Drew got a job! Hallelujah. After weeks of pounding pavement and distributing resumes and calling to check up on applications, he finally got hired. Dunkin Donuts extended him an offer. Yes, there was competition. Yes, it is late in the season for someone to be hiring. But he got in! Truth is, most of their current employees are college students who will be returning to distant campuses within the next several weeks, so they are in essence gearing up for the change over. Since Drew will be attending locally, and since they seem to prefer college students, he had the right criteria. What a relief.
Now I just hope he can hack it. The company that owns this particular DD is called Indy Industries and they own a number of franchises in the area, including hotels. They told him there was lots of opportunity for better positions if he works out. The downer is that they don't even pay minimum wage until you have worked for them for 90 days. I wonder how they get away with that! But the manager told him that if they see you are a good worker, they promote you to minimum wage sooner (that just sounds incredibly wrong to me). Some people get there in a few weeks.
Things sure have changed since I was a kid looking for work. Peon jobs were plentiful and you could pick and choose. I have worked every kind of thing from retail to fast food to hotel to laundry to you-name-it. Scrubbed floors, had private customers, ran errands - whatever it took to bring income. Not that Drew hasn't been working. Between lawn care and finishing a driveway, he has kept busy. Apparently we need to buy him a couple of white polo shirts to start out. Then once he earns his "wings" they will give him DD apparel. As for the transportation part, I believe the bicycle is back in action. Happy happy hired day.
Now I just hope he can hack it. The company that owns this particular DD is called Indy Industries and they own a number of franchises in the area, including hotels. They told him there was lots of opportunity for better positions if he works out. The downer is that they don't even pay minimum wage until you have worked for them for 90 days. I wonder how they get away with that! But the manager told him that if they see you are a good worker, they promote you to minimum wage sooner (that just sounds incredibly wrong to me). Some people get there in a few weeks.
Things sure have changed since I was a kid looking for work. Peon jobs were plentiful and you could pick and choose. I have worked every kind of thing from retail to fast food to hotel to laundry to you-name-it. Scrubbed floors, had private customers, ran errands - whatever it took to bring income. Not that Drew hasn't been working. Between lawn care and finishing a driveway, he has kept busy. Apparently we need to buy him a couple of white polo shirts to start out. Then once he earns his "wings" they will give him DD apparel. As for the transportation part, I believe the bicycle is back in action. Happy happy hired day.
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