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Posted by Miriam on 2005-07-20 03:05:15 +0000

Gainful Employment

I'm officially now The Man. Otherwise known as the Director of Teen Programs at the Jewish Community Center in Nashville. Lookout kiddies...here I come! Now I just have to find a place to live and a wealthy man to support my insufficiently funded community organizing job. Honestly, I wasn't sure this was my day to get a job. During the 2nd, or was it 3rd hour of the interview, I realized that I was going to get my dot any minute. Then it was confirmed. Then I had to dose up on obscene amounts of Advil. Later on tonight, at the 2nd interview, I totally dropped Dead Milkmen and Buffy fagans. Apparently it worked. It's totally a full-time job in the salary and guise of a part-time job with no health insurance or pension. Good thing I'm considered overtime exempt. Can you smell the sarcasm from 1100 miles South?

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-07-20 04:56:14 +0000
The crap non-profits expect us to put up with! It really makes me think that their other employees must be all independently wealthy trust fund kids who got bored sitting on their asses in the Caribbean and decided to "give something back". Congrats, and lemme know if you ever need to vent about our silly employers! x

Posted by Miriam on 2005-07-20 15:23:06 +0000
Thanks, babe! I've got some folks on the inside pulling for it to become full-time in no-time. They all know, as I do, that if it's going to be done well, it needs to be done more often.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-07-20 16:48:43 +0000
Damn right. My job started out 3 days a week. I was like, "um... in the job description... you write that expect me to... um... yeah." You go get 'em tiger!

Posted by Miriam on 2005-07-21 20:32:59 +0000
As long as my brother doesn't make me worry about it too much, I'm cool with it. Luckily, Dad is generous and willing to help suppliment me for a bit until I'm able to get totally on my own two feet.

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