Casually Employed

With only 3 units to do and 9 hours of classes this semester, I decided that I should get a job. The fact that I didn't quite bring enough money to see me through this sem also had something to do with that decision.

Ended up working for Usanee's cousin's Thai takeaway as a casual kitchen hand/dishwasher, working Thursdays and Fridays. I figured that it would be a good way to end the week, with physical activity and do something mindless to take a rest from Workplace Relations, HRD and Corporate Regulation & Accountability for awhile.

Having done two shifts, I can now understand what people have against casual employment. It's irregular (not so much in my case), it's ill-paying (very much so in my case) and you just can't help but feel it's exploitative, with scant attention paid to welfare as compared to regular part-time or full time employees.

But anyhow, it's a good feeling to be working and earning money again. I've missed it.