Thank God for My Home Based Business

This has been one frustrating Friday so far. The first thing that happened today at work was that my dept. was called into an impromptu meeting. The purpose was supposed to just explain to us the new policy on accumulating and using comp time. It turned into a nightmare fast, however.

One of my coworkers was concerned because the way the comp time was being recorded was on paper. Instead of putting it into the computer as in the past, they are just keeping a record on paper and then paying it as regular hours. Which is fine, except that it shows us working when we aren't, and vice versa. This could be a problem if the office is ever audited and hours subpoenaed. Valid point in my opinion. All this is done because HR doesn't want anyone getting OT or CT. So, the boss said no more comp time accruals for our part of the staff. Fine. I don't have to deal with Saturdays anymore. I can live with that. Then he decided to throw in a scare tactic and informed us of how our entire area was recently under consideration for elimination. How that was relevant to any of it is beyond me.

This further deepens my distrust of my boss and my dislike of this institution. Do I value my job? Of course I do! Am I looking elsewhere? Hell yea! Recently, I really thought I was getting this other job much closer to home. My friend works there and her mother is the CEO and I had an interview and it all seemed to be a go. Then, nothing. After about 3 weeks, I emailed my friend just to see if there was any new development. About a week or so after that I called her and left a message. Finally, she contacted me and informed me the bad news: they were under a hiring freeze. Well, them and everybody else. I am more thankful now for my Mary Kay business than I have ever been. It is very difficult to find anyone hiring, let alone finding a job that pays anywhere close to what I'm making (which, by the way, isn't all that much, but it pays the bills...barely). I see Mary Kay as the vehicle by which to improve my professional life. More than ever I see what I need to do in order to survive in this ever deteriorating economy. I'm actually getting more business now than I ever have in the past. It's quite interesting.

The way I see it, even if I do get laid off, I can work my Mary Kay to the fullest. Whether it happens or not I am determined to earn my free car by September and be a brand new Sales Director by 2010 (January).