"Can we discuss my career path?"
Let's talk, people. A dialogue, a discussion. No? Fine, I'll just spew words at you.Work takes up more than a third of your waking life. Did you know that? So I find it funny that we try so hard not to be defined by our jobs, yet it's really an inevitable outcome. One third. I'm obviously going to talk about jobs now, mine in particular.
My last job, as you probably know, was not exactly a "good time". My old boss may have been referred to here and there as "the devil". Matt may have come home once or twice a week to find me surrounded by empty bottles and "napping" on the couch. So pretty much, any job is a step up from that. My new boss is not mean-spirited, vindicative, or insecure. He is a very smart engineer, but he lacks a little bit of what we would call "management skills". As a result, I've spent the past year teaching myself about the energy industry, and I've decided that I can't get anywhere without a mentor and some direction... after a few moves to try to fix the situation in my department, I've decided that it's time to move on. I was (still am, just a bit) afraid that it would not be possible to do that within my own company, seeing as I work in a department that is chronically understaffed and overworked. But I have a glimmer of hope that maybe I will be able to attain this goal after all.
Yesterday I sat down with my boss to discuss my career path, and told him I'd like to leave M&V in the next few months, that I'd like to stay with my company, but that I worried about retaining vestiges of my old position. He was ok with it! (Phew, first hurdle cleared. No screaming boss.) and he said he would call HR and see what was open. I have to admit, I thought that would be the end of it, and we wouldn't talk about it again until December or so when I reintroduced the topic. I have never been so happy to be wrong!
This morning my boss called me to say that Analysis has 2 job openings under an engineer that I respect, out of the Boston office! I still don't know if more will come from this, but I'm so excited that he actually followed up on our conversation. This is wonderful!
And that's one third of my waking life. :) Now I need to actually finish a report before I cut this day short at 2:45...
:)
My last job, as you probably know, was not exactly a "good time". My old boss may have been referred to here and there as "the devil". Matt may have come home once or twice a week to find me surrounded by empty bottles and "napping" on the couch. So pretty much, any job is a step up from that. My new boss is not mean-spirited, vindicative, or insecure. He is a very smart engineer, but he lacks a little bit of what we would call "management skills". As a result, I've spent the past year teaching myself about the energy industry, and I've decided that I can't get anywhere without a mentor and some direction... after a few moves to try to fix the situation in my department, I've decided that it's time to move on. I was (still am, just a bit) afraid that it would not be possible to do that within my own company, seeing as I work in a department that is chronically understaffed and overworked. But I have a glimmer of hope that maybe I will be able to attain this goal after all.
Yesterday I sat down with my boss to discuss my career path, and told him I'd like to leave M&V in the next few months, that I'd like to stay with my company, but that I worried about retaining vestiges of my old position. He was ok with it! (Phew, first hurdle cleared. No screaming boss.) and he said he would call HR and see what was open. I have to admit, I thought that would be the end of it, and we wouldn't talk about it again until December or so when I reintroduced the topic. I have never been so happy to be wrong!
This morning my boss called me to say that Analysis has 2 job openings under an engineer that I respect, out of the Boston office! I still don't know if more will come from this, but I'm so excited that he actually followed up on our conversation. This is wonderful!
And that's one third of my waking life. :) Now I need to actually finish a report before I cut this day short at 2:45...
:)
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