Yeah so I haven’t felt much like posting a very long time.
Here’s the short version.
Survived the layoffs. Demoted in job responsibilities (not title), and moved to different management that did not in action seem to be very supportive of my education and experience (read: no partner development opportunities).
“New” responsibilities are so easy that I’m totally bored within the first couple hours of each day. There is no challenge, and no enagement in my duties. Within a couple of weeks I feel as though I’m being set up to fail in the total lack of management interaction and just really not feeling good about my role within the department.
NOTE: I felt called to be at my current company and knew that if I was still called to be there, I would survive the layoffs (I did). Happy to have a paycheck, but absolutely positive that I was not in the right place (department) anymore.
I saw an opening for a position (Accountant II) in a what will be called Dept A. I applied for it, and was actually the very first applicant. To give you a frame of reference, Accountant II is a grade 20 position and my current title is a grade 16. It’s a big leap but the hiring manager took the time to meet with me and discuss the position.
Dept A didn’t work out because there was a higher qualified external candidate, a move I totally understand. However, impressions are everything and apparently I made a good impression because the hiring manager for Dept A gave my resume to another hiring manager for Dept B and he called me up to see if I would be interested in talking about his open Accountant II position.
And to keep this from being the longest post ever, I’ll stop there and start a new one….
