Just curious what everyone else would do in this situation.
A while back I got clean because a friend said he was going to be able to get me a really good job working with him. I would start at like 12 an hour and he's making 28 right now. They're supposedly about to start doing a lot of hiring, but he hasn't been able to get in touch with the hiring manager beyond getting my paper work for background check (which has been turned in). So it seemed like that was going to be a dead end.
I started looking for work elsewhere, and another friend has given me the info to get hired on at a different company. The pay isn't anywhere near as good though, it's like 10 an hour and no real room for advancement or pay raises. The friend who got the info got the info from his ex who works there and has for years and iirc is only making like 12-14 an hour. They're hiring now though.
Well as soon as I got the info the first friend called me up and said he still can't get in touch with the manager but gave me the contact info to email her because she "has to stay in contact with me to let me know the status of my BG check and what not so I should probably have better luck". I sent that email yesterday (am still yet to hear back from her but if she's really so busy he hasn't been able to get in touch with her for over a month I don't expect to hear something back in 24 hours).
I'm not sure if I keep waiting around or if I apply to the second, less desirable position. I definitely want the first job, the second I would only take because I just want the money and can't find anything else. I'm afraid if I take the second job, that I'll hear something back from the first and have to quit right after being hired (and in the process get friend's ex's boss pissed off at him). There's no way I'd just stay at the second if I could have the first. So If I do take the second one and get offered the first one, I'm definitely quitting the second one. Friend and his ex are still on good terms (even live together) and even me and his ex are cool, so I definitely don't want to cause issues there.
So I'm just not sure what I should do at this point.
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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way. I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today. Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear. I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear. You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline
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