I know that there’s so much unemployment right now I should be grateful I have a job at all, but this particular job, process improvement with expertise in a very specific software suite, is so…um….challenging…yeah, that’s it. That being said, I’m tired of taking my considerable training and expertise and having it flung to the wayside in favor of the “we’ve always done business this way” sentiments. Always having done it, apparently wasn’t working well, which is why YOUR company decided to change. This was not an overnight decision, I know for a fact it was researched nearly a year before they decided to start the initiatives. So…I need a new job….the secretarial type because:
1) I type really fast and all I get are complaints here at work that I’m going too fast for people to watch what I’m doing. Sir, our limited meeting time is not intended for training. Please, arrange a time, off line, for training with me…I’ve got my thumb up my ass all day EXCEPT in this meeting.
2) I follow instructions that I’m given. Yes, I might come up with a faster way of doing something, but I’ll make sure to do it your way at least twice before deviating to get the SAME result.
3) I have a friendly phone voice, even when being stern screening phone calls. No one calls me here see thumb reference above.
4) I dress professionally, squirreled away in a cubicle, no one sees me…not even my boss.
5) I don’t find your non-work requests demeaning, meaning, yes, I will bring you coffee or water – I’ll even run errands for you (if you pay my POV mileage).
6) I don’t take offense to “off color” statements or jokes….please, I work at Faire in my off time.
If given this work environment I would very likely have my brain switch off, so I’m likely to need extra mental stimulation, but if I’ve done everything needed of me, I don’t see an issue working a crossword puzzle quietly while I remain at the ready.
Yeah…that type of job would give me a 2/3 pay cut, but man, at this point I’m almost ready to live in a box or surf people’s couches and good will if I could ditch this job.
Hey, if you find a job that fulfills those six points, put in a good word for me, too, if there's a spare position. Ditto all that. Plus I'll knit 'em socks. :p *has no job and NEEDS one baaaaad*
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