so i finish my degree and enter the 'real' workworld for the first time. I've never worked in an office or at a 9 - 5 job. this is very new. and very frustrating. i went to a headhunting agency that my friend, hinto, went to. He has just gotten a government job as a junior policy analyst. not bad. what do i get offered today? if i might insert 10,000 pieces of paper into a Molson mail out for three days. i didn't even ask how much it paid. that's depressing.
yesterday i was offered a job for 6 weeks that paid 11 dollars an hour doing data entry (because on my test it showed that i was a fast typer - yeah, i guess, i've been a fucking writer most of my life). now, 11 an hour works out to $440 a week, minus taxes, puts you somewhere around 375 per week. WHAT?!? maybe outside toronto one can live on that, but not in this city.
i'm trying to pay down some bills and save for teacher's college next year. so for all that education i have, i'm a mail stuffer and a typer... this 'real world' thing is a scam. i'm scrambling to find something else, but the money is about to run out and i'm about to sink.
i forgot to check last night's lotto numbers. perhaps things are about to change. hope floats eternal.
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Small consolation but I had the shittiest job ever for one year just to make ends meet, the pay was pretty good for what I did $10/hr at a call centre. Put it seems for me that I always find something...desperation brings the standards down...for me, but the sacrifice was worth it because now I got a great job that I love, things will pick up Ferg don't worry!
p.s. you can live in Winnipeg on $10/hr, Toronto maybe $15...maybe.
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