My coworker and good friend moved to a new job in another state and my boss, D, has just begun interviewing for her replacement. I was lucky enough to be selected for the interview panel (I like to joke that it’s because we are also interviewing for the job of being my New Best Friend). [...]
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Two paths diverged
December 10, 2011
I mentioned before that my current boss is leaving. He’s hanging around to do our year-end reviews since they don’t have a replacement manager yet, but he’s already splitting time between our group and his new job. Because of the desire to cut costs in our organization, my ex-boss’ bosses are still debating how to [...]
I fear change.
October 17, 2011
My manager let us know that he’s taking a new job, and thus won’t be our boss for much longer, although he’ll be around until the end of the year to do our year-end reviews. I’m going to miss my boss! He never took anything too seriously, and sometimes would hang out and chat and [...]
I’m working too much!
September 19, 2011
Okay, I like my job, I really do. But I do not like it so much that I am willing to give up weekends, or work 12-hour days (or 22 hour days, as I had to do last week), or miss college football. I had to work on Saturday. And last Saturday. And Labor Day [...]
I still sorta act broke
July 25, 2011
My workplace skews way older than me and a few years younger than me. At 28, I don’t think I’m unreasonably old, but most of the younger people are about 3-5 years younger than me, which feels like a lot. I’ve noticed that a lot of the older people really want to give advice. Usually [...]
She returns
June 22, 2011
I walked out of the airport and was greeted with the roar of traffic. One of the things I always forget about LA is the sheer number of people. I always feel deliciously anonymous, which is not a feeling I get anywhere else. The palm trees made me feel homesick for a city I don’t [...]
Traveling this week
June 20, 2011
The best part of traveling for work? Getting all the overpriced food you can eat at the airport. The worst part of traveling for work? Traveling. Then working. I’m headed back to my old neighborhood this week. Gonna get me a burrito!
If I Were A Boy
November 22, 2010
This post is part of the “If I Were A Boy” Carnival, a series where female bloggers share their candid experiences or observations about women in the workplace. This is not at all meant to be a male-bashing exercise! Please check out the links to other participating bloggers at the end of this post! I [...]
Building a work wardrobe: revisited
June 11, 2010
About a month ago, a woman wrote into TSD with a question about building a work wardrobe for her new job. Trent told her that she should buy more ties and fewer shirts and make sure to get everything from a consignment store. He also told her to call her new coworkers and ask what [...]
Time vs. Money
April 19, 2010
Sorry for the lack of posting recently! I was loaned out to another group at work for a few weeks, doing work on some 24/7 operations. I was staffed on a 2pm-10pm shift, which is awesome since that closely matches my normal sleeping cycle. I was looking forward to sleeping in and getting to help [...]
