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naomi_jay(There's a review of Caitlin Kittredge's Night Life over at the Garou Loop. Go now!)
So next week I'll have been at my job a year, and I'm due for an annual review with the Director. For the purposes of this review I had to fill in a form stating what I saw as my role within the Institute, what I wanted to focus on in the review, what I thought I'd achieved... Blah. It's like being at school and having to do those end of term reports. Once you've filled it in, it goes to the Director and he writes on it what he wants to discuss. The only thing he'd written on mine was "Good. What are your aspirations?"
I feel this is an unfair question, since none of my aspirations involve being at the Institute at the end of the year. In fact, I may have a job interview on Monday. I don't think I can really say this to the Director though. In the past three months, three other members of staff have either handed in their notice or left, and one other announced his intention to retire next year. I think it would drive everyone into a panic if the receptionist announced her plans to sneak away too. Even though I do plan to.
Anyway, does anyone aspire to be the office dogsbody? Am I really supposed to be excited that if I stay here another a year I might *gasp* be allowed to email participants to remind them when they need to leave their offices? Am I genuinely meant to be content with earning barely enough money to cover my bills? Are any of these questions I can reasonably ask the Director?
So next week I'll have been at my job a year, and I'm due for an annual review with the Director. For the purposes of this review I had to fill in a form stating what I saw as my role within the Institute, what I wanted to focus on in the review, what I thought I'd achieved... Blah. It's like being at school and having to do those end of term reports. Once you've filled it in, it goes to the Director and he writes on it what he wants to discuss. The only thing he'd written on mine was "Good. What are your aspirations?"
I feel this is an unfair question, since none of my aspirations involve being at the Institute at the end of the year. In fact, I may have a job interview on Monday. I don't think I can really say this to the Director though. In the past three months, three other members of staff have either handed in their notice or left, and one other announced his intention to retire next year. I think it would drive everyone into a panic if the receptionist announced her plans to sneak away too. Even though I do plan to.
Anyway, does anyone aspire to be the office dogsbody? Am I really supposed to be excited that if I stay here another a year I might *gasp* be allowed to email participants to remind them when they need to leave their offices? Am I genuinely meant to be content with earning barely enough money to cover my bills? Are any of these questions I can reasonably ask the Director?
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