It is too damn hot here to sleep.
And I am too damn angry to catch 3 winks, let alone 40.
Venting coming. Buzzkill ahead.
As you all know, I've been working for the military schools in some capacity for the last three years. And all three years, I've gotten screwed. Well, seems they were willing to let go of DH, but not without one knife in the back for me.
When we were in Japan, I was a local hire, meaning that my job could've been taken from me at any time, and lots of other legal bs that I don't care to get in to. In preparation for dh's separation from the military, I began to prepare to try and become a stateside hire - the jobs with all the bells and whistles. Let me say this:
AT NO TIME WAS I TOLD THAT THERE WAS A WAITING PERIOD OF A YEAR AND THAT I AM INDEED INELIGIBLE FOR HIRE.
I talked to the pacific office : YOU'RE GOOD TO GO!
I talked to the stateside office: YOU'RE GOOD TO GO!
Well today, finally, after badgering some poor woman by the name of...just kidding, I'm angry today. Not stupid. Just angry...she finally sent me the policy. And I just about fucking lost it.
It seems that I am being penalized for my husband's separation from the military. I can understand a 1 year waiting period had I resigned voluntarily. Or had I left a post. Or had I done something wrong. It also gets my goat that I know of at least three other people who were local hires last year and stateside hires this year. It makes me want to scream. I don't know why I keep trying to work for this particular branch of the government. Nobody knows what the hell is going on.
So here I am, nearly AUGUST with not a job in sight, because I was advised to wait until September. Well thank God I didn't. Next words you hear out of my mouth just might be:
You want fries with that?
Bastards. Learn your fucking policies and make sure that your employees are given the correct information. Is that so much to ask?
waitresses make more money. it's shit work, but it's honest work. and you'll never go hungry.
just til you get another job of course.
That's pretty much the stupidest thing I've heard yet..for at least today. And it's not like your husband even left on bad terms, so what's the point of that waiting period?
Well, that is just miserable. Leave it to the government to not know what they are doing! Makes you wonder about how they handle the big issues sometimes when they can't even handle the simplest of things like getting a policy right for people that work for them....
Man leave to the military, i've learned never to be shocked .... but hey like kitty..... South Carolina is totally desperate for teachers i think they have to fill like 400 positions. :)
Why am I not surprised?
This is the same government that took months to decide I was married and entitled to allowances for food and quarters - the same government that just had me do reams of paperwork to marry a foreign national? I thought the Marine Corps, US Government, Japanese Government and Catholic Church had already made that clear - in writing.
OK, that was 30 years ago. Things must be better now.
The same government just gave my daughter the royal runaround before letting her join her husband in Germany. Same deal. Prove you are married. Prove you won't be a burden to the Army. Prove you have a place to live (which they won't assign until you get past the previous hurdles.)
I think you should look in the private sector...
Oof! That sucks!
But hey! You now have the perfect excuse to temporarily explore another career, if you wish, and you have someone else to blame it on if it doesn't work out.
just saying hi. i've surfed through several times but i don't think i've ever commented. but i do check out the bikini photo of you every time. :) it's been in flickr for months.
sorry about the work thing.
I used to think this was strictly a military problem...HAHAHA....civilians are equally inept.
My poor kids are growing up on a planet of talentless, and careless hacks. That is my misery
Yeah, I understand the frustration. I was promised a full time job and moved for it only to find out that the HR guy was a big jerk and the job didn't exist. So I filled in for three weeks and now I am back to square one. Strangely enough I had a steady pt job before this and this was going to be my post-grad school transitional upgrade job! Ha! Oh well, I guess I am better off not working for folks like that, right? :)