So I worked some on my to do list but did not finish it.
On thursday the 28th, I was having a not so good day. I was not having much luck in the job hunt.
Here's one of my many tweets from that day..
"In other news I'm gonna watch cartoon movies all afternoon to remind me of childhood day of no worries except for which friends to play with"
I knew I had enough money to make it through the middle of may and maybe through the end of the month is I stretched the money just right.
I had started not only looking for jobs in the mobile area but everywhere including back home in Jackson. I had sent mom and dad both messages asking if I could move back home if I got a job in Jackson. I was planning on going home that weekend and already planned on stopping by several places about jobs.
Then I got the call... When I least expected it (as a friend kept telling me)...
Express pro (the temp service I have been working with) called to tell me about a job.
The job was with pilot catastrophe (and yes I had to look online when I got off the phone to see how to spell catastrophe), the company works with damage from the storms. They wanted to direct hire me and not go through the temp agency. I was told the starting hours of 12 hours a day 7 days a week because of the high claim volume. (this was the day after the horrible tornadoes that ripped through the south) Pay starting at 11 an hour for the first month, 12 an hour the second, and 13 an hour the third and beyond. Making overtime after 40 hours.
The catch... It was Thursday at 4:45pm... The job started the next day with training from 1-5 and starting the 12 hour days on Saturday!
What to do... I still had my job with regions so I went that night to work and debated on when to quit that job. I ended up quitting the next night after training.
This job is one where the guy who did the hiring the day of training said it was his job to get us in the door and it was our job to keep ourselves in the door. Work ethics is everything and to keep yourself busy and get the jobs done.
Little more on the job... I work for catastrophe management solutions who is a temp type company that pilot owns. Cms is contracted out to different insurance companies with allstate being their largest client. So I'm working for allstate.
At first, I was trained as an initial call processor. Basically we get a list of claims that have been received, most have been assigned adjusters, and we call the insured to let them know an adjuster has been assigned to their claim, give contact information and then give the legal spill... "if necessary, mitigate your damages by making temporary repairs, takes photos of possible, save any damage property if safe to do so, and save any out of pocket receipts to show to the adjuster for possible reimbursement." and I get to say that to 60-115 calls a day!
On my third or so day they called three of us up to a conference room and gave us all a scare... Told us this job is temporary and this is the part of their job the hated. After they had fun scaring us they told us we were doing a good job and that our work had caught good attention and that we might be asked to do other jobs, which is a good thing, and if we were asked to accept.
With this company the more jobs you know how to perform the better off you are because you will be kept around the longest when things start slowing down and will be one of the first to be called back if they have to release people in the really slow times.
So now, I'm on day 21 straight. Thankfully the hours are not as many as they said cause 84 hours a week can be hard on a person. I've learned several other jobs and been able to help other departments and also got a good job email with my name in it sent to the whole department the day after the conference room scare.
And if you've made it this far in the post you get to hear the other good news!!
I'm enrolled in two college classes that start may 25th!!!! They are 2 business classes of the 10 classes I have left. They are 8 week classes. I'm super excited about getting back to school!!!
Hope you've enjoyed my long and long overdue update. Leave me some comment lovin!!
