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Sep. 23rd, 2001 12:49 pmI've decided I'm going to try to pare down my hours to 30 a week from 40. There's just too damn much stuff to do, from coven stuff to chores around the house to exercise that I don't currently have any energy for to just plain not doing this damn job anymore. There's nothing wrong with it per se, I'm just tired and need a break. You know that feeling you get when you've just been working too long and you know it's time for a vacation? I feel that way all the time now. I don't know if that makes me a bad American or something. I've been working at least 40 hrs/week for 10+ years now, and I'm just sick of it. I wish I could retire, but we can't afford that. And it's not like I want to sit on my ass, there's a million things I want to do- none of them involve working for The Man any more. :P I think lots of people get breaks throughout their lives because they have kids, or they go back to school, or they get fired and can't find work for awhile. I haven't.
I feel like I'm justifying why I don't want to work. I guess I am. I really wonder if it's laziness, or lack of work ethic or something like that, but it doesn't feel that way. This may be more reverberations from all the accursed Daniel Quinn I've read. There's a lot to be said for the idea that humans were not designed to work like we do, and it's not healthy or natural. And Americans are more un-natural about it than elsewhere; I've heard even the Japanese think we're nuts. Or maybe I am lazy. Fuck it. I need a break.
My boss is not here; she's taking off for the Jewish High Holy days and will be gone 'til the first of next month. So I'm waiting until someone comes in tomorrow that I can ask about this. I am dreading that someone's going to try and tell me I can't do this until a year has passed. Part of why I came over here is because the lady that hired me reassured me that it's easy to go part-time, but it wasn't until I was already hired that I found out they don't let you change your schedule until you've been on the job for a year, which is in 7 months. I don't know if that applies to going part-time or not. Dammit, if I could claim it was because of childcare I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue. Well, I'm creating problems before they come up, so I'll try to stop now.
I've run the numbers, and I'm pretty sure I can take a 25% paycut, especially since they're giving all state workers a raise and all PRS workers another raise. The second raise doesn't take effect for another month or two, and it's a percentage, so I also have to decide if it would be worth it to wait until I get that one before I cut my hours. I'll have to sit down and figure all that out at some point.
I must once again point out how grateful I am to my husband, who I was expecting would be resistant to this. So when I went wailing to him about it, he listened to me and agreed. Cripes, I am lucky.
I feel like I'm justifying why I don't want to work. I guess I am. I really wonder if it's laziness, or lack of work ethic or something like that, but it doesn't feel that way. This may be more reverberations from all the accursed Daniel Quinn I've read. There's a lot to be said for the idea that humans were not designed to work like we do, and it's not healthy or natural. And Americans are more un-natural about it than elsewhere; I've heard even the Japanese think we're nuts. Or maybe I am lazy. Fuck it. I need a break.
My boss is not here; she's taking off for the Jewish High Holy days and will be gone 'til the first of next month. So I'm waiting until someone comes in tomorrow that I can ask about this. I am dreading that someone's going to try and tell me I can't do this until a year has passed. Part of why I came over here is because the lady that hired me reassured me that it's easy to go part-time, but it wasn't until I was already hired that I found out they don't let you change your schedule until you've been on the job for a year, which is in 7 months. I don't know if that applies to going part-time or not. Dammit, if I could claim it was because of childcare I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue. Well, I'm creating problems before they come up, so I'll try to stop now.
I've run the numbers, and I'm pretty sure I can take a 25% paycut, especially since they're giving all state workers a raise and all PRS workers another raise. The second raise doesn't take effect for another month or two, and it's a percentage, so I also have to decide if it would be worth it to wait until I get that one before I cut my hours. I'll have to sit down and figure all that out at some point.
I must once again point out how grateful I am to my husband, who I was expecting would be resistant to this. So when I went wailing to him about it, he listened to me and agreed. Cripes, I am lucky.
