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| I’m kind of in a dilemma. I applied through a state agency to clean elderly people’s houses. First of all, it took over 2 months to get my background check down. Finally after applying, two months later, I get a call saying that I passed the background check. The woman that gave me the o.k. that I passed the background check, said that she would email some people that I am available to work. Now, I stated that I would prefer working in the area I lived at. The next closest town is 18 miles one way (36 miles round trip.) I got a call from a lady and she said she had two ladies that needed me to work for them. I called them both to set up times that I could clean their houses. I set a date and time for the one lady, but the other lady was going to be in a nursing home and wouldn’t need my service. Now, why didn’t the lady that gave me this woman’s phone number know this? It had been over a month since anyone cleaned their house!! So, I called my “boss” and left a message with her and she has never called back (has been a couple of weeks ago.) Now, here’s my dilemma…. I would have to travel 36 miles (round trip) to clean a house for possibly 2 hours at $9.48. Most of that money will be for gas in the vehicle (gas is over $2.00 a gallon.). So should I keep wasting gas for one job, that really isn’t making me any money and “hope” that I get more clients? The other dilemma is that the way they don’t communicate with me and how long it takes for me to get an answer. I knew I might not have too many clients to start out with, but I could have a full time job at the town that is 60 miles (round trip) that would I would make more money , than just 1 client that’s only have the way away. What would you do?
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| I guess it would depend on if I needed the income of a full time job and could not wait until I got more clients. I know that you spent all that time getting the background check and everything so quitting that job would seem like a waste of time in that respect. Is it possible to take the full time job and still keep going with this other one until you got more clients? Is the full time job doing the same thing or something different? Do you prefer the cleaning job versus the full time job (if it is something different)? Do you have a way of drumming up your own clients or do you have to go this agency? Why does it take so long for them to get back with you? Why did they not know about the other lady not being in her home? Sorry for all the questions but these are what came to mind. I would have to answer all of these if I were to make a decision. Maybe this agency is not the right company for you and it is a sign that you need to look elsewhere. I am sorry that I cannot say for certain which I would do. Good luck. | |
| I’ve never encountered this sort of situation as an employee, but I have experienced something similar when we were the client. We ended up passing on most of the services that were on offer, because there it would take about 3-4 hours round trip to access them. I wish I had some advice to give you! I have no idea if the situation is likely to improve with time, but I think I’d be tempted to take the full-time job if the cost of the commute isn’t going to be too much. | |
| I think you will find it extremely frustrating to deal with those who have no respect for time. Until you find a better alternative taking on that full time job is what I would recommend | |
| it depends whether you are in need of this job or not With $9 for your pay, minus the $2 petrol, would it be a little too low for just a day? You have to minus your labor cost and your meals, by then, you would have some change for a cup of tea? It would be wise to have 2 jobs per day, otherwise it is a waste of time. That is the problem with your so called “boss”, he/she isn’t being co-operative at all. Maybe, you should set your requirement and let her know that you desire to have the job but not that low. Then, she might think ahead before letting you know.
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| I suggest that you take up the job, and you make a few fliers to put into the letterbox of the surrounding house. You can say that you are available to do the cleaning before and after a certain time, and they can call you direct to negotiate a rate. At the same time, you can go to the town center and ask if any of the shop needs part-timers. If you can get work for just 4 hours on top of the 2 hours of cleaning, that will not be a wasted trip. | |
| I think you are looking at a loss more than an earning at this point. Maybe you could tell your boss to step up the list to make your trip more profitable for you. I don’t know if you can make such a demand, but if you’re ready to throw in the towel, I don’t see you have much to loose. Explain to your boss this dilemma to see what she has to said or what she can do. If you don’t let her know, she would assume that it is fine with you. Hopefully she will understand and cooperate with you for the better! | |
| Your boss is not helping you because of the message that took too long or I hope you get a message from them now. I wonder why it took too long for the boss to reply in a single message you gave them? From the computation you gave, you lose sissy. I did that before. I went to a job that was too far away from our house and I can’t save money and always short for transportation fee because the salary was low and too far from home. After 6 months I left the job and look for another one because I got exhausted that I was not earning good and always short of budget. |
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