Ch-ch-changes
I must have used that post title umpteen times over several years and two blogs! Still, it seemed rude not to use it since I am once again on the move in a work-related sense.
My current contract was only ever temporary, for a year’s maternity leave cover, and it comes to an end at the end of this month. Originally, my hope was for it to become a permanent role - but the thinking was that if worst came to the worst then it was a year’s good experience on my cv. Permanent, I think, wasn’t to be - bit of a cost-freezing/cutting exercise going on at the moment, so while there was a 3 month extension on offer there was no promise of anything beyond that, so it would have been foolish of me not to keep an eye out for other opportunities.
But it’s more than that. There have been so many shifts and changes over the past year that it feels almost like a different company. An incredibly efficient machine in many ways, but perhaps a less… happy one? One into which I saw myself fitting less easily, anyway, which is a shame because I really do believe in the company and the people within the team. Just my perception, of course, but it meant that in all honesty I was progressing other opportunities with something more than just the anticipated ‘I’m not sure if or for how long my contract will be extended’ feelings. I am on my third boss, and frankly was extremely unhappy with the last change. No offence to said boss, a question of The Way It Was Handled, Role Changes and Respective Levels rather than of personalities.
Happily, however, I have managed to effect an escape. I will work to the end of my original contract, take a week off to catch my breath, and then take up an opportunity about which I’m really excited, working with people with whom I know I can work, doing what I kind of wish I’d been doing all along.
I am happy. 