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--- "Cecilia St.John" <tecwright -at- netscape -dot- net> wrote:
> 1. Got the increase in salary I wanted when I started my present
> job.
> 2. Enjoy the work most of the time.
> 3. Doing my own work (editing) and in the process doing the work of
> the
> writers (information design, organization, and the _writing_
> itself, often).
> 4. Told the recruiter at the agency in my third week that I was
> unsure that I
> wanted to stay. Was told that I needed to stay at least six months.
You aren't tied to anything for any period of time. If you want to
leave, you should give two weeks, but other than that, nothing other
than your conscious is keeping you there.
However, what I can't figure out is that you got the money (1), you
enjoy it most times (2). Why do you want to leave? (#3?)
> 5. Unsure about making a move because of the incompetence of my
> colleagues.
> Hate saying they're incompetent, but I'm in a quandary and my
> motive is to figure out the best solution.
Is this affecting the way your performance is perceived?
> Do I use other agencies to help me find another job? Wait six
Why not?
> months? Sneak
> around on my own? Talk to my boss's boss? Talk to Human Resources?
Never sneak. They find out. Somehow, they find out. And even when
they don't, YOU know that you are and often, that's the wordt person
to have knowing what's really going on.
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