Well, It never rains, but it pours!
Remember the 'city' job that I was considered for before? Well, the person they hired then did ~not~ work out, and they asked for me. I am set to go up there on Friday to ~try~ and see. The person I will be working for I get the sense is ~not~ easy.
This is really problematic! It's an hour drive each way, a stressful job for good money, but a lifestyle change for sure, and the problem is my existing job, which I wouldn't be giving up really, was about to get busier and make more money also. I had been working for a pretty small stipend, but there are now funds available to make it nearly full time again if we wanted. Of course there would be added work to do for it also.
We need the money of course... Question is how much can I do? And I'd need help! ecurbh is making pretty good money on web design, but that may be on again off again depending on contracts he can get.
Can I go into this job asking for 3/4 time or 4-10s or even 4-8s as just a condition of the job? It's a long commute to do 5 days. And working 4 days would allow me to do the other job too.
Problems and decisions! It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!
Well....see if you can get 4/10's....that's one less beating per week. :)
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Well... sounds like good news on the job front-- of course, it's a change of routine, but for now it seems best to go with the money. Worry about how to make the routine work later.
I can't say about the schedule, other than I'd hesitate to bring it up rignt off the bat. Not all jobs are workable in 4 tens, but some are. Might want to wait, do the job for a while, and see if it is even a practical suggestion.
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...a stressful job for good money...
Most of us settle for a stressful job for any money.
Best to you!
With such a long commute, why not ask for 4 days? You don't ask, you don't get!
BTW, sis - I wasn't ignoring your post there.
I guess it all depends on how bad you guys need the money. If things are real tight, it is definitely worth giving the job a shot. But an hour long commute really bites and to drive all that time to work for an @sshole sounds worse.
I'm just gonna keep praying the your current job gets more successful, so you both can stay home and enjoy life!!
That or you find something closer to home and a better work atmosphere than the one you may find at this one.
City governments are chaotic (no, it's not just Tacoma), and they can be tough places to come new into -- most people seem to have been with their one job in cities damn near since they were out of the cradle. So they get parochial and inbred. They seem cold and unfriendly at first to "outsiders" coming in.
OK, that's the bad. The good is they still have great benefits and pretty darn good pay. It's amazing that that other person didn't work -- must've have left on their own -- because it's damn hard to get let go from cities.
It's hard to make the switch in pace to cities, they're pretty busy all the time. I'm mentally tired a lot more than I was working for the state. Personally, I'd caution against working 4-10's and then working another job too. I think that'd burn a person out very quickly. And don't forget the drive time. That's too much...you've got to have some down time. And it's going to be more than an hour drive time -- the roads (especially the freeways) are not good, the evenings getting through Tacoma are the worst.
Why not a try out and just see how you like it...though don't give up on it too easy -- I didn't really feel like I had the stride with my job until about 7 months in. Give it a little time, just to see if it's possible for you to do it and live somewhat normally.