Here we go again.

[magical thyme]

Every time I think I'm getting a floor under me, the bottom drops out.

At the crappy call center job, they threatened and threatened us for the last few months, mostly over quality. 3 people (that I know of) were recently vaporized, another is on his final warning. Woman who sits across from me is on 1st warning. I suspect the one sitting next to me is near final warning, as well as the man she recently started dating. I'm not on warning or anything, but was hoping to get out of there this summer as the hospital lab has been running on a skeleton crew for some time now and if I can just get 3 days/week there I'll be making almost the same as 3 days at the call center plus 1 at the lab. And I'll qualify for a subsidized ACA plan, which I don't by $2.00 with the call center job.

So my plan was to hang in at the call center through April and then ask for summer w/out pay and if refused, resign. And then if things looked reasonably good at the lab by summer's end, go ahead and resign from call center.

And that plan was looking good until now. First was the staff meeting 10 days or so ago, which I didn't attend but instead was left alone running the whole lab while everybody else jammed into the meeting. I noticed that instead of being held in the break room, it was held in the lab manager's office. I also noticed that a large number of people came for it even though they weren't scheduled to be at work that day.

I made mental note, but didn't know what to think of it until yesterday when I saw the meeting notes. The hospital system's license has been "provisionally extended" for some unstated time period.

Also, lab work for the lab chain has dropped precipitously.

Then I looked at the hospital census. Holy fuck. Only 11 in-patients. That's lower than the lowest mid-winter numbers.

[PumpkinAle]

1. Hang in there mt

I know it sounds easy for me to say, especially from a distance, but keep the faith love.

Sending you love and light and all good wishes for now and the future.

[PumpkinAle]

2. While this maybe true, hopefully it will make you smile

[A Simple Game]

3. Never seen that before, I like it, but sadly it's often true. n/t

[magical thyme]

6. made me laugh...

I'm still smarting from the last hallway. It pushed me so far past my limits in terms of exhaustion, squeezing through, etc.

When it all starts to come down, I will be 18 months from eligible for social security.

[riderinthestorm]

4. Is there no other lab facility you can apply to?

So sorry to hear this....

[magical thyme]

5. already applied to one

and made it through HR, but never heard back from the hiring manager.

I have 2 others to apply to. One 30 minutes to my north, the other 45+ minutes to my south. The one to my south pays more, but everybody wants to get in there. At my age and with my relative lack of experience, I don't hold out a hope. The one to my north is in the same lab chain so pay is crap.

The other thing is I don't think anything is imminent, but the other thing I heard a tech and asst talking about yesterday was yet another doctor leaving the hospital, and their other options.

And that's the rub. Not only am I the oldest among them, I am also by far the least experienced (3 years p/t versus decades full time). And experience in this job matters in a very big way. They also have worked together forever, so are a mutually supporting clique of which I am not a part.