WILL WORK FOR MONEY

[paularubia]

"So. The new job. I'm not sure what I think yet. Unfortunately, I came on board at the worst possible time -- a MAJOR deadline is approaching this weekend and there is a mad scramble to get stuff done. I've been thrown in with virtually no training and very little concrete idea of what is expected of me. I have no idea if I'm doing a good job or a

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[gurdonark]

I go to White Rock Lake at lunch sometimes. I like that there are always people there.

Four years is a good run at an auction house. I hope your job search is smooth and a new position arrives soon.

[mistersmearcase]

Oh, see, I missed this news.

I feel like four years is a fairly long time to do anything. It's a rotten time to not have the next thing lined up, though. Ugh.

[bookfoole]

Still, I think that must have been a great learning experience. Are you thinking about getting back into book dealing? I think you'd be at an entirely new level now. Good luck whatever your plans are.

I used to say that, "unemployment was wasted on the unemployed." Because when you have that stretch of time, you tend to be under a lot of stress because of the lack of a job --but, once you have one, you tend to look back at that stretch of time and wonder why you didn't enjoy it more. I was lucky one time --I was unemployed from the beginning of September until the beginning of January --BUT, I got hired in November, knowing that I wouldn't start until the next year due to how their budget worked.