Thursday afternoon at home. I’m getting increasingly lazy, since I don’t have to be at work until 3 most days now. I can’t seem to get myself out of bed before 11. Well, it’s not like I have anything particular I need to get done. So I’ll enjoy it for now.
Two days ago I popped by Casting on my way to work and put in for my transfer to Captain! It was extremely easy, and I even had time to stop at Wendy’s on the way to work. Much to my surprise, I was also able to preference the locations I’d like to work at, which is great since there’s some places that if I was offered a job there, I’d probably elect to stay in Performing. I have no idea how long the transfer will take–I could get a call next week, or more likely, it’ll take months. I have to wait until a position opens up, and then it goes by seniority, so I’ll have to have to have worked here longer than anyone else who’s applied. It kinda sucks–someone could come along 3 months from now and be hired before me because they have more seniority. But that’s the way the cookie crumbles I guess. And now we play the waiting game…..
There is one catch with applying for this transfer–until I get the call, I’m really going to have to watch my ass as far as attendance is concerned. My attendance right now is fine, and I already passed transfer guidelines. However, if I incur more than 5 attendance notations within 6 months of my transfer, I’ll be dropped from the list and notified that I’m ineligible. Then I have to wait until the points drop off and reapply. It’s a huge hassle. This happened when I originally transferred into Entertainment five years ago. I passed the audition, but then I was late to work the following week, and that put me off the list. It wasn’t a big deal, since I wasn’t coming back until summer, I just re-applied and only had to wait about a month until I got my transfer. But I still wouldn’t want to go through that again.
More importantly are the implications for my Christmas Escape Plan. If I’m planning to go home for Christmas, I’m really going to have to be careful about calling in. Normally, I would just call out sick the whole time, because I’d only get like two points at the most, and that wouldn’t be enough for a reprimand. We can call sick up to three days in a row and only get one point. Luckily, I’m normally good enough with my attendance that I don’t need to sweat the occasional call-in. However, transfer guidelines go by actual record card notations, and not points. So if I call in three days, I’ll get one point, but I’ll have three notations. I can have up to five, so I’m going to have to make sure I can give away as many shifts as possible. I already tried to request off just in case, but even I knew I might as well ask for the moon. Getting Christmas off here–it just doesn’t happen. So we’ll play it by ear, and hopefully everything will work out all right. In the end, spending Christmas with my family will always be more important than any work opportunity.
In the meantime, I’m busy with preparations for my fun Christmas holiday. I talked to my parents, and they of course are very enthusiastic about my coming to visit. It’s going to be a great Christmas–definitely better than last year, when I was shackled to a parade. I’m so excited–I hope it snows!!
