Let me see your what?
So here is a little of what has been happening. I can't write much, work is nuts right now, I have no time to even breathe and so much to do. I am telling them all tomorrow I am leaving and my last day will be April 7. I'm giving them 3 weeks notice due to being on Jury Duty for over a week. It's the nice girl in me. Also, one of my bosses is out on maternity leave and will be back around that time. Just trying to make it the best situation for all. I'm being overly nice, I know.
But this entry is mostly for my own record now.
It all started late December when my co-worker, Jessica, quit. She was the LTN campaign manager and thanks to holidays, they decided to wait on finding her replacement until Jan. Middle of Januray, another co-worker, Erica, quit. Jess worked on LTN, Erica worked on TNT. My other co-worker Jennifer wanted Jess's job. I wanted Erica's. They interviewed everyone around the same time and in the end decided not to offer it to Jennifer even though she was already doing the job. Then they decided not to offer me the TNT job because, as they put it, "you are to important for us where you are to move right now." Great, I'm to good at what I do, therefor you won't promote me. I raised the profits on LTN in my area by 50%, and more then DOUBLED the profits for TNT in my area. (I coordinate all online fundraising for LTN and TNT in MN.) So they hired a girl straight out of college for less money then I would ask for to do the TNT job and then hired a girl also with less experiance and for less money for the LTN one. Where does that leave Jen and I? We both feel like they are saying to us "thanks for your hard work and we love what you do, but..." What do they expect us to think and how do they expect us to react? They want me to be the next TNT person, but who knows when a new position will either open up or be approved? The last time they added a new position to TNT it was like 3 years in the making. I can't wait that long. Jen is getting married this summer so she plans to stick around till the walk in Sept and is then planning to leave. It sucks for the office because the two of us are really great at what we do.
Add into all of that, around the first of the year they changed how we get paid. Basically, now I get paid less then I did before per payperiod, but twice a year will get the rest of that bulk. For someone that makes as little as I do, that is a huge amount and a real problem.
So what to do? I put out feelers and got an interesting opportunity at a law firm downtown. It is making more money, and giving me a fantastic opportunity to better my career. I will now be managing all the conference rooms for them (they are on 7 floors of the building and have about 20 rooms). Scheduling, billing, A/V stuff, and top it off, I have two assistants under me. So I am moving from being the assistant to being a supervisor. Plus there is room to grow. They are going through a development currently and will be addng on another floor and eventually redoing the entire top floor so it is all conference rooms. I will then be managing about 30 rooms and possibly adding another assistant to the team.
I'm excited and scared. Excited for a new opportunity and the chance to work dowtown. I'm scared because I have never managed anyone other then volunteers and they are VERY different from employees. Plus, the hours are earlier then I do now and that is a concern. I have to be at the office at 7am. I'm a bit of a night owl, this is going to take some getting used to.
But now I have to leave and take care of some stuff. Tomorrow work for half a day and then off to Chicago for St. Patty's day with the Julie!
But this entry is mostly for my own record now.
It all started late December when my co-worker, Jessica, quit. She was the LTN campaign manager and thanks to holidays, they decided to wait on finding her replacement until Jan. Middle of Januray, another co-worker, Erica, quit. Jess worked on LTN, Erica worked on TNT. My other co-worker Jennifer wanted Jess's job. I wanted Erica's. They interviewed everyone around the same time and in the end decided not to offer it to Jennifer even though she was already doing the job. Then they decided not to offer me the TNT job because, as they put it, "you are to important for us where you are to move right now." Great, I'm to good at what I do, therefor you won't promote me. I raised the profits on LTN in my area by 50%, and more then DOUBLED the profits for TNT in my area. (I coordinate all online fundraising for LTN and TNT in MN.) So they hired a girl straight out of college for less money then I would ask for to do the TNT job and then hired a girl also with less experiance and for less money for the LTN one. Where does that leave Jen and I? We both feel like they are saying to us "thanks for your hard work and we love what you do, but..." What do they expect us to think and how do they expect us to react? They want me to be the next TNT person, but who knows when a new position will either open up or be approved? The last time they added a new position to TNT it was like 3 years in the making. I can't wait that long. Jen is getting married this summer so she plans to stick around till the walk in Sept and is then planning to leave. It sucks for the office because the two of us are really great at what we do.
Add into all of that, around the first of the year they changed how we get paid. Basically, now I get paid less then I did before per payperiod, but twice a year will get the rest of that bulk. For someone that makes as little as I do, that is a huge amount and a real problem.
So what to do? I put out feelers and got an interesting opportunity at a law firm downtown. It is making more money, and giving me a fantastic opportunity to better my career. I will now be managing all the conference rooms for them (they are on 7 floors of the building and have about 20 rooms). Scheduling, billing, A/V stuff, and top it off, I have two assistants under me. So I am moving from being the assistant to being a supervisor. Plus there is room to grow. They are going through a development currently and will be addng on another floor and eventually redoing the entire top floor so it is all conference rooms. I will then be managing about 30 rooms and possibly adding another assistant to the team.
I'm excited and scared. Excited for a new opportunity and the chance to work dowtown. I'm scared because I have never managed anyone other then volunteers and they are VERY different from employees. Plus, the hours are earlier then I do now and that is a concern. I have to be at the office at 7am. I'm a bit of a night owl, this is going to take some getting used to.
But now I have to leave and take care of some stuff. Tomorrow work for half a day and then off to Chicago for St. Patty's day with the Julie!