jobs...why is it so hard to get a good one?

[run it, ride it]

Oh, jobs. I have a black hole of one every summer season. Absolutely horrid working conditions (HOT, polyester, cleaning human excrement out of campground showers without proper equipment, questionable management)--but it pays (government), it has steady hours. That's why I keep going back.

I live in a tourist town. The work is seasonal. Fine for me, as a student.

I used to work as a restaurant hostess. Couldn't take the summer tourists. I switched the kitchen for a few seasons--four years I worked for the same people doing the job of at least three people and never got a raise above student minimum ($6.40CDN). I was working 80+ hours a week at age fourteen--labour board? What's that? We didn't get breaks, even after 10-12 hours straight. Kitchen management was awful, so I left.

Worked nights for two years in my current position--SAD really got to me in the winter, so I took days last summer. Which is worse: trying to stay conscious cleaning up vomit in the wee hours (11pm-7:30am), or trying not to pass out from heat exhaustion (12pm-8:30pm) pushing your way past tens of tourists to remove the poo pile someone left in the shower? The question is rhetorical, at best. It's the pay I can't turn down. NO ONE wants to do the job I do. The pay reflects that. But even then... some messes I come across are a real struggle to justify going near no matter WHAT they pay me.

But hey, nothing could be worse than cleaning maliciously placed feces on a daily basis, so I will appreciate every other non-fecal job I have just on that basis, right?

Remember: no matter how bad your job is, at least you don't have to scrape poo off the floor. Doesn't that make you feel better?

[SheFly]

Found this article this morning, and thought it might be useful: http://bostonworks.boston.com/news/a...you_find_work/

Good luck!

SheFly

[cherinyc]

Found this article this morning, and thought it might be useful: http://bostonworks.boston.com/news/a...you_find_work/

Good luck!

SheFly

some interesting suggestions - thanks!