Sunday, March 24, 2013

Time for a change

Well.. as most of you know, I quit my job of almost 7 years this past week. It has been quite an interesting week with a lot of emotions. I am the type of person that likes comfort and will pretty much deal with anything just so I don't have to get out of my norm. I hate starting new jobs, I hate being new, I hate not knowing how to do anything, and I hate having to bother people to find out the answers. Because of those reasons I have stayed at my job for a long time. For those of you that don't know, I work at the Weber County Sheriff's office doing quite a few things. There was some really fun times where I met awesome people, had the chance to work with my dad and my mom and learn a lot. I did a lot of jobs that I hated like dealing with the inmates, giving them new clothes and taking their disgusting dirty clothes as well as dealing with the public who were usually previous inmate. My last job was at the front window checking in people to visit and answering questions, etc. I absolutely hated it.. I hated the fact that these people were pissed at me before I had a chance to answer. I hated that I would get yelled at no matter what and it really started to get to me. I didn't feel like I was doing anything good for the world, I felt like I wasn't getting paid nearly enough to get yelled at constantly. I missed the times when I was working in the Civil department with great friends, doing protective orders, and working with my dad.
 Last year Steven kept mentioning to me that maybe I should just go to America First CU. And of course me hating change, I wasn't too up for it. I did go to a few interviews and tried to get the jobs and none of them panned out. After that I just decided that my job was fine. A few weeks ago was hard at work because it seemed like everyone and their dog came to my window and just chewed me out for stuff that wasn't in my control.. it usually had something to do with "My son is innocent, he didn't do any of this stuff and you guys are treating him like he is an inmate." I just wanted to yell back to all these people and say.. Ya know what?! Teach your kids morals, teach them what is wrong and right, love them, and show by example and I bet your kid wouldn't be here! Of course, I can't say that stuff so I just got the pleasure of getting yelled at over and over again. I finally had enough, I started looking for part time America First jobs and the first interview I got I was hired. It was kind of funny because I went in for an interview for a Clinton job, I went in and found out that they wanted me for a Roy branch and they didn't ask me a single question. They just told me about the job and what I would be doing. A few hours later they called me and gave me the job.
 Of course there are pros and cons to my new change. The biggest con is that it is quite a bit less an hr then what I was making at my other job and not working with my friends anymore. What I am excited about with this new job is that I have the opportunity to move so many places staying part time. I don't have to stay in one area forever like my previous job. I am excited to work in a better environment! Most people I worked with weren't religious and often talked about partying and stuff that I wasn't into. I feel like my new job will be a better fit for me. I hope to work hard the next year or so so I can get my hourly wage back up and start looking for other areas to work besides tellering.
 Over all I am extremely excited to start this new chapter. I am sad to leave all my friends that I have made at my previous job but I think its time to move on. Hopefully I will stay in touch with some of my close friends there.
Onto the next chapter of my life..

2 comments:

Casandra said...

Oh how sad, and how exciting at the same time. I hope your new job works out well. Good luck.

Rachel said...

I think this will be great for you. Change is scary but I think you will be more happy in the end. Good luck with the new job

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