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I just got a call - I start on Monday. Its a security/concierge job in a high rise way on the west side of Manhattan. The guy said welcome to the team. He was reluctant to hire me - over qualified - when I went in for the interview last week. I guess I convinced him The pay is not so great but FINALLY its a paycheck. No benefits but thanks to the ACA I should qualify for Medicaid. I'm actually feeling giddy. Its a night shift 12-8 but I DON'T CARE its a job -after 2 very long years.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)Rec
Drew Richards
(1,558 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)I sent my resume to a place just this morning for an assistant manager's job in Media Production for a school here in New York. It is a great job - and NOT just the money although that part is amazing. It would be so cool to get the call for that one BUT I'm just glad I got something for now.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)Sometimes that counts for more than money.
Then again, sometimes it doesn't.
But good luck, Drew, from all of us to you....
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Congratulations!!!
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)Squinch
(51,044 posts)Tikki
(14,560 posts)Tikki
handmade34
(22,758 posts)don't celebrate too much this weekend... ...just enough
madokie
(51,076 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)That first Friday when I lost my job I sat at my desk here and cried - now its just giggles baby
livetohike
(22,165 posts)You'll probably love this job and meet some interesting people
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)And we all know it is easier to find a better job, or get a promotion, once you are working.
Congrats!
ChazII
(6,206 posts)on Wednesday and is working the 3:30 to 10:30. It is a courtesy clerk position but as learning disabled adult with other health issues he is on cloud nine. Best of luck to you.
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)nt.
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)You're a team player. Just one thing - wear your shoes.
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Cha
(297,799 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)antigop
(12,778 posts)sheshe2
(83,953 posts)Giddy is good~
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... Here's a great big kiss of congratulations!
So happy for you!
brer cat
(24,625 posts)Hope it leads to bigger and better for you.
canuckledragger
(1,670 posts)...but I can say from recent experience getting a new a job myself that 12-8 overnight shift SUCKS getting used to sleep-wise for a while, lol!
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)There's a company in Toronto that is just like the one I used to work for - a media monitoring company. I thought about sending them my resume but I don't know how difficult that would be if they actually were to hire me. I'm going to send it anyway just for the hell of it - I figure why not right.
canuckledragger
(1,670 posts)Got lucky and beat out 20 others for a Canadian Forestry Service 9-month internship position.
It pays to try!
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)Two years is a long time to go without a paycheck. Happened to me a few years ago, 15 months -- and I went through all my savings and ended up having to pack up and move when I finally got a job offer out of state.
Hope you enjoy it. 12-8 will be... interesting.
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)A couple of months ago I had to cash out an IRA - the LAST of my old 401k money. Now I will only have to use about $400 a month to make up the short fall from what I'll be making on this job. Starting in January I think I'm going to set up on 500px and try to sell some of my photographs. I probably won't make a whole lot from it but the satisfaction of knowing people might like my stuff well enough to buy it would be nice.
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...for photos and you can share them with us in the Photography group. I do enjoy your photos and I'm sure others will as well.
Good luck!
Mira
(22,380 posts)I hope it will lead to what you want down the road.
I'm so glad you are grateful to this degree. It's the key to happiness.
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)nt.
denbot
(9,901 posts)Can you use the subway there and back?
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)The train to Times Square and the crosstown 42nd Street bus to 11th avenue. The job is on 11th Avenue between 42nd and 41st streets. Now New Years Eve - if I'm working that night well that will be a trip.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)monmouth3
(3,871 posts)hatrack
(59,594 posts)Know how THAT feels!
Best of luck, and enjoy.
dkf
(37,305 posts)Or maybe you'll like it there and stay.
Good luck and congrats on your new job!
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Are you going to be on Detex patrol?
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)I'll be at a desk in the lobby of a residential building. I'll have to stand for the whole 8 hour shift but I don't care - just sign the check and deposit it in my checking account.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)I loved that character.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)RVN VET
(492 posts)Tit for tat!
Congrats, Johnny. May this be the start of a brisk climb upward. I hope the midnight shift gives you plenty of time to catch up on all those Russian novels you've been putting off reading!
calimary
(81,527 posts)Congratulations! GREAT news! Thank you for sharing it with us! Stuff like this perks us all up!
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)War Horse
(931 posts)Unemployment sucks. It ain't no holiday, although some people seem to think it is
Night shift security work can take its toll on ya, especially at first, but you do get used to it. Good luck!
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)My husband and I just became employed this year after a LONG period of time. I KNOW how you're feeling right now and it's just the best! And you're going to sleep very well tonight. Congratulations again.
Rain Mcloud
(812 posts)llmart
(15,557 posts)it flies in the fact of the teabaggers who think people on unemployment are just takers who don't really want to work. I'd hire you any day over those negative, hateful people. I've been in HR for many, many years and when I see people like you with that grateful attitude, I always keep an eye on them for future openings.
Good luck!
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)Congratulations! Here's to your new job.
And the graveyard shift can be interesting.
CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)Went down this path myself... nearly two years and the job I finally landed pays about half of what I used to make, but it's a job and fortunately, I do have health insurance.
