No, actually I started out as a temp and was promoted and made permanent shortly after starting so that was amazing. HOWEVER, I had an experience where I was temping at this AWFUL company as
a receptionist and a few people that I got to know during my time there joked that I could potentially stay as they were temps who were on 5+ years and counting. *shudders* I couldn't have
spent another DAY there!
My current job is permanent, but I was on assignment for a temp agency and it was supposed to last about 6 weeks. It turned out to last around a year. It was frustrating because I couldn't
get the company's benefits package and I was stuck getting paid what the temp agency was paying me. I really thought at some point they would hire me on full time, but then they did a huge
re-org and a lot of positions were eliminated and my boss got fired, so they ended up not needing me anymore.
Congrats kscincotta !
to answer the question: nope. I interviewed with the State's Attorneys' Office knowing that if I got the job, I would be here for... well, possibly forever, definitely for a while !
i actually left my company for a change, came back after a year into what i thought would be a temporary job that would help out my old boss, as well as me...my plan was to take on a nice 9-5
job and work on my own business ideas...but i get restless easily and continued to add more and more responsibility to my position until i got promoted! now i have no free time and still
haven't set my entrepreneurial spirit free...someday...
yes- i came back to a job i'd worked while through university as a favour to them while i was looking for work and they'd just had to fire someone. a year later i'm still here ..... i swore i
wouldn't be!! by this time next year if i'm still here then i need to have serious words with myself as it's really just a job and not a career.
i'm just counting my blessings to be in work at the moment though and sitting tight till i find something else that's worth while going for. ♥
And yes - my job was always permanent, but when I started I panicked at the idea I'd be there more than three months. It's been a YEAR and three months, and I haven't been able to get even a
single interview. I'm so desperate I even started applying at temp agencies, but they won't even get back to me.
Everyone gets stuck. It’s part of being human. A book I read by Libby Gill called "YOU UNSTUCK" is designed to give you the hope and tools to get you past your sticking points. It helped me
get away from my dead end job and I`m with a new company and now in management. Yay!
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My assignment was supposed to be 3 months and it's going on 3 years.
1No, actually I started out as a temp and was promoted and made permanent shortly after starting so that was amazing. HOWEVER, I had an experience where I was temping at this AWFUL company as a receptionist and a few people that I got to know during my time there joked that I could potentially stay as they were temps who were on 5+ years and counting. *shudders* I couldn't have spent another DAY there!
2My current job is permanent, but I was on assignment for a temp agency and it was supposed to last about 6 weeks. It turned out to last around a year. It was frustrating because I couldn't get the company's benefits package and I was stuck getting paid what the temp agency was paying me. I really thought at some point they would hire me on full time, but then they did a huge re-org and a lot of positions were eliminated and my boss got fired, so they ended up not needing me anymore.
3Technically yes, but that's only because my PhD has taken about two years longer than intended. But the end is in sight!
4Congrats kscincotta !
5to answer the question: nope. I interviewed with the State's Attorneys' Office knowing that if I got the job, I would be here for... well, possibly forever, definitely for a while !
i actually left my company for a change, came back after a year into what i thought would be a temporary job that would help out my old boss, as well as me...my plan was to take on a nice 9-5 job and work on my own business ideas...but i get restless easily and continued to add more and more responsibility to my position until i got promoted! now i have no free time and still haven't set my entrepreneurial spirit free...someday...
6Yup, it's going on two years too long! LoL
7yes- i came back to a job i'd worked while through university as a favour to them while i was looking for work and they'd just had to fire someone. a year later i'm still here ..... i swore i wouldn't be!! by this time next year if i'm still here then i need to have serious words with myself as it's really just a job and not a career.
i'm just counting my blessings to be in work at the moment though and sitting tight till i find something else that's worth while going for. ♥
8i so desperately want out
9It's miserable, but some money is better than no money
1010yrs and counting! I didn't think I would stay here longer than 6 months and am still looking for a way out.
11Same as hiptobesquare!
And yes - my job was always permanent, but when I started I panicked at the idea I'd be there more than three months. It's been a YEAR and three months, and I haven't been able to get even a single interview. I'm so desperate I even started applying at temp agencies, but they won't even get back to me.
12Everyone gets stuck. It’s part of being human. A book I read by Libby Gill called "YOU UNSTUCK" is designed to give you the hope and tools to get you past your sticking points. It helped me get away from my dead end job and I`m with a new company and now in management. Yay!
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