The Plot Thickens......
I received a call last week from my former boss. He "wanted to plant a seed" in my head. Due to extenuating circumstances the position I was all but promised, and had been begging for (well not begging exactly) will be (allegedly) opening for application in 2 months. The pay and benefits are better than I am making now, and the shifts will be better. Here is the twist...I have been STRONGLY ENCOURGED to apply for a police officer position with my current employer. There is an opening right now, and a number of them on the way. The pay for an officer is $9k/yr more than I currently make AND is about $4k more than I would make at this new offer, WITHOUT overtime (mandatory and lots of it). I could (theoretically) make $12-15k/yr more than either job with OT. Now for the flip side, the officer position will require the following things:
1) 5 weeks in Little Rock, Arkansas for a police academy
2) rotating shifts -- 3 or 4 months working each of the following:
0600-1400 (actually 0545-1415)
1400-2200 (1345-2215)
2200-0600 (2145-0615)
3) may not get a weekend off for a year or more
and 4) no more paid holidays off....granted holidays worked are at 2X pay.
So you see, dear readers, that just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. (Wait that sounds familiar, let me try again)
So you see dear readers, I now have all my old problems coning back to me.
Mo' money, Mo' problems, I guess!!! Stay tuned for further details.
This post brought to you by the letter M and Subliminal Man.
I received a call last week from my former boss. He "wanted to plant a seed" in my head. Due to extenuating circumstances the position I was all but promised, and had been begging for (well not begging exactly) will be (allegedly) opening for application in 2 months. The pay and benefits are better than I am making now, and the shifts will be better. Here is the twist...I have been STRONGLY ENCOURGED to apply for a police officer position with my current employer. There is an opening right now, and a number of them on the way. The pay for an officer is $9k/yr more than I currently make AND is about $4k more than I would make at this new offer, WITHOUT overtime (mandatory and lots of it). I could (theoretically) make $12-15k/yr more than either job with OT. Now for the flip side, the officer position will require the following things:
1) 5 weeks in Little Rock, Arkansas for a police academy
2) rotating shifts -- 3 or 4 months working each of the following:
0600-1400 (actually 0545-1415)
1400-2200 (1345-2215)
2200-0600 (2145-0615)
3) may not get a weekend off for a year or more
and 4) no more paid holidays off....granted holidays worked are at 2X pay.
So you see, dear readers, that just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. (Wait that sounds familiar, let me try again)
So you see dear readers, I now have all my old problems coning back to me.
Mo' money, Mo' problems, I guess!!! Stay tuned for further details.
This post brought to you by the letter M and Subliminal Man.
posted by augiepete at 8:50 PM
2 Comments:
Just happened to find your blog. Did you go to Augie? Whatever happened with new the job offers?
Yup, graduated in the 90's. Haven't been back much, unfortunately. It's where I got introduced to MTB'ing, on Campus at at some of the state parks.
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