I literally have to fuss and scold at folks twice my age about doing their work if they want a paycheck –sighs-
So to make sure everyone’s information is up to date, my department has been having to teach extra classes, work overtime (which I do not mind=more money), and go through over 700+ employees certifications and files to make sure they are current and if not, said employee needs to either bring us their information, or take a class ASAP- at least if they want to have a job at the end of the month.
So here I am scanning, emailing, inputting data, teaching, and dealing with idiots nonstop for the last month since our department is over maintaining employee certifications.
Now June is already a bad month for our department. We nicknamed it "Hell Month" a few years ago due to how much crap we have to deal with this month: high school students, incoming residents, and for some reason, June brings out all the idiots...I think it is the heat down here.
But wait, it gets better!
The new company also sent me and my boss over 1000 pages of training they use to train clinical staff. Yeah, I’m serious: 1000 pages folks. It was so massive, they sent the files via dropbox.
…on a sidenote, dropbox sent me an email shortly after I downloaded said training warning me my storage was almost full *facepalms* Gee thanks new overlords for using up MY dropbox space for your training! LOL. And no, I have not finished looking over all of it yet; there is not enough caffeine to help me stay awake in one sitting to read over it all at once. Y’all, I swear they laced that training with chloroform!
So with all that going on, I have had NO life outside of work for the past 2-3 weeks now…nor do I see any change in sight for the next month or so, at least until things settle down a bit after the transition.
So if I am quiet, that is why! I busy doing the adult thing, trying to stay sane, or trying not to commit workplace violence against some of my coworkers that push the wrong buttons…
I am still around though! Just not as chatty as I used to be; hopefully that will change once my job settles down a bit. I am still going to try my best to post art semi-regularly, though I am SO behind on posting art! Soon, just bear with me folks- I guarantee some of the art I want to share is totally worth waiting on.
Otherwise I am doing good. I know it sounds like I am grumbling, but really I DO like my job; it is just tedious and draining at times- especially when a major company is about to take us over and they expect us to have everything in order.
“Are you still exercising like a fanatic and trying to lose weight?”
-Yes, yes I am! At the moment, I am trying to get cut and lean for the summer. Oddly enough, I can gain muscle without even trying. But losing fat? Ugh, the struggle…
I am determined though! I have not broken any scales lately so there is that small plus! LOL
Thank you all SO much for putting up with this busy little kunoichi while she gets her life and sanity in order! I hope everyone is doing well and not working too hard~
Yeah, they're trying to kill me but I'm going to make it (hopefully)
Thank you so much! I figure if I can survive this month, along with everything else going on, I can do anything. Hope things are going well for you as well!
I would say "It could be worse.." but I don't want them to take that as a challenge, LOL
Oh I already know the hell you go through at your job and I figured things would be worse as soon as you transferred to that other warehouse; unfortunately I saw that coming a mile away! That's why I highly encouraged you to start job hunting
"I finally took a seven mile walk on a track near where my dad works, my feet are still killing me today" Heck yeah, that's awesome, grats!!! Shame you don't live closer or I'd happily go on some walks with you, that would be fun (though I can easily go 8-10 miles so I might wear you out, LOL). I think as you move around more, your body will adapt and walking that distance will be easier.
I really think going back to school would be a good opportunity for you, even if it's just a General Studies degree, or better still, take a few courses at a community college: a math course, english, something simple to see how you like it before investing anymore time and energy into it.
Ooh, that's awesome that you made your character career and goal orientated! I tried to make my sona like that too, mostly to motivate myself when I need it
" I nearly thought that they forgot to add in my bonus today, but oh no....it's a new rule: I get my bonus only monthly and not for every paycheck." ...and that is when I would start applying for a new job *facepalms* One bonus per month. I mean I guess that's good they DO give bonuses, but still, that's like overtime: if I'm working harder and giving more time to a company, I should be rewarded for it or given an incentive to keep working harder.
I still haven't finished going through all those pages yet!!! I'm taking a break from looking over them today; the transition is a week from now and still have a ton of work to do before then- that and I'm tired of nodding off at work reading that nonsense, lol
"Do I love my job? No. Do I hate my job? YES, couldn't stress that enough." LOL! Man you sound like me when I was at my first job out of college. I hated that job with a passion, like there were days I just hated the thought of working. But did I like having money? Absolutely. You just have to suffer until something better comes along. And best of all, now that you have a job on your resume, when you start applying to other jobs, you will have a better chance of finding a job somewhere else since you have work experience.
