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Edited on Mon Aug-28-06 09:45 AM by MorningGlow
Hello folks,
I was wondering if I could trouble any and all willing psychics and sensitives for a bit of help. I seem to be hitting some weird period in my life and I don't know what's up.
Basically, I have this feeling like something is wrong in my life. Kind of "off kilter". Something is incorrect. I just don't know what. But it's so bad that I was in tears yesterday as I was driving around running errands. I am desperate to find out what's going on but I'm not getting any inkling as to what it is--or even what part of my life to look at.
Many parts of my life are in transition--a toddler who won't sleep, a newly purchased house (money pit) undergoing reconstruction (no cash so we're doing it), a husband with a new job (luckily he enjoys it), and some upheaval in my job.
I'm suspecting it's my job--I may be outgrowing it (?) or it may be outgrowing me--but can anyone share any impressions they're getting? I'd REALLY appreciate it.
If you'd like more details on my job situation, keep reading below the smilies.
Thank you SO MUCH!!
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I have been in my job for about three and a half years. I like what I do (writing) but I don't get along with my boss, although in these three and a half years we achieved a kind of ceasefire--until recently.
We got a new vice president this past spring, which was a good thing--the old VP kept the department stagnant--but as soon as the old VP was gone, my immediate boss (the one I don't get along with) started pulling me off all my usual duties, until I was basically sitting in my office twiddling my thumbs (and reading DU of course). When the new VP got here, I appealed to him and told him I wanted to WORK, and he was pretty angry that my boss did that, and he gave me other, different assignments, but he doesn't seem to feel like getting my immediate boss to let me get back to my usual assignments.
I am not a fan of the new assignments; I like the old ones. The new ones are more corporate, and the old ones are more people-focused/feature-story-like, which I'm better at.
However, I held it together and didn't gripe much. I figured I'd wait it out, because the new VP said he was going to be taking a good hard look at what everybody does and restructuring the office pretty soon.
Then...he kicked me out of my office. Our department is on two floors, and while everyone expected he would remove someone else from their office to make room for the new Girl Friday he hired, it turned out to be me. Now I'm in the graphic design section--the only writer down here--he should have moved the photographer, which would have made more sense, everyone agrees--including the photographer.
So now I feel incredibly isolated, cut off from others of my kind (the writers). The VP keeps assuring me that this is not a demotion or punishment, but it sure feels like it. He also swore I wouldn't be forgotten but of course I have been.
Sometimes I feel like he's going to give me the boot even though he's hiring other people at a crazy rate, and will tell me that there aren't any jobs that "fit" me. Or he's going to put me up for adoption by another department that needs a writer (I'm at a pretty big college). And sometimes, even though we're broker than broke, I think I would welcome getting fired, because I'm getting pretty damned tired of being jerked around and I really don't feel like waiting around till the restructuring, which is supposed to be in November, although everything else has been delayed so that could be, too.
HELP! :cry:
On edit: Redundantly redundant.
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