News on the Shoes Job Front

[ThrillsNSpills]

wow, 30 years producing news.

That is a lot to juggle, managing that kind of stress for that long.
Live tv, the stuff nightmares are made out of.
Plenty of amazing comedy though, like when the technical director moves the wrong fader and the weatherman disappears.

not even a bloop, the guy just fades away

[Sensible Shoes]

I certainly wish I could make many of them just fade away.

[envy_me]

God, that sucks. I feel for you, girl :-(
Just remember, there is a whole world out there. You can find a good job.

[Sensible Shoes]

God I wish you were right, but out here in the wilds of Massachusetts, jobs are few and far between.

[Sensible Shoes]

Somebody suggested I contact an employment lawyer in my area. LMAO! That would be 2 hours away in Boston.

[Angel]

Somebody suggested I contact an employment lawyer in my area. LMAO! That would be 2 hours away in Boston.

...And would be a waste of money if you don't have a written offer...

[Sensible Shoes]

Exactly.

[Sensible Shoes]

Another day, no phone call.

Now somebody else in town tells me their cousin was hired AND trained, then never heard from them again.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

ones that will lead me

[motherchicken]

I'm totally sympathetic to your situation. Untill recently I have drifted from here to there in search of a decent full time permanent gig. Temp jobs that claim they are temp to hire but never hire. Part time gigs that never pan out to full time. The one full time direct hire job I did find was with Wal Mart. They don't hire enough people to do the job then blame the people working their asses off for not getting the job done. Gets old getting bitched out everynight you go to work for something out of your control. Sometimes the lower level managers just quit because they get tired of having to do the bitching when they know it's not the workers fault. That's one fucked up company to work for. Good luck whether this works out or not.

[jhale667]

Are you working with any temp agencies, Shoes?

[Sensible Shoes]

They say they can't do anything for me cause my experience is too narrow.

[Angel]

They say they can't do anything for me cause my experience is too narrow.

WTF??? You have TONS of transferable skills!!! Wow, I'm really sorry that things are that bad down there...

[jhale667]

They say they can't do anything for me cause my experience is too narrow.

Uh, if that's just one agency telling you that bullsh*t, try another. Do you have basic office skills - word, excel, outlook, etc - to where you could get a gig in a call center or something?

[Sensible Shoes]

Nope. We worked on huge specialized news software/hardware systems called either ENPS or INews. I know Word and Outlook enough to get by, and excel is way beyond my brain because I flunked everything from algebra on.