I guess I've been a bit quiet here lately. I am around, I am reading blogs and I am crafting, I'm just a little distracted.
Unfortunately for me the distraction is work and not really in a good way. I posted a month or so ago about how much I'm not liking my job and how there are changes coming my way that may result in redundancy. Well it's now likely that I will end up redundant in around 4 months time as I have been told that my working from home request has been refused and this means I will be officially classed as 'at risk'.
The way it works is that when I'm put at risk I spend three months looking for alternative employment within the organisation - I get preferential access to jobs (I still have to interview) but I don't have to apply for anything unless it matches my skill set and requirements (part time, location, etc). If no alternative is found after three months I am officially made redundant after my notice period of a month.
None of the above is a bad thing. I'd welcome alternative employment and I'd also welcome redundancy. The unpleasant part of all of this is the way that I'm currently being treated by my Manager. Now for reasons that I'm sure you understand I am not prepared to post my problems on a public blog but let's just say I have made both verbal and written complaints about her treatment of me and I have requested that she is not involved in my redeployment process in any way.
Hence my slight distraction. It's not a particularly fun situation and my anger at her treatment of me is what is causing me stress, not the issues with my job.
But hey ho, whatever will be will be. I am at least stitching - I'm working on Stitching Kitty's Snowman Trio and have finished Snowman 2 and made good progress on Snowman 3 so that's making me happy. I'm also part way into the Autumn (final) band on 4 Wishes so am hopeful of having at least one finish this month (it's been a while). I haven't done any sewing but I'm determined to get back to that soon.
I've also finished up two books and am half way through a third this month. Being at risk means I'm making sure I take my full 30 mins lunch break and being a fast reader I can get through quite a lot in that time.
I'll do some proper project updates soon.
8 hours ago
2 comments:
So sorry to hear things at work are not good for you at the moment. I too have problems at work and like you find my stitching an enormous help. Fingers crossed it all work out well for you in the end.
Jobs are a right royal pain, we have to have them becausewe need the money (especially to buy stash) but there can be an ongoing concern about job security, managers, job content etc. There are times when I can't wait until I'm retiring age although I don't want to wish the years away.
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