...and here's a visual representation of my day so far: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/74/9d/ae/.....65744f7d95.jpg
As far as goings-on with me? I'd probably point you to my recent journals. I traveled to my childhood 'hometown' last month, dealt with a lot of old, bad memories and all that fun stuff. A family member(my stepdad's father) passed recently; there is a LOT of stress revolving around a family member that's basically trying to steal the inheritances of the others. That long story cut incredibly short, I'm inheriting his classic Toyota truck(getting that today, actually) as well as indirectly inheriting a house from all this. It's a process(I give it a year, even though my mom says it'll likely be sooner than that), but I guess that pretty much makes me established? It's kind of a scary feeling, in an sense.
I'm also dealing with some internal conflict over a few things, but that's kinda out of the scope for this comment. I'm glad to see you're doing well, if busy!
I know you are going to love having your own house, plus more space to store your growing collection of cars, haha.
That and yes, it really seems like your life has become established: not many people our age can say that; you should be happy! You have a good job, your health, and something that you have a passion for (vehicles).
Yeah I'm busy to say the least, but as odd as it sounds, I kind of like being busy: better than just sitting at a desk all day doing nothing or not being put to my potential. Plus, if I do go back to school, that will just be more padding to add to my growing resume (ie: job security or an opportunity to move up, or somewhere better in the future). I've heard nothing but good things about this company so I'm -slightly- optimistic things will be good...the only problem is, even with a new company, the same old people will still be working here. Meaning things won't change unless the people's mentality changes with the company- so we shall see.
Congrats on the new title and raise! Future benefits/opportunities sound awesome too!!
Hang in there though, company takeovers can be complex and a headache.. I know I'm just a grunt worker but I try my best to help the people above me in any way I can so I've seen some of the stuff they had to deal with.
I'm still working on pow hammer, finally got the block of wood figured out. Can't get any good wood around me that size so I had to go with 2x10's and glue 4 together to make the 6x6x9. Next step is the POW carve. If I make the spikes they would be glued on unfortunately.. I'll send pictures when I get further along and we can decide if the spikes will look better!
Well I have crazy news.. So last Wednesday night one of my cats decided my teeth should be on the ground.. Then of coarse Bear wanted to try them on heh.. Yea he chewed my lower dentures a few times, broke them in about 7 pieces including teeth broken out.. $3,500 dentures are un-repairable garbage. I couldn't even go to work. Called in sick and got ahold of dentist and they said they can break there backs to get me in asap. They squeezed me in 4 appointments in 2 days of my dentures braking and I was able to make adjustments on the fly, the wax was still hot from the lab work when I did a dry fit! They worked on me as they took lunch break. On top of all that.. The accountant talked to her boss and I don't owe them anything extra.. They waved the 3,500 denture price plus all appointments to get them made.
Then I go back to work and my boss says she will let me use vacation for the days I called in sick. And let me take off Monday to pick them up. My appointment is at 2 and it takes 2.5 hours to drive there so I said I'll stay till 11 and take a half day. (most other people would have taken the whole day given the option like that)
I need to get to work ordering your birthday gift as well; your birthday is right around the corner you know!
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Your animals played with your teeth? lol. It's not funny, but it is- wow that's a really expensive "toy" to give your pets. On a sidenote, you have an excellent dental service! Seriously, you need to get them a thank you card or something for going above and beyond like that. Most places are NOT that accommodating or would drop everything to help a patient...that is really awesome! Still, I am really glad things worked out and you have your mouth situated again
...next time keep your cat away from your teeth though, lol.
Anyway- thanks for the grats!
It wasn't a huge raise, like just some cents, but I did the math and in the long run, it's a nice boost to my paycheck so I'm not complaining :)
I'm more excited about the opportunity to take some classes and hopefully better myself down the road. I'm just hoping this new company is as good as everyone says they are.
Stick with it though (and I know you will... You aren't a quitter!!)) That's a hell of a good job and they value you very much!!
Also hey don't overdo it working out wonder woman, its important to take a break now and then, even for a superhuman like you
Well all be here for you when you settle down hopefully in about a months time as you said . just stick with it and keep plugging away and you'll come out on too!
Hopefully things will get easier soon for both of us~
Cheering for you till you succeed and get back to normalcy..
And Cylnx... PAW TO da face... 😜😝😂
Yeah, busy wolfcat is busy. In a way it is good because that is job security and I like being busy! Better than being jobless and bored. But the downside is I barely have any free time anymore, much less time to chat with my friends so...blah.
I am hoping things will eventually settle down. I hope you are doing well also!