For 'Lyssa
Dear Hot Head --
Receiving a poor review from those idjits reflects more on them than on you. Your head knows it, but your insides keep saying, "well, I could have done better. . ." That will always happen because, yes, we could all do better. No one is perfect. I've been reading what you've been saying about the backstabbers, and this sounds like it's more of the same. You know that you've been good to the customers, you've pulled your share of the tough work, and you've been a reliable employee. If that company expects you to make them your new religion, they don't pay enough.
Proof of what I'm saying is that what happened yesterday has spurred you to action rather than moping -- you're putting in applications and you're going to dump your current employer. You're not going to sit there and whinge that it's so horrible where you are; you're going to DO something about it. As we discussed last night, there are so many people chasing so few decent jobs that you know you're facing an uphill battle. You're going to have to apply everywhere. I do NOT envy you one bit. Job hunting is harder than any job ever was, which is why so many people will stay where they are instead of move on. I still remember, 21 years later, the horrors of pounding the pavement and being rejected again and again and again. It's demeaning and demoralising.
So, as you enter this wretched process, I just want you to know that you have a cheering section out here that knows what a fab person you are and that the company that finally does hire you is going to be the winner.
Carol
Receiving a poor review from those idjits reflects more on them than on you. Your head knows it, but your insides keep saying, "well, I could have done better. . ." That will always happen because, yes, we could all do better. No one is perfect. I've been reading what you've been saying about the backstabbers, and this sounds like it's more of the same. You know that you've been good to the customers, you've pulled your share of the tough work, and you've been a reliable employee. If that company expects you to make them your new religion, they don't pay enough.
Proof of what I'm saying is that what happened yesterday has spurred you to action rather than moping -- you're putting in applications and you're going to dump your current employer. You're not going to sit there and whinge that it's so horrible where you are; you're going to DO something about it. As we discussed last night, there are so many people chasing so few decent jobs that you know you're facing an uphill battle. You're going to have to apply everywhere. I do NOT envy you one bit. Job hunting is harder than any job ever was, which is why so many people will stay where they are instead of move on. I still remember, 21 years later, the horrors of pounding the pavement and being rejected again and again and again. It's demeaning and demoralising.
So, as you enter this wretched process, I just want you to know that you have a cheering section out here that knows what a fab person you are and that the company that finally does hire you is going to be the winner.
Carol