So, I got my first paycheck for a full week of work yesterday, and did the math. With what I’m making a week, after taxes, I’m making a grand total of: 20K a year. I’m now working 40 hours a week to make $85 a week more than I was getting when I was on […]
Mmmmm SOPs. There’s NOTHING MORE FUN THAN EDITING and FORMATTING SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) ALL DAY. How To Install Windows XP/Outlook/Office, whatthefuckever: Now hit Next. Next, you’ll click NEXT. We’ll select “Next.” Choose Next. Now press “NEXT.” I usually hit NEXT. NEXT. NOW HIT NEXT!!!!!! Delicious! (and yes, every single one of the SOPs came
I don’t think I’ve ever spent eight or ten or whatever hours a day writing so many different things. Writing, sure, but writing resumes, executive bios, editing and formating SOPs, writing and revising company handbooks, and squeezing in some of my own fiction at the coffee shop at lunchtime? Yeah. It’s good for me.
For serious, yo. Writing up that mock business proposal paid off. I’ve been tentatively offered a temp-to-possible-hire position in downtown Dayton for what I’ll refer to here as a financial services firm (the universe must be trying to tell me something…). Writing jobs of any sort are like fucking gold, even if, as with this
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Spent much of the day writing up a mock business proposal for a part-time business proposal writer position that one of the temp agencies called me up for. It was funny, because you know, I’ve never written a business proposal. I’ve assisted in writing business proposals; I’m familiar with the format and the lingo because
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Q: What would you say is your strongest quality?A: My ability to bullshit on the fly Q: What would you say is your biggest weakness?A: This hole in my foot. Q: What methods would you use to priortize tasks?A: I would sort them by color and shoot them. Q: Do you have any questions for
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$410.00 Yup, that’s the last time I can pay those without being employed. If nothing comes up next week, I’ll pick up those food service applications. I’m not going to make it, otherwise.
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I turned down the job offer yesterday morning, after speaking with family and friends about it. As much as I need the money, and the first-day health benefits, well, if I took that job, packed up my shit, and started Monday, I would *really* need the health benefits because I’d break myself down. It took