Well, hell.
I went to work this morning and checked my email (which is always full of fun and interesting things when I come in after my 3-day weekends) and found out that I had a meeting at 3 in the afternoon with my supervisors supervisor about the project they were discussing to combine the two sides of our business with a new team. Now, I only just heard about this new idea on Thursday before my weekend, and I had hardly expected to be picked for this new project in the first place, so I assumed it was a preliminary 'here's the idea, what do you think?' type meeting. and went on with my day.
At 1:30, an hour before my lunch hour and 2 hours before my meeting, I checked my schedule to see when they wanted me to take lunch, seeing as this thing was smack dab in the middle of it.. (I was hoping it would be early, Monday is not our 'light' day of the week.) Not only was my lunch not move to be early, the meeting wasn't scheduled at all, and when I spoke with out scheduling team, they didn't even know what the hell was going on.
Half an hour before the meeting, just as I'm going to clock out and sit down with a good book, four people come screaming through the isle "nobody go to lunch, all the lunches are gonna be set for after the meeting!"
Thanks guys, coulda told me that earlier.
So I wait, whatever, and go to the meeting.
At the meeting we're told all those attending are on the short list for the project. Woo hoo for me!
We are also told, because we need to be trained for our other department, we will be pulled from the phones for two weeks. Woooot!
Starting Monday, the 23rd. Wtf?
We would also be rebidding for our schedules. Hey, wait a minute!
And we would also be moved to a whole new supervisor. A girl who's desk is festooned with pink hearts and Hello Kitty paraphernalia. Permanently.
At this point I was ready to quit the project altogether.
Except for the fact that they were implying that, though a pay raise was not inherent in the new project, it may be coming, should it succeed.
Suffice to say, when we got out of the meeting I and the group of friends and allies I had volunteered for this project with bombarded our sup with questions.
They hadn't even told her they were going to be rolling it out yet, or that they had made the final choice in reps.
I've had better days at my job, far, far better.
At 1:30, an hour before my lunch hour and 2 hours before my meeting, I checked my schedule to see when they wanted me to take lunch, seeing as this thing was smack dab in the middle of it.. (I was hoping it would be early, Monday is not our 'light' day of the week.) Not only was my lunch not move to be early, the meeting wasn't scheduled at all, and when I spoke with out scheduling team, they didn't even know what the hell was going on.
Half an hour before the meeting, just as I'm going to clock out and sit down with a good book, four people come screaming through the isle "nobody go to lunch, all the lunches are gonna be set for after the meeting!"
Thanks guys, coulda told me that earlier.
So I wait, whatever, and go to the meeting.
At the meeting we're told all those attending are on the short list for the project. Woo hoo for me!
We are also told, because we need to be trained for our other department, we will be pulled from the phones for two weeks. Woooot!
Starting Monday, the 23rd. Wtf?
We would also be rebidding for our schedules. Hey, wait a minute!
And we would also be moved to a whole new supervisor. A girl who's desk is festooned with pink hearts and Hello Kitty paraphernalia. Permanently.
At this point I was ready to quit the project altogether.
Except for the fact that they were implying that, though a pay raise was not inherent in the new project, it may be coming, should it succeed.
Suffice to say, when we got out of the meeting I and the group of friends and allies I had volunteered for this project with bombarded our sup with questions.
They hadn't even told her they were going to be rolling it out yet, or that they had made the final choice in reps.
I've had better days at my job, far, far better.