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My life as a customer service representative

I pass through the 2 weeks training without too much trouble, if it wasn't for the trainer guy. But anyway, I didn't complaint and it’s a good thing, because I didn’t get fired yet. Lol! They are so in need of people at that call center that some people work sometimes up to 70 hours weekly. So I was really happy to learn that, I which to make that much hours, once I get more used to the job.

I received my first calls today. I answer to about 4 calls. I was so nervous and excited at the same time, it was hilarious, especially when I start putting customer on hold “for one or two minutes” and started running everywhere for HELP. Lol! But it’s actually what happens. And I have been quite lucky because I actually got help almost right away. I don’t know if it’s a bad or a good sign. But anyway, it won’t bother me that much if I get fired from that place, I will explain why.

It’s not that the job is that difficult, but you need to know what your doing, but I have to tell, even if we had a 2 weeks training, I felt completely lost and I couldn’t remember which software was for what and etc. I had been able to handle the calls but it was hard. I will try to read my notes and check over the Web site of the company we are working for as a service customer provider because I am having a hard time.

The work schedule is horrible. I won’t be able to fit my second job in for this week. I will only be able to work at my second work this weekend this week and I am really disappointed and it’s hard to accept. There’s a bunch of things that I wasn’t told at the interview and that I just find out yesterday, and it’s make me feel made because it’s not like the human-resources-girl told me it will be. So nothing work like I expect it will be. And I still don’t have the Internet at home Lol! The plan for me was to work full-time at my 2 jobs. I have been able to do so this week and last week also, because it was training session. I won’t be able to work full-time at the 2 jobs this week and it really make me feel made. I am very angry right now and than anger have to get out of me in a way or in another.

I am being rude by the training guy at work

For a reason or another, I have a poor guy as trainer who strictly look me in the eyes when he speaks in front of the class and who keep saying bad things about my voice. The thing is, I have found that job in a call center.

Since the hours are flexible and that after 3 months we can basically choose our work schedule, I was quite happy about what I have found for job, even if it’s only paid 12$ per hour, because I will be able to combined that work with another job that I have right now. I combined the 2 jobs, 2 full-time jobs by the way. But I don’t mind, since cash keep coming in.

Anyway, I was quite happy about the job until now. It’s like the trainer is getting hard on me for a reason for another and keep ridiculing my voice. I have a girl voice, but it’s a regular girl voice I believe. I have been working in a call center thing doing surveys for several months now and I have been doing ok at the job. I thing it’s a way to make me leave because they seem to let people come in, any kind of really at that job, so I thing the guy want to make me leave. But I will pie on him and won’t leave for nothing in the world, just so he gets upset. And I am about to complaint to their human resources because at the first day of the training session, we had someone from the human resources talking to us, saying we shouldn’t take about religious, no racism, no sexism, etc… So I am about to ask the human resources if intimidation is pat of the training and if I am supposed to get been pushed down during their training session. And that might drive them mad at me.

Because hey, I really don’t give a damn for that job, I can easily find another job someplace else. And after what I might file a real complaint. The poor guy will get what he deserves at the end. I promise. I was looking for a good work experience, not sexual harassment.

I am now a prepaid babe and I still don't have the Internet at home

My blog title resume the situation pretty well. Unfortunately or fortunately for me, I find myself a job very quickly, actually on my first week of job searching, but that was because I was willing to accept any kind of job. And at the end, I land up with a job in a call center. And the "prepaid babe" is just a new job title that I give myself and it's so hilarious! The job is in a call center for customer services for cell phones which is pretty hilarious too.

But the good news is that I have been able to fit my other job in my work schedule and that's very great. I have been working more than I should for this week, but I don't mind woking so many hours if the pay is what I expect at the end.

And for the Internet at my new place, well, I have the Sympatico package, but it's not working and I don't know what to do in order to make it work. I would like to have it fix before Christmas... lol

Tomorrow is my first training day

I am still asking myself if I did the right thing by accepting that job. Anyway, it's too late now. I belive it will make a little something to live on, that job plus my other job. So if it work well for this week, I might be able to make a good week, the 2 combined.

I am also working today until 20h.

I wonder if my life will go on like this for a long time. I can't see the end over it. Working an average of 70 hours per week at small salaries drive me unsane. It will be better if I could have more without working that much.

I have another project on trap but I am only doing from time to time because it's kind of tricky.

But anyway, I am leaving now. I want to take a walk around before starting my too long 8 hours shift.

I have a job who start on Monday!

I find myself a job on the first week of my job search. Since I am not really fussy, I have been able to find really easily. The training start on Monday. I get a very low 8$ per hour for 3 weeks and after that, I am suppose to get paid 12$ per hour. Anyway, with my other survey job, I am going to be ok.

It might be a mistake from my part, to accept working as a so low salary, but nevermind. With 2 jobs, I am able to make a good salary, so I don't mind very much. I just wanted to find myself a job very quickly and I did.

But I was quite surprised, during my job search, to find out that job offers that I reply to were paid between 10 to 12$ per hour. What makes a job search so difficult is the fact that there are so many jobs offer out there, and too many don't put their hourly rate in their job offer. So at the end, you reply to a lot of offer, get a lot of replies, but find out at the end that they pay very poorly. And than, you find out that you just loose your time and you have to start your job search from the beginning, all over again.

