Gypsy
Super_Ideal_Rock
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One of your bosses, who is awesome and you have a great relationship with, is doing a review of your work to date and shakes his head half way through and just says... okay, can we just talk you and me?
Um... sure.
Why are you doing this job?
Um. Why do you ask?
Because I don't think you should spend months let alone years in a job that doesn't challenge you and that you clearly aren't excited about. You are doing fine, but... why are you here?
Um.
Um.
Um.
So we had a really honest conversation and he encouraged me to look at other jobs in the company that would suit me better, and also offered to help me with the current job with flexibility and to serve as my reference if I wanted to look outside the company.
First, after getting laid off last year and dealing with that it was just so awesome to have a boss really look at me as an individual and just intervene and say... you CAN do this... but just because you can doesn't mean you SHOULD.
And second... I had an interview today at a different company. After my series of employment disasters recently I have no faith in my abilty to chose a job for myself so I have no idea what to think about it. And I have another interview for a different job (this one would be a second interview for that job) next week.
But... it was really a strange conversation. But good too. I've been so insecure I NEEDED someone to say, you aren't being picky... you aren't happy and that's OKAY. You deserve to be doing something that you actual want to get up in the morning and not dread.
So... dust for... whatever it is I need???
Um... sure.
Why are you doing this job?
Um. Why do you ask?
Because I don't think you should spend months let alone years in a job that doesn't challenge you and that you clearly aren't excited about. You are doing fine, but... why are you here?
Um.
Um.
Um.
So we had a really honest conversation and he encouraged me to look at other jobs in the company that would suit me better, and also offered to help me with the current job with flexibility and to serve as my reference if I wanted to look outside the company.
First, after getting laid off last year and dealing with that it was just so awesome to have a boss really look at me as an individual and just intervene and say... you CAN do this... but just because you can doesn't mean you SHOULD.
And second... I had an interview today at a different company. After my series of employment disasters recently I have no faith in my abilty to chose a job for myself so I have no idea what to think about it. And I have another interview for a different job (this one would be a second interview for that job) next week.
But... it was really a strange conversation. But good too. I've been so insecure I NEEDED someone to say, you aren't being picky... you aren't happy and that's OKAY. You deserve to be doing something that you actual want to get up in the morning and not dread.
So... dust for... whatever it is I need???