Category: Work
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Hybrid Work Doesn’t Make Sense
My company started bringing people back to the office in August and September of this year to mostly negative feedback from employees that had been working and over performing for almost 3 years. Thankfully I don’t have to return as I don’t meet most of the requirements to have my…
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Just enough to not get fired
Actually hard work does not make me feel fulfilled, rather, the opposite. Hard work lately has been a slog, a chore, something to be avoided. I can’t put my finger on why I feel this way, however there are multiple contributing factors that push me to be aloof and disconnected…
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Stimulating
A lot has changed since January 2020 for basically the entire world and everyone has written about it all over the Internet. I’m not doing that because I don’t need to, well, sort of. Having these large gaps between writing is a regular thing for me and it’s something I’ve…
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I’ve Got A Job!
I got a call this afternoon from someone that I interviewed with in person almost two months ago. He told me that he just received great news and that they received a verbal approval to start the hiring process and were preparing an official offer of employment to hire me.…
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3 Months and Counting
For the second time in my life, I was given notice of a reduction in force termination due to strategic reorganization. At the end of the day, you’re being terminated, legally, and without cause basically because your position is no longer useful to the company. There are many reasons for…
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Six month break from audits
I’m finally free of audits for at least the next 6 months at work. Yay! A welcome break from what has been an absolutely hellish 5 months with literal back to back audits. One would end and the next would start the following week, sometimes with some really annoying overlap.…
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A change of scenery
For those that have followed me for a bit, you might have recalled me going for a posted position within my company that would have been a promotion. I didn’t get it, but I already knew that going into it based on how the description was written. My goal was…
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Too good to be true?
It’s happened, a recruiter has finally placed a potential position in front of me that is too good to not invest some time exploring. The last thing I wanted to do was to start looking for a new job let alone think about switching companies and starting over again with…