Workplace
Was I the issue?
The adventure continues... For all of you that are keeping track, I am now up to 65 applications submitted. Five rejection notifications, three interviews for one position-not selected, and one interview today for a company and position I really want, leaving 58 possibilities open.
By Rose Loren Geer-Robbins4 years ago in Confessions
Really, that happened?
I have been a Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning (HVAC) service technician for over twenty years, and am called out to five - ten homes a day. I have come across a variety of situations over the years, ranging from humorous to just plain weird. The following are those that stand out to me. Some of them may be hard to believe, but they all happened, and I have tried to record them here to the best of my memory. Hope you enjoy them!
By Brian Cochran4 years ago in Confessions
I'm Gonna Need A Drink
Working in customer service is hard. You have to bite your tongue till it bleeds, and then keep quiet when it hurts. People think they can treat you like trash instead of human beings. Some of the worst come from the happy looking individuals. They deceive you with a pretty smile and bright demeanor. However, they are hiding weapons behind their back. The worst comes when we get hurt or frustrated and express it. Then they want to act like we are the problem. I try not to hate my life, but it is always there.
By Mikayla Guerrero4 years ago in Confessions
Why I Quit Driving a Truck
I drove a truck in the United States for over 20 years, during that time I learned a lot about the supply chain and why we are having so many problems today. One of the problems with our supply chain is a thing called (JIT) Just in Time delivery system. This is when a product is ready to be shipped from the manufacturer to the store, it has to go through several steps to get there. 1st it is loaded onto a truck and shipped to a warehouse, where it is unloaded and transferred to another truck to be shipped to a distribution center (DC), and then it is transferred to another truck before it finally arrives at your store.
By Joseph Barrow4 years ago in Confessions
What makes her vp
Lu Min studied engineering in university and has been working in the R&D department since joining the company. At first, the department manager practically ran her as a handyman: keeping equipment, taking minutes at meetings; When I worked overtime, I bought lunch boxes for everyone. Busy time, we are together to tackle key technical projects, but the manager asked Lu Min to clean the office. He obviously does not use lu Min as a technical staff, obviously look down on girls. Everyone persuaded Lu Min to report to the boss. She smiled and didn't say anything. She did the chores as usual, didn't relax, didn't get upset, and didn't match wits with her boss.
By Thu Hà Khương4 years ago in Confessions
WWJD Karen
The day started like any other... I rolled over, checked my phone and stared. The date read June first, and to most that would hold very little significance. For me this day would be full of strangers, full of strange smells, berating me for things that were out of my control. Filled with dread my limbs turned to stone, and the urge to call in filled my bones.
By Mikayla Guerrero4 years ago in Confessions
I've Fallen And Can't Get Up!
As a rideshare driver, one of the most common questions I get asked is "What is the most interesting passenger you've ever had?" or perhaps "Tell me a story of the craziest rider you've had." Over my time as a driver, this list has grown and grown and grown, and I'd often joke that one day I'd make a book of these stories to which the response usually consisted of a gasp and a "You should!"
By L A4 years ago in Confessions
Get Me My Coffee, Woman!
As a rideshare driver, one of the most common questions I get asked is "What is the most interesting passenger you've ever had?" or perhaps "Tell me a story of the craziest rider you've had." Over my time as a driver, this list has grown and grown and grown, and I'd often joke that one day I'd make a book of these stories to which the response usually consisted of a gasp and a "You should!"
By L A4 years ago in Confessions
Expectation v. Reality
I graduated high school in 2015 when I was seventeen years old. Growing up, it had been embedded in me that I must go to school, get good grades, graduate high school, go to college, get a degree, then start my career. That would definitely be an ideal. However, how, at seventeen, eighteen, nineteen years old, was I supposed to know what I wanted to do with my life? I started college with an undeclared major because I faced that exact problem. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I developed an interest in film making my junior and senior year of high school, but that profession is highly competitive and didn't seem like a realistic career path. Though, I did decide to declare film making as my major until the fear of failing overwhelmed me. For one of my general ed courses, I took ASL (American Sign Language). I picked up signs quickly and made a few deaf friends at the college and joined the ASL club. I fell in love with the language and the culture, so it made sense when I decided to change my major from film making to ASL interpreting. Interpreting. Now that sounded like a realistic, achievable career. Though, I had no idea if I would be any good at it. As I dived into higher level ASL classes, I quickly realized how difficult interpreting really was. I didn't let that stop me. I continued to learn and grow and pass all of my classes. I passed my screening exam which allowed me to start my two-semester long interpreting internship, and after I completed my internship, I passed my final comprehension test and ultimately received my Bachelor's Degree in Interpreting in the spring of 2020. After receiving my degree, I applied to work as an instructional assistant for deaf and hard of hearing children because though I have a bachelor's degree in interpreting, I cannot work as interpreter until I become certified. I had the interview which consisted of a screening test of my interpreting skills. I got the call that I was hired that same day, I started as a substitute and by the start of the second semester, I was placed in one class. That all happened during the big year of covid, so I spent most of that year working through Zoom. The second school year I started, we were back in the classroom. I felt more confident and comfortable being in an actual classroom environment. However, this confidence must have blinded me from my flaws because by the end of this year when it came time for my evaluation, there was nothing but negative feedback. I was surprised by everything negative they had to say. I have always been a hard worker and I always strive to do my best. I'm not perfect and I make mistakes, but these mistakes were never brought to my attention until my evaluation. I sat down with the vice principal and we wrote out goals of improvement for myself. However, that list of goals are now rendered useless because instead of giving me a chance to grow and improve with them, they handed me to a different school because "they are having some problems with me and I'm not a good fit." These problems being I do not engage with the students enough, I'm not just the interpreter, but also like a "second teacher", and I forgot to make copies once which now warrants a whole section in my evaluation form where I will "follow directions that the teacher gives me". I went to school as an interpreting major. I wasn't trained to teach students. However, I'm hired on as an instructional assistant, so my hours are limited, I can't get full time, I'm only making a few dollars over minimum wage, and I have no benefits. School faculty are all about being a "family" and having school "pride" and "spirit". I've on and off felt out of place working in a school environment. Sometimes I feel as though my personality clashes with the other staff members. I am extremely introverted, which is probably where I went wrong in the first place as an interpreting major. I have reached the point where I once again feel lost and unsure of what I want to do with my life. I have distaste for the entire system of "work until you're too old to actually enjoy life". I don't want to live to work, I want to work to live. I want a job where I can feel confident and comfortable and most importantly, happy.
By Amanda Renae4 years ago in Confessions
Dude, Where's My Car?
As a rideshare driver, one of the most common questions I get asked is "What is the most interesting passenger you've ever had?" or perhaps "Tell me a story of the craziest rider you've had." Over my time as a driver, this list has grown and grown and grown, and I'd often joke that one day I'd make a book of these stories to which the response usually consisted of a gasp and a "You should!"
By L A4 years ago in Confessions
