Job Insecurities...

Ok, so let's face it. I'm a college drop out. I work a dead-end part-time job, but at least I was making ends meet. I pay my bills, and usually have nothing left over, but the bills are paid. I've been searching for another job for awhile now. And have come up with niente.

There comes a time when businesses are forced to close, because of the way the economy has been. And really, the economy hasn't effected me too much as I was still getting hours and enough money to pay those annoying bills that are like clockwork, coming every month. And so I grew cocky; I figured that I'd always have the hours I was being given. Last night, I was given what felt like a good one-two punch to the gut. The theater was cutting hours, massively, and no one is safe from it. And while the theater is not closing it's doors for good, it is going to be closed for a good portion of time when it would normally be open for business. You see, the big heads have formed a brain child. That instead of each movie having four or five showings per day during the week(Monday-Thursday), that the theater would instead go down to two showings per movie per day. The theater would be open for an hour where all the movies would be going in, roughly around one-thirty in the afternoon, and then close until seven-thirty when all the movies would again be going in. You see, the figure that instead of having eight to ten people an hour that way they'll combine it and labor will cost them less. And as for the employees, well shifts would be cut down to two and a half hours.

There also comes a time when people get too comfortable in their jobs, thinking that it'll all be alright. Unfortunately, it is around that point that these people get a kick in the ass. That's exactly what happened here. I've been with the theater for two years and three and a half months. I grew comfortable. Yes, it isn't fun to have no extra money, but really what kind of jobs await a twenty-two year old college drop out? That was my line of thinking. I slacked off on my search and I continued to think that the economy would never touch me. As of earlier in the afternoon today, I took back up that job search, because if there was one thing I needed? It was a good kick in the ass, to show me that it's not alright to just barely be making ends meet. That, while yes, I am a college drop out, there is hope for me to find a rewarding career somewhere. Somewhere that is not a movie theater where teenagers should be working, not someone my age. A kick in the ass to grow up. And while I think that the next few months are going to be the hardest I've ever had financially, I think that in the end, everything is going to be alright. I'm setting my sights a little higher. And my day seems just a little brighter then just a few hours ago. Wish me luck as I take this journey.

And while I am entirely upset about this decision on the theater's part and mad that they don't care enough about their employees to give us notice of such a cut in hours, I am also, quite ironically, thankful.