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chipotleSo at work yesterday I was having more trouble than usual focusing (and lately focus hasn't been an easy thing to come by there). I felt caught flat-footed a couple times with nothing accomplished while a non-work chat window was open. And, at some point during the afternoon, an impromptu discussion about reporting happened around my boss's desk with the company's CTO and CEO. The CEO was flipping through report documents on my boss's laptop and brought up one that was obviously a job requisition, for a job that sounded exactly like what he and I both do.
Welcome to paranoia!
Technically, any contract work should have a defined end point, a goal that fulfills the contract. That's one of the hallmarks--even in a legal sense--that differentiates it from employment. My last contract, which is actually up, did have vaguely defined goals, which I vaguely didn't meet, because nobody else seemed to really be focused on them.
I think I need to start working toward a few specific goals--namely automating the reports we're doing for other people so they can run them on their own. If this means the job has a defined end, so be it. I like my coworkers and I like what the company's doing, at times I like the work, and obviously I like the paycheck, but overall this is unnecessarily draining. What else would I do? Damned if I know, but I'm confident something would come along.
Now I need to get into work. I'd wanted to get in early today, which isn't going to happen except for a very loose definition of "early" at this point...
Welcome to paranoia!
Technically, any contract work should have a defined end point, a goal that fulfills the contract. That's one of the hallmarks--even in a legal sense--that differentiates it from employment. My last contract, which is actually up, did have vaguely defined goals, which I vaguely didn't meet, because nobody else seemed to really be focused on them.
I think I need to start working toward a few specific goals--namely automating the reports we're doing for other people so they can run them on their own. If this means the job has a defined end, so be it. I like my coworkers and I like what the company's doing, at times I like the work, and obviously I like the paycheck, but overall this is unnecessarily draining. What else would I do? Damned if I know, but I'm confident something would come along.
Now I need to get into work. I'd wanted to get in early today, which isn't going to happen except for a very loose definition of "early" at this point...
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Date: 2003-07-30 10:39 (UTC)any fashion yet. If it *is,* I'll consider applying for it. At the
moment thinking about just leaves me in something of a quandary, though.
Is this a position adding to the team, or is it converting one of the
contract positions to permanent? If it's the latter, then is my not
being told about it yet a sign that they're looking for someone who has
skills I don't have for a permanent role (a formal statistics background, for
instance), or that they're not happy with my work (I've written about my
"treading water" feeling before), or simply that the position isn't
ready? While I don't feel uncomfortable writing about this online, since
it wasn't as if I broke into someone else's computer to see the
document, I don't want to begin a conversation with, "So I saw the CEO
bring up a document he didn't mean to on your machine that looked like a
job listing for my position. What's up?"
Beyond that, I suspect ultimately this is something I'd like to be doing
chiefly because it's a steady paycheck. I don't dislike the work, but
most of the time it isn't stuff that warms my heart. If I could
telecommute for a couple days a week that'd make me happier. (Despite my
love for driving, commuting is not really a thrill. :) ) I'll see about
that possibility if things work out, though.