Lately I have been thinking about a new job. The one I have is really getting bad. We haven't put in a box order in a week and aren't going to be this week either. We are in dire need of so many sizes and items it's scary. The general manager tells me yesterday that we are in trouble and owners have to put money in before anything will change. That says to me it really is time to get out. She has said she'll let the other girl and I know when we should start looking (should it come to that) but I'm not waiting.

With this has come the thought of looking in places I haven't previously. I have a friend who works for the local GE. She's been there 8 years and likes her job. She's been through about 5 of them too, moving up as things changed. She was laid off once but it wasn't a true layoff as they closed a department and held jobs for those that didn't want to leave. She had like 4 months before her current job was going to be gone to find one and if worse came to worse they were going to fill the temp spots with those who didn't want to leave but hadn't found a new position yet. So GE is good to it's employees. But the open jobs are CSR with weekend hours. I don't like that.

My first job included Sat only, never Sun because it was a library and they were closed. When I worked retail I hated working Sun with a passion. Now that I've had a job with no weekend hours for 10 years I hate to go back. But when you are worried about losing your job, trying to pay your debt down, and thinking of having a baby, you start to think of different things that might help.

For one GE has benefits day one. And my friend told me how much more it cost to add her baby when she had him. She now pays what I do for my husband and I, and her's includes dental and I think vision where mine is just health. The job would be a 5 min drive, tops, so the gas would be less. Which equals less money there. But my husband works nights and I only see him weekends, so do I really want to take a job where I know I'll have to work one weekend day every week?

We have discussed it and decided it might not be too bad. It's at least worth checking out. I just hate to give up my time with him. But I think I'm getting into the mindset that it's better to be where my friend is and have the opportunities than keep wondering if in two weeks we'll be starting to close down.

Life is interesting sometimes.