Yesterday after I got off work I came home and Skyped my mom. It had been a while since I Skyped my mom and I was definitely in need of some mom time! We talked about a couple things that were on each of our minds. I got to see my dad and brother as well. But we talked about something that's been on my mind since we ended the video chat. Generation Y
What I mean by Generation Y is, well obviously my generation. My generation has the typical stereotypes that I agree to disagree with. My generation has its moments. In school, we were taught that no one can treat us like crap basically, that we should stand up for ourselves, etc. I believe that yes I have some generation Y traits but not all of them.
Since I graduated high school, I have had 2 jobs. I started at Safeway as a courtesy clerk and I did love my job. I did the best of what I knew and was taught during my time there. As I was beginning to understand my job, I was promoted to the gas station as a fuel attendant. There, I made many friends and also a couple enemies. I didn't really worry about the enemies as much as my job. I really began to love my job at the gas station. I was a cashier and it was fun, the customers that would come in on a regular basis would joke around and I would love the atmosphere there.
But then, I got really sick and couldn't come into work. I tried to work with them on the understanding of the sickness I was under. They didn't care, and I lost my job. After working for Safeway for 6 months, I was left unemployed. Two months and it really affected me. Not only with my relationship with Zach, but I literally felt like the world was coming down on me fast with no intention to stop. Job after job I applied and heard nothing. I was beating myself up mentally because I couldn't understand what had happened.
One day I remember clearly, sitting downstairs and applying for job after job and then calling my mom. I was in tears listening to some music that I shouldn't have. I called her to hear her voice, my mom has always had the right thing to say and the sound of her voice puts me back at ease. I called her and told her how I was feeling. I had just got off the phone with Zach before I called her, and I needed some clarity. We talked for a while and then I had got a call from a different number. It was a job interview at Wal- Mart. I was so shocked I called my mom again and told her the good news. I finally felt like something was going right for me. I mean, yes I had interviews before twice and those didn't work out. But I finally felt like I was going to get the job and finally feel good about myself again
I went to the job interview and got my first job interview complete and was going to my second one. As soon as I completed that one, they told me to come back the next day for the job offer. I couldn't help but jump up and down as soon as I got to the car. I got the job as a full time Maintenance Associate. I've been there for a month and a half now and I'll admit it definitely is different from Safeway.
I appreciate my job, and try to the best of my ability to do my job better than asked. Sometimes I will admit it is hard to accomplish everything that is asked of you when you are the only female in a group of males. I'm not saying that women can't accomplish anything, we certainly have accomplished a lot in the past decades. I am not the kind of girl to just throw in the towel and be okay with giving up. I am experiencing issues at work. Certain people I think have it out to get me or maybe it is just a test like my mom said and I'm taking it personally. I've always been that way though to take things said personally, it's a defect in my personality and one that I am working on.
I'm not going to let people think they can walk all over me, and get away with it. I'm going to stand up for myself and not back down. I'm going to do MY job the way I was taught and learn from different people that have been there years longer than just my one month. This is my standing up for myself, I am Generation Y.
- The SongBird
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