Here's my situation:
1. I am a full time college student (starting tomorrow, second semester - Freshmen)
2. I work a job that is a bunch of jobs:
--A. I work in an office building, cleaning after employees have left (5pm start time).
--B. I work as parking lot tenet.
--C. Spring time I will be making 13$ an hour managing a building in downtown Milwaukee working for same people.
3. The company owner wants me to make his company's website soon.
Now. The office building that I am currently cleaning takes 40 minutes to get to and 40 minutes to get back. That's about 1hr and 20 minutes. The job takes me about 2 hours to complete. So thats $20.00 in pay (before taxes), a little over $5.00 in gas money. So I make $15.00 right? Well in the 3+ hours I'm away, thats just like making $5.00 an hour!! Now, my boss never showed up for my first day at the parking lot and I'm tempted to stay at this job in order to get the managerial position this coming spring. I'm only 19 and I would be managing the building I worked in for over a year before the building was sold.
I don't know what to do. The job isn't that bad, but for like $5.00 an hour, I could make more money begging off the street :roll:
What should I do? Now I know a lot of ATOTer's are financially suited, however.. I'm in no position to make more moneys elsewhere. I'm a 'tech' guy, but have no 'certificates for a tech job. I was hoping to apply for a tech job when the new owners come into the building I'm going to be managing.. But I don't know if I should quit due to the fact that the people I work for are the biggest "yes men" I've ever seen in my life.
Anyways.. Your thoughts? The only thing I can think of: Tell him, "Hey thanks for not showing up or calling my first day working the parking lot. I also have something else to say, I'm making 5 dollars an hour at the building I'm cleaning.. I didn't sign up for that. I suggest I stop working to clean the building, build and manage your website, and work the parking lot by myself every morning. And attend college with the rest of my time. You think that'll work? Otherwise, suggestions if you have em'!
*Update*: I told my boss, I quit working far away in that building. I told him I would do his website + his parking. He called me a 'smart man' for sticking up for myself in realizing that w/ travel to a job that only requires me to work for 2 hours (40-60% of my work time is actually travel time). A job that makes me get out of my house for 3 hours to make $13 dollars (after taxes too!), is pointless. So now I can do his website + park cars for him. Now the real question is, should I stay at this easy parking lot job and do his website at any time of the day + make $100+ a week in college (living at home still), or find an IT job that I continue to rank up in? Because, this job really is a dead end job.. Or will college present the opportunities, and I should stay at this job because its easy + I can do homework while working for 10 an hour.
1. I am a full time college student (starting tomorrow, second semester - Freshmen)
2. I work a job that is a bunch of jobs:
--A. I work in an office building, cleaning after employees have left (5pm start time).
--B. I work as parking lot tenet.
--C. Spring time I will be making 13$ an hour managing a building in downtown Milwaukee working for same people.
3. The company owner wants me to make his company's website soon.
Now. The office building that I am currently cleaning takes 40 minutes to get to and 40 minutes to get back. That's about 1hr and 20 minutes. The job takes me about 2 hours to complete. So thats $20.00 in pay (before taxes), a little over $5.00 in gas money. So I make $15.00 right? Well in the 3+ hours I'm away, thats just like making $5.00 an hour!! Now, my boss never showed up for my first day at the parking lot and I'm tempted to stay at this job in order to get the managerial position this coming spring. I'm only 19 and I would be managing the building I worked in for over a year before the building was sold.
I don't know what to do. The job isn't that bad, but for like $5.00 an hour, I could make more money begging off the street :roll:
What should I do? Now I know a lot of ATOTer's are financially suited, however.. I'm in no position to make more moneys elsewhere. I'm a 'tech' guy, but have no 'certificates for a tech job. I was hoping to apply for a tech job when the new owners come into the building I'm going to be managing.. But I don't know if I should quit due to the fact that the people I work for are the biggest "yes men" I've ever seen in my life.
Anyways.. Your thoughts? The only thing I can think of: Tell him, "Hey thanks for not showing up or calling my first day working the parking lot. I also have something else to say, I'm making 5 dollars an hour at the building I'm cleaning.. I didn't sign up for that. I suggest I stop working to clean the building, build and manage your website, and work the parking lot by myself every morning. And attend college with the rest of my time. You think that'll work? Otherwise, suggestions if you have em'!
*Update*: I told my boss, I quit working far away in that building. I told him I would do his website + his parking. He called me a 'smart man' for sticking up for myself in realizing that w/ travel to a job that only requires me to work for 2 hours (40-60% of my work time is actually travel time). A job that makes me get out of my house for 3 hours to make $13 dollars (after taxes too!), is pointless. So now I can do his website + park cars for him. Now the real question is, should I stay at this easy parking lot job and do his website at any time of the day + make $100+ a week in college (living at home still), or find an IT job that I continue to rank up in? Because, this job really is a dead end job.. Or will college present the opportunities, and I should stay at this job because its easy + I can do homework while working for 10 an hour.
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