I know. All of my loyal fans never get to read much about me any more. It’s a habit that comes and goes.

But really nothing has changed. It should have, but hasn’t.

I finished school. There was a whole mess where I never really got registered for my co-op, but Jason fixed it up and basically just wrote the class off, so I’ve been waiting for it to be confirmed by the school that I’m done. I’m still taking a class just for the fun of it. I signed up for flash 2 originally because the co-op made me wish I knew more about flash, but now I really just want to get it done with because I’m sick of perpetually being a student. Yeah, I’ve learned a bunch at college, but I first started college over 5 and a half years ago. It needs to be over with.

So now my quest in life is to get a new job. I had one prospect that started out promising, and just went downhill from there. I responded to an ad in the classifieds for a Graphic Designer for a outdoor sign company, which, although not the dream job, would be a decent start. I got a call back the following morning and the call went something like this:

Him- So how well do you know Illustrator, scale of 1 to 10?
Me- Probably an 8 or 9… good enough that there really aren’t boundries.
Him- Okay… so the position starts at $10-12/hr, but you could work your way up, is that okay?
Me- (not really, but it’s not a factory job, might talk him up to $13)… I might be able to swing that.
Him- Well, the job would be about 40% design, 40% making the signs, and 20% doing installs
Me- (Well… that’s not really a grahic design position… but still better than factory work.) I can deal with that.
Him- Okay, now here’s the problem, I need someone by next Sunday because I need them on a plane to dallas for some training.
Me- No big deal. (free vacation, I guess.)
Him- Because we’re paying for the plane and hotel, it’s unpaid.
Me- (Uhh, the plane, hotel AND time down there are a result of your company.) I don’t know if I can do that.
Him- Well, we might be able to work something out.
Me- (Humor me.) Howabout an interview.
*mutal agreement for Monday at 9AM*

His phone skills… horrible. At one point he was yelling to a co-worker without taking his mouth too far from the phone… then he had to answer a phone and forgot who he was talking to when he got back on the phone with me… but I figured I’d at least see what we can work out. I figured that if I got him excited about me, I could talk him into paying me while I was in Dallas and upping the pay to $13, which I could deal with. It would be an extra 50 minutes of driving everyday, and that extra dollar would basically foot the bill for fuel usage. Seemed fair to me.

So this morning, (SATURDAY, for reference), I was downstairs for a bit, went back upstairs and had a voicemail waiting…

“yeah, this is xxxxx from yyyyyy… I may be wrong, but I thought we had an interview scheduled for 9 this morning, it’s 9:30 now, so gimme a call if you can.”

That was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
The other stuff I could put up with. It could get better. But it’s apparent to me that this guy would be a terrible, unorganized boss. I could just imagine at the points when I should get a raise (that with that wage, I would NEED) that it wouldn’t happen, or he would forget that it would be a certain amount and make it smaller.

He had to come to the site to get my resume, so I hope on Monday he sees this post. Maybe he’ll understand why I didn’t come for a Saturday interview and why, even if called and reminded him of the right day, I won’t be showing up for a Monday interview.

I know entry-level jobs can be kinda unfavorable, but that was just plain dumb. I’ll take my chances on passing, even if it means a few more weeks… even months… at Cast-fab.