The Inner Circle

Well things are looking a little brighter, I’ve been asked to attend an interview at Lancaster University, but it’s not for the job I had applied for.

At least, I didn’t think I had applied for this job. I’ve been asked to attend an interview for a Systems Administrator role, now I didn’t think that I had applied for that job through thier web system successfully, which I did before I noticed the Networking job.

Friends and I are thinking that they still haven’t gotten around to dealing with the networking apps, so I’m still not without hope and of course I’ll attend this systems admin interview.

But however, there is a slight problem, I’ll have to talk to my boss tomorrow about a) having the day off and b) the fact that he’s about to be asked for a reference.

Ah well, at least I get to spend a few more days with Sara :).

TTFN,

D.

Well it’s been a while since I’ve written, I’m continously getting more anoyed with work. I’m not sure if it’s the work, the new CRM system or the new people. I have a feeling that it’s a combination of everything and the fact I’m realising that this job isn’t for me really.

My lovely Sara managed to overhear her boss talking about new jobs and the fact that the Deputy Director at the uni had only just started sifting the cv’s today, so that’s given me a little more encouragment that 8 days after the closing date I haven’t heard anything.

So maybe I’ll hear something in the next few days. I’ll give it a week from now really, and if I haven’t heard anything by then assume nothing will come of it. Sara said that the guy had said most of the applicants were muppets, not sure if that includes me ;). We’re not even sure if it’s for my position, but as there were only two jobs that would fall under the deputys role closing on Monday then I think I can assume that.

So we’ll see, it’s made me a little happier.

Cheers,

P.

Raikkonen’s back 10 places in the grid no matter how he qualifies…. bleh.

My replacement iPod has now moved it’s way to Anhelm in the Netherlands, so that’s good. Sara is coming over in an hour or so to spend the day, also to watch the F1.

I’ve been listening to the new Royksopp album… I’m not sure I’m impressed, it’s way to poppy. Gonna send off my job application for the job at Lancaster today… yay!

Nice, short and random.

TTFN,

D.

Well last night I got really excited because I found another job on the Lancaster University job pages. There are two Network Specalist positions open that I believe I qualify for.

Last night I sat working on a covering letter for the position that I feel proud of, with the help of Sara fine tuning it, I believe it stands me in a good position to obtain the job.

If I was thinking that if I got the position I would disappoint my current boss, it seems a shame that after 9 months of service I would be leaving. I was also talking to one of our senior US support engineers and he was saying that burnout was a big issue in their support department.

I believe I’m starting to feel it, I’m certainly not enjoying the work, I love working with the people around me, but the work just isn’t me.

Ah well,

P.

I’ve been asking myself this question over the past few days, maybe for the past few weeks really, and I find it stems down to the fact that I’m not really that happy where I’m working at the moment.

Sure, I couldn’t really ask for a better bunch of people to work with, their all very friendly, there’s a good bit of office banter. All in all the time that I spend interacting with other staff I enjoy greatly.

But what about the actual work… I have to say, I don’t really enjoy it. I don’t enjoy searching through knowledge bases for answers for other people, I don’t enjoy logging bugs that I know will most likly never get fixed, I don’t like answering insanely fiddly questions that end up being impossible to solve. That’s what a lot of my work is like from day to day, and I don’t enjoy it.

What else? Money? I’m not sure the amount that my employer renumerates me with each month is enough to make me stick at doing something I don’t enjoy, I don’t particularly believe I’m on what I should be for the wokr that I do.

I also know that when one of the consultants leaves at end of July I’m going to have to take a more proactive role with one of the other members of staff, it’s hastle I could do without.

I think that I need my work to interest me, or not to challenge me at all. I don’t really enjoy working hard on something that is not interesting. Now I know many people will say “Duh”, and say just get on with it. But what I’m doing atm, really isn’t for me.

I’ve decided that I’m going to start looking about at other job opertunities, I’ve found a job at Lancaster University that I feel I might enjoy more then my current position, so I am going to apply for that.

It’s more money, doing systems admin and it would give me the opertunity to move out of home and finaly get my own place set up.

Hmmm, unsettled times,

P.