This whole thing came up because IF Option B came to pass it was going to happen very quickly so I needed to get the thinking done before the opportunities solidified. Which I hate, because it puts me in a position to be disappointed. Now Option B seems to have melted back into the background...
I exaggerate somewhat. And it's not like I'm done with compromise upon retirement--budget constraints would be worse at that point. Contemplating playing the lottery--always a sound plan!
So...as long as I'm here...Upon further discussion with my main contact, Option A is looking like a...
There's a reason I do my sniveling online--no one can smack me through the computer.
Option B still churning; Option A interview tomorrow.
Options D-Z in the offing. All of them are in the category of "job I would take while continuing to look for something else", most because of...
Ya know, you can't say you weren't warned loud and clear by the subject line.
I write this kind of stuff when it keeps me up at night and I'm not sleeping anyway. I suck at life decisions for myself. Technical and other such within-job decisions are a whole lot easier.
Option C...well, the...
...and once again, I've pretty much already made up my mind but it can't hurt to get others' opinions.
Also I am once again debating choices that don't officially exist yet, but I may need to made a decision about one possibility before the other possibility is ready to make a decision about...
Yeah, well, never mind that last update. They eliminated my position. "Budget cuts".
The punchline? My predecessor is *still* floating around there somewhere doing nobody's really sure what.
I'm uneasy about the temporary loss of income, but if this is what it takes to get me out of there...
Brief update: The world did not end on July 27. I am following (part of) the advice given in the very first response in this thread--sticking it out but keeping my eyes open. I've reached out to two potential "good fit" situations; haven't heard much back. Conference/committee season is...
Not that much conflict in the old job.
The new job...nothing but. And it's not just me.
Everyone who was hired in the last year is stunned at the level of dysfunction.
I listen (maybe not to Eng-Tips advice, but otherwise I listen). I think that is part of my problem. Everyone else just...
@Berkshire: That hadn't even occurred to me. Huh. I'll have to start thinking about the possibility.
OJD, running out of weekend and not happy about it
Well, today I heard about an interesting opportunity elsewhere, and let my interest be known, and got tentatively vaguely positive response. We shall see. Meanwhile, the way today went, I'm not even sure I'll have a job on Monday so the whole thing may be "solved".
OJD, edgy
PS back to the...
He seems to be better toward others that he inherited. But he and I came in around the same time, so all the others are well-established with the company. So for them, he's demanding, but I don't think most of them are questioning whether they should stay with their jobs. One guy probably was...
Believe it or not, for all my back-channel whining here, I do like to get things out on the table. It's one of my failings--I err on the side of revealing too much, and I've had my hand slapped for it on occasion in both this job and my old job.
So we've had the talk about my job description...
@ Cass: The boss is someone who over the years learned how to wear the veneer of someone who knows how to deal with people. He is under insane pressure: *his* boss wants to get rid of him--nothing personal, it's just that the very existence of his role was forced on the uberboss by the...
I know what you will say in the end, so I guess I'm just writing to congeal my own thoughts.
For those who have not made a point of memorizing my saga, it goes something like this:
1. Sick of old job. Look for new job.
2. Entertain various possibilities. One floats to the top.
3. Before I...
Updates? From me?
Wow, it's almost like having a blog.
The saga continues to evolve.
Travel has calmed down. In fact, now I'm being sort of restricted in the interest of getting my core function accomplished.
I still haven't unpacked my apartment. Partly because I've fallen into the habit...
Too much interaction required for option 1b to be an option.
For example, with regard to something I'm trying to make happen at the moment, I have to negotiate around four different peripheral agendas, and that's just the ones I can spot. And each time the agendas come into contact with each...
Ducking and covering under the office politics. Holy crap. Not sure how much I can avoid without alienating anyone. I may not be at the level where the games are played, but I am sure enough adjacent to it.
OJD
Backhoe, schmackhoe. The real experts know it was Planet X!
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2010/11/planet-x-hercolubus-approaching-news.html
OJD
I had already decided not to bring it up, but it's looking to be a very good thing even if they handled it badly. Being lower down on the one hand means less responsibility, but on the other hand it also means less responsibility.
The new boss has more time to spend with me and help me figure...
