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Or that's how I've been made to feel by my former office manager and boss. I wake up early and call Natalie from the St. Louis County Circuit Court back and she offers me the position. I ask her my questions I listed yesterday plus one.
1) What my monthly salary would be.
2) If court employees, who are working for the state, receive a regular raise every year by 2-3% like federal employees.
3) If there is a 401K or IRA.
Answers?
1) Monthly to start would be 1,890.00 then raised to 1,990.00 after six months.
2) Court employees receive raises but the amount depends on the taxes grossed by the state government each year. However, I am more than welcome to apply for any open positions in the departments and receive an immediate pay raise that way.
3) They have a government plan similar to an IRA which pulls whatever amount out of my paycheck and they match it. This begins after 60 days along with my benefits.
After hearing these answers I decide to take the job. They ask me when I can start, I figure December 18 gives my work more than enough time. I go into the office just as Heather is leaving. Then I tell Angie and Tunye about the job offer and the monthly salary, they congratulate me and give me a bit of friendly envy. Then Heather gets back in and I tell her in the conference room about the new job offer and how I can work until December 18. She shuts the door and said after the phone call she got from Natalie she spoke with Chuck and they decided that if I'm leaving they want me to leave the day I give notice. No two weeks.
I went into a bit of shock and stared at her then said that it wasn't anything personal, the pay and opportunities are just better and that's the only reason I'm leaving. She nods her head and says that she's not sure what Chuck will want to do since today is payday. He might want me to work for the rest of the day blah blah then Chuck runs past all hilarious and cute like he usually is.
She calls Chuck in and they lock themselves in the conference room for almost a half an hour which generally freaks me and the other secretaries out. I tell them there's no two weeks they want me to leave immediately. I then call Natalie and tell her of the situation and if I can start sooner. She makes me feel better and cracks me up by saying all hurried and super happy, "Let me ask my supervisor!" Then I can hear her drop the phone and scurry off. Literally, I could actually hear her running away to ask. She gets back on and says I can start next Monday. I happily agree. The girls are hungry so Angie goes to get donuts and buys me one as a going away present. They're both so sweet and I'm really going to miss them.
Then I get called back into the conference room where they give me my time sheet and last check which has all of my vacation and sick time accumulateed up on it. On my time sheet they circle the time I took off last week because of the interview and quiz me about did I really go to see my counselor and UMSL and I haven't interviewed with the court since they hired me in April and all this crazy confrontational stuff. I panicked and stuck with my lie because it freaked me out how quietly hostile Chuck was being towards me. He asked why I was leaving and I told him about how the pay was better and I felt there was more opportunity to advance with them. After I said that is when the semi-interrogation started.
When it was over he handed me the significantly larger than normal paycheck and Heather pointed out I was paid for an hour today. From 9 am until 10 am, which I took as the not so subtle hint to leave. I gathered the rest of my shit, straightened my desk and pointed out to Tunye where everything was and headed home where I now write this livejournal post.
I dunno. I'm feeling really freaked out and depressed and sort of like I betrayed them or something. It's such a fucking strange situation and my mother didn't help any by asking me, "What is your pay a month? How much?" Sort of like what I'm getting at the court won't be much better than what I got at Rizzo & Associates.
Right now I just feel really shitty and scared but since I have tomorrow off I guess I'll try out my driving routine to Clayton and try to figure out the parking situation up there. Maybe over the weekend I can ask one of my friends to try Metrolink with me. I also need to drop the two classes I signed up for because there's no way I can get to school on time for them. But that's my situation job wise right now. It sort of sucks how something that usually makes me feel so psyched and awesome, a new job, is making me so fucking depressed but oh well.
I think to make the depression go away and to help ease my nerves about working at the court I'll watch Kiki's Delivery Service. Stupid as it sounds whenever I get freaked out or scared by a new situation I watch that movie and it makes me feel better. Mostly because that's what it's about. Going to a new place, doing new things, not knowing anyone but making friends, and having your life turn out perfectly wonderful in the end.
Hopefully this situation with the court will give me the same happy ending as Kiki.
1) What my monthly salary would be.
2) If court employees, who are working for the state, receive a regular raise every year by 2-3% like federal employees.
3) If there is a 401K or IRA.
Answers?
1) Monthly to start would be 1,890.00 then raised to 1,990.00 after six months.
2) Court employees receive raises but the amount depends on the taxes grossed by the state government each year. However, I am more than welcome to apply for any open positions in the departments and receive an immediate pay raise that way.
