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Extremely busy day at work today. I didn’t even get to work on any of the large issues. I spent most of the day triaging interface issues that should have been simple for the users to correct themselves. And yet.
Most of the people who were released from their positions mid-month have their last day and exit-interviews tomorrow. All of my co-workers seem more than a little annoyed and stressed. Some of it is just because it’s hard to lose co-workers like this, but a lot of it is just undue stress thanks to the way the company is managed. Our HR director is incompetent, dogmatic, and apparently cruel in her own right.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m aware that HR is a crappy job, but a lot of people seek it out. I suspect the people that are attracted to HR are often the same people that are attracted to police work. Petty tyrants with barely enough brains to remember their computer password with fair consistency. I’ve worked with exactly one HR rep who was friendly, courteous, and helpful to me. One. I’ve actually had more positive experiences with police officers than with HR.
I’m having second thoughts about my decision to stick it out in my current position. One of my coworkers who lost her job just received an offer that is very substantial. Another has potential employers caught in a bidding war over her. The market is good for my skill set and presentation ability.
I’m not going to bail just yet. I want to see how things flow once the reduced team is up and running. I’m particularly interested in how flexible and comfortable the work environment is. Hopefully things will work out well.
I keep telling myself that money isn’t everything, that there are many other more important things to concern myself with. It’s true, but a large part of me keeps coming back to how much easier some aspects of my life would be if I commanded a salary more in line with my intelligence and skill-set. I do realize that I’m underpaid for my abilities and performance. Underpaid by quite a bit. I won’t accept that forever, but for now I have enough. I suppose I’m not mercenary enough. Perhaps loyalty is a mistake when it comes to business sense. I’ll find out soon enough.
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It’s a little past 11. I should be on my way to bed but I’m not really tired. I’ll get there eventually. I spent most of the day at work trying to wrangle a misbehaving server into functionality. No luck yet. We’re going to try rebooting and possibly reinstalling some components tomorrow morning. Hopefully that […]
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Heart pounding, he grunts in effort and throws his body to one side. Hands squeeze tightly on the bars as sweat drips into his eyes. The light is too bright and it pounds numbingly into his brain. He drops his legs through the bars and up the other side, extending his arms fully and reaching […]
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I emerge from the box, wrapping the cloak around me tightly, my bare feet sinking into the cold slush on the black ground. There is a bright light streaming down from a little above me, coming out of some boxlike thing attached to the outside of the building. There is much more light in the […]
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They laid off the vast majority of my coworkres today. I only barely survived the axe. Apparently I’m valuable to the company. They are going to move me to a different team and have me work on their DotNet project, which I believe is also a Web Development project in it’s infancy.
I don’t know much […]
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My pinky finger hurts. I pulled a nail too severely the other day and wounded myself. The left shift key is not pleasant at the moment.
I’m going to try blogging a little more regularly again, even if some of what comes out isn’t life changing or crazy important. I’m going to try for 3 blog […]
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Dark of the Moon tonight. It’s raining. The clouds are a dull grey with a tinge of olive, and the rain is a soft patter outside my window, interrupted in its rythym only by the passing of cars and the occasional sloshing of an animal or person.
I stepped out into the night, wearing only scooby-doo […]
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On the el home from work. This week is dragging even more than the rest of the month is. It feels like it should be over already. If that weren’t enough I’ve got a crazy-painful crick in my neck that just doesn’t want to go away.
I’m wondering what’s in store for me in the […]