Things I Don't Want to Do
Today I was asked to take a position in a different department at work. This department, and what they do, is directly related to me becoming more knowledgable in my special line of work. Because of this, and the whole advancement of my career at a niche consulting firm blah blah blah, it was really pushed on me. Well, not hard but my manager made it seem like it would be best for the company and best for me.
I was apprehensive about switching over to this new department at first. I mean, they do A LOT of repetitive work and it really can't be automated or improved. Not only that, but it's even more detail oriented than the work I do now. AND the work that we'll be doing will be used in actual legal cases. You know, those things that we have WAY too many of due to our litigous society.
Anyways, I don't really want to go into this group mainly because it means working more and working harder for higher ups in the company doing things that I'm not good at. I don't have a ton of common sense and it takes me about five times just to learn anything. In short, I make myself feel stupid.
However, I feel that in the long run, this may be a good thing for me. Sure, the initial learning curve and discomfort of working with new people and new material under new deadlines will stress and frustrate me to no end, but a few years down the road, I should be able to look back at this experience and say that it was worth it.
It's just like other experiences I've had. Like going to this community service work group thing in Vermont a few years back. The morning we were leaving I was all pissed off thinking I had made the wrong choice. Stuck in a van for two days in the middle of the summer going to paint some fucking houses and shit, what the hell. But now I look back on it and realize what good it did me. I got to travel and see just how beautiful this country can be and I met a friend there that I've been friends with for the past four years at least.
So, let's hope that I am right for once and it is a worth-while experience.
I was apprehensive about switching over to this new department at first. I mean, they do A LOT of repetitive work and it really can't be automated or improved. Not only that, but it's even more detail oriented than the work I do now. AND the work that we'll be doing will be used in actual legal cases. You know, those things that we have WAY too many of due to our litigous society.
Anyways, I don't really want to go into this group mainly because it means working more and working harder for higher ups in the company doing things that I'm not good at. I don't have a ton of common sense and it takes me about five times just to learn anything. In short, I make myself feel stupid.
However, I feel that in the long run, this may be a good thing for me. Sure, the initial learning curve and discomfort of working with new people and new material under new deadlines will stress and frustrate me to no end, but a few years down the road, I should be able to look back at this experience and say that it was worth it.
It's just like other experiences I've had. Like going to this community service work group thing in Vermont a few years back. The morning we were leaving I was all pissed off thinking I had made the wrong choice. Stuck in a van for two days in the middle of the summer going to paint some fucking houses and shit, what the hell. But now I look back on it and realize what good it did me. I got to travel and see just how beautiful this country can be and I met a friend there that I've been friends with for the past four years at least.
So, let's hope that I am right for once and it is a worth-while experience.