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I Want My Weekends Back!

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I'm on call again this weekend. I hate being held captive by the potential request for my time. Especially knowing that unless I have to go out of town, I won't be making enough to compensate for my lack of motivation.

So I'm sitting here on the couch in the garage, enjoying some strawberry Oreo cookies and a cold glass of milk, praying that the phone will just stop ringing. The catch? I get paid commission, so if I'm not working, I'm not making money. To make matters even more retarded, I'm spending money at this job that I wouldn't normally be spending for most other companies (i.e., my cell phone, vehicle lock-out kit, damages that inevitably happen to vehicles, etc.).

I'm working sporadically, not making enough to really make it, at a company with no room for a promotion, no hope for a future, and now, no cares about what I do.

It's an easy job, but I've already hit the burnout stage. I even applied for a computer-related job (since most of my working experience falls into the computer/customer service category), but since I've been out of it for a few years (mostly due to the Houston-area job market not paying people enough to do computer work and being unable to relocate to a better market), nobody wants to hire me.

I also have a commercial drivers license and some experience, but so many companies want you to be a graduate of a truck driving school. Screw that. I've got a clean record, and all the endorsements I need to make big bucks, AND enough experience to get in most places. The problem is I'd be away from home almost all of the time, let alone this site.

What's a person supposed to do when they get burned out? I need a better job. Now. Advice? Please?