First of all, let me say............
2cute: It was absolutely wonderful to see your name on the thread. I've missed you. Take care and come back to us soon. We are thinking of you.
Ok, I'm trying to think of all I need to say without writing a book. Ok, Tuesday I had an appt at Raanstad. (for those of you that are unfamiliar with Raanstad, it is an employee placement company) Oh heck......let's call it what it is......a temp agency.
Anyways, I went in for my appt. and went through all this testing. Data entry.........typing.......10-key pad........medical receptionist..........medical spelling......general office....etc. Anyways, got done with all that, and had the interview. Left at 4:06pm. The reason I remember the time is because I looked at the clock to see if it would be too late to go see the woman I was supossed to see at dh's work. She didn't leave till 5:00, so I headed on over there, filled out the application, gave her my resume' and talked to her for a little while. On my way home, my cell phone rings. It is 5:04pm.......
just a smidge under an hour from my leaving Raanstad. It is the recruiter and she has a job for me. It is at a place called Recevia. It is a local company that processes billing for hospitals and doctors and she told me I would basically be contacting insurance companies to set up payment arrangements. It paid $1.25 more an hour and is 8-5 M-F. Now, the money sounded good and so did the hours, but I was kinda afraid it sounded more like collections, but at this point, anything would be better than what I've been dealing with. But......here's the catch: I have to start Thursday. Yes, that would be tomorrow. That means my boss basically gets a one day notice.
Now, don't get me wrong. As hateful as this woman has been to me, my family and friends would love nothing more that to see me walk out and leave this woman hanging.......but I just can't. I don't know why. It's just me. I tried to see if I could give at least a weeks notice, and start on Monday, but the recruiter said that the trainer at Recevia would be gone on Monday and I "had" to start on Thursday. So I made the decison to take the job and all I had to do was call my boss. I won't give you all the details, but the call was very strange. I basically told her that I was going to have to quit, that I had been offered a job with better pay and better hours and that I had to start on Thursday, so today (Wednesday) would be my last day. Everything I told her, she basically said, "Uh huh" in this very wierd tone........I don't know, kinda like she was in shock or something. So I went to work today.
Basically, she didn't speak to me all day and then about 1:30, she comes over and hands me a separation notice. It does state that I have voluntarily quit and doesn't have anything bad on it. To be honest, I have no idea why she even gave it to me. I think, just to be hateful. So at 1:50, she says, "Tina, you can go." Well, I'm not supossed to get off till 3:00, so I say, "You don't need me the rest of the day?" She says, "No." Now, your probably asking.........."Hey, why didn't you just get on out of there and go?" Well, this was just another part of her being nasty, because she NEVER lets anyone go early. If she lets one of the operators go home, then she has to pick up the slack and heaven forbid that she have to do any work!
So, I say goodbye to my co-worker who I truly like and as I'm heading out the door, my boss says, "I just have one thing to say to you. Beware of companies that will not let you work out a notice with other companies." This was just her way of getting in one last "dig" before I walked out the door. And there were so many things I could have said to her and this was my chance to finally let her have it. But you know what? I didn't even care. She is such a miserable person that, that is her own punishment. I just looked at her, and said, "Take care of yourself, Donna" and walked out the door. It felt so good.
So, I get home, I'm sitting on the couch and the phone rings. I look at the caller i.d. and it says "Memorial". This is the hospital that I put my application in with on Monday.......so right away, my hands start sweating, but I go ahead and answer. It is the Business Office Dept. Head calling to set up an interview with me for the customer service position. She wants to know if I can come in for an interview tomorrow. Ok, so now I have another dilemna. I start my new job tomorrow.........I can't take off time on my first day to go to an interview that may or may not lead to a job........right? To be honest, I didn't even expect them to call me!
So, I bite the bullet and tell her that I can come for the interview tomorrow, but it will have to be before 8:00 or after 5:00 and I ask if that will be an inconvenience. She puts me on hold and comes back and says, "Can you come today?" Of course, I say, "Yes!" Let me tell you girls.......you have never seen such a willie nillie running around this house trying to throw herself together so that I will look halfway presentable.
Ok........I'm gonna keep this short because I think I just got typers cramp....(if there is such a thing) Basically, I go in and have my interview. It goes amazingly well. Probably the best interview I've ever had...............and she hires me. ON THE SPOT! I go for my drug test in the morning. The pay is great. The hours are great. The place is great. The job is great. EVERYTHING IS GREAT! I am so excited. This is the best job I have ever had and I can't wait to get started. There is really a whole lot more details that I would like to tell you, but I just can't type anymore. Most of you probably saw this post and just skipped right over it because it was so long.............which if that is the case, you wouldn't have just read that last line, so it wouldn't matter anyways.
I think I'm starting to ramble.
So, in short..................I finally quit my job. I am now a customer service rep at the hospital and I am so grateful for the opportunity and I thank all my friends here for their loving support. You guys are the best.
I will tell you though..............I did go out to celebrate tonight and probably ate about 62 points for dinner!
But that is just one day and I will be back on track tomorrow........hehe.
Have a good night my friends and I will talk to you soon.
Tina