I might get a job at GoodYear, but I'm not sure.

[Medusa]

Is it possible to go to school and work a job even if part time? That's what my son did.

A friend of mine was hired here at Goodyear a couple of years ago but she's being laid off permanently on Feb. 1. She's in management, though.

[Genny]

Is it possible to go to school and work a job even if part time? That's what my son did.

A friend of mine was hired here at Goodyear a couple of years ago but she's being laid off permanently on Feb. 1. She's in management, though.

I'm sorry about your friend. That's tough. my dad has been laid off several times. It's never any fun ;/

I'm sure I could probably do that. I could probably even stay at Chickfila and do that. They are pretty good at working around your schedule (sometimes)

[pomtzu]

You sound like you have talked yourself out of working for Goodyear even if they do want to hire you.

Do you know what kind of job it is, or are you just assuming it would involve heavy lifting? At least if they call you, you should go for the interview to get more info.

And there are many schooling options other than a 2 or 4 year school. I see tech schools advertising all the time on t.v. There's a lot - especially in the medical field: medical office, massage therapy, pharmacy technician, etc.

Sure - college or advanced schooling is "hard", but you have to want to better yourself. If you want an "easy" job, then you should probably stay where you are now, and the longer you wait to go to school or get a better job, the harder it will be.

[Genny]

Well..ok..guess what? My mom's friend is a Pharnacist and he needs more help. He told my mom he'd hire me to work for him full-time 9-5 Mon-Fri and 9-5 every other Saturday and I'd be off every Sunday. He would pay me $8 an hour. but...he needs me to know by the end of this week. He said if I don't take it he's got to hire someone else. Would I be crazy not to take it? Would you do that? Or do you think I'd be better off to stay at Chickfila and go to school for 2 years to be an X-ray tech?

[Cataholic]

To me, that seems like a ton of hours. You would have no opportunity to persue any schooling with that sort of schedule. Even if you found a program that fit in with that sort of work schedule, you would be burned out.

I would stick with where you are- for the time being- and get into school. Focus on that aspect full time, and let work be your part time job.

Oh, yeah....this applies to men, too.

[Genny]

That's kinda what I want to do. But some of my family tell me that I'm crazy if I don't take this job at the pharmacy...I don't know what to think...

A different manager started making the schedule out last week and so I got 20 hours this coming week. I don't know...maybe I'll start getting more if I stayed here.

I know right now the pharmacy job would be best, but yea like you said lots of hours and there wouldn't be any way for me to go to school if I wanted to. In the long run-years from now if I go to school now then that would be the best thing, huh? Decisions Decisions....it's hard!!!

[pomtzu]

You keep saying things are "hard". Yup - life is hard unless you were born into a wealthy family and have everything handed to you.

As I said before - if you want easy - then stay at Chick. If you want better than that, then you need to seek it out, because it won't come looking for you.

Somehow I have the feeling that if you stay at Chick and don't take the pharmacy job, that you still won't go to school - simply because you view it as "hard".