I AM NOT GOING TO DIE…
…of starvation!
Yup! Yup! For the first time since a tragic day in April of ‘10 when a company I had devoted 17 years of my adult life to decided that despite my exemplary performance, consistent great reviews and always going above and beyond the call of duty, they didn’t want me anymore, I am reporting to work someplace tomorrow morning as an employee.
This is a tremendous relief. Fourteen months of being unemployed has been a tremendous weight on my psyche. Although I took advantage of the largest bulk of that time to go back to school for a year, in all time, I had only one interview, and that for a job that paid me 1/3rd of what I was making before and not something I would even consider taking.
Today, that place I interviewed with last Friday called me with a job offer. They want me as a fulltime employee. I go in tomorrow for the paperwork and drug test. They offer excellent benefits, with only a 90 day waiting period. The pay… well… it’s base plus commission, but I think I’ll be making even more than I did at the place I worked 17 years.
I have a new spring in my step. Having every place you apply for a job turn you down can be really demoralizing. Living on unemployment was possible, and has some advantages, but having little to nothing to do all day was really wearing on my self-esteem. Like many people in modernity, my job has always been part of how I see myself. Being a big-ticket appliance salesman isn’t like being a doctor, lawyer or even a drug & alcohol counselor (although it pays better than that last one), but at least I’ll be at, if not a little above, the median income for the country.
Unemployment can crush your soul. It can beat down your very reasons for living. It can cause hopelessness, defeatism and feelings of worthlessness. I’m just coming home from a quick trip to store to pick up a few things, and standing there, interacting with other RL humans for the first time since I heard the news this afternoon, I was overcome with a sense of belonging to something. I have returned to the wage-earning, tax-paying economic engine of our society, and I have a role in it that I know I’m going to enjoy and thrive at. For the first time in over a year, my future has a certain degree of certainty.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhh
Great Joko. Don’t forget your friends when you make it big. LOL
Lock & Load! Go Off! and DO IT! -hahahahhaaaaa 😯 😆 8)
Congratulations, My Friend.
I am happy for you, and a little Jealous.
🙂
That is just wonderful! Congrats!
Great to hear J……
I’m kinda wrapped up in the LT thing right now,why people gotta be such phuking jerks ???
Anyways ,Like I said really glad you got the position…. 😉
Yay!! Congratulations on the job, Joko. I know you will succeed in this—you have the charisma to sell ice cubes to eskimos!
I love success stories!
congrats J!
Congratulations, Joko! I’d like to toast, for a new beginning, and a great future! Bottom’s up with my favorite beverage on the planet!!!!
But anyway, as for dying, I didn’t see that as a valid option when I signed up for Friendburst. So you know what? It doesn’t matter if it’s starvation or something else. YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO CROAK! There’s no croaking on friendburst! No croaking!!!!
Wooohooooo!
I spent two years unemployed myself after developing a work related injury and subsequently managed to fall through every loophole in the welfare net this country provides. I wasn’t even an unemmployment statistic….I disappeared completely off the radar…I had virtually ceased to exist. It is a totally soul destroying experience, and the climb back was hard, the scars still sit below the surface. So a mountain full of empathy…..and a big woohooo to you!
Very cool Joko! Congratulations.
I did a bit of time as a sales guy. Back then I had a great boss that used to get us hyped up in the morning before big sale days with coffee, red bull, donuts, a few crazy retail stories, and a music track or two. I thought it might be fitting to share one of his favorite pep songs:
Don’t forget you’re selling the sizzle! Not the steak.
But I’m sure you already know about that one. 😉
I am so very happy for you. Can we expect a video of you singing about your new job any time soon??
Having a job in this days is the most importing thing for the self-esteem.
When a door is shout an window is opened.
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p.s. can’t help it not to post videos with him especially his days.
I’m very happy for you, Joko! Congratulations, you deserve it. xxx
CONGRATULATIONS…Don’t know you but am so happy to hear of your new employment. Being from Vegas where the un-employmen is very high I have compassion for anyone who is not working. Kudos to you. Mari ana.
Great news. Looking for a job has to be one of the most demoralizing things in the world. I’m happy for you.
Congratulations Joko. I am so happy for you man
That is such good news and yes a great feeling. It’s true what you wrote. You feel differently about everything around you when unemployed. It does a number on your head… My husband endured the same this past year after being laid off and out of work 8 months. It was excruitiatingly hard on him and the whole family.
I would like to propose a cyber toast… to happier, more prosperous days ahead! Salude!
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So glad to hear you got the job….