been offered part time work by my old employer.really nervous.havent worked in 5 years!

[mumandlovingit]

i had a call from my old employer where i worked for 4 years before i went on maternity and had my two children.they are rushed of their feet and need someone else working there.

he asked if i was interested part time 7 i said yes & now ive got to go in wednesday and speak to him and my old supervisor of the accounts job i did and see if we can negotiate hours.

my youngest doesnt go to school full time until after xmas so they'd have to work around that before xmas if im going to take the job.

im so nervous.there are only three people there the same since i left.they've got two people doing the accounts job i did and someone doping the receptionist work i was doing.i must have been good!

income support have told me i can get any run on for my rent or council tax and i wont get a back to work bonus as ive only been on my own claim since august.i was on my xp's jsa claim before that but that doesnt count apparently.

i'll get paid monthly too so i'll be skint throughout nov and dec having to pay two months bills from one month wages.

im just nervous as hell.i got my haircut today ready for the interview wed and bought myself a shirt and trousers.i havent got any work clothes anymore! i'll have to get ordering from my catalogue if i do get the work.

im just hoping they can sort the hours out around me and its permanent and not ust until after xmas or something.

im so nervous.ive got my aunts funeral tuesday and then that wednesday.talk about mixed emotions!

[mumandlovingit]

part time & i said yes i meant.i really have got to get to grips wth typing again!

[mumandlovingit]

i cant get a run on or anything for the rent i meant.

[scarysuejonez]

But you have worked for the past 5 years haven't you? Just haven't been paid for it If you can cope with house and two small children you will cope just find will working in an office again.

[mumandlovingit]

i think im more nervous about meeting the new people than the actual work.

i feel weird that i worked there before any of those people but they've been there recently and know the new system etc.

they looked really bitchy when i went there to visit a while back.
im just hoping they can work the hours around me.until xmas i can only do 9-11.30 mon,wed,fri and 9-2.30 tues & thur.it's 18.5 hours though so it is part time.

to be fair because i will get housing benefit help im no better off working a load more hours as they take 65p of every £1 for my rent and my rent is £105 a week!

[Peridot30]

They contacted you? Headhunted!!! Go for it. Woman are always bitchy no matter where you work. Hope they can work the hours round you. Even if just till christmas give you extra money till then. Put the fact that they contacted you sounds promising .Good luck sending you hugs x x

[mumandlovingit]

my landlord hates housing benefit as they take so long to sort it out.they can take up to 12 weeks to start paying her when the claim changes so ive got to make sure its long term, even if its a probationary 6 months.

ive only ever worked with one woman, my supervisor so im not used to settins with alot of females.i also did all their jobs when i was there so i dont want them to feel like im trading on their toes and taking over their work.then again they could ust try to give me all the crap jobs!

im really hoping they can work round my hours.i really cant work until 5pm as i wont get to pick the kids up until 5.45 and by the time ive cooked tea they'll be starving and knackered.not fair to expect my mum to do it.

its just a really big step for me.everything seems to be happening so quick.dp moved out in august, we're working at things but he's still living at his mums.we've got a few issues to deal with, with our eldest son, our youngest has speech & language problems and developmental delays but he seems to be ok at school so far.its after xmas when he's fulltime that i'll worry.my aunt died last week and now i might be going back to work again.there's my mot coming up that i think my car will fail, money worries of being paid monthly and xmas.

im quite insecure in myself and i think its times like these when i tend to panic.think im going to have to learn some breathing techniques/relaxing etc

i'll post on wednesday and update on the job situation.ive got to get through the funeral tuesday first.

[sylvm]

Go for it - you'll regret it if you don't! They obviously want you as they approached you so you are in a good negotiating position regarding hours etc. You might be able to ask for an advance on wages to cover sorting yourself out with the benefits thing until the end of the year - no harm asking. good luck.

[mumandlovingit]

my eldest son has got a horrible temperature and is really pale so he wont be at school tomorrow.

i wont be able to go to my aunts funeral tuesday as the earliest he'll go to school is wednesday to make sure he's ok.he gets alot of tonsillitis and ear infections and i have to be careful with him.

got job interview wed so hopefully he'll be ok if not i'll have to get my mum to babysit.i cant exactly cancel on them and expect them to arrange a different day!

[fairyjay]

That's great news and a great opportunity for both of you.

Good luck - you haven't got so much to prove, because they know you can do it.

[mumandlovingit]

i went for the interview today and i got the job.i start monday.

the place has really changed, the people have changed, the telephone system,computer system,filing system, everything has changed!

im nervous as hell and i wont even be any better off until february!

ive rang the tax credts and they wont sort my claim out until ive actually started work so ive got to wait until monday to ring them.

the woman on the phone doesnt know how they work the childcare out each week.ive seen from other threads that they x the amount per week by 13 holiday weeks for me and then divide it by 52 for the year but what happens when we're near the end of the year?

im nervous as hell.dont know how i'll get on with the women.

good luck to you getting your job.

[SSSandy]

oh congratulations and good luck with it! It's always nerve-wracking starting a new job. I haven't worked in over 6 years and wonder how I'd fit in, I'm so used to planning my time myself. Think that's what I'd miss most if I was employed somewhere.

However awful the women are, they can't be harder than screaming 2year olds banging their heads on the floor, can they? You can do it.

[mumandlovingit]

told them i can work 3 mornings 9.15am-11.30am as my child finishes school at lunch still until after xmas and 2 days 9.15am-3.00pm

they were fine with that.after xmas when he's full time im doing 9.15am-2.30pm everyday so i can still take them to schol and pick them up.

its the housing benefit that annoys me.they take 65p out of every pound for the rent so increasing hours will only give me £3.50 in every £10 better off.

think one of the women is going to be off with me as she's quite authoritive and i did her job before her but on the old computer system.

we'll see.im not there to take anyones job, just give myself abit of confidence & self worth really and adult conversation.

they've had to be ok with my hours really, they're the ones that wanted me to go back, i didnt ask them for the job.

once tax credits and rent etc is sorted it will be better but until february when the two different rents have been sorted for hours before xmas and after etc i'll be just keeping my head above water.

[mumandlovingit]

are you on benefits now?

i was told the working tax side of things would just be recalculated and added onto my next weeks money, two weeks at the most and they'd still pay my child tax in the meantime.

not being nosey but if you let me know if you are or not and if yes how long for etc i might know of some help you can get

[mumandlovingit]

havent heard about weekly bonus.they do 4 weeks extra rent here & council tax & £250 job grant for going back to work.

i cant get any as i havent been on my own claim for over 6 monhs.