WORKLIFE PAGES
...being some chronicles relating to what I do for money in this world...
"cinderella man hang on to your plans try as they might they cannot steal your dreams in the betrayal of his love he awakened to face a world of cold reality and a look in the eyes of the hungry awakened him to what he could do" ~ Rush ~ merrily we roll along... after hitting a peak of about 160 hours for two week, I'm working a little less, but still piling up the hours and keeping the expenses down to a minimum by living on the road and with friends... though at least a hundred bucks a week is going into food for the house (and I'm hardly there to eat), so it's a financial trade off... ultimately, the giving keeps me alive... the system is still a joke, sadly... it's small enough to be run well and yet, because it is a for-profit business, it is run as a business and not as a health care facility... so the dollar comes before the people... that's the sad sickness in our culture, eating us alive... a disease that ultimately supports evil... of course I could be influenced by the ending of Arlington Road that just happened to interrupt that last paragraph just before the last line... it left way too much to chance, ultimately making it way too unbelievable, but the premise was definitely workable... and so anyway, worklife is the same... I don't feel any serious loyalty to the place for several reasons... first, they aren't paying me what I'm worth and they're asking me to do more than they hired me for... jobs thers are paid more for... second, they didn't give me a class I wanted to take that they sponsored even after I said I'd pay for it myself and then I found out there was still a slot open that I'd be eligible for... they said they were going to pay for training for two staff per unit and they only paid for one from my unit... only one other person put in for it... so they shafted me and didn't keep their posted word... I could go to the labor board with that... but I'd rather work in a place where people come first so I'll just bide my time, save money, and feel justified when the time comes to leave unless they find a way to convince me to stay... and so it goes... as far as the kids go, they are only supposed to be there for sixty to ninety days and some have been there for more than a year... the unit isn't set up for long term residency, it's supposed to be a transitional step-down (from more restritive levels of care and treatment)... none can stay beyond their 18th birthday, so by next year more than half will be gone and new ones in their place... only a few long term kids are as young as 14 (and a few are as young as 12, definitely inappropriately placed) and hopefully (and rightfully) they will be somewhere better (or more appropriately placed) by then too... if they are not then the place is definitely not helping the kids as they should and there's all the more reason for me to not want to stay with them... defnitely need more life in my life J WORKLIFE INDEX MORE WORKLIFE LOOK OVER MY RESUME SEND JOB LEAD HELP THE SAME-TIME MENU BAR - FOR EACH GARDEN AROUND THIS SAME TIME NEW KIT WORKLIFE LIFETIME JOURNAL HEARTBEAT WANTS E-GROUPS GARDENS FRONT DOOR MAINGATE BACK DOOR WINDOW WHAT'S NEW WANT LIST WORKLIFE LIFETIMES KIT JOURNALS HEARTBEATS FAREWELL  EMAIL
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