I have worked at my company for, unofficially, 17 years. When I first started working there in June, 1992, the average work week was 55-57 hours. Sometimes you worked more than that. I was 36 years old at the time and I could handle the long hours and short nights of sleep. 17 years and three knee surgeries later, I need less hours work and more hours sleep. Even moving into a quasi desk job, I still find it difficult to crawl out of bed at 3am. I could get up later if I wanted to put up with both rush hours. But this morning, things will change slightly. I received a call from my department manager yesterday. I was notified that I had to cut my time down to 40 hours. This would be down from 44-45 that I normally work. No surprise there as all the other departments got notified before I was. And I had to split my time between plants, doing calibrations at the other shop 1-1/2 days a week. I'm actually looking forward to the change. I also like the prospect of getting an hour extra...
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It is time for that now...
hugs.........and prayers...
(what a time to tell you on New Year Eve about this...)
"God only gives us what we can handle"...so, I know you will handle it as best as you can.
Hugs, Suz
~AM
Hang in there.
I am sorry to hear about the loss of your job and I will pray for you and your family.
Thank you for the Award.
Maggie
I don't know why you felt it necessary to remove my comment, but it's your blog and your choice.
However, the good side of you losing your job, if there is a good side, you don't have to go to that bad neighborhood anymore. Of course, I am so happy the President extended Unemployment insurance, because I wouldn't want to think of you and your beloved family suffering, like so many who are not eligible for unemployment insurance.
Happy New Years and I wish you and your family the best.
Amias
And it wasn't so much the neighborhood as it was the distance I had to travel to get there.
I will take this and turn it into a positive.
Also, a few years before I was let go from that job in radio, when new owners took over WAKC TV 23 in Akron and canned everybody, I did the worst thing...I sat around and moped instead of getting back at it and deciding what to do next. Don't make my mistake. Get after it.