Wednesday, June 15, 2005
I Could Never Quit

I know there have been times I've bitched about my job.  In all honesty, how could I ever leave my job?  My boss has to be one of the most flexible bosses ever.  I was going to write cool in place of flexible but if you knew my boss, you'd never put the two together.  Anyway my boss knows I'm a single parent and he knows I don't receive child support or really any other type of support. 

When DJ started kindergarten in the SCHOOL FROM HELL, I couldn't afford after school care.  BTW, nothing has changed since then, I STILL can't afford after school care.  My boss let me work from 9:30-2:00 and work the rest of the time from home.  After his diagnosis, he was transferred to the SCHOOL STRAIGHT OUTTA HEAVEN.  His bus picks him up around 7 and drops him off after 4.  This means I'm at work longer!  I now work 8:00 to 3:30 with a 1/2 hour lunch. 

But my boss is very cool with half days and days off.  For example, today is DJ's last day of school.  He has half day today and had one yesterday.  My dad cannot walk down to the end of the complex (about a block) to pick him up in the heat.  Yesterday I took a long lunch, drove 15 miles, picked up DJ from the corner and brought him back.  Then drove back 15 miles to work. 

Today, he split it with me.  I'm leaving to pick him up from school and working the rest of the day from home.  I can't get it any better than this.  He lets me do this kind of stuff all the time.  He also lets me bring DJ into work with me and they set up a computer for him complete with a dvd player.  He's in his glory. 

Even when I sit here and complain about how I don't get paid enough and I'm totally overworked, I think of what would happen if I had a job elsewhere.  It would never work. 

by lilhoneypa at 06:26 am

supermom
July 20, 2005   12:32 AM PDT
 
That's a great situation. I had the boss from hell. She worked for a not for profit agency that serviced the low income community and she never lacked anything in her life. She couldn't understand why people couldn't use their savings when their cars died??!! OK, like people that live from pay check to pay check or on social services have extra money? Mind you most of our families were spanish speaking illegal aliens! Welcome to reality! She is Martha Stewart's twin. I was working for a Head Start program when I started the evaluation process for my son. You would think that they would understand, instead I lost my job. I believe everything happens for a reason... I was on unemployment and was able to do all his evals. and take him to the myriad of specialists for the final diagnosis of PDD-NOS. There was no way any job would have given me that much time off. Now I am employed by an EI agency and do ongoing service coordination from home. See, it all worked out for the best.
Always thank God for your blessings.
And don't feel bad about being human, we all get tired and need to vent. Vent away girl, it's your world!!
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C.
June 20, 2005   03:26 PM PDT
 
Hey, I´d love a job like that too. Unfortunately there aren´t much of those to go around so I´m my own boss.*

*But I must admit I´d go back to being an employee in a jiffy if I could find a good work enviroment. :)

C. (was longsufferingmomofaspiekid)
Dawn (webmiztris)
June 16, 2005   02:39 PM PDT
 
sounds like your boss is pretty cool! I feel fortunate too - my boss is SO easy going!! The pay is crap, but everything else is so perfect I could never leave!
Wendy
June 15, 2005   09:58 PM PDT
 
Cori - Exactly. There's no real reason why I can't work. I can't even use DJ's school as an excuse!!! Now if they would just work on that money situation...
Cori
June 15, 2005   05:56 PM PDT
 
I really feel like I need to go back to work but I need a job just like yours! You've got it made...now if you could only get that raise? :)


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