Job Hunt, part 2
I did finally obtain a job, and at my (cough) "desired location."
When Cabella's called me, they said I had the job. This was misleading. Neigh, this was an utter falsity. They had me come in for an interview, then listened to a couple of customer calls, then sent me away with the comment that "training won't even begin until first week of September." Bloody wonderful.
In the meantime, the UNL Bookstore did decide to hire me. They said at my interview that they would call me. This did not happen. Instead, they waited until a week before school to email me wondering (pretentiously) why I had not shown up. So, I did get that job.
Ironically, for a bookstore that sells "Great Expectations," mine fell flat. The entire first week was 10-hour work days. When I was payed this previous Thursday, I learned I was payed for only 40 hours of work and 2.5 hours overtime -- meaning I did almost 25 hours they did not pay me for. Know why? Because Nebraska law is that overtime is limited to 2.5 hours. I <3 "da' Man."
Since school has started, however, business is of course down. I worked probably a total of 10 hours this week, they laid the head student employee off because he could not get enough hours. Prospects might be bleak for this working man. Now I really am hoping for that Cabella's job.
When Cabella's called me, they said I had the job. This was misleading. Neigh, this was an utter falsity. They had me come in for an interview, then listened to a couple of customer calls, then sent me away with the comment that "training won't even begin until first week of September." Bloody wonderful.
In the meantime, the UNL Bookstore did decide to hire me. They said at my interview that they would call me. This did not happen. Instead, they waited until a week before school to email me wondering (pretentiously) why I had not shown up. So, I did get that job.
Ironically, for a bookstore that sells "Great Expectations," mine fell flat. The entire first week was 10-hour work days. When I was payed this previous Thursday, I learned I was payed for only 40 hours of work and 2.5 hours overtime -- meaning I did almost 25 hours they did not pay me for. Know why? Because Nebraska law is that overtime is limited to 2.5 hours. I <3 "da' Man."
Since school has started, however, business is of course down. I worked probably a total of 10 hours this week, they laid the head student employee off because he could not get enough hours. Prospects might be bleak for this working man. Now I really am hoping for that Cabella's job.
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