I'm glad that you are dancing with happiness. Good for you for doing what you needed to do and for taking care of yourself. Keep on dancing.

I'm glad you know what you want to do and are moving away from a bad situation.

Mister Eventual. . ." LOVE IT!! ! ! Plagiarism in progress. . . Alert the Grammar Defense Forces! ! ! You on my beloved's Tech Team? Nivvie?

Seriously. . .

Keep us posted, blue. Hope the happy dance stays happy.

Gentle support while you sort. . .

:-) Yay!

I hope you get all the money that you're due, and ... that this is a turning point -- one that leads you to better pay, happiness, and fulfilling work !

I hope it is a major turning point, and thanks, y'all. Nope, not quite ready for tech support, but my mom was very impressed with my resignation letter; noted that I sling corporate prose BS with consummate skill.
I agree, I can BS in corporatespeak like a champ.
I do hope this keeps being a happy dance, but it is kind of a calculated risk? In that a lot of companies are going to be laying on more help for the holidays, starting September.
I have worked at haunted houses when younger, too, they crank up in September. I am skilled at scaring the crap out of people...or, well, at least urine. I have made people pee themselves. :D

I want one part time job, and other more temporary jobs to do. Keep me from stagnating. I want to throw myself into a situation where I have to hustle a bit, if that makes sense?

I want to become more economically resilient . I want to learn the fine art of garnering opportunities for myself, and that's just so frightening that I have to make it more frightening NOT to work on that whole work thing.

Congratulations on your freedom from that boss. Ugh. And congratulations, too, on your wisdom in "calculating risk" and timing this for when more are hired in the September season toward the holidays. That was smart. It really helps you feel secure enough about the future to enjoy the freedom from the past. Way to go!

Way to go getting out of a bad situation. I am sure there will be opportunities presenting themselves to you. Congrats for having enough pride in yourself to not put up with BS.

Congratulations. I saw your other post about your long-term plan but since I have no memory could you just repeat the plan? Are you going to Europe for the summer? Then looking for new work in the fall?

Calculated risks are definitely part of living fully in Arf World. One of my personal mottos is, "To have it all you must risk it all."

Sounds like you are calculating carefully, blue. No happy dance lasts forever (how exhausting would that be???), but those happy feet sure can help guide you to a better tomorrow.

Keep us posted, blue. Positive vibes coming your way. Sounds exciting!

Three weeks ( YUSSSSSS!) with fiance, then back by first week of August.
Must go to der school, talk to enrollment counselor on Wednesday orThursday before work, gotta get THAT process rolling prior to leaving.

School for social work/counseling? Awesome!

Boss and I went over how much I was owed. $126.
I told him that since I was leaving and could be honest? He should outsource his payroll duties to a reliable, bonded, insured...Indian Virtual Assistant service.
I guesstimate that for $ 200 a month he could get a team of Indian professionals to do an accurate payroll, and thus both make his own life easier, and stop ticking off his employees.
It's what I'd do if someone tried to make me to do a payroll, I have dyscalculia. I know trying to do it myself is not a good idea.

Dyscalculia is also why I am afraid to go back to college.

I am going to take the maths (2), being algibberish and stats, via correspondence, over and over and over...everything else I will do pretty good at. I love me some social sciences.

Your back to school plan sounds awesome, blue, studying what you love.

Maybe your experience of math will be different this time! Both Algebra and Statistics can be fun - they are a kind of puzzle solving. You can do the arithmetic parts on a calculator and just enjoy the mental parts of figuring out the steps to solving the puzzle.

Everybody talked about statistics like it was some kind of dry hellish subject. But I enjoyed it. My professor was a Korean woman and her accent made everything she said sound charming. Plus, it's just not that hard - it's puzzle solving, and the important thing is to do the steps in the right order. I hope you can enjoy it!