Got It!!!

[KYEMT325]

:bounce:

Well, I got the job with Lex-Metro PD as a Communications Officer Sr. (Dispatcher). I start tomorrow. Problem is, now I am working 3rd shift at my current job, and 1st shift in training at the new job. So basically I'm putting 16-20 hours a day in 4-5 days a week (yikes). I'm so tired right now (and it's only 5 am, got 11 more hours to go) and I haven't worked 3rd shift in over a year so not only am I trying to adjust to that, but I'm trying to adjust to working 2 full-time jobs with 2 different departments.

I don't really know how long I'm gonna do this, because I don't want to quit here until I know if I'm going to like or get along good in the new job (know what I mean). The Chief here wants me to stay here if I can do it, and all the money I earn here now will go directly to paying off debt (which I have a heap of). So, I'm kinda between a rock and a hard place at this point.

Talk to you guys later, and if any of you have any thoughts, let me know.

[MrJim911]

As much as I understand why your doing that I would recommend against it. (I also have mucho debt!!) You'll be ok for a few days maybe, then your going to be worthless. Your body is not desinged to work 20 hours a day 5 days a week. You'll soon become a officer safety concern. Your responses will slow as will all of your thought processes. My advice...

Pick a job!! :)


And congrats!!! I assume Lex-Metro is Lexington, KY?

[Shadowknows]

The main question I have is if you are that tired is it worth it to the officers on the road who may depend on you. I to have worked out of debt as many have its not easy.
But you have much greater responsibility..... Talk to your current boss and see what the future holds then talk to your new boss as to what they expect. I'm suprissed they let you keep your old job. just my .02

[Lupey]

You really should decide one way or the other. Working that much is going to hurt you. Your training with the PD will suffer and you quite possible could fail out of it due to your performance or lack of it. All because you are working to much. Communications in general needs the utmost in attention to details and being over tired, especially in the training stage, is very detrimental. If I was you, I would sit down and do some serious soul searching to find out which one of the jobs is more important to you. Just my humble opinion :D

[KYEMT325]

Thanks for your opinions guys. I had no plans on letting myself become an officer safety concern. At this point, the job that I am actually dispatching at I am totally rested when I start my job there. It's just when I go into training for the next job is when I start getting tired. Yes, that will probably make it harder for me to learn there, but I have been doing this for like 7 years now, so I don't think there's a whole lot except for their different code system for coding calls that is different from what I do now, that's why my training with them is going to be less than a month because I am already certified and already do the job daily.

When I get through my training phase with them and get assigned a shift, I had already made plans to drop to part-time with my old job, and not stay on full-time. I don't think I could do the full-time thing for long, but the new job wanted me to get started and wanted me to go ahead and work both of them, so they obviously have faith in my skills as a dispatcher or they wouldn't have asked me to do that.

Again, thanks for the input and have a nice day.