As I posted a few weeks ago, I got hired to work part time at a courier company. Within the first week, I was ready to quit. I don't like the hours, I want a more normal houred job, and federal unemployment continues to pay me some compensation weekly because I make LESS money than I did sitting at home on the couch even though I'm working. I do get along with the other ops supervisor as well as pretty much all the owner operator couriers. The operations manager's last day was less than a week and a half after I started and they've been without a manager since. So all these corporate people have been in and out interviewing people and helping hold the fort down. The new manager started yesterday. Nice guy. I remember them interviewing him for about 2 hours. They also have a ton of new drivers that signed on, and are still looking for more. They've had about 3-4 people quit since I've started. One of them lasted a whole 2 weeks.
Then, Wednesday, out of the blue, some number kept calling my phone. I tried Googling it like I do with unknown numbers, but it kept giving me cell phone records. There was one link that had a classified ad tied to it, it mentioned trucking in the ad but I could only see bits and pieces and when I clicked on it, it brought me to a page that didn't actually have it anymore. I left that up, and one of the corporate managers saw the classified ad and asked if I was thinking about leaving. I DID tell them in my interview I ultimately need a full time job if one falls out of the sky , though i hadn't been applying anywhere since they hired me, as I had to take on a 2nd job to have money for some of our bills. Well guess what fell out of the sky? :lol3:
Thursday morning at 7:50am, that number called again. I answered this time (I was intending to call them back around 9am, since I hadn't gotten out of work til 8pm the night before) and it was someone at an intermodal (those shipping containers go from ship/rail to truck) company saying he had my resume and wanted me to come in. I couldn't go in yesterday because I HAD to get my truck registered and on the road. I offered to come in this morning instead. I got there WAY early (traffic was in my favor!) and waited around for 35 minutes before going in. He wasn't even there yet. Talked to a girl who's been doing dispatching for 14 years and she told me how much she loves it. The company has been in business since 1932, and has multiple locations, so its pretty strong and part of a large group of well known companies.
Went into the interview and was offered the job today within 20 minutes of sitting down. Catch? He pretty much wants me to start training tomorrow (though it IS only a M-F 8-5 job, which is what I've been wanting) because that girl I talked to is leaving. I still have no idea where he got my resume from, but its an updated one so I'm assuming it was from the unemployment website. I told him I would *like* to offer 2 weeks notice to my current job, though I've only been there 3.5 weeks. He said thats the -right- thing to do, but he also needs me ASAP and may have to move on past me if I cant start quickly. I'm going to call back and find out about pay before accepting (we didn't discuss it this morning), and offering to do 1 week notice and train in the mornings next week before my current job, then start normally the following week. BF says that he knows its what I've been looking for, and its a position that 99% of the ones I've come across desire a few years of experience in already. So being able to do intermodal dispatch right off the bat with no experience in trucking (or even a completed degree yet) is a pretty awesome opportunity. The manager made an excellent point as well - once I get into this job/field, I will never be out of a job again. I can also take this wherever I move to in 1-2 years and probably find a job easily. He thinks I need to do whats best for me and no one else (and if its better pay and FT, it'll benefit both of us and the furbabies).
I just have a cloud of guilt about leaving my current job so quickly. I'm trying to remind myself that no one looks out for you except yourself in this world, and if this opportunity appeared for me so randomly - something I've been trying so hard to get into for the last couple months, maybe I just need to blow the guilt cloud away and take it ... it will help me with my future endeavors A LOT. I almost hate to say that deep down, I'm willing to make today my last day at my current job if I have to... It cant be as bad as my good friend - she's told me she's gone on breaks at jobs before and just never came back from them! She told me I haven't worked at my current job long enough to require a notice, and I DID sign a paper saying I can leave at any time with or without notice, just as they can terminate my employment with or without notice. I've just never been in such a situation!
Then, Wednesday, out of the blue, some number kept calling my phone. I tried Googling it like I do with unknown numbers, but it kept giving me cell phone records. There was one link that had a classified ad tied to it, it mentioned trucking in the ad but I could only see bits and pieces and when I clicked on it, it brought me to a page that didn't actually have it anymore. I left that up, and one of the corporate managers saw the classified ad and asked if I was thinking about leaving. I DID tell them in my interview I ultimately need a full time job if one falls out of the sky , though i hadn't been applying anywhere since they hired me, as I had to take on a 2nd job to have money for some of our bills. Well guess what fell out of the sky? :lol3:
Thursday morning at 7:50am, that number called again. I answered this time (I was intending to call them back around 9am, since I hadn't gotten out of work til 8pm the night before) and it was someone at an intermodal (those shipping containers go from ship/rail to truck) company saying he had my resume and wanted me to come in. I couldn't go in yesterday because I HAD to get my truck registered and on the road. I offered to come in this morning instead. I got there WAY early (traffic was in my favor!) and waited around for 35 minutes before going in. He wasn't even there yet. Talked to a girl who's been doing dispatching for 14 years and she told me how much she loves it. The company has been in business since 1932, and has multiple locations, so its pretty strong and part of a large group of well known companies.
Went into the interview and was offered the job today within 20 minutes of sitting down. Catch? He pretty much wants me to start training tomorrow (though it IS only a M-F 8-5 job, which is what I've been wanting) because that girl I talked to is leaving. I still have no idea where he got my resume from, but its an updated one so I'm assuming it was from the unemployment website. I told him I would *like* to offer 2 weeks notice to my current job, though I've only been there 3.5 weeks. He said thats the -right- thing to do, but he also needs me ASAP and may have to move on past me if I cant start quickly. I'm going to call back and find out about pay before accepting (we didn't discuss it this morning), and offering to do 1 week notice and train in the mornings next week before my current job, then start normally the following week. BF says that he knows its what I've been looking for, and its a position that 99% of the ones I've come across desire a few years of experience in already. So being able to do intermodal dispatch right off the bat with no experience in trucking (or even a completed degree yet) is a pretty awesome opportunity. The manager made an excellent point as well - once I get into this job/field, I will never be out of a job again. I can also take this wherever I move to in 1-2 years and probably find a job easily. He thinks I need to do whats best for me and no one else (and if its better pay and FT, it'll benefit both of us and the furbabies).
I just have a cloud of guilt about leaving my current job so quickly. I'm trying to remind myself that no one looks out for you except yourself in this world, and if this opportunity appeared for me so randomly - something I've been trying so hard to get into for the last couple months, maybe I just need to blow the guilt cloud away and take it ... it will help me with my future endeavors A LOT. I almost hate to say that deep down, I'm willing to make today my last day at my current job if I have to... It cant be as bad as my good friend - she's told me she's gone on breaks at jobs before and just never came back from them! She told me I haven't worked at my current job long enough to require a notice, and I DID sign a paper saying I can leave at any time with or without notice, just as they can terminate my employment with or without notice. I've just never been in such a situation!
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I'm actually much more excited about this job and I can already see how much it will help me reach my goals. I cant wait for Monday, as much as I love my weekends. Now I just have to set myself a schedule for my schoolwork, because I've been slacking on that already this semester and its showing.
What a rotten situation.
