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Subject:Re: stay on or get off From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- EXPERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:54:19 -0700
At 05:34 PM 8/24/99 -0400, jane wrote:
>I'm wondering what the signs are to start looking for a new job...
Well, these are all signs that I've used:
* When you can't stand to create yet another version of that @#$#%@ book.
* When you try to do something new so you can grow professionally and
you're continually told it's not your job.
* When you try to initiate changes and your manager won't even listen
because, "everything is running smoothly now so why change it."
* When middle management is *so* careful not to say or do anything that
could be considered discriminatory, because it usually means they only
give lip service to equal opportunity.
* When the CEO pits one worker against another and sits back to watch the
battle and see who comes out on top.
* When the company initiates a new reorganization strategy every two months.
* When the company tries to solve problems by adding yet another vice
president in charge of something.
* When there are regularly scheduled layoffs.
* When they stop buying office supplies and no longer supply free coke and
popcorn.
* When the CEO says there's no such thing as a beta release.
* When employees start circulating humor emails that poke fun of the
company's organizational skills.
* When you feel like you're walking at the front of a parade and the line
behind you is shorter and shorter every time you turn around.
* When the folks in the accounting department develop cold sweats and
haunted looks the day before payday (because there isn't enough money
in the bank to cover payroll yet).
* When the company comes up with some hairbrained scheme by which they can
work you to death and "owe you" part of your salary.
* When you've accepted that hairbrained deferred salary scheme and they
want you to travel and you tell them to give you some back pay so you
can put tires on your car and they say no but you can rent a car with it.
* When your expense check is over 30 days late.
* When you start sleeping in every morning because going to work just isn't
any fun anymore.
* When you come home in tears every day and can't wait to open that bottle
of beer/wine.
* When something in your personal life gets in the way of work and the
company doesn't understand, doesn't accomodate, and actually gives you
grief because of it (unless, of course, you make a habit out of this
sort of thing).
And, yes, as jobs go I've had some doozies* <g>. And there are times when
I've ignored some of the signs I've mentioned because others weren't there
and I really believed in the company.
