catch22
03-05-2015, 07:32 PM
Portland, Oregon
As some of you know who personally know me, and follow me on social media. I have accepted a job with my company in Portland, OR. I will be reporting sometime in the latter half of May.
The reason behind this is the outsourcing of my job at the airport. A topic for a different thread...but long story short: a company called G2 Staffing has bid to undercut the wages me and my coworkers make. The airline salivated at the cost saving potential. Therefore I am either forced to transfer or go on furlough. I have elected to transfer. I received three options -- Las Vegas, San Diego, and Portland, OR. I work outside, and have a very physical job. The idea of the summer desert sun in Vegas turned me away from that, and the extremely high cost of living in San Diego turned me away from my ideal climate of SoCal.
OKCTalk has provided me with many friends, both online, and those that have matured into actual physical face to face friendships. If it weren't for OKCTalk, I would not have met my best friend, Urban Pioneer. I would not have become as interested in what happens in OKC. I would not have questioned the things I thought I knew, and grew to develop my own opinions. I would simply not be the same person I am today.
While I won't be ending my membership here or letting my account go idle. (Although some of you may wish I did ;)) I do think it's fair I inform you all, just as I did my family and friends. I spend as much time or more interacting with the users here as I do my family, a lot who I have met and know in person now, but a lot who I will never meet.
Lately, I have not been contributing much. I haven't been posting, outside of a handful of threads. I am worn out. But I believe I have also embarrassed myself in a certain thread in the restaurant forum. Aside from that, my posts have been somewhat toxic lately, in general. My brain has been incredibly stressed -- worrying about my job..where I would be going..whether I would be able to finish school before I had to move...working 40 hours and going to school 32 hours a week...also dealing with a huge personal issue that I unfortunately cannot vent about to anyone except a handful of people who know. So stressed that the smallest things have been bugging me. Things have been bothering me that, in my normal state of mind, would not bother me. I can equate it to when you are just so tired and stressed, that someone entering the room and dropping a pen. The sound of the pen hitting the floor just makes you want to flip out. My comments have been reactionary, toxic, and unproductive lately. So to save you all the headache and myself the embarrassment I have not been posting much.
The next two months will be equally as stressful as I try and organize a living situation from 2,000 miles away. I have viewed over 80 apartments today in Portland -- from my laptop in OKC. And I have yet to find one I am confident in moving to. Hopefully I will come across something. Working for an airline -- budget is a huge factor, which limits me to somewhat less desirable areas. And not knowing the city at all, adds to that uncertainty.
This is getting a bit long -- but there it is. I'm leaving OKC. I won't be leaving OKCTalk, though.
As some of you know who personally know me, and follow me on social media. I have accepted a job with my company in Portland, OR. I will be reporting sometime in the latter half of May.
The reason behind this is the outsourcing of my job at the airport. A topic for a different thread...but long story short: a company called G2 Staffing has bid to undercut the wages me and my coworkers make. The airline salivated at the cost saving potential. Therefore I am either forced to transfer or go on furlough. I have elected to transfer. I received three options -- Las Vegas, San Diego, and Portland, OR. I work outside, and have a very physical job. The idea of the summer desert sun in Vegas turned me away from that, and the extremely high cost of living in San Diego turned me away from my ideal climate of SoCal.
OKCTalk has provided me with many friends, both online, and those that have matured into actual physical face to face friendships. If it weren't for OKCTalk, I would not have met my best friend, Urban Pioneer. I would not have become as interested in what happens in OKC. I would not have questioned the things I thought I knew, and grew to develop my own opinions. I would simply not be the same person I am today.
While I won't be ending my membership here or letting my account go idle. (Although some of you may wish I did ;)) I do think it's fair I inform you all, just as I did my family and friends. I spend as much time or more interacting with the users here as I do my family, a lot who I have met and know in person now, but a lot who I will never meet.
Lately, I have not been contributing much. I haven't been posting, outside of a handful of threads. I am worn out. But I believe I have also embarrassed myself in a certain thread in the restaurant forum. Aside from that, my posts have been somewhat toxic lately, in general. My brain has been incredibly stressed -- worrying about my job..where I would be going..whether I would be able to finish school before I had to move...working 40 hours and going to school 32 hours a week...also dealing with a huge personal issue that I unfortunately cannot vent about to anyone except a handful of people who know. So stressed that the smallest things have been bugging me. Things have been bothering me that, in my normal state of mind, would not bother me. I can equate it to when you are just so tired and stressed, that someone entering the room and dropping a pen. The sound of the pen hitting the floor just makes you want to flip out. My comments have been reactionary, toxic, and unproductive lately. So to save you all the headache and myself the embarrassment I have not been posting much.
The next two months will be equally as stressful as I try and organize a living situation from 2,000 miles away. I have viewed over 80 apartments today in Portland -- from my laptop in OKC. And I have yet to find one I am confident in moving to. Hopefully I will come across something. Working for an airline -- budget is a huge factor, which limits me to somewhat less desirable areas. And not knowing the city at all, adds to that uncertainty.
This is getting a bit long -- but there it is. I'm leaving OKC. I won't be leaving OKCTalk, though.