DemonWolf
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Tommorow may be my last day at my current job.
I have accepted a transfer to another department. On Monday, I start Pole Climbing School and upon sucessful completeion I will be transferred to my new postion.
This new position means that I will have no internet access, so my posting here will be limited to what I do at home, which is very little, so my presence will be greatly reduced.
New things are scary to me, and my hands are shaking as I write this. I've been in the same place doing the same thing for nearly 11 years and it is time to move on. But now that it is real (I found out yesterday), I am really scared to go.
My new post will be dramatically different. I will be working oputside now, as opposed to my nice warm office and the chair that now bears a permant imprint of my butt. The job will be more physical and will not have a snackfood vending machine withing easy reach, so I expect my general health to improve. I will get home two hours earlier thank to an earlier shift and a shorter commute.
There are so many positives to this.
But I still want to cry.
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Good luck! Change is always hard (I know all too well), but it's the only way we grow.
I take it the pay is better too?
Admiral "Sorry for the Oprah pyschobabble" Dinty
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Even if your new job is better, don't be surprised if you feel sad. I was at my last job for 5 years, and I couldn't wait to get out of it. But, after I found a new job, I felt like that I had lost a family.
No matter how good the change is, be prepared to mourn your old job, and don't blame your new job for the loss.
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Pole Climbing School? Look, maybe it's none of my business, but does this new job involve dollar bills folded lengthwise?
Never mind. I really don't want to know.
But congratulations, and good luck.
Dog Friendly
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Changes are always scary. Ruts are predictable. Predictability is comforting and soothing. But change can be good. Try to look at it as a bold new adventure rather than "GUH, what's gonna happen now?" You'll be fine.
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but really which pole job is it? You're killing me here...
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DemonWolf
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quote:Originally posted by vfwchick: What everyone else said. {{{vibes}}}
but really which pole job is it? You're killing me here...
Telephone poles.
quote:Originally posted by Dog Friendly: Pole Climbing School? Look, maybe it's none of my business, but does this new job involve dollar bills folded lengthwise?
Never mind. I really don't want to know.
But congratulations, and good luck.
Dog Friendly
AFAIK, the only time my job will involve dollar bills will be if I drive through a toll booth or if I stop for my morning coffee.
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So, DW, are/were you able to go back to your previous position?
And there's nothing to be embarrassed about, unless you left pointed final messages for those you thought were going to be former coworkers.
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Yes, I could go back. It was a tranfer withing the company, so my old place is kept until I actually begin my new job.
And I was smart enough not to burn my bridges on the way out. Even if I didn't have to come back, I'd still be working with them, only doing a different task than I was.
My boss is a little upset. Apparently I still get paid from his payroll account until I take the job and his department had to pay for the training, but that's not my concern - budgeting is outside of my job title.
As far as my embarrassment goes - I tend to take failure personally, as a weakness. In this case, I failed because of a condition that I have no control over and cannot overcome. I find it humiliating to be forced to admit my weaknesses.
Failure is not the same as losing, though. Had there been limited postions and someone better had bested me, then I could take it in stride and work to improve, but to be DQ'ed for an illness is frustrating.
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I completely understand that frustration (being DQ'd for something over which you have no control)! But I'd be more frustrated that there was someone better than me!
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Lol. I suppose it is all perspective. If someone is better than me, I deserve to lose for not having worked harder. I look at it as an incentive to improve, and if I don't improve then it is my own fault. If s/he is more skilled, then s/he deserves it more than I do. The failure is temporary because I can succeed later through hard work and dedication, should I decide that I want is bad enough. (ETA: Besides, it is possible to lose without failing. You can perform flawlessly and still be simply performed by an opponent.)
OTOH, my condition is not tratable and will not go away. I am unable to "improve" or to work harder. The failure is permanant and no matter how hard I work, I will still have Meneire's Disease. I can control my diet and remain asymtomatic, but the fact that I have it DQ's me from DOT approval.
My solution is to allow myself this weekend to wail and gnash my teeth and sulk and mope and lamenting the fact that this severely limits my movement within the company to a degree where I might be stuck behind a desk for the rest of my career. Starting Monday, I get back to business and work on doing my best at my current job. It's okay to greive, but to allow myself to dwell on it is unhealthy.
Besides, talking here help to vent a little.
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Sorry to hear you didn't get the new position DW. Good news that you were welcomed back to your old post, and you were smart enough to not burn bridges.
Even without the driving issue, I would think that being up a telephone pole with Meniere's Disease would be a tall order anyway, no? Even though you are asymptomatic now, Vertigo+heights=pain.
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