I think I called this one about three years ago.

[gothams3rdrobin]

Some of you may recall my commenting on how nervous I get when we go through quiet spells on my department at work. The first time I experienced this was when they took all the email addresses off the correpondance, claiming our customers were prefering to call us instead of email

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[suchthefangirl]

*hugs*

That is so not fair.

*keeps fingers crossed that something wonderful happens and new job just appears* (I'm all for magical thinking, thank you very much!)

[gothams3rdrobin]

Ah, I wish *hugs*

At this point, I would go back to the supermarket. At least then I wouldn't have to meet stupid productivity targets. :-(

[lizamanynames]

Jeez. That sounds like the same kind of inter-departmental BS that goes on here all the time.

People bitching about section X not pulling thier weight because they`re not doing y, when y isn`t a component of thier business line.

It really pisses me off - if one doesn`t know what one`s talking about, one should SHUT ONES FACE.

[gothams3rdrobin]

Well, I don't know what the guy's problem actually is, but there is a genuine reason why I don't go on the phones.

Trouble is, I manage to call other insurers and other departments within our own company. And there's another guy on my floor who also has a bad speech problem, but has the self-confidence to be on a phone team full-time. I may have quite a low opinion of the guy (he worked at my last job too, at the supermarket) but I do respect that about him.

Every time the management have tried to coax me on the phone, recently, I've wanted to curl up and cry.

[phoebesmum]

All corporations suck, to more or less the same extent, sadly - just in different ways. I do think you're way too smart for that job and could do better - but first you'd have to find better, and then you'd have to go through the whole palaver of applications and interviews; plus you have lots of responsibilities that I don't have to worry about. Rowan, for one.

Maybe things will take an upturn after Christmas ...

*hugs*

[gothams3rdrobin]

Why thank you Hilary, that's a lovely thing to say. I don't feel like I am too smart for that job anymore - since I'm no longer a go-to person when it comes to the emails, and I'm so fed up that I keep blanking on some of the most basic underwriting criteria.

I was talking to a local childminder yesterday, who picks up children at Rowan's school and is quite a lovely woman, to gauge her availability in the near future. I suspect that any change of job will make continuing with the school run difficult.

[alryssa]

You so need to be out of there. Totally.

[gothams3rdrobin]

No kidding *sigh*

[thaya_rayal]

Call centers suck, British Gas being one of the suckyist!!!
It's always sell sell sell with these companies, even when your not employed as a sales person.

It's time to look for somthing else babe.

[gothams3rdrobin]

Ayup. *sigh* And that's impossible this time of year.