Do you ever just want to run away?
Most of the time I love my job. I feel like I am so lucky to have something like this, work with great people, for a great company. I get paid holidays, vacation time, sick time. I sit in a comfy chair all day and talk to my students. I have the freedom to come in late or leave early (as long as I make up the time), take lunch whenever I want and even take a long lunch on occasion, arrange my day like I want to,
arrange my desk like I want to.
Often, I even like what I do. Talking to my students, who are mostly very nice and appreciative, makes me feel really good about my work. But then... there are those few who just drive me crazy. There are students who just demand too much. There are those issues that I just don't want to deal with! There are questionable company policies. There are undependable coworkers. There are unreasonable
expectations. These are the things that give me a headache every day. These are the things that make me want to just give up and quit. Those are the times when I am glad I didn't start a degree program because I know I would be stuck here until it's completed.
But I'm stuck here anyway. I can't leave a job like this, with these kinds of benefits, with higher pay than anything else that I could possibly qualify for. So what can I do?
A couple of enrollment managers are offering me jobs here. I could make more money in enrollment, potentially. I would not have to deal with the same kind of issues. But the demands and expectations are more, there is more pressure. I would have to work on sales skills and learn how to talk students into continuing when they want to quit. Right now that is not my strong suit... but maybe I could get good at it if I weren't concerned with the problems of 500 other students! I'd only have to deal with a few at a time.
Oh, I'm getting a headache again. I just don't know...
arrange my desk like I want to.
Often, I even like what I do. Talking to my students, who are mostly very nice and appreciative, makes me feel really good about my work. But then... there are those few who just drive me crazy. There are students who just demand too much. There are those issues that I just don't want to deal with! There are questionable company policies. There are undependable coworkers. There are unreasonable
expectations. These are the things that give me a headache every day. These are the things that make me want to just give up and quit. Those are the times when I am glad I didn't start a degree program because I know I would be stuck here until it's completed.
But I'm stuck here anyway. I can't leave a job like this, with these kinds of benefits, with higher pay than anything else that I could possibly qualify for. So what can I do?
A couple of enrollment managers are offering me jobs here. I could make more money in enrollment, potentially. I would not have to deal with the same kind of issues. But the demands and expectations are more, there is more pressure. I would have to work on sales skills and learn how to talk students into continuing when they want to quit. Right now that is not my strong suit... but maybe I could get good at it if I weren't concerned with the problems of 500 other students! I'd only have to deal with a few at a time.
Oh, I'm getting a headache again. I just don't know...