I loved working in Oregon. I moved up here to be by my family but I hated my job. I missed my old store and my old manager. The only think that kept me going was knowing that I only had to work a few months and then I'd go on maternity leave........and I wasn't planning on ever going back. Since I have nothing nice to say....we'll just leave it at that. I was done.
What changed you ask? Laura, that's what. When I heard the whole store had quit, I went in to meet Laura to see if I would change my mind. She pretty much rocked so not only did I go back but I took a promotion to full time sr manager. I could not have asked for a better manager! She is there whenever we need her, even on her days off, even when she has pnemonia, even when she tears her achillis tendon and she does it all with a smile and a hmm hmm hmm (in the words of the holiday hawk) I don't know any employee that doesn't like her...ok I know one but she's insane so it doesn't count.:) I am amazed at how much she has improved our store since she got here! It's a happier place to be! Go Laura!
ps I hope you get bored and read my blog and I get brownie points....hahaha
Monday, December 11, 2006
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
No more daycare!
I didn't much care for the daycare the boys were going to. The main lady was rude and I'm still annoyed that nobody noticed when Nathaniel got bit. Do they not watch them? I'm pretty sure that considering the bite marks took 2 weeks to go away that he had to have cried, screamed, or done something! You don't just take 2 bad bites with a smile and a high five and move on. Nathaniel really likes his friends there but that lady just rubbed me the wrong way. She always seemed to be more about her money than anything and was always on her cell phone when I was dropping them off. Really professional.
When we first started we paid first and last week, and we paid through November. Well, because of the snow, we missed the whole last week of November...but still paid. We also never used our "last week" that was paid for. So basically we payed for 2 weeks that we didn't use. And while you may think that we should have to pay because they held our spot....wrong. They did not. When I went in after the snow they had taken us off the roster. Everyone told us to cancel the $500 check we had just given them but we did the "right thing" and didn't. I feel like a better person than that lady because it also would have been the right thing for her to reimburse us for at least 1 week. In case you haven't noticed though, this lady cares about money, not kids or doing what's right. So in the end, we're out a lot of money for something we didn't use, and when we did use it, it wasn't worth it. I guess that's what I get for going to the cheapest place...you get what you pay for.
So today Esteban went in for a meeting at work and was informed that the company was shutting down. They gave him half of his paycheck, said he would get the rest when the guy came over tonight to get his computer from us, and left us with a year long contract internet bill that they were suppossed to pay. He never showed up to do the computer paycheck exchange. and he disconnected his phone. Awesome. The computer is great and in the long run if we end up with it instead of the money it will be cool but at the moment it really screws us over for bills. Luckily we could cancel the internet within 30 days and today was 29. Talk about timing!
While I'm happy that he no longer works there because it was a shady business that pretty much screws everyone, it really sucks that it happened right before Christmas and I still have shopping to do! He's just going to try to start something from home or do contract work for now so we don't have to do daycare, and my boss is giving me overtime so it should be ok, but downsizing our income by more than half with no notice right before holidays is not fun.
At least I don't have to take my babies to that daycare ever again!!! And that's all that matters.
When we first started we paid first and last week, and we paid through November. Well, because of the snow, we missed the whole last week of November...but still paid. We also never used our "last week" that was paid for. So basically we payed for 2 weeks that we didn't use. And while you may think that we should have to pay because they held our spot....wrong. They did not. When I went in after the snow they had taken us off the roster. Everyone told us to cancel the $500 check we had just given them but we did the "right thing" and didn't. I feel like a better person than that lady because it also would have been the right thing for her to reimburse us for at least 1 week. In case you haven't noticed though, this lady cares about money, not kids or doing what's right. So in the end, we're out a lot of money for something we didn't use, and when we did use it, it wasn't worth it. I guess that's what I get for going to the cheapest place...you get what you pay for.
So today Esteban went in for a meeting at work and was informed that the company was shutting down. They gave him half of his paycheck, said he would get the rest when the guy came over tonight to get his computer from us, and left us with a year long contract internet bill that they were suppossed to pay. He never showed up to do the computer paycheck exchange. and he disconnected his phone. Awesome. The computer is great and in the long run if we end up with it instead of the money it will be cool but at the moment it really screws us over for bills. Luckily we could cancel the internet within 30 days and today was 29. Talk about timing!
While I'm happy that he no longer works there because it was a shady business that pretty much screws everyone, it really sucks that it happened right before Christmas and I still have shopping to do! He's just going to try to start something from home or do contract work for now so we don't have to do daycare, and my boss is giving me overtime so it should be ok, but downsizing our income by more than half with no notice right before holidays is not fun.
At least I don't have to take my babies to that daycare ever again!!! And that's all that matters.
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