- I worked at Clitheroe December 06 to June 07, full-time in Detox as a PNA, and part time in Residential as a counselor assistant. I averaged a little under 60 hours a week.
- The "employment issue" involves the denial of medical benefits during the entire time I was employed. I was the only employee who was denied medical benefits, sick days, and all other normal employee perks.
- The evaluations used to deny medical benefits are listed here.
I have had bosses at other jobs that I did not enjoy (and vice versa):
- For 3 months at a bush camp for Fish and Game I worked with a difficult boss. We did not get along, but that person never said I did a bad job, because I never did a bad job.
- There was a foreman on one boat that used to throw fish at people when he was colicky. He was a miserable prick, but I respected him because he was such a menace. He respected me because I did my job well.
- At one job in New York the bosses were similar to those at Clitheroe. I did not respect them, and they knew it, but they left me alone because I did my job well.
- There was one job where I was "terminated".
I worked on a boat called the "Northern Eagle" for 2 years. Once, during roe season, about 3/4 of the crew decided to strike for a complicated reason (having to do with whether a partial offload counted as an offload for purposes of the job contract). I chose not to participate in the strike for several reasons.
Right after the strike, everyone who participated was fired. Over the next couple voyages, many who had not participated, but who knew the details, were fired (because we were talking to the new crew, and telling them what had happened). We received letters that said "you are not up to the standards of Oceantrawl, so your employment with us is finished".
I had been case-up lead man from the first voyage I was on. I was the only person during two years that was always given the case-up lead job. The person who worked opposite me (i.e. when I was off) changed constantly, sometimes a few times in a week. I was responsible for the 3 to 5 people in case-up, and my crew always did the best job. It is unlikely that I was "not up to" whatever standards they had.
There are a number of people in Anchorage who worked with me on that boat and had the same experience. The next boat I worked on, the Independence, I was again made lead man within weeks of starting.
Longer term jobs / school:
- 1980's
a) Retail store. (clerk, salesman, Department manager)
b) 4 years prospecting in Central and South America
- 1990's
a) 6 years on Trawlers in the Bering Sea (Cumulative about 24 months at sea).
b) 8 summers (2 months +) dredging and mining in Northern Alaska
- 2000's
3-4 years college (B.A. from U.A.A.)