Alive with fire and one last chance.
On Wednesday, I got most of my hair chopped off. I think the longest section now is maybe two inches. It's all spiky and messy and razor-cut and there's this huge swath of purple in the front. I fucking love it. It's so low maintenance too because I just wake up with bed head and fluff it up a bit and that's it. I'll have to post pictures tomorrow. The funniest thing about it was coming into work on Thursday where just about everyone did a double-take upon seeing me. My boss' boss did a super-long double-take where he walked by, froze, turned around, blinked, turned his head again and then was like, "Kerry?"
I had today off so my mom and I spent some quality time at the gym. After that, I was planning to get a tattoo, but the closest place is by appointment only, which I didn't know since I've never been there. We didn't have time to drive all the way out to the place where I got the shooting star done, so I made an appointment for tomorrow at the closer place. I'm getting a ladybug on my left shoulder, near my collarbone. I designed it myself, but the guy is going to kind of clean it up and stuff. So, pictures of that tomorrow too.
Okay, time for a work dilemma. I take the train nearly every day with this woman (JK) who is the director of a division where we both work. Recently, she's had an opening under her and she kind of offered it to me. It would put me up a pay grade (meaning $10,000 to $20,000 more a year) and the job actually involves doing things I learned in college. Plus, JK is super-cool and super-flexible about work hours. I really want to apply for it, but on the other hand…
My division director just invested a hell of a lot of money in me (SAS training, laptop at some point, etc.). Also, I know I would be leaving my team in the lurch since I am the only non-project-dedicated programmer. Plus, I like what I do and feel comfortable doing it. But on yet another hand…
I always get praised through email for my work, but I've never seen it translate into anything. Yesterday, they announced the fourth quarter awards and one of the people who received one spends every day making personal phone calls, takes super-long lunches, and doesn't do any work (seriously, she's in the cube kitty-corner from me and I never see her doing anything work-related). That really pissed me off. I feel like I'm not appreciated in a way that is quantifiable (i.e. salary, bonuses, awards, vacation days), which really sucks.
Mom and I talked about it and she thinks I should kind of casually mention to my boss how I feel and that I was offered another position. You know, kind of like a bargaining chip? But I suck at that kind of thing. I mean, really, really suck at it.
What's a girl to do?
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I had today off so my mom and I spent some quality time at the gym. After that, I was planning to get a tattoo, but the closest place is by appointment only, which I didn't know since I've never been there. We didn't have time to drive all the way out to the place where I got the shooting star done, so I made an appointment for tomorrow at the closer place. I'm getting a ladybug on my left shoulder, near my collarbone. I designed it myself, but the guy is going to kind of clean it up and stuff. So, pictures of that tomorrow too.
Okay, time for a work dilemma. I take the train nearly every day with this woman (JK) who is the director of a division where we both work. Recently, she's had an opening under her and she kind of offered it to me. It would put me up a pay grade (meaning $10,000 to $20,000 more a year) and the job actually involves doing things I learned in college. Plus, JK is super-cool and super-flexible about work hours. I really want to apply for it, but on the other hand…
My division director just invested a hell of a lot of money in me (SAS training, laptop at some point, etc.). Also, I know I would be leaving my team in the lurch since I am the only non-project-dedicated programmer. Plus, I like what I do and feel comfortable doing it. But on yet another hand…
I always get praised through email for my work, but I've never seen it translate into anything. Yesterday, they announced the fourth quarter awards and one of the people who received one spends every day making personal phone calls, takes super-long lunches, and doesn't do any work (seriously, she's in the cube kitty-corner from me and I never see her doing anything work-related). That really pissed me off. I feel like I'm not appreciated in a way that is quantifiable (i.e. salary, bonuses, awards, vacation days), which really sucks.
Mom and I talked about it and she thinks I should kind of casually mention to my boss how I feel and that I was offered another position. You know, kind of like a bargaining chip? But I suck at that kind of thing. I mean, really, really suck at it.
What's a girl to do?
Poll Career Options