Thank goodness for ACA, which will allow you to have insurance.
Good luck!!!
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)Solly Mack
(90,792 posts)Congratulations!!
StoneCarver
(249 posts)All our best to you.
NBachers
(17,149 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)one of my favorite DU photographers. Will you take pictures?
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)No pictures ON the job but on my own time - oh hell yeah.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)but you already know that.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)It's tough, hard to wait...
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)Good for you! I've been out of work since September 11, 2009. My stepfather has agreed to put me in business again, and Im opening a restaurant up in White Plains in January (after many delays). It's been very difficult, and before my stepdad stepped in I actually considered suicide. Better days ahead!
bpositive
(423 posts)That it's easier to get a job when you have a job- the stench of desperatation is removed. I got let go from a job I had for 8 years- took a lessor of a job, then soon after got a really good job. Good luck with your new job
meti57b
(3,584 posts)niyad
(113,613 posts)of all manner of good things happening.
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)I went on a job interview today... only my second in six months, and it went really well... Second interview will be during the last week of October.
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)I just got an email this morning (on Saturday!) they want me in for a second interview. This coming Thursday.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)Do a good job. Serve your customers/clients well. Make a difference. Good things will happen.
Congrats !!!
CitizenLeft
(2,791 posts)Even though it's not exactly what you need, you never know what it may lead to. Who knows, maybe you'll meet someone there who can offer you or lead you to something better down the road.
YAY YOU!!! CONGRATS!
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)Congratulations!
thucythucy
(8,097 posts)and best wishes!
Southside
(338 posts)You will make the best of it! Great job, finding a job. In that area you may run into a celebrity or two.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,245 posts)BadGimp
(4,020 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)blue14u
(575 posts)What wonderful news for you!!!
Happy Happy
R. P. McMurphy
(837 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)ejpoeta
(8,933 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)I bet it leads to bigger & better things for you. Good luck!
mnhtnbb
(31,408 posts)They say it's always easier to find another job while still employed, so hopefully
this will be the first step back in the direction you want to go!
Enjoy that paycheck!
Berlum
(7,044 posts)good luck
Sanity Claws
(21,860 posts)I wish you the best of luck in your new job.
TBF
(32,111 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)farmbo
(3,122 posts)Eom
mrsadm
(1,198 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)And, who knows where this will lead you?
ps. I also LOVE your photography so please make time for that.
Faux pas
(14,698 posts)klook
(12,171 posts)Congratulations to you for sticking it out and landing the gig. This will lead to more opportunities, I'm sure.
toby jo
(1,269 posts)There's perks - it's peaceful at night, less traffic, less noise, you got that sleep vibe out and about, the stars and moon are up, and you always, always, get to see the sun rise. It was alright with me. Kind of like watching something everyone else was missing out on. Heh heh. Congrats on the paycheck!
IronLionZion
(45,563 posts)davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)As someone else who once spent two+ years without a job, I know how good it feels to finally get that chance. It's an uphill battle - right now, I don't have any benefits either, with my job as a desk clerk at a hotel. Thanks to the ACA though, I should be able to get health insurance too - once they get the kinks out of the program.
The paycheck helps, but, in my opinion - it does not help as much as the return of hope, confidence, and pride. One day (provided we don't nuke ourselves into oblivion and aren't wiped out by global warming) I firmly believe our society will become so advanced technologically and socially that "work" as it is commonly considered and accepted now, will become a thing of the past, due largely to robotics and processes that make just about everything automatic. Imagine a world in which no one had to spend 8, 10, 12 or more hours a day in a cubicle just to survive. Imagine a world in which the very thought of that was appalling. Imagine if we could, instead, spend our lives with our families, imagine how much we could improve our educational system, our food distribution system, so many things will become better in the years to come, it's almost unimaginable.
That time isn't here yet though. What gets me through my days, isn't so much the job itself, or the necessary paycheck (though it helps!) but the people that I come into contact with every day. The people who change my life for the better and make the world I'm living in just a little brighter every time I see them.
Good luck with your job and with your journey. Just keep in mind that no matter what happens, it is not the job, nor the money that ultimately defines you or makes you worthy of respect, kindness, and decency. It is who you are. And from what I've seen, I'd say you're a pretty awesome person. That alone, is worth more than the best job in the world.
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)Thanks - a job is just a job - it doesn't define who I am . That is so true
alfredo
(60,077 posts)Fla Dem
(23,785 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)Yours is a prime example that all these right wingers are wrong. Most Americans want to work, we just need to create enough jobs for them and that is the issue...not people wanting to be lazy.
Congrats and glad to hear your qualify for Medicaid now.
njlib
(891 posts)Hope this leads to bigger and better opportunities!
Yuugal
(2,281 posts)TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)It's easier to get a job when you already have one, so I hope this will allow you the opportunity to use this position as a Springpad in the future.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Congratulations!!
napi21
(45,806 posts)and I know how difficult it is both financially and emotionally. I'm really happy for you.
bobGandolf
(871 posts)drynberg
(1,648 posts)I been there. Go get 'em!
mazzarro
(3,450 posts)Make it work to your advantage in any and every way possible....