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Aug. 3rd, 2004 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpI'm so frustrated right now I could cry.
When I was offered the Early Intervention job, I was stuck in the dilemma of whether to take the job when I knew it wasn't a job I wanted, or try to find temp work so I could continue to interview for other positions, including the Dream Job. I was heavily encouraged to take the full-time job because it was more lucrative and more stable, and I felt obligated to do so since we are in dire financial circumstances.
Today I got called for an interview with Youth on Fire, a drop-in center for homeless and street youth. It was a job that was strongly recommended to me by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
being_homeless and I was quite excited about it. When I didn't hear anything from them, I pushed it out of my mind. But I just spoke to someone there who wanted me to come in for an interview, and she offered me three different interview times next Tuesday.
I can't make any of them because of my job. I have home visits and assessments all through those times, and I can't just call families and cancel their appointments because I want a new job - it's not right or ethical to do that. Unfortunately, because I was handed about 15 new cases on my first day, all of whom need to have assessments done (they take 2 hours each and require 3 staff members), my schedule is totally blocked up with assessment after assessment after assessment that all need to be done ASAP. And once I find 2 other staff members and lock them into a block of time, it's impossible to reschedule because people's schedules are so busy.
So my worst job fears are coming true. I was offered a chance to interview for a really good, challenging job with a really progressive and amazing organization, and I had to decline because I was unable to meet with them. I didn't want to take this EI job because the very last thing I want is to be locked into this kind of work that I'm not interested in, and now it looks like that is exactly what is going to happen.
The whole situation makes me want to throw up.
When I was offered the Early Intervention job, I was stuck in the dilemma of whether to take the job when I knew it wasn't a job I wanted, or try to find temp work so I could continue to interview for other positions, including the Dream Job. I was heavily encouraged to take the full-time job because it was more lucrative and more stable, and I felt obligated to do so since we are in dire financial circumstances.
Today I got called for an interview with Youth on Fire, a drop-in center for homeless and street youth. It was a job that was strongly recommended to me by
being_homeless and I was quite excited about it. When I didn't hear anything from them, I pushed it out of my mind. But I just spoke to someone there who wanted me to come in for an interview, and she offered me three different interview times next Tuesday.I can't make any of them because of my job. I have home visits and assessments all through those times, and I can't just call families and cancel their appointments because I want a new job - it's not right or ethical to do that. Unfortunately, because I was handed about 15 new cases on my first day, all of whom need to have assessments done (they take 2 hours each and require 3 staff members), my schedule is totally blocked up with assessment after assessment after assessment that all need to be done ASAP. And once I find 2 other staff members and lock them into a block of time, it's impossible to reschedule because people's schedules are so busy.
So my worst job fears are coming true. I was offered a chance to interview for a really good, challenging job with a really progressive and amazing organization, and I had to decline because I was unable to meet with them. I didn't want to take this EI job because the very last thing I want is to be locked into this kind of work that I'm not interested in, and now it looks like that is exactly what is going to happen.
The whole situation makes me want to throw up.
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Date: 2004-08-03 11:00 pm (UTC)Your responsibility is understandable and admirable, but it's not like you're bailing on experienced people and clients to go blow your paycheck at Bloomies or have a nooner. Your intentions to find a job which you love but still get to help people is about as pure as they come. That doesn't sound like a rainbow to me, it sounds like sanity. I hope your coworkers are as good to you as you are to them. You sound like an awesome colleague.
Best of luck with the dilemma.
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Date: 2004-08-04 01:08 am (UTC)While it's true that bailing on clients for a job interview is better than bailing on clients to suck down a few cold ones, neither is an ethical course of action. After all, it's not the client's fault that I want a new job... and in the end, since I accepted the Early Intervention job I have a responsibility to the people for whose care I have been entrusted.