Sticking It Out

As difficult as it is to stay focused in that office, we are giving it 100%. The management admitted to some kind of "unknown" problem that is preventing me from getting into the automated time reporting system. Josie uses the clock, I still record my time manually. The fact that we work solo on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and the fact that we both have to be there from 8 till 5 in order to properly cover the day, and the fact that they won't pay for more than 8 hours worked in any day, it was suggested we change our weekend hours to cut each of those days by a half hour in order to balance the week. So, 81/2 hours on 2 days, 7 hours on 2 days, and the normal hours on the 5th day. The two managers that are leaving soon really don't give a rip about what happens. It is scary to think about all the problems that are going to occur when the park manager leaves, and all her friends call in their "chits" that she committed to them, but for which there is no printed evidence. She is already giving wild deals to so many people that almost every check-in is unique. I hope we're gone before the s__t hits the fan.

We are getting calls from places we sent "feelers" to that were advertised in our Workamper News. One is a campground in the Catskills in NY, and one is in AZ, in Mesa, to manage a 55+ mobile home park. The one in NY would be a little more than 1/2 the distance to Cody, but the one in AZ would be almost 3/4 of the trip to Cody, and probably is still too far if we decide to leave soon. That one includes a salary and living quarters, but we also know all about the summers there. We are still trying to decide when the best time would be to give notice here, so we are playing it by ear. The longer we stay, the more money we would have to travel. Josie has gotten her first paycheck, but they still haven't issued any to me yet, and it now looks like my first pay won't be until next Thursday, the 14th. That's 20 work days after I started. And they have the gall to ask us for our site payment in advance!

Today will be the first of three days where there will be 4 of us on duty at the front desk. That means I'll be odd man out again and struggle to find things to do to keep busy. Oh well, at least I know it is only short term...