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wwcitizenWell, things sound like they're picking up for this friend of mine in NC, who just moved there after living her WHOLE life here in NJ. I'm so glad she's feeling better about the place (Cardinal Healthcare), her work, and her role in the place (she had been worried that it was a bad move for her). Those are all important aspects of a new job that should fall into place within a month of one's arrival, so she's right on track!
Me on the other hand... I got a 3.1% raise this time around, which is 0.5% more than last year, and Betty, my boss, and I even had some rough (and somewhat unprofessional) interactions last year. This year, however, I've been swallowing my pride, and accepting that I won't become manager of this group - ever. And I'm fine with that. In about 6-9 months I will begin seriously looking to transfer to NYC for good, whether with my company, or at another company, actually. I'm starting to really like my job again, but I'm also pretty bored a lot of times. My boss said the other day that "[This company] is a very demanding place." I felt like yawning. She's never worked anywhere outside of the pharma world, so she doesn't know how much more demanding working for a SMALL company is, and that small companies expect you to know SO much more than this place does. Here, I'm almost being pigeon-holed into a genre, and coming from smaller businesses throughout my careers, it almost kills me and my spirit most of the time. All of the other times, I just sit back, take a power nap, play an online game, and wallow in the salary I'm paid for doing work slowly and methodically. Yep, I'm still trying to decide after two years whether the pharma world is where I wanna be. LOL!!
Last month after that girlfriend of mine left and moved to MY state (NC), her group brought on a consultant guy on under an emergency expenditure account. He will not be allowed to develop in or use Flash or Dreamweaver or Shockwave here without using Camtasia (over which I'm still the reigning Subject Matter Expert in my whole, entire division)!!!! How funny is that?? I'm not going to train him because my boss can't afford me to be "out of commission" for two hours, but I might still be able to sit with him to learn all his Macromedia stuff on the other group's bill. Cool, huh? So, much to that group's chagrins, the customer for whom I created one CBT liked the Camtasia versions so much, they want to keep to that format. I find that funny.
Me on the other hand... I got a 3.1% raise this time around, which is 0.5% more than last year, and Betty, my boss, and I even had some rough (and somewhat unprofessional) interactions last year. This year, however, I've been swallowing my pride, and accepting that I won't become manager of this group - ever. And I'm fine with that. In about 6-9 months I will begin seriously looking to transfer to NYC for good, whether with my company, or at another company, actually. I'm starting to really like my job again, but I'm also pretty bored a lot of times. My boss said the other day that "[This company] is a very demanding place." I felt like yawning. She's never worked anywhere outside of the pharma world, so she doesn't know how much more demanding working for a SMALL company is, and that small companies expect you to know SO much more than this place does. Here, I'm almost being pigeon-holed into a genre, and coming from smaller businesses throughout my careers, it almost kills me and my spirit most of the time. All of the other times, I just sit back, take a power nap, play an online game, and wallow in the salary I'm paid for doing work slowly and methodically. Yep, I'm still trying to decide after two years whether the pharma world is where I wanna be. LOL!!
Last month after that girlfriend of mine left and moved to MY state (NC), her group brought on a consultant guy on under an emergency expenditure account. He will not be allowed to develop in or use Flash or Dreamweaver or Shockwave here without using Camtasia (over which I'm still the reigning Subject Matter Expert in my whole, entire division)!!!! How funny is that?? I'm not going to train him because my boss can't afford me to be "out of commission" for two hours, but I might still be able to sit with him to learn all his Macromedia stuff on the other group's bill. Cool, huh? So, much to that group's chagrins, the customer for whom I created one CBT liked the Camtasia versions so much, they want to keep to that format. I find that funny.
