5.4.1994
Over the past couple of months our department has become a huge network of news and rumors about other technology companies in our general area that are hiring. Everyone who is currently an internal temporary worker here is trying to bail out as quickly as possible. Some of our people have quit Bill and Dave's to take on permanent jobs elsewhere only to come back and tell us how bad their new job is. Others have found work at another company and like it much more than they ever did here. I've been interested in listening to all of them and I think I've been able to get a good enough feel for what some of the other employers around are like.
I am so dissatisfied with the way Bill and Dave's company is treating all of us that I've interviewed with an Optical Coating Lab. They do a variety of commercial and government work. I'm not clear on much of the specifics yet, and I'm going into this after hearing mixed opinions from people who have worked there. Bottom line is I want a full time permanent job. I want job security that I can't have here at Bill and Dave's. To me that's the most important thing right now.
Yesterday I had to go in for a physical and a drug test. I have never taken a drug test before so I've been curious what it's all about. If I pass everything then I still have to go in for a separate physical concerning my lungs. I don't know why the Optical Coating Lab needs that. The whole piss-test thing was silly and kind of degrading. I had to piss into a tiny plastic bottle while inside a bathroom that had it's sink locked up and a guard standing right outside the door. I wasn't allowed to flush the toilet until after I handed the pee-soaked bottle to one of the clinic workers. Because the bottle's opening was so narrow and my aim kinda rough, I ended up spraying my stuff all over the place. Including my hand. It struck me as so funny to see a woman handling a bottle of my filthy urine like it was some sort of a valuable antique. Whatever. I won't have any troubles passing the drug test. It's a waste of time and money really.
I am so dissatisfied with the way Bill and Dave's company is treating all of us that I've interviewed with an Optical Coating Lab. They do a variety of commercial and government work. I'm not clear on much of the specifics yet, and I'm going into this after hearing mixed opinions from people who have worked there. Bottom line is I want a full time permanent job. I want job security that I can't have here at Bill and Dave's. To me that's the most important thing right now.
Yesterday I had to go in for a physical and a drug test. I have never taken a drug test before so I've been curious what it's all about. If I pass everything then I still have to go in for a separate physical concerning my lungs. I don't know why the Optical Coating Lab needs that. The whole piss-test thing was silly and kind of degrading. I had to piss into a tiny plastic bottle while inside a bathroom that had it's sink locked up and a guard standing right outside the door. I wasn't allowed to flush the toilet until after I handed the pee-soaked bottle to one of the clinic workers. Because the bottle's opening was so narrow and my aim kinda rough, I ended up spraying my stuff all over the place. Including my hand. It struck me as so funny to see a woman handling a bottle of my filthy urine like it was some sort of a valuable antique. Whatever. I won't have any troubles passing the drug test. It's a waste of time and money really.
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