Posted in photo, snapshot, temping pays for a sandwich, tiny paycheck, unemployed in ny, tagged laugh or cry, life, little, paycheck, photo, temping, unemployment on January 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
When was the last time your paycheck was this tiny?
I don’t even want to hear that you’re underpaid. Not a peep.
Posted in hunting the job, life, nyc, temping, truth in unemployment, tagged jobless, life, temping, truth in unemployment, unemployed in new york, unemployed in nyc on January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve been keeping up with the ongoing (sometimes overdramatic) saga that is my life, then you know I finally bit the bullet, sucked up my “but I went to school and have 7 years of experience in a large multinational high tech corporation that blows” pride, and went into a temp agency with my [...]
Posted in flawed processes, life, stress, temping, unemployed in ny, tagged flawed process, life, nyc, stress, temping, unemployed in new york, unemployment on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So far, this is what happened:
I get a call at 9am about an assignment beginning at noon.
9am lady says she’ll send me a timesheet, which is my main priority, getting paid.
nothing arrives, i check email 80 times
I call at 10am notifying them that I need a timesheet. They ask if they should fax it. How [...]
Posted in dior, nyc, temping, unemployed in nyc, unemployment, tagged nyc, temping, unemployed in nyc, unemployment on January 16, 2008 | No Comments »
…is to go to Christian Dior today and help them get a mailing out. Sounds like my old internship as a “PR assistant” for Edelman leathers. Loved the Edelman’s though. How very “The Hills”. I can’t wait to tell you how it all goes!
Posted in life, the job market sucks, truth in unemployment, unemployed in new york, tagged boo, crappy, life, temping, unemployment, working on January 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
but the blog is soooo delightful.
Sheesh what a morning. This may come as a shock to you all, but I couldn’t sleep last night. my skin wasn’t just crawling, it took X and was raving it’s little pink/beige self all over my body like factor’s night toots were the latest break beats. By the time [...]
Posted in skills to pay the bills, temporary job placement, testing, truth in unemployment, unemployed in nyc, tagged office documents, temping, temporary job hunting, test taking, testing on January 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When was the last time YOU took a test. Any test. Even an HIV test. I have no clue when I last took a test or quiz or challenge other than scrabulous on facebook (which I’m totally faceplanting on, by the way). However, tonight, I am testing. That’s right, kids, I am taking some Excel [...]
