back on the grind...
So now that i'm back in here after an awesome waste of a weekend I had (literally did nothing) I see that work didn't wait for me to return, as it should've....No, it kept churning along, piling up, and it did so just to urk me really. That's the only reason why it's acumilating, in this I am sure and convinced.
Had a meeting with the IT manager of a project that's being assigned to one of my people, he's a nice guy and i'd wouldn't mind working for him but I see why his project is kind of on life support. It's only going to be needed at a specific time of the year and by only a very small number of people. So it almost makes no sense for my department to support it. This is the first time since i've been here that I've really had a desire to leave. I'm worried that my co-worker is going to get pulled down the path that "they" want for her rather then what she would like for herself.
The opportunities in this company, more or less our department are vastly changing. Unless you are a programmer, analyst, SME, have a PhD, a TS/SCI or all of the above then you aren't going to be getting very far. And that's the God's honest truth. They will post you up doing so busy-work or crap that someone else doesn't want to do at a sub-par salary and tell you it's meaningful and whatnot....basically peeing on your leg, but telling you it's raining.
**Update**
So in the middle of typing this my former manager and the top guy in our dept called me in and basically asked (note: he doesn't "ask" you to do something as much as he assumes that what he's throwing in your face is going to be done. So, alas, I get assinged to do something ELSE that I don't want to do, and don't give a rats ass about. So yeah, should be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks as I do this job search. I already know that he's going to be pissed off and feel betrayed, but you know what, I feel/felt the same way when I got shafted for a promotion or basically was made to feel like I wasn't going to get promoted as long as those in front of me not only stayed where they were, but when I started "working as hard as them" .......Sorry guys, i'm not going to turn my life over to this place.
Had a meeting with the IT manager of a project that's being assigned to one of my people, he's a nice guy and i'd wouldn't mind working for him but I see why his project is kind of on life support. It's only going to be needed at a specific time of the year and by only a very small number of people. So it almost makes no sense for my department to support it. This is the first time since i've been here that I've really had a desire to leave. I'm worried that my co-worker is going to get pulled down the path that "they" want for her rather then what she would like for herself.
The opportunities in this company, more or less our department are vastly changing. Unless you are a programmer, analyst, SME, have a PhD, a TS/SCI or all of the above then you aren't going to be getting very far. And that's the God's honest truth. They will post you up doing so busy-work or crap that someone else doesn't want to do at a sub-par salary and tell you it's meaningful and whatnot....basically peeing on your leg, but telling you it's raining.
**Update**
So in the middle of typing this my former manager and the top guy in our dept called me in and basically asked (note: he doesn't "ask" you to do something as much as he assumes that what he's throwing in your face is going to be done. So, alas, I get assinged to do something ELSE that I don't want to do, and don't give a rats ass about. So yeah, should be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks as I do this job search. I already know that he's going to be pissed off and feel betrayed, but you know what, I feel/felt the same way when I got shafted for a promotion or basically was made to feel like I wasn't going to get promoted as long as those in front of me not only stayed where they were, but when I started "working as hard as them" .......Sorry guys, i'm not going to turn my life over to this place.