Difficult New Job

Firstly like to say I have worked in food industry and my god there is no easy jobs 'accounts for anywhere ..
so I would give it a wide berth so to speak ' try temp agency' as well' a little money is better than nothing .
in the UK.. we have bag packers who stand end of checkout for the customer, and trolly men who collect
them from car parks ect ..all weather job= ok long as you cover up well , where I live we have older folk as cashiers
checkouts sitting down job if u can stand the beeeep lol.... all work p/time ...coz of the pension ...have u tried the local hospitals for work they always need people -- sweet trolly to the wards /papers . or books magazine for patients … always worth a inquiry ..
 

toffee said:
Firstly like to say I have worked in food industry and my god there is no easy jobs 'accounts for anywhere ..
so I would give it a wide berth so to speak ' try temp agency' as well' a little money is better than nothing .
in the UK.. we have bag packers who stand end of checkout for the customer, and trolly men who collect
them from car parks ect ..all weather job= ok long as you cover up well , where I live we have older folk as cashiers
checkouts sitting down job if u can stand the beeeep lol.... all work p/time ...coz of the pension ...have u tried the local hospitals for work they always need people -- sweet trolly to the wards /papers . or books magazine for patients … always worth a inquiry ..
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Thanks for all of your suggestions, t
Cashiering was what I was doing,. They get there money's worth out of you there. Customers watch you carry 5 gallon bottles of detergent, this was tough on my back n shoulders, so many things go wrong I was given only a few hours to train. When you ask for help! I'd get these looks like I'm bothering them? Their suppose to had given me 6 days of training. But I will look into agencies next week. There will hopefully be hiring for Christmas?
 
Sounds like you are in the wrong job, Patnono. Have you started looking for a job that would be easier on you, physically? If not, you should start doing that immediately. If you are seriously disabled, you won't be able to work at anything, period.
 

First question: Why did you accept this job if you knew there was heavy lifting?
Second: Did they inform you of exactly hat the job required?
Third: If heavy lifting is involved why wasn't there some kind of medical exam showing you could perform the requirements?
Forth: Why would any company decide to hire a person your age if the job would include heavy lifting?
 
Patnono said:
I was looking into caregiver, I helped with my mom who has dementia. I had a short time at a senior housing, I felt I was kind of mislead because in the training video said that we worked in team's of 2? Not true, I didn't have the experience or physical strength to care for a senior in my own. So resigned telling them that I didn't want to hurt anyone or myself.
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Over the past 10 years I have spent a lot of time in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities (mom and parents-in-law). Never saw teams managing a single patient/resident. It's always a single CG assisting with transfers from bed to wheelchair or walker, showering, dressing, etc. CGs generally tend to be sturdy 25-55 year olds. Employees in their mid-60s and above tend to be custodial staff or LVNs/RNs dispensing meds, taking vitals, etc.

I'm sure if a patient was morbidly obese two caregivers would work together, but otherwise no. I think you were misled by that video, Pat.

Cashiering in anything other than a restaurant or fast food involves plenty of physical labor. A close friend accepted a job cashiering at Target and quit after the first day. Although in good physical shape it was too exhausting for her to spend 4 hours wrangling 12 packs of soda, large laundry soap containers, cases of dog food, etc. Customers aren't being unkind when they don't give a second thought to the age or vitality of the cashier - the rhythm of retail is that customers put items on the belt and cashier put them back in the cart.

You could probably do well with an office job, Pat, but part-time clerical positions are rarer than hen's teeth these days unless you have insurance coding experience.
 
