I just quit my job!
Jan. 5th, 2006 05:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annwfyn*does her happy dance*
I got into work today. It appeared that holiday had been booked. Could I work for three and a half weeks over the next eight at full time?
I took a deep breathe. I took Debbie (my boss) aside. I said "no" and handed in my notice.
It actually went quite well, although I could have throttled Debbie for commenting that she felt I'd 'lacked commitment' to the job. Sane and reasonable me is aware that she's right. I have. Slightly defensive me feels like asking what she expected out of a temp. Not to mention a mild sense of irritation at my not being able to work part-time-but-full-time-whenever-asked-at-whatever-notice counts as 'lack of commitment'.
I'm working til the end of January to give Debbie time to find a replacement, with my last day being 27th January. I've spoken to the temp agency and confirmed that I'm leaving (I told them I was planning to on Monday), who seem resigned. I'm not sure if it's because they have problems with Debbie (she goes through a lot of temps) or are disappointed in me. I'm kinda hoping it's the former, but may sign up with some more temp agencies, just in case. Ach...at least Debbie has said she would like to have me back as a temp in the summer if I'm free. Hopefully that will vaguely give me brownie points with the agency.
I'm planning on taking February off work to finish off the dissertation. Last night I finished writing up my detailed essay plan/synopsis and e mailed it off to my supervisor. I'm not entirely sure about the structure of it, and I'm still worrying a little about how many site reports and case studies I've got.
I have a meeting with my supervisor on Monday. Hopefully we can chat more about the structure of a Masters level thesis, and what it really needs. She says that at this stage she just wants to know that I've got a good grasp of the materiel I'm working with. I shall keep my fingers crossed, and hope.
Not a very interesting update, I fear. Rather a brief braindump. I have well and truly sunk into 'wot I did...' mode, which is rather dull. I must come up with a contentious topic of debate at some point in the near future...
I got into work today. It appeared that holiday had been booked. Could I work for three and a half weeks over the next eight at full time?
I took a deep breathe. I took Debbie (my boss) aside. I said "no" and handed in my notice.
It actually went quite well, although I could have throttled Debbie for commenting that she felt I'd 'lacked commitment' to the job. Sane and reasonable me is aware that she's right. I have. Slightly defensive me feels like asking what she expected out of a temp. Not to mention a mild sense of irritation at my not being able to work part-time-but-full-time-whenever-asked-at-whatever-notice counts as 'lack of commitment'.
I'm working til the end of January to give Debbie time to find a replacement, with my last day being 27th January. I've spoken to the temp agency and confirmed that I'm leaving (I told them I was planning to on Monday), who seem resigned. I'm not sure if it's because they have problems with Debbie (she goes through a lot of temps) or are disappointed in me. I'm kinda hoping it's the former, but may sign up with some more temp agencies, just in case. Ach...at least Debbie has said she would like to have me back as a temp in the summer if I'm free. Hopefully that will vaguely give me brownie points with the agency.
I'm planning on taking February off work to finish off the dissertation. Last night I finished writing up my detailed essay plan/synopsis and e mailed it off to my supervisor. I'm not entirely sure about the structure of it, and I'm still worrying a little about how many site reports and case studies I've got.
I have a meeting with my supervisor on Monday. Hopefully we can chat more about the structure of a Masters level thesis, and what it really needs. She says that at this stage she just wants to know that I've got a good grasp of the materiel I'm working with. I shall keep my fingers crossed, and hope.
Not a very interesting update, I fear. Rather a brief braindump. I have well and truly sunk into 'wot I did...' mode, which is rather dull. I must come up with a contentious topic of debate at some point in the near future...