Comments | dkage: Here I am again...

dkage

Here I am again...

Apr 12, 2005 18:24

I guess a lot has happened since my first posting. One of my friends at work quit yesterday. She just got fed up and quit. Let me give you some background on why this has been on my mind. In my section of our group, there were 5: My boss D, myself, and 3 ladies, J, S, and K. I dubbed us "Charlie's Angels" because my boss is rarely seen (a LOT ( Read more... )

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stellarabyss April 13 2005, 00:17:40 UTC

I don't think that you should stay at your job if your not happy. It's bad enough that you have to handle the workload of 8 people and there's only 2 of you. But you should at least enjoy your job. Even though no one enjoys ass loads of work shouldn't you be some what happy with your job? I'm not saying that things won't get better and I'm not saying that they will or that you need to get your shit and start runnin'. But it's best to keep your opitions open especially since you don't plan to be in NY for than than a couple more years. It's understandable that you're scared. You may not find a job or at least one worth while leaving your current one for. And you do have your soon to be wife to think about and kids (If you two have any ( ... )

I think... dkage April 13 2005, 21:05:11 UTC

...that I should start thinking about what makes me happy. I have been so passe about what I want to do with my life. No one is going to make the decision for me. This is not where I want to be for a long period of time, but I must keep my options open like you said. I guess I don't have many options if I don't look, right?

stellarabyss April 13 2005, 00:43:46 UTC

I forgot to add this in my first comment.

If someone who started working almost a whole year AFTER me made 15K MORE than me! I'd be FUCKING PISSED! (Maybe I'm just that petty) This is how I look at it: We both have to put up with the same ridiculous amounts of work but this chick who started working not 2 or 3 months after me but damn near a YEAR! OH HELL FUCKING NO! Just because she found a better job that won't have her doing the work of 8 people. I'd be raising all kinds of hell up in that place until the day I died or we started making the making the same amount. You need to go out and find a better job that pays more see if they offer you the same amount that they offered her.

I think I'm petty when it come to things like that. But sometimes you have to be petty because life's not fair and you have to play the game according to your own rules to get damn near everything you want.

What do you do anyway?

dkage April 13 2005, 21:07:58 UTC

I work for the City. I am an enginner/environmental health and safety person at DEP. Like I said, I'm not mad at K; she just happened to tell them she was leaving at the right time. She lucked up so I can't be mad at her, but I am mad that the powers that be have not even offered to step up to the plate. They don't have to give me as much as she's making, but they should at least give me a little something more.