Why do people in the USA hate the DMV so much?
One of my job function is to support some aspects of a DMV, so I'll give you some perspectives and thoughts:1. DMV's have an atrocious problem with uneven demand. EVERYBODY shows up at the DMV in about 3 days at the end of the month, and the first two or three days of it. Go to a DMV in the middle of the month, and you will likely find far shorter lines. But unlike many private companies, DMV's can't easily scale staffing up and down. Tough background checks and often old and crappy systems make for long training and onboarding cycles, making temps untenable, and many other functions of government are also month end heavy, making it hard to rotate employees in.2. NOBODY EVER WANTS TO GO TO THE DMV. Seriously. You will never have a customer who's happy to be there. It's a grating job that wears people down and makes them hate life. But you have to be there, and so do DMV employees.. Nobody is going to be chipper after all that. 3. It's a shitty job, usually with modest pay, yet surprisingly complex procedures, software, controls, and policy that basically sucks for employees and customers. When policy is written or passed by the legislature, nobody cares what impact it will have on the front line at the DMV. Add 20 minutes to the wait? Make employees enter data in five separate systems? Meh, not their problem. Nobody votes an elected official out of office because the DMV sucks. (If they did, it would not suck anymore). Further, The best way to be fired at the DMV is to break policy. Which is a good way to make damn sure that nobody goes above and beyond to help a customer a little extra. Being slow won't get you fired, but breaking policy will.4. Telephone and internet services are afterthoughts constrained by hidebound legal requirements that nobody has bothered to update since 1946, and which make it damn near impossible to deliver quality service to people. (Some states are much better than others here).5. DMV's are often run by people whose primary job isn't to run the DMV. County assessors, some random state agency, whatever... They have bigger fish to fry and more pressing concerns. The DMV is simply neglected.At the end of the day, the DMV isn't much worse than customer service at any pseudo-monopoly. And with no motivation to improve, it won't.
I work in a supermarket and hate it. Undergrad degrees in Spanish and Biology and fluent in Spanish. What options do I have?
I have to work ALL day tomorrow and I worked today too. Holidays, Sundays, weekends, evenings. No quality time with mom, barely any social life, and my job makes my whole life a misery. I hate my job so much I want to cry and I feel like I'm serving an indefinite prison sentence and I'm so burnt out that just the sound of a shopping trolley makes me want to puke. Sometimes suicide crosses my mind, but sometimes I think my family and friends would be so hurt. Also I have a cat and I have heard horror stories about pet cats pining away and dying because they lost their people. I don't think death would solve anything, and I don't really want to die either. I am just so frustrated because I feel that I deserve to have an amazing life and it's all passing me by. I would like to go back to school but my lack of direction, and money holds me back. So I've ruled out suicide but if I don't get out of my supermarket job soon I am gonna have a mental meltdown and wind up in Shady Acres. I just can't take my job anymore. I don't really have any direction with my degree, but I feel like I am qualified for much better than a supermarket checkout. I'm also a trained Spanish-English medical interpreter and a native Spanish and English speaker. How can I find out what I'm qualified for? To escape my dead end checkout job? I know I deserve better.
Why do some people live without having a real job (i.e. YouTubers, writers, etc.) while the rest of us struggle in 9-5 shifts?
YouTubers and writers do have “real jobs”. They’re not any less real than a construction worker building a house. Some jobs are easier than others, but that is also largely subjective. A construction worker may think that a writer’s job is easy, until they try it and find out no one wants to read their material or they’re unable to find a publisher.Often times YouTubers create videos for years before making a living from it. Imagine creating video after video, while also going to school or working a job. Even if they consistently upload content there is no guarantee that that they will make enough money to live off of it. Recently, Youtubers have fallen prey to what’s became known as “YouTube Apocalypse” where they have seen huge decreases in revenue (even up to 90%). Some popular YouTubers didn’t get any money certain weeks. That’s a risk they have to take.If you have a dream, go for it. It’s common to hear people say they don’t like their job, but very few try to change it. People would rather go home, relax, watch TV, etc. Would you like to be a YouTuber? Go home and make videos. Many YouTubers start with basic webcams then eventually buy better and better cameras. Do you want to be a writer? Pull up a blank Microsoft Word or OpenOffice document and begin.Following your dreams isn’t usually easy, but you have to weigh that cost with the regret of not following them. Even if you do finally get your dream job, it won’t necessarily be easy. YouTubers may need to search the web constantly looking for news stories, plan scripts, edit videos, and more. You may see 10 minutes of video when it actually took several hours of work. Reading a novel can take a few days, but writing one may take a few months, with no promise of it being published.People are able to become YouTubers and writers because they work hard at it. They’re willing to sacrifice their free time because it’s what they love doing. Find out what you would love to do and give it your all.
How many hours do a military active member work per week?
LOL...military doesnt work 40 hours a week... no... they work LONGER. 6:30-7:30 PT 0900-1700 duty hours 9 hour days IF youre lucky because most units keep you until between 1800 and 1900.... and if youre ramping up for deployment or youre out in the field then you are working twice that. Also take into consideration the 12-24 hour duties such as CQ and Staff Duty... Also take into consideration those that dont work regular duty hours such as Firefighters and Military Police... who often work 12 hour shifts...not including PT, weapons draw, guard mount, and paperwork. And lets not forget the actual deployments... where you could be out in the middle of nowhere on a mission for weeks at a time and the only sleep you get is 30 minutes here and there and done in rotation with your team members. The military does more before 9am than most people do all day.
Job orientation with Marshalls--what is it like, what do you do?
Just expect to be folding, stocking clothes & working with customers and doing cashier operations. Also cleaning the store at closing or opening. Shouldn't be to difficult, and you may earn a comission somewhere in the store. It's a job, and if you like clothes then I think it'd be a good job for you. Me? No, I couldn't work at a clothing store, I hate folding clothes :D edit: yes you can ask for the direct deposit form now that you've been hired. good luck
How near to closing time is it TOO LATE to enter a business and expect appropriate service? 5 minutes? 10?
And yes, I've worked retail and customer service before. There were times that customers walked in the door near closing time and wanted something that would obviously take longer than that to do. And that annoyed me. But I also understood that business hours were not necessarily the same as operating hours, and weren't meant to be. If it took 20 minutes to close down the store at the end of the day, then I had to stay for 20 minutes later after all the customers had left and it was past closing time before I could go home. On the other side of this, it also meant that I had to show up 20 minutes earlier in the morning to get the shop ready for business the next day. It did not mean that I could show up at 10AM (or whatever opening time is stated), and wait for customers to peer in through the windows for 20 minutes while I get everything ready to go before I unlock the door.
Working at Michael's Arts and Craft store??? I'm scared and I need help.?
So I start at Michael's today at 5:30 and I am very nervous. It is my first job and I don't know what to expect. Should I show up early? Is it hard work? Some people have said that it is an awful place to work, is that really true? Should I take out my piercings? I'm just so nervous I don't know what to do. If i want direct deposit do I take all my account information with me? What is going to happen my first week? The manager seems nice but should I expect the worst??? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...