iluvtofly

I'm so sorry for your loss. Many hugs and vibes headed your way.

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Damn it...what the hell is wrong with me. We need him there to start the bonfires.

I have relatively long hair (not down to my ass long but almost half way down my back). I love it. I occasionally think about cutting it off but then quickly change my mind.

It really depends on the guy. Just because a hair cut looks good on one guy doesn't mean it would look good on a different guy. But I am a big fan of it being long enough for me to run my fingers through it.

It's never too early..... iluvtofly

That is CRAZY!!! And looks like a hell of a lot of fun. Although I'm not entirely sure I'd be willing to try it.

I'm there. I can't wait.

Here's one I'm sure you'll like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWjqvVZpHlQ

There are 2 shifts on the holidays. 7AM and 4PM. Everyone signs up for one or the other (unless one fills up first then you're stuck with the one that no one wants). You say it sounds like a logically run joint. But this is only the tip of the iceberg. I could go on about some of the other ridiculous requirements they have (such as not being allowed to even snack on a single cookie during your 11 hour shift except for when on your lunch break)...but I'm going to stop whining and complaining now.

I want this job to be only temporary. But with the lack of success when it comes to finding another job I was trying to prepare myself for this to last longer than expected. (And I think the frustration from that has me venting and complaining about stuff that I shouldn't be). I wasn't intending for this to be a "woe is me" thread (although I'll admit that's what it has turned into unfortunately). I was just honestly wondering if it was legal for them to do that. McSwervey: I understand working holidays. I worked in EMS for 2 years before I moved down here. There are no off days there either. But they at least had the sense of mind to do a rotating holiday schedule based on seniority.

Let me know if I am reading this right: "working a holiday" would constitute 30-40 minutes walking the dogs and getting paid for 8 hours and 40 minutes of work? I was thinking you had to work a full shift on the holidays, while it may be an inconvenience and ruin travel plans, if that is correct it aint a bad deal. $75 for 30-40 minutes of work for an $8.50/hour job. 1 day off per week and work every other weekend. That sounds pretty fair, I drew out a 31 day month and found 8-10 days off per month depending on pattern, which is the same as just having weekends off. Are weekend shifts full shifts? or part time shifts like holidays? do you get paid overtime for more than 8 hours of work per day OR more than 40 hours of work per week? Yes you are reading that right about working a holiday. My biggest complaint about it is ruining travel plans (probably being a bit selfish there). The weekends are a little bit of both. Saturday is a full shift. Sunday is like a holiday shift (except we only get paid for the time we're there, not the additional 8 hours). Are schedules are a bit screwy. Every other week I work three 11 hour shifts. We don't get overtime for working more than 8 hours a day, only if we go over 40 hours a week. They'll typically send you home early if you start getting too close to 40 hours a week because they try to get out of paying overtime any way possible.

I realize and understand this. I just don't see why they can't do a rotating holiday schedule. Let everyone have a holiday or two off. They don't need every single person there on every single holiday. It doesn't take 30 people to walk all the animals and pick up their poo.

You have worked 3.5 months as of today and you are complaining about working the upcoming holidays? You have worked 3.5 months and are already asking for time-off for the holidays next year? How long have you worked anywhere? Before college I held a single job for 5 years. All 4 years of college I worked at 1 job (well at times I held 2 jobs). For 2 years before I moved here I held a single job (2 if you count packing at the DZ). I wasn't already asking off for next year, I just wanted to know if it was even a possibility. Typically my family does Christmas one year in Atlanta, then the next year in Florida. This year it's in Atlanta. After all the things I heard I was curious if there was the slightest chance I'd get to have Christmas with my family next year. I'm not complaining about this years holidays. As the new person I expected to have to work holidays for a while. I just think it's ridiculous to never be able to have a single holiday off for any reason.

I get paid hourly. We get 1 day off a week and work every other weekend. You get a week total of vacation, personal and sick days after you've been there a year. As far as pay on the holidays...we get 8 hours of regular pay plus regular pay for however long we're there that day (typically only 30 or 40 minutes...however long it takes to take all the dogs outside, let them do their business, and then feed them). I don't consider $8.50 an hour good compensation. Trust me...I've been desperately searching for a new job with no luck.

Probably. Sounds cruel, but yes, they can absolutely do that as long as they pay you properly. What do you mean by properly? If you mean an actual livable wage, then no...they don't.

I've been actively looking for a new job since I moved here in March. I took this job only because it was full-time and at the time I only had a part-time job. Unfortunately I haven't had any luck finding a decent job.

I work at an animal hospital as a vet tech. What makes things worse is that when I was hired I was told that after 3 months I would get a raise based on a performance evaluation. It's been 3 1/2 months. I went in today to ask about it and they said, "I don't know why you were told that. We don't do raises here. I'll ask Doc (the owner) about it but don't count on anything."

force you to work every single holiday with absolutely no exceptions? I'm talking New Years, Easter, Spring Break, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. When hired, I knew I would have to work holidays. But they never stated every single holiday. They're rule is that you have to work every holiday until your 50th birthday. Then you can get holiday's off. I asked about maybe getting Thanksgiving or Christmas off next year since I have family in Florida. They said don't bother asking. Today, someone else asked about possibly getting Christmas off. The boss' response was, "Well let's see, the last person who asked for a holiday off was unemployed the next day." It's a well known fact that if you call off on a holiday or on a weekend, no matter what the reason, you're automatically fired. There was one girl who's Mom got into a bad accident on a Friday night. When she called the next morning to say she wasn't coming in they told her don't bother coming back. How the hell is any of this legal???

A job with a decent wage that will allow me to be able to pay all my bills and get out of my parents house.

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On second thought...maybe I'm glad I won't be around that weekend.