Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
Yesterday I had an interview with one of Seattle’s biggest technical communications agencies. They’re enormous, and one of the primary staffing vendors for Microsoft, so many of their jobs are in Redmond, which is a 30-60 minute commute from Seattle.
On a whim, at the end of my interview I mentioned that I would like part time work. I mean, unless I was working for a dream company (think: REI), part time is really perfect for me. Plenty of time to work on my own projects and creative endeavors (book, Warmies, freelance work) but a stable income. I figured it was just a pipe dream to mention part time work, but the agent got all excited and said that part time jobs are always the hardest to fill because no one wants them (?!). She was very excited to hear that I was interested in working 20 hours a week. Rock!
And now I must go to the post office to mail off used books I sold through Amazon, and a batch of Warmies.
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9 Responses to “Part Time”
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, is in bookstores now.
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January 29th, 2004 at 2:55 pm
Hey! I stumbled upon your site awhile back (through LittleYellowDifferent - the 2nd Generation story - I’m right there with you on that one) and just bought some warmies! I keep seeing them on here and have fallen more and more in love w/ them, so today I took the plunge. I’m so excited!
Good luck w/ the job! Blue skies.
julia
January 29th, 2004 at 3:22 pm
Good for you on the possible part-time gig! WOO-HOO! I bet those are MY warmies going to That Store!
Amparo
January 29th, 2004 at 6:52 pm
I TOTALLY understand the need for working part time. Good luck on getting the job!
leblanc
January 29th, 2004 at 11:20 pm
i would love it if my boss cut my time down to 20 hours a week. or even 32. i would love to work part time. good luck - and i hope you don’t get stuck with a shitty commute!
Levi
January 30th, 2004 at 7:23 am
part time is still no fun when you have alot of other things to do at times…i hate being a working college student! blah!
Tumbleweed
January 30th, 2004 at 10:42 am
Is that Volt? I didn’t know that about part-time being easier to find. I’ve been thinking the same thing about part-time being better, as long as I can get better money per hour than I’m getting now.
Hmmm.
Ariel
January 30th, 2004 at 10:48 am
Not Volt. S&T.
She didn’t say that it was easier, just that nobody else seemed to want those jobs…so that when they came up, it would be a smaller pool of applicants to compete with.
paisley
January 30th, 2004 at 11:59 am
good things happen!
Tumbleweed
January 30th, 2004 at 8:51 pm
Less competition = easier!