3400: Forget Me

[jen_aside]

So I'm guessing this is inadvertently turning into that paid vacation I didn't actually take but am being reimbursed =p I mean, I hate taking time off, since there's no guarantee I will stay on the job [and I certainly won't get a raise], but I'm too "big picture" to nitpick whether this will hurt me down the road more than maybe an inconvenience

Comments

[digoraccoon]

I find it strange you don't like paid vacation. Or that anyone would not like it. But that's just a different way of thinking.

[jen_aside]

It's not that I don't LIKE paid vacation, but since leaving Target [where, if anything I primarily just forgot I had it], I haven't been in a position where taking it is beneficial, as such, since I'm TEMPING and not actually earning things like raises and salaries and all that. There is a point--however far off--where they will say, "Eh, we don't need you anymore," OR what I'm earning now will drop to minimum wage if I stay long enough. That's not really good.

I *should* be looking for a permanent position, but I just haven't been. The problem is I never built up the skills and experience to show any employer, "Look! I'm the second coming!" and there would be no question to my hireability. I'm not particularly better off than a fresh college graduate =/

Therefore, if I have 100 days I can work, with the option to cash out vacation later, the optimum payout will be working those 100 days and taking the cash. That's the sum of my reasoning. A permanent position would grant me better flexability, and I would snatch up vacation

[digoraccoon]

Ah, okay if you got a cashout option for vacay then I can see your position better. I have no such thing so for me it's better to take the time off then lose it since nothing carries over.

[jen_aside]

Well, in "my position" I've actually lost some because the end of the year when it expires is the LAST time I'm ever thinking about taking a holiday. There's just too much going on =/

Luckily, I haven't lost any *while temping* because I don't lose it until the contract expires. In practice, this may be never, but realistically I should use it as close to when I get it as possible--just to make sure. [I hate having to have that one extra thing always on my mind.]

[jenova_silver]

Tom Baker is my favorite doctor from the old series. Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy follow closely.

I've liked both Doctors from the new series. Can hardly wait to see the latest doctor. *nodnod*