Olivia said:
Have you thought of signing up with a temp agency? There are several kinds depending on the type of experience and skills one has. That way you can try out difference type jobs and see what fits you best overall. And lots of times temp jobs lead to offers of a permanent job and you'll already know if you'd like it or not. And with a temp job you don't absolutely have to stay for the entire time designated. You just tell the agency that it isn't working for you and they'll send another temp in your place and then you;ll be free to take another one. I know that happens because I took the place of two temps who couldn't handle the jobs and I could. At that time I was not looking for a permanent position because I was planning to travel and I didn't want to worry about not getting the time off.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all temp agency experiences are like this, but my oldest son would go down to Sprint every summer when he was in college. He had some great stories. He would always get construction jobs, which was what he wanted. A lot of the people that took that kind of work were doing it for the "daily work, daily pay" thing, so that they could buy their drugs, usually crack after work. So he met some interesting characters. He always got hired away from the temp agency fairly fast because he was obviously of higher quality that the typical day laborer. One summer he got picked up by a company that did nothing but concrete block work. Another summer he worked for a company that did nothing but go around the country building MacDonald's. And another summer he worked on a new Dillard's department store that was being put in a new Mall. He also did roofing for a while.

He did walk off of one job. It was one of the short term day jobs. They needed to get some kind of line or whatever across a canal. And they wanted him to swim it across. It was a canal that he had fished in when he was a kid and he knew it was full of water moccasins. So he refused and walked off of that job. But he got another one pretty quick.
 
I know some folks that work "online". There seem to be a lot of job ads for online work and I've known a few that did it. They seemed happy enough. Now days online seems to be where its at. Been paid for articles I've written - for online publication in the past.
 
Check your local library to see if there are positions open. In this area, library directors often hire people who would have difficulty doing other jobs. Circulation desk and even shelving books a few hours a day in addition to circulation duties would be very manageable for you if you've made it 10 days as a cashier. If they don't have openings, they're likely to have job search resources.
 
fmdog44 said:
First question: Why did you accept this job if you knew there was heavy lifting?
Second: Did they inform you of exactly hat the job required?
Third: If heavy lifting is involved why wasn't there some kind of medical exam showing you could perform the requirements?
Forth: Why would any company decide to hire a person your age if the job would include heavy lifting?
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First No I did Not know there would be heavy lifting
Second No they did not tell me exactly what was involved, only that there was a lot
Third that was them who did Not give me any physical not even a drug test
Fourth you have to ask them? They had their reasons for hiring ME?
 
Have you thought of finding some kind of work you can do from home online? I am going to look into that next year. My sister found some things to work at online some years back. Sometimes reviewing things for a company. Amazon in the past has had notices of online work but I'm not sure what. Just an idea for you Pat. I couldn't do heavy lifting, or lots of walking, or a lot of the jobs out there anymore in the shape I'm in.
 
Whenever I've changed jobs, I've always asked for a clear job description before taking a job. Any job might have some very occasional lifting or carrying of something, but because of my lousy back I would never have taken a job that required it as part of the job. Of course, that was never a problem for me because of the kind of work I did and I was always up front going in that I had a fragile lower back.
 
Butterfly said:
Whenever I've changed jobs, I've always asked for a clear job description before taking a job. Any job might have some very occasional lifting or carrying of something, but because of my lousy back I would never have taken a job that required it as part of the job. Of course, that was never a problem for me because of the kind of work I did and I was always up front going in that I had a fragile lower back.
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I was kind of afraid to ask? I'm 64, didn't want them to think I was Putting limitations on myself
 
Nothing wrong with asking a question like that, Patnono. Anyone being hired has a right to know what the job entails.
 
Sunny said:
Nothing wrong with asking a question like that, Patnono. Anyone being hired has a right to know what the job entails.
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I understand, but if you only knew how many NO'S I've gotten? Going to interviews with saying only YES. Employers want employees who don't have restrictions, hoping to get LUCKY?
 
Patnono said:
I understand, but if you only knew how many NO'S I've gotten? Going to interviews with saying only YES. Employers want employees who don't have restrictions, hoping to get LUCKY?
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Bingo^^^^ When you want a job, you have to know where the interviewer is going with his questions & also what he'll think of your answers.
 
win231 said:
Bingo^^^^ When you want a job, you have to know where the interviewer is going with his questions & also what he'll think of your answers.
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Thanks so far it's been working,. The jobs where I got interviews with. I told them what they wanted to hear, they liked that I did not have limitations on what hours I would work.
 
