Its been three months to the day since I started my new job. It has been such a blessing! Better hours, better pay, and I go home every day feeling like I made at least one person's day better. I work full time, and still work a few nights a week at my part-time job. It's busy, but I feel so much more appreciated in just these last three months than I have in the past four years.
While no longer working conventional retail, as an optical assistant I still technically work retail. It is a much slower paced environment, with more reasonable expectations.
My job is sometimes difficult. Having to learn a completely different set of job skills has been trying but so rewarding.
And I cannot evenbeing to tell you how lovely it is to not have to stress about Black Friday. I still will be working, however, because of my part time job commitment, but there they do not decide that all employees are required to work twelve or more hours.
And while I'm thinking about Black Friday, I just have to take a moment to rant. I recently found out that Best Buy is not allowing their employees a Thanksgiving day. Best Buy is opening for their Black Friday sales on 3:00PM on Thanksgiving afternoon.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Are sales really so important that you are killing a holiday for them?
I mean, come on!
