So yeah, I finally got a new job.

[Will Bozarth]

I'm now a Data Entry Specialist for Cops Monitoring (http://www.copsmonitoring.com/home.html). I work Monday to Friday, 12am - 8am.

I start out at $8.25/hr and get paid weekly. After 6 months, I will most likely get a raise. After 90 days, I get full dental, eyes, and health insurance. After a year, I get 13 paid vacation days.

Every summer, they hold a cool company picnic; every Christmas, they throw a fancy party; every year, they bring employees to a Broadway show up in NYC. There are AAA discounts.... If I'm on time every day (why the fuck wouldn't anybody be on time every day?), they give a $50 bonus every month. That's an extra $600 a year if I'm on time every day... among many other cool incentives

I start Tuesday, seeing that Monday is my orientation.

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[flying_whale]

have fun with the new job. glad you got a job!
btw what are you gonna have to do as a data entry specialist

 

[Cephalopod]

Congrats on the new job. Have you worked overnight before? If not, it's gonna take some adjusting. But I'm sure you'll get used to it.

 

[Jace_Mereel]

Rock on, Will.

 

[Will Bozarth]

just typing shit they tell me to type, I guess. I took a typing test and they were blown away I told them not to be thrown off by my lack of experience in the field, because I spend all day typing ANYWAY, and anything typing-related, I'm highly qualified.

If what they had me test with was any sign of what I'd be doing, I'd be proofreading other employees' entries, papers, importing hand-written pages into a database... It all seems pretty easy, but with many other jobs, there's probably going to be one thing that will be a royal pain in the ass.

 

[Will Bozarth]

Congrats on the new job. Have you worked overnight before? If not, it's gonna take some adjusting. But I'm sure you'll get used to it.

Nah, but I suck at sleeping. I'm generally up those hours anyway.

 

[Will Bozarth]

AND! I get to keep my hair!

 

[firewalkjen]

Congrats Wil, awesome about the hair too!!

 

[Will Bozarth]

thanks!

 

[JenniferGentle]

Congrats I hope you dig it good luck.

 

[hangtime]

$8.50 an hr How do you survive ?
I have a hard time getting by on $50 an hr .
You must live at home with Mom and Dad still

You are a highly qualified typist

 

[Brett]

just typing shit they tell me to type, I guess. I took a typing test and they were blown away I told them not to be thrown off by my lack of experience in the field, because I spend all day typing ANYWAY, and anything typing-related, I'm highly qualified.

If what they had me test with was any sign of what I'd be doing, I'd be proofreading other employees' entries, papers, importing hand-written pages into a database... It all seems pretty easy, but with many other jobs, there's probably going to be one thing that will be a royal pain in the ass.

Proofreading? Does that mean editing and shit?

If so, im sorry.

 

[Will Bozarth]

yeah. I don't mind it. It'll help build my patience when it comes to reading and looking over shit... which I need to do anyway.

 

[Cephalopod]

I actually love editing stuff...maybe I need to find a job like that.

 

[Will Bozarth]

apply to the company i'm at. i get $100

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

dude, data entry sucks. i did that for a long ass time back in the day. youre getting paid shit btw - NEVER do data entry for less than 10/hr.

good luck tho

 

[Will Bozarth]

I'll see how much of a raise I get after 6 months... free dental/health/eyes after 3 months. thats worth it

 

[Lord Foul]

Kinda depends on the market you are in. Where I am that kind of money would be enough money to live on only if you had no car, 5 roommates in a really shitty part of town, and ate only ramen. I have no idea what living expenses or common wages are like where he is.

 

[Will Bozarth]

I wouldn't be able to live on my own with this kind of money, but I'd be able to make it with a room mate with a job that is willing to split costs. Besides, this job will only get me experience in this field, which will eventually lead to better job opportunities in the future.

 

[Lord Foul]

Hey, you're making better money than I was when I was 19. Actually, I had my first job the summer I turned 19, working at my Grandfather's auto shop in San Antonio.