I spoke with my manager yesterday about my sudden change in availability. As expected, it put him in somewhat of a bind, but not necessarily in a bad way. He had heard rumors about me “leaving”, and although he’d been leaning towards me as the replacement for the Supervisor position, if I was going to leave within a few months, then he wasn’t sure that he wanted me in that position.
I assured him that I was merely looking for full time employment again, and at least SOMEWHAT better pay, and that I wasn’t going anywhere if the full time position became available. As for the other job situation I’ve hinted about, well it’s going to be quite some time before that becomes a money maker. But when it does, God willing, then I will reassess my situation once again and see where I stand. With an extreme amount of luck, that business adventure will take off, and those of us involved won’t really have to work that much. We’ll just be able to enjoy financial freedom. Yeah, wouldn’t that be nice…
At any rate, this coming week marks the end of classes and graduation for several of our employees at work, and the majority of them have requested anywhere from a few days to the whole week off from work. This has caused no end of trouble for the manager, and he’s now trying to figure out who’s going to be available to work the shifts that need to be covered. He asked me if I needed my availability to change immediately, or if it could hold off for another week, and I assured him that another week would be fine, all things considered. He’s got inventory to focus on at the moment, and that’s where all his attention is being focused, so I can understand that he’s a bit myopic at the moment; it comes with the territory.
All in all though, things seem to be changing for the better. Nothing is set in stone yet, but after 1 more week of crazy open/close/open/close schedules, I should be back where I want to be, if all goes well. So I should have more or less the schedule I want; now I just have to work on the pay. THAT is going to be the hard part.
