Internships

Well, I am officially out of the training room!  Yay!  Haven't I been working for three months now?  Yep, basically, you stay in the training room until new people are hired and there isn't room for you anymore.  The biggest thing is that 80% of the people they hire never make it out of the training room.  You heard me right.  It's a tough biz and if they don't think you have what it takes, they fire you; or more adequately, you are given a box.  It's a running joke around the office that if you see a box you head the other direction.  Sad, but true.  I was given the box Thursday, but for a different reason, I was graduating.  I have officially made it past the first cut--it doesn't mean that I still can't be canned at any point in time, but they will at least give me a warning before I am handed the box.   We had three new people start Monday, one of them is already gone.  In the three months I have been there, four people have been "let go" and one moved to another state.  I don't understand the rationale behind having a company that leaves their employees with such fear.  If it weren't for the fact that I will only be working there a maximum of another three months, I would seriously be considering another job choice.  Sad thing is, I do enjoy it for the most part.

Here is the news!  We are officially going to Georgia this summer!  Crazy.  I'm not entirely thrilled about the location (I already have issues with the heat in Utah, and it is a dry heat), but I am way excited to be getting out of Utah, even for a bit.  We still haven't decided what to do about our current place and all our stuff while we are gone, but we still have a bit of time to decide.  J has also found out that his fall/winter internship will be at a local High School, working with the kids .  The internship will be very beneficial because although J doesn't want to be a school counselor/social worker when he graduates, he will have the credentials to do so.  Just another avenue if other things don't pan out!