Update
A brief recap of life.
Today I go to see the hand surgeon again. Since the last time I saw him in August I've had a bone scan and an MRI. My hand feels no better-no change at all. I have no idea what he's going to say but, based on my last appointment, I'm not expecting him to have any answers for why my hand still hurts. Or that he'll even remember who I am.
My contract ended at the office I was working at for 2+ years. I moved from 1 department to another for the last 2 months. Leaving my first team was really hard. I like the women there so much and felt so at home there. But the new manager is...awful. She's using her role as a stepping stone for her career, people be damned. The 2nd team I was on was always meant to be a 2 month contract to help out before year end really hits. It's a very metrics based role and I've discovered that judgement based on numbers is incredibly stressful. They'd never had a 'helper' on their team before and didn't understand that how they thought the job should go wasn't actually how it was going to go. Procedures changed 9 times in 2 weeks, and my supervisor basically accused me of not doing enough work. It was very annoying and I spent the last 2.5 weeks counting the days until last Friday. Then my last day of work last week my supervisor praised me for having such great numbers. Jesus. She could have at least told me that a month ago.
I had 2 interviews with a company here in town last for a bonafide real job. Not a temp placement, not a contract, a job. And I found out today that they love me, but the economy forecasts don't warrant them hiring anyone until at least February.
So, in reality, not much in my life has changed. I hurt a lot of days and I have no job. I have no idea what to do now.
Today I go to see the hand surgeon again. Since the last time I saw him in August I've had a bone scan and an MRI. My hand feels no better-no change at all. I have no idea what he's going to say but, based on my last appointment, I'm not expecting him to have any answers for why my hand still hurts. Or that he'll even remember who I am.
My contract ended at the office I was working at for 2+ years. I moved from 1 department to another for the last 2 months. Leaving my first team was really hard. I like the women there so much and felt so at home there. But the new manager is...awful. She's using her role as a stepping stone for her career, people be damned. The 2nd team I was on was always meant to be a 2 month contract to help out before year end really hits. It's a very metrics based role and I've discovered that judgement based on numbers is incredibly stressful. They'd never had a 'helper' on their team before and didn't understand that how they thought the job should go wasn't actually how it was going to go. Procedures changed 9 times in 2 weeks, and my supervisor basically accused me of not doing enough work. It was very annoying and I spent the last 2.5 weeks counting the days until last Friday. Then my last day of work last week my supervisor praised me for having such great numbers. Jesus. She could have at least told me that a month ago.
I had 2 interviews with a company here in town last for a bonafide real job. Not a temp placement, not a contract, a job. And I found out today that they love me, but the economy forecasts don't warrant them hiring anyone until at least February.
So, in reality, not much in my life has changed. I hurt a lot of days and I have no job. I have no idea what to do now.