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So, working with my parents has taken its toll, mostly for personal reasons, but the straw that broke the professional the camel's back was:
As soon as the lake melts, spring season starts for us. All the boats have to come out of storage. They need all hands on deck.
But they refused to train me to handle haul scheduling, so my hands could not be on deck.
The personal one being: (highlight if you want to see) My mother, upon learning about the more severe symptoms of my depression and anxiety, talked to a therapist friend of hers. Her conclusion was that I was just telling her I self-injured before I went into treatment to piss her off. On top of that, the panic attacks, and the temper tantrums (at age 17) were completely normal in her eyes.
I don't want to have anything to do with someone who thinks I would pull something that horrible. I am done accepting denial as an excuse for that behavior. A person who thinks that little of me can't be my boss.
I had an interview today, and it went /really/ well. I think the only way it could have gone better is if I was offered the job on the spot.
I was interviewing for an office position, but she said they were looking to create a secondary position as well, one I'd be perfect for. This person would manage their advertisements, their website, their social media, take photographs of their products and go to conventions where their products were being shown. There was talk of insuring my camera, letting me have a company laptop, and use a company car to go to these conventions. (To be honest, I'll likely turn the company car thing down. Once they see the state of my car--the driver's side mirror is literally being held onto the car by duct tape--I think they'll agree I shouldn't be trusted with a company car.)
And on top of it all, she guaranteed I'd get a raise from where I am at, and agreed to work around my school schedule. (Not that this is going to be too hard. For the most part, my schooling is two days a week, so it's almost like I'd have weekends off, but in the middle of the week.)
She said she had two more interviews, and had to talk to the owners about pay scale for me. She said I would know by the end of next week.
I'm not about to break out the celebratory supplies just yet, but I am very optimistic. I suspect if this were a bigger company, I'd need a college degree for what I was doing. If I get this job, I might be able to do it at other companies, going the same route my father and aunt did. (They were hired as quality managers without a degree, and with their track record and experience, they kept getting hired despite not having a degree.)
As soon as the lake melts, spring season starts for us. All the boats have to come out of storage. They need all hands on deck.
But they refused to train me to handle haul scheduling, so my hands could not be on deck.
The personal one being: (highlight if you want to see) My mother, upon learning about the more severe symptoms of my depression and anxiety, talked to a therapist friend of hers. Her conclusion was that I was just telling her I self-injured before I went into treatment to piss her off. On top of that, the panic attacks, and the temper tantrums (at age 17) were completely normal in her eyes.
I don't want to have anything to do with someone who thinks I would pull something that horrible. I am done accepting denial as an excuse for that behavior. A person who thinks that little of me can't be my boss.
I had an interview today, and it went /really/ well. I think the only way it could have gone better is if I was offered the job on the spot.
I was interviewing for an office position, but she said they were looking to create a secondary position as well, one I'd be perfect for. This person would manage their advertisements, their website, their social media, take photographs of their products and go to conventions where their products were being shown. There was talk of insuring my camera, letting me have a company laptop, and use a company car to go to these conventions. (To be honest, I'll likely turn the company car thing down. Once they see the state of my car--the driver's side mirror is literally being held onto the car by duct tape--I think they'll agree I shouldn't be trusted with a company car.)
And on top of it all, she guaranteed I'd get a raise from where I am at, and agreed to work around my school schedule. (Not that this is going to be too hard. For the most part, my schooling is two days a week, so it's almost like I'd have weekends off, but in the middle of the week.)
She said she had two more interviews, and had to talk to the owners about pay scale for me. She said I would know by the end of next week.
I'm not about to break out the celebratory supplies just yet, but I am very optimistic. I suspect if this were a bigger company, I'd need a college degree for what I was doing. If I get this job, I might be able to do it at other companies, going the same route my father and aunt did. (They were hired as quality managers without a degree, and with their track record and experience, they kept getting hired despite not having a degree.)
I think I would have an issue with a company car as well - I LIKE my little truck and know just where everything is.
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