Introduction - Week 0

[lapis_lazuli615]

So, I've always been the kind of person who thought that their vocation would be in some type of service.... For years, I had planned to be a teacher. Graduating my Bachelors with less than stellar grades made that nigh impossible, and then I long-term subbed for a year or so. I found out quickly that I loved teaching and the students - but I hated

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[grail76]

My last company was purchased and lo, they only let 2 people go, me being one of them.
I'm thrilled at the place I landed. I've been there for 12 years this month.
I'm sort of support for the people who actually work with clients.

Enjoy.

[lapis_lazuli615]

I actually kind of am support too - supervisory support, but support nonetheless. My job is to oversee staff and the paperwork that goes along with all of that, as well as scheduling the product we build and trying to keep us on schedule. Not easy when one of your custom-made pleating machines breaks down and you can't keep your people working, so you then have behavior issues because they're bored. Whee! More paperwork for me to approve and sign!
But, I'm liking it so far. I just.... the money kills me.

[lordrexfear]

This was fun to read... and also interesting to see how much I related with or could relate to or connect to my own work history, life and experience.

[lapis_lazuli615]

And yet, somehow, we didn't meet up in NYC on Halloween? Sheesh!

I'm glad I'm not the only one out here drowning in "what do I want to do when I grow up?"!!

[majesticzaichik]

Congrats on the new job! I hope you can find something that pays better further down the road. I'm struggling right now because my dream job rejected me after I jumped through a bunch of hoops and made it far into the interview process : (. Everyone keeps telling me there is something better around the corner and I don't really believe them, but who knows, maybe there is...

[lapis_lazuli615]

Trust in the universe.
If you didn't get that job, now was not the right time. Or maybe the universe realized that the dream you thought you had wasn't really your dream, deep down in your heart.

For me, I had no idea. I didn't even think I would want this job, but I applied because "pay>no pay". But this was just completely the best job for right now. It's healing me from the pain and anger I took with me from my last position. It's opening my heart and teaching me how to be a kind and compassionate supervisor. The universe couldn't have given me a better job for this place in my life if it had tried.

So, not that you asked, but here's my advice... Mourn the loss of the job you wanted, and then open your heart and keep searching for the job the universe knows you need. It will come, and you will be blessed by it.

*hugs*

[logical_fallacy]

Jobs are hard, aren't they? It seems like it should be easier to find and keep something so necessary for basic survival. Good luck with it.

[lapis_lazuli615]

It should be - shouldn't it? I think it used to be and now... well... the wheel turns.

[sinnamongirl]

That is so great you got a job that sounds fulfilling for you! Even with the lower pay (which hopefully will raise at some point), it sounds great.

[lapis_lazuli615]

I don't expect the pay thing to work itself out, unfortunately. It is a non-profit and I just found out what pay rate my staff makes (those under me). Yeah... I'm making about what I should be, comparatively. I don't see it going up to what I hope for at any time in the foreseeable future.

That said - It's an amazing job, giving me some wonderful experiences (both life and work).

[sinnamongirl]

Well that's something - I really hope it can work out in both ways, but I'll be honest, at my personal stage in life I'd for sure take personally fulfilling over pay (though considering the biological bomb that is going off in my ovaries right now, pay should probably take precedence). Good luck!