Morning, Gents! Well, another day in the history books, and two more to go for the weekend. This post might be a little long, so I apologize now. Well, I had a long talk with the wife about the job situation yesterday, and I've decided to stop looking for full-time work and start, re-start(?), my drive to get certified as a Medical Coder. I know I should have been working towards certification all this time, but having lost my job back in January of 2019 made me shift my energies to finding full-time work, and thus lose sight of my career change goal. Now that I'm back at my temp job, in a job I don't mind doing, which is inventory control and working in the stockroom, and NOT the warehouse, I'm comfortable and happy where I'm at. Is it the job I want to spend the rest of my life at? No, but it's a job I like doing and will do until I get my medical coding thing going....and maybe even after, it's really hard to get a job as a coder when you're just beginning, so I thought of maybe trying to do it part-time until I get enough experience to try and find a full-time job. And this is...how shall I put this...me not rocking the boat. I had a good job that I had had for 10 years when I decided I wanted more of a challenge. I then got a new job at a long established firm with a tough reputation. Well, that job change turned out to be the wrong move and I got let go. So, I'm falling back into what's comfortable and not rocking the boat. I was brought back, when they didn't have to bring me back, and that tells me that this is where I need to be right now. Yes, this is a temp position, but the Dir. of Operations told me the other day that he's glad he brought me on because I'm already finding and correcting problems, and they want to make this a full-time position. If they do make it a full-time position, then I'm a shoo in for the position because I already know their inventory system and how things work...and no one to train. So this job will be 100% inventory/stockroom and not the warehouse...especially after my boss leaves at the end of next week, so no more cross training in other areas. So in the long run, I'm comfortable with my decision. Of course, that's not to say I won't have bad days, but over all, I'm happy. Ok, that's it from me. Sorry for the long post, but had a lot to say. Now on to convincing the wife to let me plan us a Disney trip...after COVID, of course.
Sorry to hear that. If you do have an appeals process, I'd take it. Let us know how that goes.
I haven't kept up with it, but to me it doesn't make sense. It sounds like the Gov. of California doesn't really have a plan, and rather than trying to listen to what Disney and Universal are doing in Florida, he's just keeping the parks closed. I could be wrong, but that's how I see it from my cheap seats.
Thanks, and yep...glad for work right now.
Exactly! And even though it's a temp job, they do want to make it full-time. The thing against my current place was partly due to it being a temp job, but more because I didn't like what my supervisor wanted to do with the department. He wanted everyone to be cross trained in all jobs in the department, which I agreed with him. If someone is really busy, have someone shift over to help out. The problem is, he wanted people to shift jobs every few weeks. This would make no one an expert in their area, and thus make it more difficult for someone to answer really tough complicated things/questions that can and do pop up because they don't have the corporate knowledge for that area. Now that my boss is leaving, and thus that is now off the table, I'm comfortable where I'm at. And my current position is almost 100% inventory, and will be 100% inventory after he leaves...at least I hope it stays that way.
Well that's cool. Take pics when you're done.
Take pics and share them please!
Yeah, it is tough to know how things will go in an interview. And I knew going in that me not having any banking experience was going to be a big factor, but I was hoping that my outgoing personality, and the ability to talk to anyone, would have been a big help. And maybe it was, but it still wasn't enough. I'm ok with it now, I have something, and as you read from my post, I'm going to stay with it as long as I can.
Yep, onwards and upwards! (turns page in my book of life) To myself, "Oh look! A new chapter. Awesome!"
Moist?
If he does buy you dinner, insist on something more than McDonalds.