Okay, stay w/ me here…
I have a good chance at a super awesome part time job that a) is work from home and b) not even a scam.
If it works out, I am going to finally hand in my notice. Yessss.
My current employer is just unbearable. (Just out of curiosity – at what point can you quit a job and say it’s because it’s adversely affected your health? I think a good time is after you’re medicated but maybe before you’re institutionalized). Tomorrow is the day in the paycycle where I have to do all the computer mumbo-jumbo work to get paychecks cut on Thursday. Tomorrow is also the day where there’s a, say, 50% chance the server will be down at least part of the day. (If this kind of malarkey ever happens, it happens when I’m supposed to be paying people. Seriously.) If the server is down, there is a, say, 80% chance that all the hard work I’ve done (and others too) over the last number of days is down the drain.
If this happens, it will be the third (?) time this year that I’ve had to cut checks late, had to scramble to get everything done and then spend hours reprinting stuff that just didn’t get caught. Old Boss has entered some data (and it’s a ton of stuff) FOUR times due to these stupid IT issues.
I feel weird, honestly. Part of me is sure I’ll retire from this company in the year 2077 (by then we’ll all work til we’re 100, although I’ll still be 29), part of me is sure the company will fold soon, and part of me has to work very very hard to go back to work after lunch. All of me feels like a quitter, which makes sense since I would actually be quitting. I’m not the kind to just quit for stupid reasons – I mean, I stayed at TRU.com through the period where we were told to LIE to our customers that they WOULD receive their CHRISTMAS presents before, say, EASTER.
Anyone who is still reading, please tell me it’s OK to just get out. Puuuhleeeease??
No gig, even if it’s only for the money, is worth your health.