Originally Posted by
ha98ed14
Liziz-- Thanks for this. This is exactly the kind of perspective I was hoping to get-- the things you don't anticipate. Another friend (IRL) said I should anticipate what it feels like to essentially be disposable. I am used to operating in a world where very few people can do what I do. Obviously recent events would indicate differently, buy you get the idea. In retail you are replaceable.
Globetrotter, I think professional volunteering may be a better fit. I'll check out the website. I also found one called volunteer match which looks like it does similar things.
I see nothing wrong with going retail or hourly employment, but it isn’t all cracked up as one think ie stress free, etc and if you don’t like customer front side then retail in say Macy’s, Christmas store, etc with the holidays, it can be rough! A good family friend of mine worked for postal service for 20 years before moving out of state and went to work at Home Depot, Fed ex type of jobs. What pp said above about clocking in, time requests off etc was much harder to manage than he previously used.
I was in your shoes 18 months ago. Didn’t really know what to do with myself and decided to go in as a volunteer in an area I was passionate about. One of people there needed a part time position filled in her organization and asked for my resume, and now after a year of working part time, I became FT this month. It’s a non profit where the pay isn’t all that great, but tons of fringe benefits and flexibility with working from home. So look into whether you can parlay your skills in the non profit world?
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