(e:springfaerie) you're right.

It felt good to post all the crap about my job. I just scheduled a meeting with a someone here who might be able to help me fix my current dissatisfaction.

My job is SO boring lately, it makes the week go very slowly.

My search for a new job hasn't been wonderful. Ugh.

In just a couple hours I'll be enjoying the company of my neighbors and some wine and the night will be fun.


In response to tinypliny:

I currently work in IT. I'm an assistant director of IT for a smaller unit w/in a large organization. I'm being vague since it's not public in my workplace that I have a job search going on.

I would like to move up to the next level which would be becoming a director of IT within my current overall organization. However, there is not an opportunity to do that. There have only been 2 openings over the last 10 years for that type of position and both were filled politically. I don't see the any positions opening up as people tend to stay in their jobs here.

While I have expanded my skill set and my own job has grown due to my own ambitions since my employer has no outlined growth path for its employees, my job has also remained saddled with all of my old responsibilities. I'm very burned out.

What do I want to do? Well that is an excellent question! One I have been asking myself a great deal lately.

Since I find it doubtful I will be able to move up or even laterally in my current organization. I feel I will need to leave it and i hope to take my skills and apply them to a project management role or strategic consultant type role. While I work in IT my degrees are in Business so I have a good understanding of both worlds and can speak both normal people English and "geek speak". ;-)

I have to get a way from the day to day support role I currently have and yes even though I am an assistant director; I'm still the front line support person. 10+ years of hearing "I can't print", "I don't know how to use Word" - leaves a person burned out.

I spent all of August physically installing new computers since our intern was out of the office getting married. It's a waste of my expertise and it doesn't really bring me any job satisfaction to continue to have to do this work but when there is no one else to do it and it has to get done it falls to me.

Some may wonder why have I stayed with this employer for 10+ years, well until the last couple years its been an OK place to work and there seemed like there would be a path to grow my career. I was able to complete my MBA while working here, I have flexible hours and I was still learning new things but all of that looks to be coming to an end.

I'm picky about where my next place of employment will be. I'm not going to leave for a crappy employer that doesn't offer me the right mix of work/benefits. I know I will give up some things when I leave my current employer but I won't leave just for the sake of leaving.

Adding to this is that I am the sole financial support for my family at this time and will be for the next 5 years or so as my husband has returned to school so my decision has to be made carefully and thoughtfully.

whew that was a long post.

ok (e:paul) I finally broke down and started a journal. You've said something to me each time you saw me this summer and while I still contend I have nothing much to say or interesting things happening in my life. Here we go.