Musings of a marginally sane feline-appreciating female.

And I fully realize that there is a lot of “shiny new job” going on, but it really was a good day.

I worked all day with no interruptions. No one changing priorities on me, no “hey, can you drop everything and do this other thing?”

Just, test, document, test, document, send email to developer, move to next bug while waiting on response.

I got maybe a dozen emails all day – and half of those were just automated updates about pull requests that had been submitted. To give you an idea of how ridiculously few emails that is…week before last, I took 2 days off work and returned to 184 emails. In two days.

It was just so blissfully calm. And I know there are going to be days when everything is nuts, but I am enjoying the calm.

But tomorrow, the new gig starts.  :-D

Met with my new supervisor last week, went over procedures and stuff and everything is just so blissfully straightforward.  My to-do list is less than a page long, which hasn’t happened for a very, very long time.

He said they don’t get pulled in 20 different directions like we do in support.  I’m thinking it’s going to be a little weird to just be able to work uninterrupted for any length of time.  Good weird, but weird nonetheless.

Client responses as I was telling them I was moving were really lovely – of course, they may just be happy not to deal with me anymore, LOL.

All in all, I’m very excited.  Time to test the bugs!

ETA: It’s also the first Sunday in a long, long time where I’ve not been dreading Monday morning. That’s very refreshing.

OK, last primary on call weekend where I have to work until 10 on Friday. (There’s a backup weekend in November, but I’m not counting that, cause I don’t like thinking about the fact that it will be the 8th one this year)

Just under 2 hours to go! (I am still super bitter about missing the local brewfest this weekend – which I was going to go to until I had to take this weekend because of the new job.)

23 workdays to go!

One of my coworkers is also moving over to my new department, two weeks after me. (I do wonder if management is sitting down and asking themselves, “what could we have been doing differently?”)

I’m very excited about the move. I’m ready for something different. I’m beyond ready to have way more control over my day.

Just gotta hang in for 5 more weeks.

Got the official offer letter on the new gig – you can bet I hit YES at the speed of light.

Getting a nice raise, and there is room for growth to boot.

In a move like this there are always those twinges of “Did I do the right thing?” The universe has stepped up and answered, YES, YES YOU DID.

– It would take at least 3 years in my current position to get to my new salary.
– I’ve only got one more step upwards in my current department before I’d have to look at management, and for reasons I cannot fathom, promotions in my department only increase workload. One of the perks of a promotion should be that something comes off your plate as new things come on. (Upper management really needs to reevaluate this.)
– There was a team lead position open earlier this year – but more work and no raise. I passed on that. (It was presented as a stepping stone to management – the lack of any pay increase struck me a bit as “working for exposure.”)

Then last week yet another new set of procedures were rolled out that just create more work and make things harder. And case distribution continues to be utterly jacked up.

Talked to my new boss this week, asked about how PTO works… “Oh, just put it on your calendar. I mean, if you’re going to be gone for a week, let me know, but just a day off, just put it on your calendar.” The last three leave requests I’ve put in have been rejected in my current department – to the point where I would lose leave at the end of the year.

So, thank you universe for these signs. And thank you to my dear coworker who has been so amazingly supportive and excited for me. (Everyone has been awesome, she’s just been extra lovely about it all.)

I’m not leaving the job angry or bitter, but just more *gesticulating wildly* MANAGEMENT, DON’T YOU GET IT??!?

But, it’s all good. The countdown has begun. 8 weeks left. 37.5 workdays. 2 on call weekends – halfway through the first of those at least. (One backup weekend in November, but I’m not counting that one.)

I still cannot believe my boss managed to wrangle a TEN WEEK transition from when I told her about the new gig. (New boss tried to shorten it, but got nowhere.) But, I only have 28 active cases, I’m not taking on any new cases (other than helping junior analysts) – so I have a somewhat decent chance of not leaving a total disaster in my wake. Who knows, if I can clear everything out, maybe I can transition early. (Not holding my breath, but a gal can dream!)

ETA: I also topped 500 hours in uncompensated overtime in 3 years this week. It’s time.