Ugh. I imagine it's more a case of them not paying attention to something that isn't a problem at this exact moment, though, right?
They've been reorganizing since I was hired. So basically they kept saying, "Well, we don't know where the position will be yet, so we're not going to make a decision about it yet."
Two years ago, they announced the permanent position and I applied for it, and then they pulled it back because they didn't want to commit. There's all sorts of internal politicking about my slot and the program I manage.
And they're STILL doing that. Even though the position I'm in turns into a pumpkin on Feb 3.
I really hate this. I love the subject matter and the far-less-stressful environment, but the politics and the bureaucracy and the bullshit are making me Very Cranky.
Consuela - my company has been on the reorg a year plan for the last couple. Last year, the reorg put my group without any management. Who knows what the new reorg is going to do to us.
Welcome to the Federal Government! In a state of permanent rearrangement! And hiring freezes!
Gah. I've been working with my managers on retooling my position for like a year now, and I thought we were in gear this summer, and then everything stalled out and I'm so incredibly frustrated. Also worried, because other people in the company have not been sitting on their asses and so it's feeling like a good bit of what we envisioned for me is moving on ahead of us.
I sent out some emails today to start getting the ball rolling again. My boss is in the middle of a personal crisis so won't be moving anything forward any time soon. But this problem well predates that.
Ugh. I ate Too Much Lunch. Now I am uncomfortable and sluggish. Stupid Allyson.
I swear, the idea of having to market and sell my books my own self was the final proverbial nail in the coffin of my fond dreams of becoming a published writer.
It's a strange thing to expect of a writer, for sure. I love pimping my friends' work, but am horrible at doing it for me. Impostor Syndrome. If I believe that I suck, how am I supposed to convince strangers that I don't?
Modern Wild Looking Tables Cool, weird, arty, etc....
Steampunk trading cards- The Union of Superlative Heroes [link]
Welcome to the Federal Government! In a state of permanent rearrangement! And hiring freezes!
Yeah. This is not how you keep Good Staff, people!
Come ON tumblr, I have good news to submit! Was two too much? Can the internet not handle three pieces of good news in one day?
Crap. Now the tumblr submit page is back up, but I have two news thingers in my tabs and I can't remember which one I'd already submitted and which one I'm trying to submit now. I'm gonna submit them both and jesse will have to delete the duplicate.
