So much for NaBloPoMo. Living's more fun than writing about living, right?
A brief scan of posts for the past few months indicate I neglected to mention a very large life change. I left the University of Utah at the end of September to go back to my previous employer. They were bleeding out experience and desperately needed a supervisor to assist the manager in the tech support department, cue me.
I'd only been gone a year but quite a bit had changed, in the software and in the department. None of the techs had more than two years experience at the most besides the manager. At first I was gung-ho to bring some of the things I'd learned from my stint at the University into the department.
Unfortunately I didn't have much time to do more than just answer calls and questions from the other techs and got sucked into the day to day grind of the place. It started feeling similar to when I left until the manager threw a giant curve ball. He was leaving. He was also suggesting I become the new manager of the department.
This produced equal feelings of panic and opportunity. There's no way in hell I would have done it last year but now I feel ten years older, less afraid, more responsible, and like I could do some real good there. Unfortunately the upper management of the company didn't quite feel the same and offered the job to another ex-employee, who ended up getting a counter offer and staying where he is anyway.
So the ex-manager and the ex-employee both vouch that I'm the man for the job to upper management, and again they go to another ex-employee instead.
You can hear the frustration in those italics, can't you? In the end they gave me a promotion of sorts, I'm in charge of creating training materials and helping new customers get up to speed. It also came with a raise so I'm not complaining too loudly.
Do I get sucked into the promotion cycle, stress and voracious appetite for time included? The money isn't half bad and the experience sure looks good on paper.
Here Lies Jeremy. He did amazing things directing human energy in a technological support capacity.
Fuck. That. Shit.
This blog needs more art.
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7 comments:
I agree. I hate that shit when you get passed up and in the end they throw you a crumb and expect excitement. The raise is excitement-worthy, but the other...well.
I also understand the frustration at having to work another job rather than the dream job of creating art.
:) Hang in there.
Congrats for sticking it out and keeping your cool, frustrated (with italics) or no.
Did someone mention art? Might I suggest a close-to-nekkid gladiator? :) (You can slap me now.)
I always felt you needed a strong masthead.
And for those of you giggling at the word "masthead" you can stop now.
Word.
Can't believe they passed you over TWICE. That's fucked up. After you left the other job to come back to them?! I hate them.
I hope they appreciate you, the bastards.
Hmph.
Yes. More art. And good bands I should listen to.
Congrats on the new job!
Getting passed-over stings, but the most recent time, I realized it didn't even make the top 10 list of worst things that ever happened to me. Because I like my job, I decided to hang around and be positive, while waiting for another promotional opportunity to open up, whether through growth, retiremement, or death.
SML - I got all worked up when I first heard about it and was ready to fire off an e-mail. I decided to sit on it for a day and let the emotions leave and the next day all I could do was work up a big ol "meh." Thanks for the solidarity in doing what we HAVE to rather than what we WANT to.
Sideon - Thanks, almost didn't but that "wait 24 hours thing" really is a good idea. There will be half naked gladiators yet, my friend.
Eric - Agreed. Masthead and more. I'm an artist for fuck's sake, my site should look it.
Wry - I know right? Ah well, I don't really need the stress or extra voluntary/mandatory hours you get as a manager.
LM - I've been feeling the artistic spark a bit lately so more art may be forthcoming. As for bands, I've got a few I need to spill on that I've come across lately.
Randy - Thanks for the congrats. I realized getting passed over was probably a net positive myself as I still get another position with more money and a little less stress. More win for me.
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