So I just got off the phone with HR and was told I'm not a Seasonal but a casual package driver. That I won't be layed off during the slow down. But there may be days when I don't have work due to volume and need. I am supposed to report for my first shift this week.
Any insight from those who's job title is the same as mine would be amazing.
I just graduated from Integrad as a DSP and while in class I'm hearing a lot of rumblings and rumors about different things.
1} I'm not full time no matter what they said.
I don't actually have a job/been hired until after my 30 days.
I'm basically the companies plaything until I get a permanent route.
Those kinds of things.
I'm looking for some of that unspoken knowledge that isn't taught in classes from those that have been here a long time or those that have been here only a few years who we t through what I'm about to. Any and all advice and wisdom is welcome and greatly appreciated.
I used to run a Phase 4. I stopped into my local pro shop just to make sure everything was still dialed in for spring turkey season, nothing more. I wasn't shopping. I wasn't looking to change a thing.
But after talking with them for a while, they walked me through the new Mathews ARC 30. It didn't take much convincing once I saw how it fit what I was after. They gave me $1,300 for my Phase 4 and threw in a free SKB Mathews case on top of it, a genuinely generous touch.
But that wasn't the part that stayed with me.
I'm in there often. Not because I expect anything, and not because I'm hoping someone will cut me a deal, but because I actually enjoy being there. It's become one of those places where the conversations matter just as much as the archery. I'll bring in some Bear summer sausage or just stop by to talk shop, and every time I walk out having learned something I didn't know when I walked in.
The knowledge they share isn't the transactional kind. It's the kind that comes from people who genuinely care about what you're doing and want to see you succeed: in the field, in your setup, in the sport. The patience and kindness I was shown reminded me just how rare that really is.
A local shop where the people behind the counter remember your name, know your setup, and care about the outcome. Where a relationship built over time , over honest conversations and summer sausage and real questions, quietly becomes one of the better ones in your life.
Find your shop. Build that relationship. Show up not because you want something, but because you value something.
It pays off in ways you won't expect.