Worst Job - Carolyn Duff

Jobs:

Babysitter

-  2005-2011

-  New Berlin, Wisconsin

- Worksite: families’ house
-  Employed by various families my parents were connected to

Resident Assistant (RA)

            -August 2013 – present

            -Employed by DePaul University Residential Education

            -Worksite: Clifton Fullerton Hall, Chicago, IL

Worst 3 Jobs:

Sales Associate

            -September 2010-March 2013

            -Brookfield, Wisconsin (Brookfield Square Mall)

            -Employed by American Eagle Outfitters

-$7.40/hour, I typically worked 9 hours a week and made about $9,000 total

-I didn’t like my manager, Jeff who was condescending and moody. I liked my co-worker, Stephanie but Jeff separated us from each other every time we worked the same shift because we talked too much.

-Objects: Mannequin, Jeans, Name tag

-Headline: Managers who take themselves too seriously and employees who only show up for the discounted clothes.
-Format: Integrative?

           

Bartender at Wisconsin State Fair

            -August 2 – 12 2012

            -West Allis, Wisconsin

            -Employed by Benno’s Concessions

-$8/hour, 8 hr shifts every day, $640 plus over $1,000 in tips

-I liked Danny who worked with me at the bar I was stationed at.

-I did not like the performers who sang on the stage right next to where I worked. It was a show choir group and I had to listen to the same energetic, sparkly teens sing the same songs twice a day, every day. Then once they were done performing they walked around the fair like they owned the place.

-Objects: Keg, plastic cups, tennis shoes

-Headline: “One drink costs how much?? Fine, its 90 degrees, I’ll take a beer and a water bottle.  – oh and here’s your tip, don’t share that with the other guys sweetheart.”
-Format: Deconstructive

Office Assistant

            -June 2013-August 2013

            -New Berlin, Wisconsin

            -Employed by the School District of New Berlin’s Business Office

-$10/hour, I worked 40 hours a week and made about $3,500 total

-I liked Diana, the Superintendent’s assistant.

-I did not like Karen. I don’t know what her job was, but all she did was walk around and complain to anyone who would listen.

-Objects: Copy Machine/Scanner, Keys, File Cabinet

-Headline: Praying nobody catches me doodling, hiding in the storage closet, falling asleep, or eating lunch in my car by myself.

-Format: Geometric