Not sure this is the right thing...

I've completed day 2 of the paper delivery gig and I'm just not sure. While it seems fine now, I'm not sure how long I'm going to be able to keep up with a 1:30am daily wake up when I still have to work til 5pm and then make time for Josh too. He's been good about it so far but I'm already feeling really worn down. Maybe I'll get used to it after a few more days. Tomorrow will be the first day I have to do both jobs on the same day so that may be the ultimate test.

Right now, I've got the current guy with me to tell me where houses are so I don't miss anything but it's really hard to keep track of which houses get papers when you are focusing all your attention on trying to find the #'s that are nearly invisible on the buildings. Not to mention that the current carrier doesn't follow the schedule that was created by C&P so we're not going the route that I would normally take...until I get used to it.

Really would like to just be able to go on my own so I can figure it out in my own head....oh, and get paid for it, since I don't get paid til I take over the route on my own.

What really concerns me is the wear on my car and the amount of gas that I'm going to use up. Just during the trip this morning I used about 1/4 tank of gas so if I have to do this every day, it may not even pay to do a route for only $600+ a month. I guess we'll see and if it puts me in the hole I'm going to have to either get a smaller car or quit.

I'm conflicted because I don't think I'll be able to find anything else that works around my current work schedule like this. Just not sure what is right and I'm tired of making decisions that turn out to be wrong in the long run.

Making ends meet

For various reasons, in & out of my control, I'm super overextended with my finances. Tomorrow at 2am I'm going to start training for a 2nd job delivering papers. It's not a ton more money but the routes that pay more go to the tenured folks so I've got to start somewhere.

In addition, it's about the only thing that works around my full time job and doesn't take me away from my son during his evening hours. Hopefully, I can do this in the early morning before he's awake and still have evenings free to spend with him.

Problem could be sleep. If I don't go to bed til 9 or 10 like usual and have to pick up papers at 2am I'm getting very little sleep. Hope I can do it!

Still want to be able to hit the gym in the mornings so I hope I can get fast at the route in a short matter of time and get it all done quickly.

Perspective

I'm saddened by the decline is morals & work ethic these days. People don't seem to care about a job well done & give the impression of being overworked...when they clearly aren't.

I don't know where some of these people worked before but 40 emails a day is not considered excessive or unmanageable. Others get way more than that and don't waste time complaining about it.

I don't care if you want to complain about your job but just do it quietly because I don't want to hear it. :-)

I think I can honestly say...

I hate my job! It's harsh to say that and I can't think of any other place that I've worked where I would have truly said that I hate this place and would like to never set foot in the building again.

I have never worked for a company that is so terrible at what they do in almost every aspect yet refuses to change and still remains in business. We must be charging a lot less for our products that any other company does because there is no way I'd ever stay with a vendor when they performed as horribly as we do.

What's even worse is nobody wants to take responsibility for why this happened. You require us to place production orders 6-8+ weeks in advance. There is no reason why your scheduling team shouldn't have known way in advance that you had too many orders in the system to handle with your current work force. You could have done something way before now to resolve this issue so we wouldn't end up in the position.

I'm so sick of working for a company that sucks and doesn't seem to care that much about it. I think everyone is so beat down from dealing with it that nobody really cares anymore what is happening. They just show up to complete their shift and go home...there's no responsibility taken for anything and no follow through to ensure accuracy.

Heck, we're turning out orders 2 months late, we run them short and then the graphics are horrible or damaged once the customer finally gets the bags. It's a wonder we are in business at all! This is unacceptable and I really hope things change soon or I'll be looking elsewhere!

My body is rebelling

My mind can't stand the thought of going to work & I think my body is in cahoots. Woke up so stiff & sore this morning... It hurts to breathe. Gonna be a long day dealing with crap that shouldn't have happened if people were doing their jobs.

Frustrating to be in a workforce that doesn't care about a job well done.