Journal Entry: Job Hunting 2015 (Again)
Hey, remember that new job I got a couple months ago? The one I was really looking forward to, not as far to drive, a little bit more money, actually using my writing skills?
Yeah, my luck is not that good: after three months of excellent work- I was let go on Friday.
I wish I could say it was more of a surprise, but I’ve been half expecting it this whole month. When your job performance on any given day isn’t measured in any way by what you actually get done but by your boss’s mood, it’s not too far a jump that ‘job permanence’ isn’t really a thing to expect. I was doing good work- not a single complaint by a customer, or by our engineers- and getting things done on time, as much as it was in my power to do it. (My job was creating technical reports, and I could only work with what the engineers gave me.)
But according to my boss, I could never do anything right. She was always complaining that I didn’t “communicate enough” (I was creating reports, it’s kind of a one-person activity). Or that I didn’t ask enough questions- when she wasn’t in her office (actually, I asked how she would know if I came to her office when she wasn’t there, and she changed the subject. Real mature). Honestly, it had gotten more and more unbearable since I started, and even if I had kept working, I think I’d have started looking for something new anyway.
Aren’t there any jobs anymore where a person can just work?
Current Mood:
disappointed
Yeah, my luck is not that good: after three months of excellent work- I was let go on Friday.
I wish I could say it was more of a surprise, but I’ve been half expecting it this whole month. When your job performance on any given day isn’t measured in any way by what you actually get done but by your boss’s mood, it’s not too far a jump that ‘job permanence’ isn’t really a thing to expect. I was doing good work- not a single complaint by a customer, or by our engineers- and getting things done on time, as much as it was in my power to do it. (My job was creating technical reports, and I could only work with what the engineers gave me.)
But according to my boss, I could never do anything right. She was always complaining that I didn’t “communicate enough” (I was creating reports, it’s kind of a one-person activity). Or that I didn’t ask enough questions- when she wasn’t in her office (actually, I asked how she would know if I came to her office when she wasn’t there, and she changed the subject. Real mature). Honestly, it had gotten more and more unbearable since I started, and even if I had kept working, I think I’d have started looking for something new anyway.
Aren’t there any jobs anymore where a person can just work?
Current Mood:
disappointed