I got hired for a new job that I was really excited to work for, the interviewer answered all my questions and addressed the concerns I’ve had with similar jobs well— It seemed too good to be true!
This is sort of like a tutoring gig paying a bit above minimum wage and offering 10 hours a week. I thought it’d be the perfect side gig since my other job only schedules me around 15 hours a week. They had asked me my availability and my preferred school district during the interview, where I mentioned I start my other job at 5pm and listed two school districts closest to me.
Two days ago was my onboarding training, everyone else had already received their school placement but me. They also mentioned that most programs end at 4:45, so I was getting a bad feeling. Afterwards, I asked the person running the training if they knew where I had been placed— they told me I was put in a completely different district from the two I had listed, one that’s half an hour away without rush hour traffic.
Looking at their master spreed sheet, they had multiple openings within my 2 preferred districts which confused me even more. I asked if it was possible to switch me, mentioning that I couldn’t do a half hour commute and also be expected to stay late should parents be late to pickup kids when I only had a 15 minute window to get to my next job. She said she’d get in contact with the coordinator at my site and try switching me to a more local school, promising an answer by end of day, but that was two days ago and I haven’t heard anything.
I also came to find out that it isn’t 10 hours a week, it’s just three, maybe four if there’s a staff training day. All this combined is giving me “not worth it” vibes and really making me want to just call it quits before it gets too messy. Am I overreacting?