Am I being fired?
May. 10th, 2011 02:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckycanuckNo.
But our CoS did call me into his office this morning to talk about things.
He mentioned that if we had won the last election and W had become Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport, I would have found myself as an advisor responsible for W's legislation. The way things went that didn't happen, and I am in the same role as I've been in for the last three years.
I was told that it would probably be better if I didn't just hang aroud getting bored for the next two years. At the moment I've reached the top of the possible career trajectory in this office for the time being. There is no other positions they can slot me into until there is another election. So given that I can't "just hang around as the lowest paid employee in Parliament (which isn't true) and the lowest guy on the totem pole in the office" I was advised to look for employment elsewhere.
I'm not yet sure how I feel about this.
One thing I think this means is that my dissatisfaction with work has probably been noticed. I spoke to the director of the party before going overseas and perhaps word has spread. Apparently more complaints have been received regarding my being rude, which does not surprise me. Under current circumstances with my current mindset, I don't feel like being pleasant with people who contact us.
They have brought on a new advisor to do more partisan work, a job that I suspect pays more and which I am sure I could have done. If they didn't want me to be the lowest guy on the totem pole they could have mentioned that this job was open before bringing someone in from outside to fill it.
It could be that this is a catalyst in getting me to move on to something better. I kind of felt like it might be a similar situation to be being kicked out of a previous Chez Canuck. I had time to find a new place to live then just like I have time to find a new job now, and perhaps things will work out for the better as before.
Looking for a job may also be easier now because there is absolutely no reason I can't be completely shameless about looking for work. I will get a dynamite reference and need not be coy about my job search without facing awkward questions surrounding what I'm doing.
I think I will make an informal list of things I can do and start asking around. I will most likely stay in Australia as the vast majority of my life is here, but the prospect of moving back to Canada (as I mentioned to an approving CoS this morning) is much more interesting now.
Oh yes, and I twisted my ankle playing touch rugby this morning and got a bit snippy when nobody else in the office would get up to greet a visitor at the front desk forcing me to get up and limp to the door.
There has been a lot of turnover recently after we've had a lot of stability since 2008. So far I don't get along with the newbies nearly as well as I did the oldies. Our political advisor smells of nicotine and snorts when he laughs. Our portfolio advisor is several years younger than me. Our new media guy is not our old media guy and he let me limp right past him on a gimpy ankle earlier today. I'm mostly just not used to these people yet, but it could be that it's time to leave. I bet they replace me with someone a decade younger than me who is straight out of university and isn't surly.
But our CoS did call me into his office this morning to talk about things.
He mentioned that if we had won the last election and W had become Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport, I would have found myself as an advisor responsible for W's legislation. The way things went that didn't happen, and I am in the same role as I've been in for the last three years.
I was told that it would probably be better if I didn't just hang aroud getting bored for the next two years. At the moment I've reached the top of the possible career trajectory in this office for the time being. There is no other positions they can slot me into until there is another election. So given that I can't "just hang around as the lowest paid employee in Parliament (which isn't true) and the lowest guy on the totem pole in the office" I was advised to look for employment elsewhere.
I'm not yet sure how I feel about this.
One thing I think this means is that my dissatisfaction with work has probably been noticed. I spoke to the director of the party before going overseas and perhaps word has spread. Apparently more complaints have been received regarding my being rude, which does not surprise me. Under current circumstances with my current mindset, I don't feel like being pleasant with people who contact us.
They have brought on a new advisor to do more partisan work, a job that I suspect pays more and which I am sure I could have done. If they didn't want me to be the lowest guy on the totem pole they could have mentioned that this job was open before bringing someone in from outside to fill it.
It could be that this is a catalyst in getting me to move on to something better. I kind of felt like it might be a similar situation to be being kicked out of a previous Chez Canuck. I had time to find a new place to live then just like I have time to find a new job now, and perhaps things will work out for the better as before.
Looking for a job may also be easier now because there is absolutely no reason I can't be completely shameless about looking for work. I will get a dynamite reference and need not be coy about my job search without facing awkward questions surrounding what I'm doing.
I think I will make an informal list of things I can do and start asking around. I will most likely stay in Australia as the vast majority of my life is here, but the prospect of moving back to Canada (as I mentioned to an approving CoS this morning) is much more interesting now.
Oh yes, and I twisted my ankle playing touch rugby this morning and got a bit snippy when nobody else in the office would get up to greet a visitor at the front desk forcing me to get up and limp to the door.
There has been a lot of turnover recently after we've had a lot of stability since 2008. So far I don't get along with the newbies nearly as well as I did the oldies. Our political advisor smells of nicotine and snorts when he laughs. Our portfolio advisor is several years younger than me. Our new media guy is not our old media guy and he let me limp right past him on a gimpy ankle earlier today. I'm mostly just not used to these people yet, but it could be that it's time to leave. I bet they replace me with someone a decade younger than me who is straight out of university and isn't surly.
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Date: 2011-05-10 06:43 am (UTC)Hope your ankle is ok..
Surly :) all the best people are! :P (you should have heard me on the phone just then *LOL*)
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Date: 2011-05-10 07:03 am (UTC)I kind of feel like I'm could be one of the Seven Duffs from The Simpsons. "Hey, Surly only looks out for one guy. SURLY!"
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Date: 2011-05-10 09:48 pm (UTC)Normally I can be quite polite, but under the wrong circumstances, when I am frustrated or stressed or my mental bandwidth is low for some reason, it's one of the things that goes.
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