Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Accentuate the Positive
Had the meeting with The Boss late yesterday afternoon. I know I don't usually talk about work, but this time I'm going to...
I started off trying to take quite a subtle approach to the whole 'I'm so bored I want to smash my head through my VDU' thing, but she's no fool, so quickly realised that my request for 'more challenging work' was actually... "You're bored, yes?" "Er, yes.". And then it went really well. To cut a long story short, I neatly avoided dropping my immediate superior in the shit, while still answering her questions about him honestly, and I also highlighted all the excellent work I've done since I've been here. The upshot being, The Boss is going to give me some more interesting and challenging projects, and is talking about 'advancement' in a very positive way.
I mean, yes, this is not my dream job and I don't plan on staying here much longer than another six months or so, but this was my first go at Cosmo style 'assertiveness at work' and it was a roaring success. So I am proud.
I started off trying to take quite a subtle approach to the whole 'I'm so bored I want to smash my head through my VDU' thing, but she's no fool, so quickly realised that my request for 'more challenging work' was actually... "You're bored, yes?" "Er, yes.". And then it went really well. To cut a long story short, I neatly avoided dropping my immediate superior in the shit, while still answering her questions about him honestly, and I also highlighted all the excellent work I've done since I've been here. The upshot being, The Boss is going to give me some more interesting and challenging projects, and is talking about 'advancement' in a very positive way.
I mean, yes, this is not my dream job and I don't plan on staying here much longer than another six months or so, but this was my first go at Cosmo style 'assertiveness at work' and it was a roaring success. So I am proud.
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No, it's just that we aren't going to able to move til probably after the summer now, which sucks, but there's not much we can do about it... (Money, money, money as Abba once said)
The whole work thing is just to stop me dying of boredom in the meantime!!!
What is going on with you, anyway? Email/phone me when you can! I miss you too! xx
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The whole work thing is just to stop me dying of boredom in the meantime!!!
What is going on with you, anyway? Email/phone me when you can! I miss you too! xx
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