So I'm going to try to post more often, but that probably means the quality won't be very high. Just a warning.
I worked 9.5 hours today - not too many and not too few. If I could have those kind of hours consistently it would be nice but it's usually pretty sporadic. That's one thing I'm looking forward to in my future career, whatever it may be: regular hours. I know for a teacher things are not as standardized as an office job and a lot of work comes home for evenings and weekends, but it must be better than what I'm doing now. I'll be able to get up early in the morning and go to bed at a decent hour at night. Won't that take some adjustment!
Tonight at Sonic the head manager was talking about the minimum wage increase coming later in July. He said that companies everywhere are scrambling to find ways to absorb the extra cost that it will entail and that a lot of jobs wil be lost. That's not news to me, of course, but I kind of wish people would think things through a bit more before passing these kinds of laws. Apparently one way Sonic is considering controlling costs is to lower carhops' wages to dining wages (somewhere around $2.15 an hour) and indicate on the receipt to the customer that tips are now expected. I don't know if and when this is going to be implimented, but I don't really like the sound of it. Working for tips doesn't sound like it would be very lucrative at a fast food restaurant. I guess I'm glad I'm leaving soon.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Mainly About Work
So I'm going to try to post more often, but that probably means the quality won't be very high. Just a warning.
I worked 9.5 hours today - not too many and not too few. If I could have those kind of hours consistently it would be nice but it's usually pretty sporadic. That's one thing I'm looking forward to in my future career, whatever it may be: regular hours. I know for a teacher things are not as standardized as an office job and a lot of work comes home for evenings and weekends, but it must be better than what I'm doing now. I'll be able to get up early in the morning and go to bed at a decent hour at night. Won't that take some adjustment!
Tonight at Sonic the head manager was talking about the minimum wage increase coming later in July. He said that companies everywhere are scrambling to find ways to absorb the extra cost that it will entail and that a lot of jobs wil be lost. That's not news to me, of course, but I kind of wish people would think things through a bit more before passing these kinds of laws. Apparently one way Sonic is considering controlling costs is to lower carhops' wages to dining wages (somewhere around $2.15 an hour) and indicate on the receipt to the customer that tips are now expected. I don't know if and when this is going to be implimented, but I don't really like the sound of it. Working for tips doesn't sound like it would be very lucrative at a fast food restaurant. I guess I'm glad I'm leaving soon.
I worked 9.5 hours today - not too many and not too few. If I could have those kind of hours consistently it would be nice but it's usually pretty sporadic. That's one thing I'm looking forward to in my future career, whatever it may be: regular hours. I know for a teacher things are not as standardized as an office job and a lot of work comes home for evenings and weekends, but it must be better than what I'm doing now. I'll be able to get up early in the morning and go to bed at a decent hour at night. Won't that take some adjustment!
Tonight at Sonic the head manager was talking about the minimum wage increase coming later in July. He said that companies everywhere are scrambling to find ways to absorb the extra cost that it will entail and that a lot of jobs wil be lost. That's not news to me, of course, but I kind of wish people would think things through a bit more before passing these kinds of laws. Apparently one way Sonic is considering controlling costs is to lower carhops' wages to dining wages (somewhere around $2.15 an hour) and indicate on the receipt to the customer that tips are now expected. I don't know if and when this is going to be implimented, but I don't really like the sound of it. Working for tips doesn't sound like it would be very lucrative at a fast food restaurant. I guess I'm glad I'm leaving soon.
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