05:12 PM
Working for a Living Workworkwork!

Ack! I have to go to work on Monday!!!! LOL! It's a temp job but it's for sure, no interviews, I just have to show at 8 am on Monday! (groan! and it's quite a drive out there so I have to be up really early! This is going to be such a shock to my system!)

Let me back up to this morning....

9:15 am - message from agency #2 about temp job for 2-3 weeks, I say sure, set me up, the other agency hasn't called yet and the job was getting flaky. He asks if I'm available to interview Monday, I say yes.

9:30 am - I call agency #1 about perm job, the company has decided to hire a temp for three months (but not someone they interviewed) and *then* go back to everyone they just interviewed and see who's still available (anyone who's still available after three months probably isn't the person they want, the good ones will have gotten jobs). Weird, this was a temp to perm position to begin with, why aren't they picking someone they interviewed?

4:00 pm - never heard back from agency #2 about interview for Monday.

4:15 pm - agency #1 calls, they have a temp job that starts Monday, no interview necessary, same pay rate as temp job from agency #2, I say I'll take it! So I'm working as of Monday for two to three weeks, someone became ill suddenly so I'm filling in, general bookkeeping/accounting work and they're transitioning to new accounting software so I'll be busy!

4:30 pm - I call agency #2 to let them know that I'm taking this other temp job. Recruiter mumbles something about two to three *months*, perm and I start grilling him (politely) and find out that it is temp for two to three *months* with a possibility of a permanent position! Sheesh, I swear he did NOT say that yesterday when he called me about this job! But this job wouldn't start for at least a week so I say yes, I can still interview, just not Monday and I would want to give some notice to agency #1, a few days at least so I don't leave them in a lurch. But yes, if it's a temp to perm, I'm definitely interested (although on second thought, it's a bit further out than I'd like for a permanent job, for temp, I don't care but for perm, I don't want to get stuck with a horrendous drive and I don't want to move further out, I really like where I am so I dunno but I'll definitely go interview).

4:45 pm - I'm exhausted! :) But I'm working! I don't care if it's early, I don't care if it's a drive out (but the agency will reimburse for tollway costs!), I'm just so glad to be working!!!