Ok, the job
The interview today seemed to go well, although more like a conversation than the usual interview. It’s a family-owned business with the wife doing the interviewing.
She seemed interested in me, and wanted me to meet the son but when she went to go get him, he was gone to lunch.
When she asked me what kind of money I was looking for I low-balled it, thinking that’s probably what that type of job would pay. She told me that ‘that’ money was out of the question, they were paying even less than that.
The money they are paying was the same money I paid to the receptionist I hired at the last job. It is less money than I made 15 years ago. I couldn’t believe it.
However, it is more money than I’m making right now. I may have to take it if it’s offered.
When I talked to her about the possibility of making more money she said that after three months, if they thought what I was doing was worth more money, they’d give it to me, I wouldn’t even have to ask. Hmmm. I guess we’ll see, if and when I get the job.
She gave me her home phone number and asked me to call her tomorrow afternoon at home. She said that at that point she might like to arrange for me to come in on Friday to meet her husband, so I agreed to call her tomorrow at 3:30.
In the meantime, I’ve made a dentist appointment for Friday morning so I’m hoping that if she wants me to meet with the husband (for the job starting on Monday) I can make it for about 3:30 or 4:00 in the afternoon and be able to keep my dentist appointment since the filling I got a few months ago hurts if I chew on it. I figure I’ve got to go downtown and maybe have it refixed for free.
In the meantime as well, another of the jobs I applied for called me this afternoon and set up an interview for Tuesday morning, and one of the part-time jobs called me.
The problem I see with the part-time job, even though I’d take it if I have nothing else, is that they may not even bother to call me in for an interview now. Why?
She asked me how much money I was making at my last job. I told her she probably didn’t want to know because I was pretty sure she wasn’t offering nearly that much, that it didn’t matter about the money.
The truth of the money situation is that I was making such exorbitant money, I know that none of these jobs I’ve applied for will be paying that. How else could I have afforded to shop at every stinking moment of the day?
If I’m lucky, these jobs are paying half of what I was making – with that first one paying even less than half. But what am I going to do? Until I can find something similar, I’ll have to take whatever’s there and be happy that I’m making any money at all.
So I guess I’ll know by Friday (or perhaps tomorrow afternoon) whether I go in for the second interview and have a job starting Monday or whether I’m holding on to go to that other interview on Tuesday.
I will keep you posted, as usual.
[Listening to: Black Velvet - Alannah Myles]
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