James the Temp

Neogen likes to hire temps. I get my own personal temp... and get to be in charge of this Temp. Somehow over the past 10 months I had forgotten what it was like to be a supervisor (I am by no means a supervisor right now). It was weird. I got to decide when he got to eat lunch and when he got to go on break. I also had to wait till 3:30 when he left to leave. I had intentions of leaving an hour or so early if I could...that didn't happen, sadly.

This is the problem with Neogen. They get behind in their work. They hire temps. They don't catch up. They hire more temps. Things start disappearing. They get rid of temps. They get more temps. and so on... If they are going to continually have temps, why don't they just hire someone permanently? Business is increasing, they won't have to let anyone go.

Another thing: I don't want a temp. I want someone with a little knowledge of working in a lab. Yes, I have a few tedious tasks that a four year old could do successfully, but If I need help, why not get a college student in here part time and let them get a little experience? When I started there was a girl, Hannah, who worked part time. She was a junior at msu, and wanted some lab experience. It ended up that work wouldn't fit into her class schedule and she left in January. She was all the help I needed at the time. She actually trained me...and that was after she had been their part time for three months... I just want someone to work with that I can trust to do more than the time consuming four year old tasks. I want someone who can make a buffer solution. Maybe just someone who could successfully follow instructions and use a scale.

But this is cheap ole Neogen we're talking about. It's not gonna happen.