Well I don’t have to write in my private blog when it comes to my job any more because I no longer work there! I will continue to write in it when I have things that I will not like to share with everyone, but as far as the Employment Guide goes I don’t have to write in it anymore. I am actually ecstatic!

For the little amount they were paying me it was really a pain when they(Orlando’s boss) would actually come to my blog to read things that I wrote concerning work. Then they’d call my boss and complain about it and it was like they were trying to control what I wrote. I had this blog long before I ever worked there and that was totally unfair for them to think they could control what I wrote in my own personal blog that I paid for and was on my own personal time. The first time it was because I disclosed the crappy hourly wage I was getting paid, then they claimed I wrote bad things about the Orlando office because I said I didn’t like it there. I didn’t like it there because the traffic is worse than here and I was away from my kids! It was like I was stripped of my own opinions and freedom to express myself. I had to go back and edit my true feelings just to please them.

I ended up quitting because of that reason and because I wasn’t getting paid enough from them. It was depressing to bust my ass to go to work day after day, stressing myself to the limits to continue to drive a beat up car and get a lousy paycheck that was already spent before I received it. Working there I was not able to do anything, but pay childcare expenses, bills, and maybe take the kids out once a week until I started paying health insurance. Then I wasn’t even able to take my kids out. I even expressed it to my boss when he had me doing some of the Distribution Managers job that I could take on the job for more money because I really needed it. He wasn’t being successful in hiring anyone for that position and I could’ve done that job for more money while he hired some college student with no kids and little or no bills to do what I was doing.

Each day was depressing as I drove to work and looked on at everyone else whom had nicer cars, more money, etc. I was the only one with the raggedy car and I hated sitting in the meetings hearing about how much of a bonus they were going to get for their sales. I couldn’t even afford to go to my own grandfather’s funeral…the last time I’d ever see him! I thought if I stayed longer it would get better, but when I discovered that I would only get a 3% raise and that was only if the sales reps were doing good (which they weren’t given the economy) I decided I was going to find a new job.

I have 3 kids and making $12.50 an hour wasn’t going to put me where I wanted to be a year from now or even 6 months from now. I need a new car, Elijah needs clothes, we need furniture, and the paycheck from the Employment Guide wasn’t going to make that happen.

Before I decided to find a new job I spoke with my boss about the need for more money and he said we’d talk about it, but from the conversation we had it sounded like he really wasn’t concerned or interested. Jeremy had just lost his job and I was our only source of income. The following week he never brought it up, but like the weeks and weeks before, he was asking me to do all this extra work that wasn’t even within my job description that I did without question hoping it would pay off. I always give 110%, but it’s about time I get something in return for my efforts.

Working there I had no time to do anything. I paid for health insurance, but had to take off just to go to appointments which took away from my already lousy paycheck. I also ended up needing surgery which I finally got yesterday and man do I feel like crap today! I received my lousy $261.74 paycheck today minus $188.24 for health and dental insurance that I paid biweekly. They’ve already deleted my account at their benefits site and everything (Wow do they work really quick when someone quits). If that was the case they shouldn’t have took the benefits costs out my pay.

Anyways I got hired some where else and this job not only let’s me have Monday’s off to do things that are needed without taking from my pay, but I have the opportunity to make more money than when I was working at the Employment Guide. The benefits are way better concerning the quality, quantity, and costs like having personal days after 90 days of work and vacation time after 6-months, etc. I start on Monday so I have a few days to recover from my surgery before I go back to work. At least I will have a day to use for doctor appointments and if one of the boys get sick I won’t have to worry about it being docked from my pay. I need every cent I can get and from what I hear I have the potential of making up to $2000 or more extra ever two weeks. I know that won’t come immediately, but the opportunity is there and that’s what I really need right now…the opportunity.

Well I need to get some rest. I’ve taken some Hydrocodone (a mix of codeine and acetaminophen) for pain and man do I feel weird.