#firstsevenjobs
Also, #privilege
1. Summer Something at the Oklahoma State Department of Health, doing occupational licensing one summer, moving furniture another, and writing my first database a third. These summer positions were intended to go to underprivileged youth, and all went to the children of Health Department employees.
2. Tutor for the University of Oklahoma, until they restructured my job out of existence. That is, I was politely fired.
3. Private tutor, for rich kids flunking calculus. Until one of them failed and started finding and removing my flyers.
4. Jimmy John's for about a week. They asked me not to come back. That is, I was politely fired.
5. Substitute teaching, until they asked me not to come back. That is, I was politely fired.
6. Incoming credit card customer support on the phone for six weeks. This was completely intentional -- the paid training lasted for six weeks -- three of which was on phones -- and I could live for the few weeks until I left town on that cash.
7. Ran a peace camp for the local UCC church. I would have done this for free, but they insisted on paying.
Living under the poverty line at 24 was pretty great -- I fondly remember sharing a crappy 2-bedroom apartment with two friends. Plus, too poor to pay taxes. Somehow, I got the EITC that year. Makes no sense.
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You reminded me of a few jobs that make my post earlier today a lie.
ReplyDeleteRobert Bohl Were you also politely fired?
ReplyDeleteThis made me realize that I've done about 10 days of honest labor in my life. And half of that was at a sinecure.
I've only ever been fired once, and it wasn't very polite. I've been let go a few times because my temp position ended and the hinted-at full-time position didn't materialize, but that seems like a different category.
ReplyDeleteRobert Bohl It might be, depending on if they still created the full time position. That sounds like a polite firing to me.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Swensen Yeah. Hiring the idiots kids is never a great idea.
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it, no positions were created at these places. But I'm not sure.
ReplyDeleteI have never been fired, but I was part of a RIF that eliminated (politely fired) 14% of the company.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Adam Dray . I wonder how much of a jerk I am.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't know the answer, or if you're saying that in jest or what. Why did you get politely fired?
ReplyDeleteAdam Dray The first time, because I couldn't reasonable tutor physics (never having taken physics 101), and they decided to only retain tutors who could do math, physics, and chemistry.
ReplyDeleteOr, rather, they figured out an easy dividing line to keep the people they wanted. They had just changed management and I didn't care for the new style, and I've always been a bit vocal about that sort of thing.
That was my first lesson in how I react to command and control management. Huh.
At Jimmy John's, because I am shitty at driving, cleaning, and refused to work off the clock.
Substitute teaching, I was told to have the kids watch some horrible Disney movie -- Beauty and the Beast? I stopped it halfway through for a quick discussion of the problematic themes, namely about abusive relationships.