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Finally! After more than 3 years, I'm back in the land of the employed at last!
So, after I quit my old job (my line manager was rather a douchebag.....under his management, more people were getting fired/quitting/walking out than he could physically hire....and some of those he hired were not even eligible to work, he was just taking ANYBODY who asked XD), I spent 6 months doing sod all.
I then signed on with the Jobcentre, and got my unemployment benefits since January 08. In June 2010, they said that I've been signing on for so long, they were referring me to a company that specialises in getting unemployed people back into work.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WHOLE FRIGGIN' POINT OF THE JOBCENTRE? Then again, they ARE part of the government....
So, I started going to this other agency once a week as well, to attend classes on how to improve your chances of finding work and how to better manage your time and all this shit. They also help to put you forward for loads of jobs really quickly. With them, they said that everyone who goes there for more than 8 weeks HAS to take on voluntary unpaid work.
Um, excuse me, how is it VOLUNTARY work when they're forcing me to do it?
Anyway, so I started with the unpaid work at a local charity shop, after about 3 straight weeks of nothing but attending one job interview after another. Two days in with the unpaid work, I get a call from one of my interviewers....I've been hired! It only took me 3 years, 2 months, and an odd number of days.
My new position is an office job, as a Data Analyst for Ladbrokes, Head Office. Long daily commute (and hour and a half from one side of London to waaaaaaaaaaaaaay over the other side of it - and a yearly train ticket of £1760!), and shift-work in a place that's open 24/7, but hey, it's a job.
And I start on Wednesday the 1st. So in a couple of months, I'll have some spare cash again at last, and might make some more commissions. I remember I always wanted to make one featuring all the goodie characters from ALL the Quintet games, that would be epically awesome (and expensive), and might now be within my grasp shortly before Xmas.
