For the first time in many months I'll have my posting schedule as desired, which is not really that big of an achievement, but small wins count and in the summer when I'm being cooked by the goddamn weather while being sapped of all energy and motivation to cook anything of my own, this is a pretty big deal. So I'll keep it short because there's two journal posts to go after this and the journal posts are going to be nice and long because that's how I like 'em.
So my manager who I've worked for almost four years at this point got promoted to his rightly deserved position, and he manages other managers now. Somehow I got tagged along with a few other people as direct report to him still, but now they're hiring for his replacement, which means I'll have to deal with a new manager, try to impress them, basically justify my existence etcetera, which is not ideal. Also they'll want to know what I'm upto on a daily or weekly basis and well, to quote Michael Scott, I thrive under lack of supervision.
Couple of things I have to do before he leaves, my current manager that is. Get all the work done that's been pending, the everyday work. Then do the extra work I promised and hinted at completing but never ended up doing. Then out achieve whatever low expectations of performance I might have maintained and outdo that. Also take initiative and remind him of all the initiatives taken. Finally get him to sponsor my education and then ask for a raise before he leaves because that's important to me because I'm being humiliatingly underpaid. Hopefully a 10-15% raise will give me my general work satisfaction and inspire me to work hard. Or put in effort generally speaking. Fingers crossed, hoping this turns out well!
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