3) They have a government plan similar to an IRA which pulls whatever amount out of my paycheck and they match it. This begins after 60 days along with my benefits.
After hearing these answers I decide to take the job. They ask me when I can start, I figure December 18 gives my work more than enough time. I go into the office just as Heather is leaving. Then I tell Angie and Tunye about the job offer and the monthly salary, they congratulate me and give me a bit of friendly envy. Then Heather gets back in and I tell her in the conference room about the new job offer and how I can work until December 18. She shuts the door and said after the phone call she got from Natalie she spoke with Chuck and they decided that if I'm leaving they want me to leave the day I give notice. No two weeks.
I went into a bit of shock and stared at her then said that it wasn't anything personal, the pay and opportunities are just better and that's the only reason I'm leaving. She nods her head and says that she's not sure what Chuck will want to do since today is payday. He might want me to work for the rest of the day blah blah then Chuck runs past all hilarious and cute like he usually is.
She calls Chuck in and they lock themselves in the conference room for almost a half an hour which generally freaks me and the other secretaries out. I tell them there's no two weeks they want me to leave immediately. I then call Natalie and tell her of the situation and if I can start sooner. She makes me feel better and cracks me up by saying all hurried and super happy, "Let me ask my supervisor!" Then I can hear her drop the phone and scurry off. Literally, I could actually hear her running away to ask. She gets back on and says I can start next Monday. I happily agree. The girls are hungry so Angie goes to get donuts and buys me one as a going away present. They're both so sweet and I'm really going to miss them.
Then I get called back into the conference room where they give me my time sheet and last check which has all of my vacation and sick time accumulateed up on it. On my time sheet they circle the time I took off last week because of the interview and quiz me about did I really go to see my counselor and UMSL and I haven't interviewed with the court since they hired me in April and all this crazy confrontational stuff. I panicked and stuck with my lie because it freaked me out how quietly hostile Chuck was being towards me. He asked why I was leaving and I told him about how the pay was better and I felt there was more opportunity to advance with them. After I said that is when the semi-interrogation started.
When it was over he handed me the significantly larger than normal paycheck and Heather pointed out I was paid for an hour today. From 9 am until 10 am, which I took as the not so subtle hint to leave. I gathered the rest of my shit, straightened my desk and pointed out to Tunye where everything was and headed home where I now write this livejournal post.
I dunno. I'm feeling really freaked out and depressed and sort of like I betrayed them or something. It's such a fucking strange situation and my mother didn't help any by asking me, "What is your pay a month? How much?" Sort of like what I'm getting at the court won't be much better than what I got at Rizzo & Associates.
Right now I just feel really shitty and scared but since I have tomorrow off I guess I'll try out my driving routine to Clayton and try to figure out the parking situation up there. Maybe over the weekend I can ask one of my friends to try Metrolink with me. I also need to drop the two classes I signed up for because there's no way I can get to school on time for them. But that's my situation job wise right now. It sort of sucks how something that usually makes me feel so psyched and awesome, a new job, is making me so fucking depressed but oh well.
I think to make the depression go away and to help ease my nerves about working at the court I'll watch Kiki's Delivery Service. Stupid as it sounds whenever I get freaked out or scared by a new situation I watch that movie and it makes me feel better. Mostly because that's what it's about. Going to a new place, doing new things, not knowing anyone but making friends, and having your life turn out perfectly wonderful in the end.
Hopefully this situation with the court will give me the same happy ending as Kiki.
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good luck with your new job, for that salary I would leave my job asap as well :)
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People like that piss me off, sorry they made such a great thing feel so shitty. That's just vindictive and it bugs me, nobody deserves to get treated like that.
Congrats on the job! This is going to sound really weird since we don't really know each other, but I'm sure it'll work out fine. I'm a big believer in things happening for a reason.
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Look its simple..its work..its not personal..and they should be happy for you, that your trying to get more outta life..that your moving on...
They shouldn't hold it against you...to do that is to be a small person with shallow thinking...their conduct was very petty..and you shouldn't be treated as such..it was uncalled for and unfair to you...and more than unprofessional.
Frankly they didnt seem to deserve you.
Congrats on the new position..I wish you much luck and success.
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But it snowed like hell last night and now I don't have to drive to work in that crap! lol.
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So ha ha on them! And the whole thing about posting online, I think to some degree, is all about getting to know people. Which I totally dig because I'm a dork who always wants new friends. Online or otherwise.
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Congrats on the new job, and good luck on Monday!
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Your responsibility is to do what is best for you. I hope you don't feel bad about leaving for long. Their behavior shows me that you made the right decision.
Congrats!