I'm screwed. Not just me, but all of my co-workers too. My boss is in the process of selling the company he has owned for 18 years to a group of investors from Detroit. This is what all business owners live for really - to toil and slave for years as an entrepreneur and eventually sell the company for a shit load of money. It's a great opportunity and I am glad for him but while he is enjoying his new plasma screen TV and vacationing in his condo in Florida, the rest of us will be bending over for the new management and taking it up the rear without the benefit of lubrication.
Amidst all of the negotiations, there has been much discussion of "cost cutting" and "increasing profitability". That's corporate code for "We're eventually going to lay all of you off and hire younger, less experienced people to do your job for less pay. I suggest you update your resume." Regardless of how much my current boss tries to convince us otherwise, every day that passes, we all feel, is one day closer to the inevitable. Call it intuition or divine revelation, it all points to one thing - I need to look for another job.
Normal, well-adjusted people would simply roll up their sleeves and attack the task head on, scouring the want ads and the internet for job opportunities, joining networking groups, cold calling companies, wowing decision-makers with their confidence and ambition. I, on the other hand, have chosen to waffle between fear and confusion in hopes that inaction and indecision will lead me to a better paying, more challenging career.
In case you haven't guessed, I don't do change very well. I have been at the same unsatisfying job for the past 12 years. I would have left already but whenever the equilibrium in my surroundings is compromised, I turn into a rocking, neurotic, retard behaving as if I just found out my underwear was purchased at Target instead of K-Mart. I'm such a nutcase. How am I ever going to find another job?
Maybe if I bring my own lube to work, I'll learn to enjoy getting screwed.
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i have no ky (lucky for me, ive never needed it), but i wish you well. i am in the slow, arduous process of trying to get a new job. network, girl, network!!! and while i dont necessarily shun changes, im not particularly fond of them until i realize how fun and fantastic some changes are. good luck!!!
I'm sorry to hear your plight, you sound like me when I am faced with change. The only advice I can offer is, this is a great time to do some roleplay and pretend you're someone else, someone who kicks ass and takes names and is proactive and takes situations by the balls before the situations defeat them. Believe me, the only way I can deal with adversity is to act like I'm some badass and just fake my way through it. Good luck!
Thanks, guys, for the encouragement. It is much appreciated and obviously, I need it! This experience, in the end, will be good for me. It is forcing me to face the fears that have kept me from doing what I love.
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