Training Day At A New Possible Job (or Next Time, I’ll Give Myself 3 Hours To Get There)

Yesterday was my training day for one of the new jobs I’ve been offered. This one is working with film screenings.

The training was going to take place in Woodland Hills. I go to that area a lot because I have friends there, so I know that it usually takes me between 30 and 45 minutes to get there. Since this was my first day at the new job and I wanted to make a good impression, I gave myself about 90 minutes to get there.

My drive started off rough. There was a huge line of cars trying to get onto the freeway. When I finally made it on, traffic was completely stopped. This was happening at 11am, so I couldn’t figure what was going on.

Finally, one of the traffic signs said that there was a major accident and all but 1 lane of the freeway was shut down. It said to expect over a 2 hour delay.

That wasn’t going to work for me. I rushed off the freeway, texted the trainer that I might be late, and worked on finding another way to get to Woodland Hills.

It ended up taking me almost 2 hours to get there, but I finally made it. And since this was such a huge accident on the freeway, the trainer knew I was telling the truth and he was very understanding.

The training went pretty well. The first hour was spent going over all the rules and how the job works. There isn’t a ton of structure with the hours, but there are lots of rules I need to follow.

After that, we headed out to do some work for the next few hours. I let the trainer take the lead at first, but then he encouraged me to try it out. I was able to talk with a few potential customers, but it was still a little intimidating for me.

After the shift was over, the trainer and I headed our separate ways, but he let me know that I did a pretty decent job for my first time.

I won’t know exactly how much I made for a few days, but hopefully it will be something decent. It’s kind of a commission based job just like my last one, however the hourly is a much lower rate (so I would have to depend on commissions a lot more).

I have no idea when my next shift will be, but hopefully it won’t be too long. I want to see how realistic of a day job this is. If I can’t make it worth my time, then I need to find something else.

I’m still applying for jobs everyday because I don’t want this job to fall through and then I have to start over again. It feels like I’m being negative about this new job, but honestly, I’m just trying to be realistic.

It’s just so tough out there and I really need something great to come through for me soon!

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