Patnono said:
Thanks so far it's been working,. The jobs where I got interviews with. I told them what they wanted to hear, they liked that I did not have limitations on what hours I would work.
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True, but those jobs haven't worked out for you. Maybe it's time for a strategy other than saying what you believe the interviewer wants to hear.
The companies might have a position that's a better fit if you're direct about your strengths and limitations.
 
StarSong said:
True, but those jobs haven't worked out for you. Maybe it's time for a strategy other than saying what you believe the interviewer wants to hear.
The companies might have a position that's a better fit if you're direct about your strengths and limitations.
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True, I hoped it worked out? I apply for what they have. They ask those questions and they like what they hear I'll be going to employment agencies, I'll hopefully have more choices?
 
Patnono said:
I was kind of afraid to ask? I'm 64, didn't want them to think I was Putting limitations on myself
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It's not "putting limitations on yourself." It's accepting your limitations. What good does it do to keep accepting jobs you can't do and risking injury to yourself? A job is what it is. If you can't do it, you can't do it; you can't expect an employer to change job requirements because you cannot do them. If you've been at a job forever and suddenly can't do one of the requirements, an employer MIGHT modify the job for you, but as a new hire, never.

You are setting yourself up for failure.
 
Butterfly said:
It's not "putting limitations on yourself." It's accepting your limitations. What good does it do to keep accepting jobs you can't do and risking injury to yourself? A job is what it is. If you can't do it, you can't do it; you can't expect an employer to change job requirements because you cannot do them. If you've been at a job forever and suddenly can't do one of the requirements, an employer MIGHT modify the job for you, but as a new hire, never.

You are setting yourself up for failure.
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The applicant doesn't always know every detail of what a job entails. Employers rarely divulge everything; sometimes they're just as desperate to hire as applicants are to work. Ya know....that money thing.
And, sometimes we don't know everything we're capable of until we try it.
17 years ago, when I was 50, I worked at an office job for 4 years. I was supposed to be at my desk on a computer designing advertising flyers, & forms & do lots of word processing. But I also did other things I was asked to do:
When new office furniture arrived, I assembled it & also helped carry it up the stairs to the 2nd floor office.
When the company had meetings on the 2nd floor lunch room, I carried cases of drinks & food up the stairs.
When the Sparkletts guy arrived, I carried five-gallon water bottles up the stairs.
When the owner attended conventions, I loaded & unloaded her van with advertising equipment & also set up booths on location.
None of those tasks were good for my back or joints, but the fact that I never used the phrase, "That's not my job" is how I got good reviews & raises. One of the comments on my review: "He is willing to undertake any task that is asked of him."
 
win231 said:
The applicant doesn't always know every detail of what a job entails. Employers rarely divulge everything; sometimes they're just as desperate to hire as applicants are to work. Ya know....that money thing.
And, sometimes we don't know everything we're capable of until we try it.
17 years ago, when I was 50, I worked at an office job for 4 years. I was supposed to be at my desk on a computer designing advertising flyers, & forms & do lots of word processing. But I also did other things I was asked to do:
When new office furniture arrived, I assembled it & also helped carry it up the stairs to the 2nd floor office.
When the company had meetings on the 2nd floor lunch room, I carried cases of drinks & food up the stairs.
When the Sparkletts guy arrived, I carried five-gallon water bottles up the stairs.
When the owner attended conventions, I loaded & unloaded her van with advertising equipment & also set up booths on location.
None of those tasks were good for my back or joints, but the fact that I never used the phrase, "That's not my job" is how I got good reviews & raises. One of the comments on my review: "He is willing to undertake any task that is asked of him."
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Employers don't want to hear i can't do this and I can't do that. It's not easy to qualify for everything since there aren't many jobs out there for seniors? An employment agency I will be able to speak on my limitations then they can maybe match me with an employer without the perspective employer Knowing this,. Then I won't worry about answering those questions?
 

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