Whelp

[frozenbears]

I just got dropped by Google. Not sure if it was performance related or that they're simply overstaffed (not like they'd ever tell you), but either way, it's probably just as well because I hated doing it anyway. I guess it's time to start hocking stuff.

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[skipperdee]

Has it been exactly a year since you've started? They do have a thing where you have to stop working for a certain amount of time if you've been there a year. (I was a gSlacker and never made my hours, so they wouldn't let me re-up afterward... but I know people do *get* rehired after the hiatus if they're better kids than me.) Or it could be that Google is feeling the pinch of economy too. *shudder*

It's kind of similarly shitty-yet-lucrative work, but Pearson has a work-from-home standardized-writing-test-grading setup that they take standing applications for. I did it this spring (and probably got myself DQd for not enough hours *again*), but it's not horrible (repetition is worse than Google but the scoring itself is a bit more complex and therefore interesting, and every once in a while some kid writes an in-depth essay about their pet lizard or something, rather than responding to the prompt). Anyway, it probably wouldn't open up right in January so don't count on it, but it's not bad in a pinch.

[frozenbears]

Nah, it had only been a few months. I fear it was probably gslackerdom that did it, though like I said, who knows. Thanks for the tip about Pearson though - how many hours do they let you work and/or how regular is it? Probably the most frustrating thing about the rating job was that one week I might get to put in 30 hours, and another only six.

[skipperdee]

It's not regular, sadly. It's seasonal; they basically want you to work as much as possible for the time they hire you for, but it's relatively short-term. I suspect that if you are actually reliable and meet their quality criteria that they might hire you for smaller projects, but I don't know for sure.

For immediate cash-acquisition needs, temping is a much better solution. And it's an incredible ego boost - people get excited when you're actually competent. :)