U MAD?! Yeah, you mad...
Okay, so I'm sure that most of you have found out by now that I have been re-assigned at work, keeping my title as a Law Enforcement Tech, but now instead of dispatching, I have been moved to the training office, working as a coordinator that monitors and modifies overtime worked by personnel, as well as being the full-time system administrator. It's technically not a promotion, since it doesn't entail a pay raise, but in my eyes, it is, since it's not dispatching anymore, which really isn't the best position there is.
Anyway, I found out about this movement last Wednesday, and when I returned to work on Friday morning, the news had been spread about it, and it wasn't a very welcoming environment. I walked in to the dispatch area on Friday morning and noticed that it was ... quiet, a little too quiet to be honest. Usually within the first few minutes of walking in, me and my partner are making small talk about our weekends and discussing what we're going to be eating for breakfast. That didn't happen. As a matter of fact, she didn't talk to me for about an hour! By then I knew something was up. But that was nothing compared to my other partner when she came in on Sunday. She didn't say a WORD to me for the entire 8 hour shift we shared. She even went as far as unfriending me on Facebook. What the hell, right? Well, they (among some other people) were pissed off over the fact, not that I got the new gig, but that they weren't offered the position. Okay, I have to admit that maybe it wasn't really fair that they just HANDED me the position as opposed to letting everyone apply for it as if it were a competitive job opportunity. Well, one catch, I'm also the full-time system admin. NONE of those people who would have been offered the job have anywhere NEAR the skill set that I have. Besides, I'm also relatively convinced that the other reason that they threw this on me so suddenly was that the operations staff was not too happy that I was trying to find other work, so they offered up this new position to entice me to stay... which worked.
The utter cold shoulder that I'm getting from those who I used to work side-by-side with is just absolutely ridiculous. What sucks is that a lot of the professional staff there is siding with them, and I'm slowly finding out that more and more people are holding a grudge against me... over something that really ISN'T my fault! It's not my fault that they immediately chose me to take this job, the captain basically said "hey, I'm moving you, you start next week, end of story." Do they genuinely hate me now? Is it just a rageful bout of jealousy? Should I stop driving my car to work so that it doesn't get keyed?!?! I'm seriously not used to having so much negative attention pile up on me all at once (if at all...). I really am not sure how to handle the situation in it's fullest degree.
It's absolutely freaking ridiculous the amount of drama I'm now wound up in. You know what? I'm really just trying not to stir the pot anymore and try to ignore the animosity that is surrounding me now. I've come to learn who my closer friends are at work, and it's those people who are sticking by me, and not feeding into the rage that the others are dishing out. I'm happy with where I'm at now, and I can only see myself moving up in the system.
In conclusion, I saw my friend Silver retweet something that really applies to the situation: "Ohh, so you unfriended me! How traumatic! What's next? You're going to throw a fruit loop at my head expect it to hurt?"
I can't wait for Califur this weekend... OMG YAY!
Anyway, I found out about this movement last Wednesday, and when I returned to work on Friday morning, the news had been spread about it, and it wasn't a very welcoming environment. I walked in to the dispatch area on Friday morning and noticed that it was ... quiet, a little too quiet to be honest. Usually within the first few minutes of walking in, me and my partner are making small talk about our weekends and discussing what we're going to be eating for breakfast. That didn't happen. As a matter of fact, she didn't talk to me for about an hour! By then I knew something was up. But that was nothing compared to my other partner when she came in on Sunday. She didn't say a WORD to me for the entire 8 hour shift we shared. She even went as far as unfriending me on Facebook. What the hell, right? Well, they (among some other people) were pissed off over the fact, not that I got the new gig, but that they weren't offered the position. Okay, I have to admit that maybe it wasn't really fair that they just HANDED me the position as opposed to letting everyone apply for it as if it were a competitive job opportunity. Well, one catch, I'm also the full-time system admin. NONE of those people who would have been offered the job have anywhere NEAR the skill set that I have. Besides, I'm also relatively convinced that the other reason that they threw this on me so suddenly was that the operations staff was not too happy that I was trying to find other work, so they offered up this new position to entice me to stay... which worked.
The utter cold shoulder that I'm getting from those who I used to work side-by-side with is just absolutely ridiculous. What sucks is that a lot of the professional staff there is siding with them, and I'm slowly finding out that more and more people are holding a grudge against me... over something that really ISN'T my fault! It's not my fault that they immediately chose me to take this job, the captain basically said "hey, I'm moving you, you start next week, end of story." Do they genuinely hate me now? Is it just a rageful bout of jealousy? Should I stop driving my car to work so that it doesn't get keyed?!?! I'm seriously not used to having so much negative attention pile up on me all at once (if at all...). I really am not sure how to handle the situation in it's fullest degree.
It's absolutely freaking ridiculous the amount of drama I'm now wound up in. You know what? I'm really just trying not to stir the pot anymore and try to ignore the animosity that is surrounding me now. I've come to learn who my closer friends are at work, and it's those people who are sticking by me, and not feeding into the rage that the others are dishing out. I'm happy with where I'm at now, and I can only see myself moving up in the system.
In conclusion, I saw my friend Silver retweet something that really applies to the situation: "Ohh, so you unfriended me! How traumatic! What's next? You're going to throw a fruit loop at my head expect it to hurt?"
I can't wait for Califur this weekend... OMG YAY!