The new status symbol: a job

[eilen]

Just thought I would share this: I have applied for 4 different positions in 2 hospitals for a nursing job. I arrived home and listened to my answering machine and there was a message from the HR at one of the hospitals. I had to drive my son to a lesson so when I arrived home, I called them back. It turns out that the job I applied for was a different shift than I thought it was. It was a day/night meaning 50% of the shifts were days and 50% were night shifts and that there were MANY employees waiting for a day/evening shift to open up (aka-- there's a long line ahead of me).

As much as I want a job, I have to acknowledge my limitations. One limitation is that I cannot tolerate night shifts. I've worked them in the past but it does not take long before my job performance and competencies slip. The idea of swinging from day to night and night to day terrifies me. I had to say thanks, but no thanks.

Then I felt very guilty about it.

I called my dh and he said I did the right thing. At home, I'm functionally a single parent while my dh works out of state.

But that ride to the lesson and back -- I felt so puffed up and excited thinking I was going to have a good job, I felt like a bigshot.

[KurtNYC]

1. Hang in there

no point in taking a job that is going to affect your health and your job performance.

All the best in your search.

[eilen]

2. I know I sound like a wimp

but the kind of work I do-- nursing acutely ill patients, you want to be alert.