Anyway, I am all set up for now. Since there's night shift for that job, I might be able to extend my search t find a better job, if I feel I need to find for a little more job that give a higher pay. I am exhaust and I barely know what to do.

I once meet a person kind like me who use to be a freelancer and stuff and she told me she got some debts because she only accepts work related to her field. I don't want to get into debt just because I cannot find the right job for me. I am willing to do almost anything. So much that I actually have been a cleaning lady for a couple of weeks.

I don't worry getting into debt now since I have found that job. But I am still asking myself if I should have waited to find something better. But the only thing is that I am scare to be stuck and to not be able to find nothing. Its scare me to death.

On my job search strategy

I didn't reply to the lady who send me an email (as previously post) for the cleaning thing. I wish I won't have to deal with any cleaning job ever again.

I got an interview today, I have another one tomorrow. So everything work fine for now. The only thing is that I still have no job. I mean a day job. I have an evening and weekend job, but it's not enough for my living.

Anyway, I have been thinking, and right now, I am sending résumé all over the place and I just wish to be able to find a job before December. I wonder if I am doing the right thing, answering to all those jobs offer. Or maybe I should only reply to those which I know that they pay relatively well. But I am scare to get stuck and I barely don't know what to do.

Time will tell.

I am already tired of my job search and I have been only actively looking for about 2 days now!

I wanted to look around the Internet and check on how I could make money online but making money online is just not working for me. It's exhausting me more than anything else. I guess it's the stress of not knowing if I am going to get paid or not.

Take for exemple that CashCrate thing. You get paid to complete offer. But you don't get paid right away. Once you complete an offer, and something you have to give your address, phone number, etc..., you will receive an email from CashCrate later on telling you if you will get paid for this or that offer. I don't like CashCrate at all because sometimes, you have to pay a small amount of money in order to complet an offer. But it could happen that you won't get paid for an offer that you actually give a few bucks on. So it's make your life very miserable and I have to say it, I hate CashCrate.

So for now, I prefer to keep looking for a job until I find something.

I hate being a job seeker. It's exhausting me already. What I am going to look like after a full week of seeking... I don't know :)

I have been somewhat lucky so far, I never deeply, super actively looking for a job. I just pray that something will show up very quickly so I can do other thing than looking for a job. I am tired of my life as a job seeker.

I still don't have the Internet at home.

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I am actively searching for a job. I hope to find something in less than 2 weeks. I am getting tired and I don't want to have to get into my savings for my living. I still don't have the Internet at home, so it make it a little bit difficult. And no phone.

I got a reply to one of the emails I send a long time ago for the cleaning lady thing. Oh no! No cleaning deal again! Lol!!!! I hate being a cleaning lady. Anyway, I got a few calls on my pager today. Since I response to her email by giving my number, she might had call me. But I don't know what are the 2 other calls. I am going to find out later on today. I just eanted to write a new post before replyting to ad for jobs. But for a real job this time. It's not that difficult for job seeker here in Montreal I believe. I just need to get myself into it and send my résumé. But the only thing is that I am quite exhaust. Seek for job, reply to job offer and finally, if I am luky, getting an interview is exhausting. And an annoying thing is that I don't have a phone number.

The weather is getting colder so I get my coat to the dry cleaning and I kind of run a little bit everywhere today. They are replacing my fridge in my little appartment, so I wanted to escape for the afternoon. I will try to get at least the Internet for tomorrow. I find a great offer, 14.99$ per month for Internet. I have to look for that one. It's a good deal.

I am now living in Montreal

I just move in last Saturday. Everything went fine and I am quite happy with my new place. I find myself much more relax and I enjoy living by myself. I couldn’t stand living at my old place, knowing what the owner did to me. To make the story short, when I move in at my old place, the owner make me sign a 6 months agreement once I had move in. And I was told about the 6 months thing only once I move it. I find it too much insulting and disrespectful. If it wasn’t for that, I might still be there on date of today. But anyway, it wasn’t a great deal; the only good thing is that there was a swimming pool inside the building. I went a couple of times, but during the last couple of months, I didn’t even enjoy, too busy at other things, so never mind about the swimming pool.

I think the owner of my old place know she did something wrong to me because she actually give me back a 400$, saying it was for the last month I paid her. But the last month check, she was unable to cash it, since it was made in date of more than 6 months ago. I was very angry for the 6 months agreement she makes me sign so I left. I treat her of pig to her niece when she told me that the last month had been cash in. When I am angry, I am angry, and everything started to explode!

I never had been so happy of my life. The only thing missing now is Internet. I should get it next week. I just can’t wait. I am working tomorrow and Friday all day long at my 2 jobs, and I also work on Saturday and Sunday, so I won’t miss Internet that much. But I am missing it now! I don’t mind not having TV, but Internet is vital.

I call my mom to tell her I had move and not to call to my old place anymore and she than asked me if I was going to be there for Christmas! I went to New Brunswick 2 times in the past 4 months, once in August, and the other one in October...