Ever get the feeling you're being messed around? Ever have that feeling for months on end? That's exactly how I feel, how I have been feeling since the beginning of February!
I've been searching for a job since I had to leave uni in January. I was offered a job 16th January, and completed the training by the 1st February. My Enhanced Disclosure CRB came back about 3 weeks after that. Originally I needed 3 references, two of which needed to be character. I knew all my references had been submitted, but I was being asked for extra references. In the end I'd given 5 references but no guaranteed start date or number of hours per week!
I quickly started losing all interest and patience with this and started emailing repeatedly for some sort of news. Eventually had a reply saying my details would be passed to the managers for me to have an orientation meeting, and I would have a call the next day. FIVE days later I get a call, and a week later we have our orientation meeting. Still no start date, still no guarantee of the minimum 16 hours I need every week.
The very last straw for me was this weekend. I had arranged childcare to go and do some shadowing, and was waiting for a text to give me the address where I was to meet the other carer. Still hadn't heard from them by 11am on the day of the shadowing, so I messaged them. I still hadn't heard anything by an hour before I was due to start. So I cancelled the childcare and spent the night in with Ashleigh. I never received and notification or message to say that the other carer couldn't make it. I still haven't heard from them. To be very honest I don't want to work for a company who can't organise themselves to get a carer to begin work!
And now it's Easter break. Ash is off school for 2 weeks and with them not guaranteeing my 16 hours I have no childcare allowance. I have to apply or a type of childcare that isn't guaranteed and can be denied by the Job Centre. What childminder would look after Ashleigh without knowing if they're even going to be paid at the end of the month?!
So I've decided to go back to the job agency I signed up with and get some work with them. I will have guaranteed hours and a job for as long as I want it.
What's more important is I will have a regular income and a chance to save money to get me back into university.
As much as I would love the original job I've been waiting months to start, I need to think sensibly. I need regular income, hours and the knowledge I can pay my bills.
I still do my Scentsy, and am doing very well with it. I love having extra cash that I can use to treat myself and Ashleigh with. The money comes in handy when I can't rely on the maintenance payments. And it's something I love. I do hope as my business builds I can afford to work less!
I'm also saving to attend college an do a nail technicians course. Loads of people complement me on my nails and designs, and it's something I love doing so love the idea of creating beautiful nails for other people!
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