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cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 10:00 PM Aug 2020

Finally got a real job.

I've been a substitute teacher and an Uber driver for about 5 years and then was on Unemployment until the extra $600 a week ran out. Well, I finally got a work from home job. It doesn't pay a lot right away but there is a pay raise and health insurance after 60 days. And a $475 bonus after 60 days. I'll be supporting cell phones, laptops and computers. I'm excited. I did this for 17 years, 5 of them from home and I'm back to doing it again.

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Finally got a real job. (Original Post) cannabis_flower Aug 2020 OP
Congratulations, my dear cannabis_flower! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 #1
Well.. cannabis_flower Aug 2020 #4
good for you NJCher Aug 2020 #2
I use services like that all of time. safeinOhio Aug 2020 #3
congrats! BootinUp Aug 2020 #5
Be well & prosper.... good for you on your new job. magicarpet Aug 2020 #6
Well, good. Congratulations and good luck to you. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #7
Actually.. cannabis_flower Aug 2020 #9
Yay for you! ❤ Karadeniz Aug 2020 #8
Way to go! Sogo Aug 2020 #10
Congrats. Good for you and may your excitement continue for a long time. c-rational Aug 2020 #11
Working from home sounds great. Congratulations. txwhitedove Aug 2020 #12
Hip Hip Hooray!! Olafjoy Aug 2020 #13
Congratulations! nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #14
Congratulations! Kind of Blue Aug 2020 #15
Congratulations! And thank you for sharing your good news with us. We need every bit of light niyad Aug 2020 #16
That's GREAT!!! ailsagirl Aug 2020 #17
Congrats. Quite the mood lifter I'll bet. yonder Aug 2020 #18
Fantastic! littlemissmartypants Aug 2020 #19
Great, nice to get good news for once Cicada Aug 2020 #20
Congratulations! Niagara Aug 2020 #21
Great news. bluescribbler Aug 2020 #22
Very good - Congrats! Mountain Mule Aug 2020 #23
Congrats!!!!! BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #24
That's a really important job, helping people. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #25
WTG! Some people would just give up, but not you!! Congratulations!! Fla Dem Aug 2020 #26
Wonderful! Wicked Blue Aug 2020 #27
My son does that for a local business. Delmette2.0 Aug 2020 #28
Happy for you! Phentex Aug 2020 #29
Yea! Jimbo S Aug 2020 #30

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,611 posts)
1. Congratulations, my dear cannabis_flower!
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 10:01 PM
Aug 2020

I am sure you are very relieved. And you'll be helping people who are not at all tech savvy and who need you so much!



Way to go!

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
4. Well..
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 10:08 PM
Aug 2020

I'll be learning. I'm used to supporting Windows and I will be supporting Apple products. But that's ok.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,853 posts)
7. Well, good. Congratulations and good luck to you.
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 10:23 PM
Aug 2020

I realize this isn't the very best of jobs, but it's something. And this is a field where work from home can happen indefinitely.

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
9. Actually..
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 10:44 PM
Aug 2020

I loved doing it. I'd rather be getting $17.85 per hour like on my previous work from home Call Center job but this will be enough for the time being. Also, they give performance bonuses. And it's better than fast food jobs or substitute teacher.

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
15. Congratulations!
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 11:11 PM
Aug 2020

There's real satisfaction in telecommuting at least liking what you do. But being at home doing what you love feels like a blessing no matter how overworked at home because you're there.

I wish you more success and peace of mind in your new endeavor.

niyad

(113,284 posts)
16. Congratulations! And thank you for sharing your good news with us. We need every bit of light
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 11:17 PM
Aug 2020

and joy we can find.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
25. That's a really important job, helping people.
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 12:51 AM
Aug 2020

So many more people are working from home using laptops and they need help figuring it all out.

Delmette2.0

(4,164 posts)
28. My son does that for a local business.
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 01:21 PM
Aug 2020

I am so pleased for you, i understand the demands of what you are doing. You never know it the problem is with the user or the program/app.

Hang in there, you will be fine.

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