I would have to say that it’s been a crazy couple of months for me. In addition to getting into that car accident and everything else, there have been a lot of really big changes for me going on at work.
First of all, somebody in my old department got fired let go a couple of weeks ago, leaving them an employee down. And since they’re a pretty vital department to our company (they work very closely with our database system), the bigwigs at the company made asked to step-in and help them out for a few weeks since I still have a pretty good working knowledge of said system and it would take a while for them to hire a replacement.
A few days later, after I had a chance to re-acquaint myself with the job, they called me into their office and asked me if I’d like to return to my old department….that I only left a year ago to advance my career.
Apparently, aside from my old boss, I was the only person in the company who knew the system so well. And with my old boss being so indispensable (enough so that she can’t even go on vacation), they realized how vulnerable this potentially left the company should she decide to retire / leave. As an incentive to return, they promised me an increase in pay as well as some managerial duties with a promise to promote me once my old boss retires (she’s sixty-one right now and will probably retire at sixty-five).
Ultimately, though, they said the decision was mine; I could either move back to my old job and return to the boring old system-work that I used to do, or stay where I currently am and leave the company to fill that position from the outside.
Initially, I was pretty hesitant. It felt like a step back in my career (such as it is). Plus, I didn’t particularly see myself being there for that much longer considering how overworked I’ve been lately (barely enough time to blog). Plus, as much as I complained about how stressful my current job is, I have to admit it’s never boring: I now deal with multiple aspects of the company (billing, service issues, contracts, etc.) and have acquired quite a few job skills in the short time I've been doing it.
Plus, commiserating with your co-workers is half of what makes the job fun.
After talking it over with my mom and a few others, I decided that it’s better to not look this ‘gift horse’ in the mouth (especially in this economy). So I’m taking the “senior position” that management created for me (along with a hefty pay increase – or so they promised; otherwise I'm staying where I am) and waiting for the job market to heal.
Hopefully this means I’ll have more time to blog again. I’m not sure how much more work will be required of me (more money = more responsibility), but hopefully I’ll have a little more free time on my hands.
**NOTE** For those of you who know where I work, please don’t say anything on this blog. They have this “tracker” thing that catches anything that mentions the company online and I’d rather not have this post show up in the company E-Newsletter, okay? I’M TRUSTING YOU HERE.
