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News: Work has been insanely busy, as per the usual. They gave me someone new on Monday, with about a week's notice that he was coming, and someone else is starting in a week. Fortunately, both of the new people are experienced, and more importantly grown ups, so the training shouldn't take too long (lately we've been discovering just how many of our newer people have no concept of professional maturity). And on Monday I overheard the supervisor telling one of the junior technicians all about upper managements plans for the future. Since all the plans are based on things that we have attempted multiple times only to prove that *they don't work*, I was truly annoyed and spent some time fuming at my desk about needing a new job.
So, when they told me that afternoon that they wanted me for another job in QC, it wasn't a hard choice to make. My boss is really sad that I'm going, but she's apparently known for quite some time after my interview (they actually had to fight about which of the two jobs I interviewed for was going to get me, and then HR was being disorganized) so they've been making plans for how to handle the transition.
I spent most of the rest of the week stressing, because I *know* my job. Really, really well. And I'll miss it, in many ways. And they're having a debate about whether I need to switch jobs in a week or over a longer period of time while somehow training my people to be 'me' while I also learn the new job. And I feel a bit like I'm jumping ship because 2 of my most senior techs, and one of the other group leaders are all going on maternity leave at the same time, so we're losing a lot of experience at once.
But then, my supervisor came around yesterday afternoon with the new that she was expecting as well, and she's leaving in 6 months. And none of it is going to be my problem :D Not the instruments that they want to get that we can't use and have no space for. Not their master plan of having everyone go on permanent 12 hour shifts. Not the new computer system that can't handle our instrumentation. None of it. The instrument that I set up from scratch, that I worked with and babied and got attached to, is at the end of it's life at this point, so I think I'll happily head out on a high note. And as I keep saying to my techs, it's not like I'll be far away when they need help, and as the new job is managing quality of data, it's not like I won't be looking over their shoulders still. I'll just be higher up.
So I will be pretty busy for the next little while, but I need to make time to get together with people again. Anyone up for a gathering around April 2nd?
So, when they told me that afternoon that they wanted me for another job in QC, it wasn't a hard choice to make. My boss is really sad that I'm going, but she's apparently known for quite some time after my interview (they actually had to fight about which of the two jobs I interviewed for was going to get me, and then HR was being disorganized) so they've been making plans for how to handle the transition.
I spent most of the rest of the week stressing, because I *know* my job. Really, really well. And I'll miss it, in many ways. And they're having a debate about whether I need to switch jobs in a week or over a longer period of time while somehow training my people to be 'me' while I also learn the new job. And I feel a bit like I'm jumping ship because 2 of my most senior techs, and one of the other group leaders are all going on maternity leave at the same time, so we're losing a lot of experience at once.
But then, my supervisor came around yesterday afternoon with the new that she was expecting as well, and she's leaving in 6 months. And none of it is going to be my problem :D Not the instruments that they want to get that we can't use and have no space for. Not their master plan of having everyone go on permanent 12 hour shifts. Not the new computer system that can't handle our instrumentation. None of it. The instrument that I set up from scratch, that I worked with and babied and got attached to, is at the end of it's life at this point, so I think I'll happily head out on a high note. And as I keep saying to my techs, it's not like I'll be far away when they need help, and as the new job is managing quality of data, it's not like I won't be looking over their shoulders still. I'll just be higher up.
So I will be pretty busy for the next little while, but I need to make time to get together with people again. Anyone up for a gathering around April 2nd?