The Saturday I posted "Half a post" is when my raise went into effect and at time and a half for the entire day of overtime. Very, very exciting. I realized I had gotten my raise when I went to pay bills online and my account balance was far too high compared to what I was expecting it to be. My raise increase was nearly $4/hr. I can expect another $5/hr. raise spaced out over the next 18 months or so. In the meantime, this is quite a substantial increase already and incredibly helpful financially.
Really glad I didn't take that job in management that I haven't even told you about being offered and immediately rejecting. Same for the job for the old school Italian who keeps the baseball bat behind his desk that I did tell you about being offered and rejecting shortly after being hired at the cheese factory. The management job was a recent offer - I got the call on Friday when I was sick as hell. The pay versus the hours I'd have to commit and the additional stress of managing people and things again makes it a far less tempting offer than the situation I'm currently very happy and satisfied with. I don't want that, possibly ever again. At the very least, I don't want that right now. Maybe eventually I'll want it again. I seriously doubt it, though. I'm making more as a temp than I've ever made doing anything else. It's hilarious. Sort of.
Yes, I'm still technically a temp. This is only aggravating whenever I need to get into the building at the cheese factory. I can't. I have to wait around until someone else comes along either headed in or out of the building themselves and piggy-back off their magnetic security key card swipe. I don't understand this at all. It completely defies all logic, especially after working there for over a month. I had a magnetic time clock key card after the first few days, so why not give me access to the building I work in to use said time clock and perform my job functions?! I don't know. It's ridiculous. I really hope I don't have to continue relying on other employees to get me in the building for the next 18 months. That would be beyond absurd. I would find a way to either hack the magnetic strip reader or clone a functional security key card of another employee if this continues for even another month or two. There is no telling how long it will take them to consider making me an official, permanent employee. Some people work there for a whole year before they are offered employment with the actual cheese factory. Except for the building access problem, I'm totally fine with that possibility.
For the first time since Thanksgiving 2010, I feel like there's a chance in hell of me actually getting my shit together and having a quality of life again that isn't miserable, depressing, and entirely marginalized. I feel like I'm living again, not just surviving more bullshit and waiting for something to change. Things are good now. Finally. They really are.
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Yes!!
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