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Better stand tall when they're calling you out

So I got a call back today from the application I put in a couple of weeks ago. Of course I find this out via Hubby's Facebook. Dafuq?

Hmmm, wife has a job offer to make more money, more hours and every other weekend off doing the same thing she does now. Looks like King Daddy Pow Pow will be getting more homemade weekend sandwiches.

Of course he and The Child weren't home when I woke up and I saw his status. After searching around, I found the message he took when they called. So I called the Lady back. Of course I got her voicemail.

She finally called me back and I go in on Monday morning at 9am for an interview but just from talking with her on the phone, I've got the job if I want it. The interview is just a formality.

• $1.65 more an hour than what I am making now.

• Same shift I am working now.

• Every other weekend off versus working every.damn.weekend only

• 70 hour pay periods versus the 48 I am currently getting.

Obviously I'd be a fool to turn it down. So I'm 80% certain I will accept the offer. But, just to make sure I am not jumping from the frying pan into the fire, I will go to the interview, see what's what and go from there. The only thing I am not thrilled about is it is 10 hour shifts versus the 8 hours I currently work. When working the night shift, those extra 2 hours can make a big difference lol.

For some crazy reason I want to hope for things to be better at my current job. Why, I'm not sure, other than I really have loved it here. But why would I want to stay at a place that is obviously not willing to keep me?

I came in tonight to a "rough draft" of a schedule that Tami is "playing around with" - according to Ruth. Ruth also said that it is not set in stone so don't go by it. Why leave it out for everyone to see if it isn't going to be the schedule?

Now, there are all kinds of things wrong with this (above) picture ...

• 1) The schedule should start on Monday's, not Sunday's since our pay period is Monday - Sunday.

• 2) The first week of January, if you go by the Mon - Sun schedule only has me working 2 days instead of the 4 I requested, but am getting stuck with 3.

• 3) I am getting only 1 Saturday a month off, plus now Fridays ... according to her notes that were attached behind this schedule, she will be giving me every 3rd Saturday of the month off. So even though I will be getting Fridays off, I still have to work Sat & Sun so really, how is that having weekends off? Shelia has been getting EVERY Friday, Saturday & Sunday off since August.

• 4) The week that I have Saturday off, Shelia picks up 5 days where I have only 2.

So, if I have been working at this job 7 months (on Jan 7) and I have been here 2+ months LONGER than Shelia and I have been here 4+ months LONGER than Jimena, why am I being treated as if I am the low man on the totem pole? Correct me if I am wrong, please, by all means, but should I not be considered Senior Night Auditor since I have been working here longer than Shelia? Should I not get more seniority than her? Maybe I am too old school, and the job force changed drastically the 12 years I was out of it, but something doesn't seem right. To me, it is a prime example of favoritism at its finest. According to how I was raised, you never allow personal feelings to cloud your business judgments ... business and pleasure do not mix.

So, just by going from all this information I would be a stupid, stupid fool to pass up the new job to stay with a company that obviously doesn't respect me.

Now, do I do the "right" thing and offer a 2 week notice or do I just quit outright and screw the 2 week notice since they don't respect me?

Hubby is pissing me off about this job offer. He's demanding I take it. He told me to just call the current job earlier today to tell them I wouldn't be back, which I obviously didn't do. He's driving me insane!!!! I finally had to say, "Look, from day one I have always said your job is your job. I never said you couldn't go on any deployments, I never made you turn down orders to a new base. I supported your decisions and I respected your decisions because it was your job and you were the one who had to work it. I even did the same thing when you retired and chose this job. You know damn good and well I did not want to move here. But here we are. The very least you can do for me is to shut the hell up and show me the same common courtesy that I showed you." Ugh!!! Oh and the first thing he says after he figures out what my new take home pay would be, "Good, now you can pay off my tools."

hangs head "Uh, no. I think I might buy some weather stripping for the doors. I'm tired of feeling the cold air coming in around them. Or, maybe some new toilet seats. Or kits to winterize ALL the windows so I don't have to feel the cold drafts from them either. Or maybe another item to sit on in the living room instead of us fighting over the 1 chaise. Or a whole slew of other things on our list that involves making this house more livable."

stupid men and their stupid tools

Till next time ...

Life may not be fair, but if you’ll have the right attitude, instead of setbacks, everything will be a set up for something great in your life. - Joel Osteen Ministries