In the words of the great Marion Barry...
...BITCH SET ME UP!
That basically describes how I feel recently at work. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, and I love that it challenges me. What I do not love is the fact that at times it seems that people are setting me up to fail. I am not one to take a negative point of view like that... and the fact that I do think this is very troubling.
I failed to mention in my previous post that I delivered that product training no less than one hour after landing in Huntsville. I did not know that I'd be the one delivering that product training until about 10 minutes before I was in front of the class. I don't really believe that this was a last minute decision... but that's what it was to me.
On Monday, I was taken from my desk and thrown into a meeting to take minutes, with the caviat that it would be difficult to follow.
Luckily, I am good enough that I can do it.
Next Tuesday, I have to go to DC to deliver more product training. While I was in the meetings (they will be every day for the next 2+ weeks), I emailed my boss and the training boss to see if any of them would be able to help me set up a network so that I wouldn't be delivering the training completely blind.
Training boss referred me to his employee... who said that he did not believe one person could deliver the training on his/her own. This worried me... because that was exactly what I was expected to do.
It's times like THAT, that is when I feel like I am being set up to fail.
I talked to my boss this morning, and told him how I felt. I asked who had made the decision to only send one person to do the training... he said he didn't know. It turns out it was an internal decision. W.T.F? So I told him that it felt like I was being put in a position where it is almost impossible to succeed. He agreed with me, and said that this was how things go with this particular company. He told me about times that he had to do the same thing and just had to do it... and while this is true, there is a BIG difference. He's been with the company for like 10 years. There WERE no resources, there WAS no one to help. Now, there IS! Just because YOU had to do things a certain way does not mean that I shouldhave to. That is just unfair.
Anyway.
That's what's going on with me at work.
Life in general is really good. A bunch of the people at the meetings are from Australia, and about 6 of them were in my class, so they know me kinda. Pretty cool :) Maybe I'll make friends and have people to visit down there! (I can dream!)
Things with the BF are good as can be! Today is his last day at his job (the job where we met) and now he is moving onto newer, better, greener pastures! I am so happy for him. He's actually going to be doing a very similar job to my old job - overnight server maintenance/monitoring. The big difference is that he won't be fielding incoming calls, just troubleshooting and dispatching work once problems arise. I think he'll do really well at it. And the best part is that he has a bunch of days off! Of course they are days that I work, but that's okay. I really hope that he likes it and does well. I know it pays better, which is great.
In other news, I got an A in my second class - 91%! Barely! But you know what that means -- I keep my 4.0 GPA!!!! YAY! :)
Hmm what else? Roomie and I got some new furniture, from my grandmother's house... new couch, new table and chairs, a few paintings. It actually looks pretty darn nice in here too. Grandma would be proud!
Anyway..... I guess that's it! I'll try to update again soon... I promise.