Russel Fouts on fri 23 may 97
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Does anyone have any experience working as a temp and an artist at the
same time?
I've been working full-time in Information Systems (Pc Support, Help Desk ,
PC Deployment, etc) and now I want to have more time to concentrate more on
my pottery and making that into a business. I'm starting to do research
into temporary or part-time work as a means of enabling this.
What's been your experience?
Russel
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Sue Hintz on sat 24 may 97
I am in this process right now. I start part-
time June 1. I asked to be in my
present position 1/2 time but was told
no. Fortunately, something else came open
in my department and folks here knew
the importance of me doing this.
I will be in a temporary position for a
year possibly longer. I lost all of my
benefits and I am already starting to
feel the differences between being a
full-time and half-time as far as status.
Hard to take and put in perspective.
Suggestions. . .
1. Line-up some places to sell
through before you make the switch. It
takes longer than you think, especially
when your still full-time.
2. Take a hard look at benefit loss.
You will be amazed at what you will
loose. To stay on my present health insurance,
it will be about $400 a month.
3. Be prepared for people to think you
are crazy or jealous for following
your dream.
E-mail me directly if you want to chat more.
Christine Pereira on sat 24 may 97
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Does anyone have any experience working as a temp and an artist at the
>same time?
>I've been working full-time in Information Systems (Pc Support, Help Desk ,
>PC Deployment, etc) and now I want to have more time to concentrate more on
>my pottery and making that into a business. I'm starting to do research
>into temporary or part-time work as a means of enabling this.
>What's been your experience?
>Russel
>
Russel:
Boy do I hope someone has some good ideas on this one. I struggle with
this dilemma on a daily/hourly basis as a full time IS person. As my
employer quite rightly points out, my job is already more than full time --
how could they possibly spare me for two days a week! I have tossed around
the idea of job sharing and that has met with very limited acceptance. It
is currently impossible for me to get sick or take a vacation, let alone be
out for two days a week (or more if I had my way). I think so much
depends on your employer and their willingness to accomodate the various
needs of their employees. My employer tries very hard, but when you are
the ONLY person in house to support the computer needs of a company, the
ability to be flexible goes away. I don't know if this is any different
for any other types of position, but it seems that with the advent
(avalanche) of new technology in the workplace and the absolute dependence
of the staff upon it, it becomes harder and harder for IS personnel to get
away from the office. We have three locations, in three different time
zones and so I am on call for several hours before and after my regular
work day here. I don't know quite what we're going to do, but at least I
know my bosses are thinking about it. I am interested to hear from others
how they have handled similar circumstances. As our children grow up and
gradually leave home, the need for two full-time incomes lessens slightly
and I sure hope that I can work with my current employer to find a way to
keep both them and me happy!
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Boulder, Colorado The Journey s All There Is.
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millie carpenter on sun 25 may 97
Russel Fouts wrote:
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> Does anyone have any experience working as a temp and an artist at the
> same time?
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Russel,
Like many other women, who are married with children (a phrase that I
hate since that TV show) I have had to combine family life, Substitute
teaching, and clay. for me, the things that I would like to rearrange
in this effort are first, to pick a job that I liked that didn't stress
me either emotionally or physically, secondly a job that left me
adequate time and energy to work with the clay in large (3-5 hour) hunks
of time. The main problem is that too many part time jobs require
almost full time effort and in my case, after working a full day 3-5
days a week plus family responsibilities, the claywork was the one
things that got short changed because it was not bringing in the vast
ammount of money. I think that if I had a part time job where I had to
work at it every day, I would have given up long ago. for me, dividing
my life into teaching days and clay days is working. the hardest thing
for me to do is to approach people to handle my work.
hope this helps
millie in Maryland where it is suddenly summer!!
Valice Raffi on sun 25 may 97
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Does anyone have any experience working as a temp and an artist at the
>same time?
Russel,
I'm beginning to think I'm the "Queen" of temps & part-time ! The
closest I come to a "real" job (other than my art, of course), is a two-day
a week, salaried art teacher position at an elementary school. I also;
teach art one night at a California Youth Authority school, two nights at a
women's prison, one night at a community center, one or two days a month
doing computer work at a non-profit, and fill in money as needed temping
with a temp agency.
I also still do some video tape sales for a video company (that's what I
used to do full-time), and sales of internet banners for a non-profit, but
these are both pretty minimal.
Of course, none of these come with benefits, but it sure beats the spell of
poverty that I went through the later part of last year.
I still work alot in the studio, 2-3 solo shows a year, 4-5 group shows,
and commissions here and there.
It can be done!
Valice in Sacramento
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