Its my birthday and I'll cry if I want to....
Yes, this is true. Today I have managed to keep myself in the gene pool for a total of 33 years.
Here is a story of how I had myself convinced that I was getting canned on Monday :)
Here's the scenerio.....
The company I work for, SID, has a contract with a governmental agency, NOAA. Well, as part of the contract SID has with NOAA, NOAA needs a floater for when they are short staffed.
One of the guys at NOAA (who works for SID, but on site at NOAA) left and found a new job. So, since I have been at SID since Feb 2005, I have been out at NOAA a lot. And, I was working on building a new network. But, its very difficult to build the network when Im not here at HQ....
So, I had quite a bit of pent up frustration building within me. There was this chick, Brenda, that I had been talking with. I had vented my frustrations to her, via emails, and well, apparently some of the people saw this. So, I felt that was a big strike against me, as there has been a "bad" perception of me. (I think people are scared of me...LOL)
Anyways, Monday, we had a new network admin start. And, it was the first day back after a long stint in NOAA - DC site. Me and the new guy was supposed to meet with the Project Manager on this new network. But, it got delayed as Ajay (owner of the company) Sadhna (co-owner of company and Ajay's wife) Ruth (my supervisor) and Russ (PM of network) had a closed door meeting.
So, the meeting breaks, Im doing some work for Ajay and I got, what I precieved as the stink eye, from Ruth. I was pretty much convinced that at the end of the day I was going to be out of a job....
So we met, Ajay, Sadhna, Ruth, Russ and the new guy (plus me of course) and we went over the "administrative stuff". It was stated by Sadhna (she is the voice, Ajay doesnt say much) that the new guy and I are equal. However, he will be focusing on the network project. I will be focusing on "operations". Meaning, I get screwed outta the network project, pretty much. That pissed me off. That was my thing that I had been wanting to do. However, I kept my cool, didnt say much about it, just nodded.
Then Sadhna turns to me and reveals to me that I will be chosen to continue the floater support. To which I replyed that I had expected that and was cool with it.
Now, as much as I had wanted to do the network project, I came to realize that to run an effective business, why are you going to have the new guy trying to learn the messed up network while the guy who already knows how everything works is building the new network? Why would you have a new guy have to learn the way things go at NOAA when you have a perfectly good person who has been there plenty of times, still around.
So, I have had a better attitude about my job. I have prayed and prayed on whether or not I should seek another job and have gotten silence. One thing I have come to learn is that if I recieve silence, when praying fevorantly, then that usually means, "Stay Put". So thats what Im trying to do. :)
Here is a story of how I had myself convinced that I was getting canned on Monday :)
Here's the scenerio.....
The company I work for, SID, has a contract with a governmental agency, NOAA. Well, as part of the contract SID has with NOAA, NOAA needs a floater for when they are short staffed.
One of the guys at NOAA (who works for SID, but on site at NOAA) left and found a new job. So, since I have been at SID since Feb 2005, I have been out at NOAA a lot. And, I was working on building a new network. But, its very difficult to build the network when Im not here at HQ....
So, I had quite a bit of pent up frustration building within me. There was this chick, Brenda, that I had been talking with. I had vented my frustrations to her, via emails, and well, apparently some of the people saw this. So, I felt that was a big strike against me, as there has been a "bad" perception of me. (I think people are scared of me...LOL)
Anyways, Monday, we had a new network admin start. And, it was the first day back after a long stint in NOAA - DC site. Me and the new guy was supposed to meet with the Project Manager on this new network. But, it got delayed as Ajay (owner of the company) Sadhna (co-owner of company and Ajay's wife) Ruth (my supervisor) and Russ (PM of network) had a closed door meeting.
So, the meeting breaks, Im doing some work for Ajay and I got, what I precieved as the stink eye, from Ruth. I was pretty much convinced that at the end of the day I was going to be out of a job....
So we met, Ajay, Sadhna, Ruth, Russ and the new guy (plus me of course) and we went over the "administrative stuff". It was stated by Sadhna (she is the voice, Ajay doesnt say much) that the new guy and I are equal. However, he will be focusing on the network project. I will be focusing on "operations". Meaning, I get screwed outta the network project, pretty much. That pissed me off. That was my thing that I had been wanting to do. However, I kept my cool, didnt say much about it, just nodded.
Then Sadhna turns to me and reveals to me that I will be chosen to continue the floater support. To which I replyed that I had expected that and was cool with it.
Now, as much as I had wanted to do the network project, I came to realize that to run an effective business, why are you going to have the new guy trying to learn the messed up network while the guy who already knows how everything works is building the new network? Why would you have a new guy have to learn the way things go at NOAA when you have a perfectly good person who has been there plenty of times, still around.
So, I have had a better attitude about my job. I have prayed and prayed on whether or not I should seek another job and have gotten silence. One thing I have come to learn is that if I recieve silence, when praying fevorantly, then that usually means, "Stay Put". So thats what Im trying to do. :)
posted by The Dog at 9:16 AM
2 Comments:
Hope things are going well, dude.
Yeah, "Stay put." That's the hard part.
One thing that has helped me in all the awful jobs I have endured (see: restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, pizza places, and a local t.v. station loaded with primadonnas) was the verse:
Peter 1:18 - Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. 19For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. 20But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
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