Yeah, so I'm 33 years old. I've been in the job world off an on since I was 16 years old. To this day, the only jobs I've had with any level of responsibility were my 2-year stint as a Coast Guard public affairs specialist and 6 months at a Bay Area PR firm. Everything else has been more or less entry-level.
Enough already.
I don't know what's happening here where I am, but I am sick to f**king death of being essentially a glorified secretary. Yes, my job description changed and I got a puny raise (when I changed from being an assistant to an HR tech and went up several paygrades, my pay went up a whole $1.21 an hour), but I still sit in the same desk and perform the same menial clerical and concierge tasks, in addition to actual, real, intellectual work.
Day by day, as my graduation an impending masterhood approach, I get less and less satisfied with this state of affairs. If things don't change in January, I'll be a secretary with a master's degree, which strikes me as incredibly pathetic.
The news coming from my boss is somewhere between nonexistent and not good. Despite the fact that my employer is currently experiencing a torrential green river of cash inflow, the increase in our department's budget next year is very small, and it's this increase in budget that's supposed to fund a change in position for me. And they won't let my dept. hire a replacement assistant, meaning that in all likelihood, even if they doubled my salary and set a golden crown on my head, I'd still end up sitting here playing receptionist, which is REALLY hard to do when I'm trying to focus on other more complex tasks.
But I hate job hunting. I like my employer. And none of our hospitals have openings for librarians right now.
It's insanely frustrating, but I'm going to have to make a decision soon, and I have no idea what (if anything) is planned for me here. Do I trust my boss, who truly has my best interests at heart but isn't the ultimate authority on what can be done with me? Do I quit and look for another job? Do I just suck it up and count on Haiku Rd. to be my outlet for personal fulfillment?
Sorry, just needed to vent.
1 comment:
it's always the same things, all arround the world.
But it doesn't stop us to think, isn't it?
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