Casual Worker

@Jaeteuk

Hi Jaetuk, nice discussion about career. Although I am not familiar with your field of work, I understand that you want a more reliable income and better job security.

It is a proactive act that you spoke to the manager, and you are searching for a job that matches your qualifications within your area of expertise.

What about a side hustle? Any passion/hobby that you can monetize for the time being?

It's in the works, but I'm trying to start my own business. It will probably take a few years before I start earning an income though, but until then, it's probably better if I have a full-time position. I'll be fine with a part-time, if full-time is too much to ask for. At least with a permanent position, I'll have extended medical benefits and paid vacation/sick calls. Unlike the Casual status that I'm in now.

@Jaeteuk

I hear you. Starting a business is not a walk in the park and you have started trying. That's a step ahead of many people. Great job!

Permanent employment is a huge fixed cost for employers. Yet it is unfair to keep people in casual employment for a long period. Your bargaining power will be stronger if it is difficult for them to find your replacement. How do you improve your bargaining power?

I hope that being on 7 Cups will be helpful to your emotional wellbeing during these times. And hopefully you will hear good news soon from your manager or you will find a job that will give you permanent employment 🤍

Working on the potential business is my focus, with no shifts these couple of months. Spending time on it every day, getting encouragement from my brother, as it was his idea and sponsored me.

The department needs to have an employee to relieve vacation, so my position must exist. I understand and see that it's not necessary to become a 6th full-time employee working at the same time as everybody else, unless my work revolves around all 5 colleagues. Otherwise, there won't be anything to do. That's why I said even part-time will work, even as part-time staff, I'd still get the full benefits. Still much better than Casual status.

I was very honest with my Manager. I told her, with no prescheduled shifts for January and February, meaning no income for 2 months, it's not okay. Even told her I needed to pay off a debt. I even offered helping a fellow colleague with her work at the desk, 2 clerks that I help with covering their vacations for. At the moment, because I did not get extra training to do their jobs, when they are on vacation, one other lady who was trained as their backup, would go into the office from her original position. Yet, another colleague would take over her shift, and I end up working the evening shift in their place. I mentioned to the Manager that I had a chat with one of the 2 clerks, that I won't mind helping her, knowing that she's behind in a lot of her tasks. With that being said, Manager told me that she'll talk to the clerk, and maybe she can schedule some workload shifts for me sometime. So, maybe in February, I might get an extra week? I told her I'm wanting to use January to work on my business, not revealing what it is until I've succeeded~