So I got the word in late April...I was chosen for a new assignment at my company with a $3 an hour raise, and I will be going from part-time (25 hours a week) to 40 hours a week. I was told it would start "in two-to-three months."
OK, it's not a glamorous position...I clean offices for a living. But a new contract secured by my company will put me at a GM plant here in Flint, MI. I am not sure of exactly what areas I'll be cleaning, but I was told the work might be a little more difficult than the basic dump-the-trash, dust, clean toilets, clean windows, and vacuuming that I do now. Something about having to move pallets or something. Believe me, for $11 an hour, I can do that.
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