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So I haven't posted here in like two years. I had just left a job that I liked ok but was fed up with. I'd been talked into leaving to take antoher job, the subject of which was that post. Well, long story short. It was a nightmare right from the getgo. I was trying my best to be positive in that post, because at that point, I really believed that it would get better once I had everyone trained. Trouble is, I was hired for my experience and expertise, and those that hired me were pretty much ignoring everything I told them about how to run a delivery service. They actually expected to be able to run the service as a 100% separate entity from the rest of the restaurant. Not possible. Not even close. Especially not just starting out. The job lasted about 3-4 months, and then they decided to can the whole operation and lay everyone off.
I would have filed unemployment, and I would have gotten it, but we were in the middle of buying a house right at that time. At first I thought we'd have to put that on hold, but after I talked to my Mortgage Broker, he said that it was not as big of a problem as I had expected it to be. He said to keep looking (we were already pre approved) and that as long as I had a comparable job by my closing date, all would be well. So I went back to the previous job. I didn't like it. I didn't like the location. I didn't like the manager, because she failed to respect my faith as my previous manager had. But I was working, we'd found a house we loved and I just pushed through it until closing day. Whew... We closed on the house in April of 2015.
Day after Closing day, I applied for a Delivery job at Walgreens. Well, I got a call the very next day. Not for the Delivery Job, but for a customer service job. I went ahead and interviewed. I had my doubts, but I liked everyone I talked to. The pay was almost as much as I'd made at the job I'd been laid off from. Not as much as I'd made at Larosa's once you counted in tips, but it was a steady predictable amount. I was guaranteed at or above the number of hours I needed to make, and promised that my faith would be respected and nobody would suddenly decide that I needed to remove all my faith rings.
So anyway, I've been with Walgreens almost two years now. I really do like the company. I mean, no job is perfect. Usually if there is no bitch at work, the bitch is you. LOL. But generally speaking, it's a super pleasant atmosphere. Nothing like you'd expect in most retail jobs. In about August of last year, a position came open as a Beauty Consultant, and after talking to my boss about the qualifications, she encouraged me to apply for it. I did, and interviewed the following week. Apparently I won the interview, because when I got the call back, I was told that after we all left from the interview that they'd all been in such a good mood after chatting with me, so they knew right away that I was the one they wanted, but they had to do their due diligence and finish the interview process with the other applicants. So YAY! I got promoted. Got a raise of about 25%, went to a new store, and I'm the BC there. All is well.
One of the reasons that I haven't posted here much (among others) is that I just haven't had a decent computer. I didn't have time either, but really it was my half functioning computer that was the real problem. The mobile app was not doing what I neeeded it to to enjoy my experience here, so that was out too. I got a new computer this year, since I could afford it. So here I am. Making a post. We'll see how it goes. Last time I posted, I felt like there were only two or three people on my friends list still posting, so we'll see.
