Got my annual merit review at HEB yesterdayy. My hourly wage is being raised up by 21 cents :) I think that has to do more with minimum wage going up and HEB adjusting rates accordingly rather than me being rewarded for "meeting expectations".
So frustrating though! I do try my hardest with customers, but *sigh*. Smiling and being friendly isn't enough for me to "exceed expectations".
which means, hey YOU, customer! yeah you. Don't make conversation so awkward! my ratings depend on it.
Have some sympathy for the working class girl. really.
In other news, I've decided to take a year off from school, rather than start at the community college.
por que?
Simply because I absolutely refuse to take out loans. Am I being stubborn? possibly. But I know that with the pay I get at my current job, working full time for nine months will be enough to pay for two years of community college and more. This summer has been a huge setback in things, but I believe I am making the right choice. Work now, college later (with no loans! whoooo), then university. which, by then, I shall man up and be willing to take out loans. random side note, it is possible for women to man up, right? I mean, without going all weird tranny or anything. </endnote>
The three years it'd take me to get to an actual university should give me enough time to decide my major and everything. I'm hoping. Who really knows what heck they want to do in life anyways? There's gotta be something behind those mid-life crises.
I just hope I'm embarking down the right path.
"It's a hard life I've chosen for myself, but I'm more than ready to live it."
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i love the quote at the bottom.
@undercoverXXlove - haha thank you :)
a raise? in a RECESSION? you must be really good at what you do. oooooh.
Awe, thanks sweetie! I'm glad you liked my quote too! =) & goodluck with everything! <3
@TheBigShowAtUD - haha what can I say, being a cashier is no easy job xP
@unlockmyheart_icons - thank youu! :)
Not taking out student loans is smart. I'm in the process of paying back mine and it bites. I got my last raise for being with the company [FedEx] for 3 years. I think it went up 50 cents or something... I'm hoping I get selected for an interview with a public library job I just applied to.
it'll be tough since you'd be out of the loop of going to school, but i'm sure you'll back into it.. i'm paying back mine and the interest is killer=/
You just reminded me of a couple of months back when I got a raise, I looked at my paycheck and wondered if HR had made a mistake. No-one had told me about my raise and I was seriously stomach-ill for depositing it before noticing the 'mistake' on the stub......lol
I's working two part-time jobs (one being an awesome on-campus job), and was paying $950 a month last semester on the college's payment plan. Attending a state school, which is sliightly more expensive than a community college, but I have no personal loans... just the Stafford ones (and Perkins this year).
Best of luck on your college road.
As a 5th-year "super-senior" mentioned to me while waiting in line for food as a freshman: "It's going to be hard, and you're not always going to like it, but if you try, and you refuse to give up--you can do it."
I think she was right.
I am stuck deciding if I am choosing to major in english because I want to or because I am getting a head start on my fallback plan. Figuring out what to do with your life is never an easy task. I wish you the best with whatever you decide.