Choices, Choices....

When you're an actor, it can be tough to find a job that helps support your career but also allows you to skip off to auditions at any moment. For many of us, we have a moral issue when confronted with a work-audition conflict. So what do you do when you've got to work, but you've just gotten an audition right in the middle of your shift? This is a tough one. In my opinion, you have to set yourself up with a job in the beginning that will never give you this conundrum (i.e. bartending or waitressing at night, working from home, or just having a great boss who understands....). However, if this is not possible, I say be honest with your employer. Call ahead and let them know that you'll stay later or come in earlier, whatever you need to do to make it up to them. But whatever you do -- GO TO THE AUDITION. You never know when that audition can provide you the resources to leave that crappy job :-).