On Work

We aren't allowed to talk about the buyout to news sources.

That's because we really don't know anything, we're getting the exact same information that they are. Look up Adam's Mark, Merger, and Fred Kummer if you are dying to know more than what's here.

Odds are, I won't lose my job talking about it on here. I'll just have to make the option not to access my weblog at work until this post falls off the page. I can do that, if necessary. Nobody at work reads my blog- and my job would probably. And if I do, I have nearly a year's worth of customer service under my belt, and I'm sure that some of my co-workers would vouch for me.

They're just as scared as I am.

Lucille is worred about benefits. Her raise is coming up just after the final deal is supposed to close.

Paul is worried that they'll make us a 9a-9pCST call center, effectively cutting out third shift altogeather. He says he can't work a normal retail job due to his health- anything else would just about kill him.

Other people worry that they might re-route the calls directly to the hotel reservations offices on-site, cutting out the entire call center. People who have stuck by our hotels since before Mr. Kummer sold the first sixteen out of the 23 in the chain are more or less shaking their heads- what can they do? Just wait it out, see what happens.

What kills me is similar to what's worrying Lucille. My loans will CRUSH me if I don't start getting tuition assistance so I can finish my degree. Yes, that peice of paper does make a difference when it comes to what I'm eligible for in salary. Tuition Assistance was an HBE corporate benefit- not a mere Adam's Mark benefit. Were it the latter, then it should transfer. But it's not. So I cross my fingers.

And wait.

And although I am typically patient, the bulk of my federal loans kick in beginning in September.

I don't have enough to make their minimum payments. That's what's really killing me right now. All this stress is giving me headaches. >_<