-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 06-May-2015 16:14 <=-   
      
    NB>> That's really a shame.  Did you ever connect to the upper management   
    NB>> about the situation...?  That all sounds just unprofessional, even if it   
    NB>> is "only" foodservice...   
    DAG> No, it got stuck on the 'load shedding' pile and I suspect it's been   
    DAG> there long enough so that it will be summarily discarded before taken   
    DAG> into account. Regardless, with attention to detail like the guy had,   
    DAG> it's not going to take long for plenty of other complaints to take that   
    DAG> one's place.  I mean there were plenty of people complaining about   
    DAG> unprofessional/incompetent behavior well before I left there.   
    DAG> I may still do it at some point, but even trying to salvage the   
      
   Another voice added to the uproar might not hurt...   
      
    DAG> I may still do it at some point, but even trying to salvage the   
    DAG> situation for another dozen-twenty hours at the location in the city   
    DAG> here doesn't really seem worth it now that the contract is giving more   
    DAG> hours.  I think I'd rather volunteer than take another food service job   
    DAG> at this point, being as this has happened for both food service jobs   
    DAG> that I've had in the area now.     
      
   Volunteering might serve the purpose of social interaction just fine...   
   possibly even better than an entry-level job... especially if the job in   
   your field gives you enough hours and pay to make it possible... :)   
      
    DAG> I suspect that with all of the   
    DAG> competition for jobs around here they're just used to being able to   
    DAG> find people desperate enough to handle that kind of situation... People   
    DAG> that don't have kids requiring them to have honored scheduling hours,   
    DAG> for instance, and don't have other fallback skills.  I mean, that   
    DAG> sounds kind of bad, I don't mean desperate in a bad way, but the   
    DAG> entry-level labor market is pretty tooth & nail around here.   
      
   I hear you.  Similar happening here, where there are so many people   
   trying for even those jobs that it's by no means guaranteed that just   
   because someone wants to work that they can get a job...   
       
    NB>> And hopefully the contract work will blossom and pay well enough to   
    NB>> sustain you.  :)   It certainly has the potential to be more satisfying   
    NB>> a job, even if it doesn't get you out of the house... :)   
    DAG> Well it's now proven to do that at least for several weeks here.    
    DAG> That'll be enough to get a nest egg set up again well enough to take   
    DAG> the sweat from my brow for a few months, hopefully.  Better still, the   
    DAG> guy arranging this contract has other ones up his sleeve; I think once   
    DAG> a decent amount of hours has been taken in stride, he'll probably   
    DAG> branch out to other contracts to keep a better amount of work on my   
    DAG> plate.  This has been indicated in his discussions so far, anyway.    
      
   Definitely sounds promising... :)   Hope it truly pans out well...  :)   
      
    DAG> I'll find something to do for the social situations.  I did have a   
    DAG> good date day before yesterday here.  :)    
      
   :)   
      
   ttyl       neb   
      
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