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Dec. 18th, 2007 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsukinofaeriiZo. My. GODS. I go dies now. x.X
Today has been... uniquely...
Good? oO How the HELL did that happen?
First off, I am still at work. It is dead. Deader than dead. We spent time amusing ourselves by trying to fix Vista dead. Yeah, that dead. But there's a reason for this deadness. Finals ended last week. This week is only two days long and exist only for the sake of turning in and posting grades. Therefore, almost no one bothers to stop by the computer lab. We've had a small handful of students, but for the most part I've had nothing to do.I thought I arrived late, but it turns out the lab opened later than I thought, so I was actually early. Yay!
Okay, here goes the day. First, there was a faculty holiday luncheon, which my boss always buys us tickets for, because our lab rocks and be believes we deserve the treat. I picked up a sweater as a door prize. W00t! I consider this academic karma, since I lost a brand new sweater as a biohazard earlier this semester. (A student had a seizure, I offered it up as a pillow, it got bled on.) So I lost a sweater and gained a sweater. It works. I was happy.
And the The Boss called. Not my boss. The boss. Chad. The head of our department. My boss's boss. The man who calls the shots and who, while being a nice guy, instills within me the terror of authority. It's not his fault at all, and it's not any guilt or bad associations on my part. It's more like a policeman. Even if you know you've done nothing wrong, speaking with one is still awkward and vaguely worrisome. So the Boss spoke with my boss.
And they were speaking of me. Cue attack of utter panic and terror.
As it turns out... One of the departments within our department is in a jam. They have only one manager and no workers for next term. Worse, that manager is scheduled for maternity leave. Yikes! It's a help desk job, which means that whoever takes it needs to know the system. Usually this would be done through trial and error training methods under an experienced employee, but they don't have time to advertise for applicants and then show them the ropes. So they're desperate for someone who knows the school, the system and is competent enough to work on their own practically right from the start.
My name, it seems, was at the top of the list. o.o! So I got an impromptu job interview. Long story short... I've got a new job! (shockgaspdied) I'm no longer a Lab Assistant... I'm Help Desk. It's $1.50 more an hour, but I won't know my hours until January 2nd. I told them straight up that I can't afford to earn less a month than I already am, so no dramatic hour cuts. Jacci (my new boss) mentioned that they might be looking for a single worker to work 40 hours a week. Please oh please oh please let that be what I've got! It'd only be $400 more a month before taxes... But it's still more money, doing roughly the same thing I'm doing now. At the worst, I'll break even working less hours. Even more, it's a highly visible position, where it's easy to get promotions and pay raises.
I wasn't expecting anything like this in any way, shape or form. I saw the job ad go around earlier (before they were desperate), but I didn't think I was qualified, so I didn't apply. And now... BOOM. New job. New pay. All sorts of new which has me jiggling with nerves. Especially new on the service-side, because I've never dealt directly with the servers before, and now I'll be updating the network securities. Gods, I'm going to miss the lab, but I'd be an idiot to pass up an opportunity like this just because I don't like change. I almost certainly won't be able to screw off online anymore during the day, but you know... that was getting dull. o.o I missed having something to actually do, and maybe a kick in the butt at work will get my creative juices flowing again, before I burn out on more than just RL.
So we'll see. (crosses fingers)
Today has been... uniquely...
Good? oO How the HELL did that happen?
First off, I am still at work. It is dead. Deader than dead. We spent time amusing ourselves by trying to fix Vista dead. Yeah, that dead. But there's a reason for this deadness. Finals ended last week. This week is only two days long and exist only for the sake of turning in and posting grades. Therefore, almost no one bothers to stop by the computer lab. We've had a small handful of students, but for the most part I've had nothing to do.I thought I arrived late, but it turns out the lab opened later than I thought, so I was actually early. Yay!
Okay, here goes the day. First, there was a faculty holiday luncheon, which my boss always buys us tickets for, because our lab rocks and be believes we deserve the treat. I picked up a sweater as a door prize. W00t! I consider this academic karma, since I lost a brand new sweater as a biohazard earlier this semester. (A student had a seizure, I offered it up as a pillow, it got bled on.) So I lost a sweater and gained a sweater. It works. I was happy.
And the The Boss called. Not my boss. The boss. Chad. The head of our department. My boss's boss. The man who calls the shots and who, while being a nice guy, instills within me the terror of authority. It's not his fault at all, and it's not any guilt or bad associations on my part. It's more like a policeman. Even if you know you've done nothing wrong, speaking with one is still awkward and vaguely worrisome. So the Boss spoke with my boss.
And they were speaking of me. Cue attack of utter panic and terror.
As it turns out... One of the departments within our department is in a jam. They have only one manager and no workers for next term. Worse, that manager is scheduled for maternity leave. Yikes! It's a help desk job, which means that whoever takes it needs to know the system. Usually this would be done through trial and error training methods under an experienced employee, but they don't have time to advertise for applicants and then show them the ropes. So they're desperate for someone who knows the school, the system and is competent enough to work on their own practically right from the start.
My name, it seems, was at the top of the list. o.o! So I got an impromptu job interview. Long story short... I've got a new job! (shockgaspdied) I'm no longer a Lab Assistant... I'm Help Desk. It's $1.50 more an hour, but I won't know my hours until January 2nd. I told them straight up that I can't afford to earn less a month than I already am, so no dramatic hour cuts. Jacci (my new boss) mentioned that they might be looking for a single worker to work 40 hours a week. Please oh please oh please let that be what I've got! It'd only be $400 more a month before taxes... But it's still more money, doing roughly the same thing I'm doing now. At the worst, I'll break even working less hours. Even more, it's a highly visible position, where it's easy to get promotions and pay raises.
I wasn't expecting anything like this in any way, shape or form. I saw the job ad go around earlier (before they were desperate), but I didn't think I was qualified, so I didn't apply. And now... BOOM. New job. New pay. All sorts of new which has me jiggling with nerves. Especially new on the service-side, because I've never dealt directly with the servers before, and now I'll be updating the network securities. Gods, I'm going to miss the lab, but I'd be an idiot to pass up an opportunity like this just because I don't like change. I almost certainly won't be able to screw off online anymore during the day, but you know... that was getting dull. o.o I missed having something to actually do, and maybe a kick in the butt at work will get my creative juices flowing again, before I burn out on more than just RL.
So we'll see. (crosses fingers)
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