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graculusYesterday, I got an email from the people I'm soon to be working with, explaining that the person who heads their section is off sick at the moment (recurring back problems following a car accident) but that they were looking forward to seeing me this morning as planned. When I arrived at the offices, however, it was to discover that the entire team were out and only the admin workers were there - they made me feel very welcome and took me for a look around the building, but it wasn't quite what I'd expected to happen.
Likewise, the guy who's actually going to be supervising me (from the section that pay my wages rather than the section I'm going to be based with) had apparently messed up and turned up last Friday, only to wonder why I wasn't there for him to meet! *headdesk*
Plan A is that I will be sharing the section head's office (which is certainly big enough for two) though apparently she's anxious that I not get left on my own if she's not back soon and there's talk of me possibly being based somewhere else first and then coming back there once she's permanently back at work. Having worked for local government for getting on for 14 years, I knew enough to shrug and smile and plan to turn up where I want to unless specifically told otherwise in the meantime... :P
Reality is starting to bite a little. I don't think it's too bad that I waited till 10 days before I start my new job to wonder whether I'm doing the right thing - part of it is that I'll miss the folks I'm working with now and essentially I will be going from being part of a lively and relatively foul-mouthed team to being a team of one, working for people who seem more than happy for me to get on and do pretty much whatever I want. Which is both liberating and more than a little scary.
Likewise, the guy who's actually going to be supervising me (from the section that pay my wages rather than the section I'm going to be based with) had apparently messed up and turned up last Friday, only to wonder why I wasn't there for him to meet! *headdesk*
Plan A is that I will be sharing the section head's office (which is certainly big enough for two) though apparently she's anxious that I not get left on my own if she's not back soon and there's talk of me possibly being based somewhere else first and then coming back there once she's permanently back at work. Having worked for local government for getting on for 14 years, I knew enough to shrug and smile and plan to turn up where I want to unless specifically told otherwise in the meantime... :P
Reality is starting to bite a little. I don't think it's too bad that I waited till 10 days before I start my new job to wonder whether I'm doing the right thing - part of it is that I'll miss the folks I'm working with now and essentially I will be going from being part of a lively and relatively foul-mouthed team to being a team of one, working for people who seem more than happy for me to get on and do pretty much whatever I want. Which is both liberating and more than a little scary.
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Date: 2005-07-01 06:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-01 06:54 pm (UTC)Unfortunately this level of disorganisation isn't uncommon when you work for local government, though I can't really blame the car accident on that...
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Date: 2005-07-02 03:41 am (UTC)If it makes you feel any better, I'm a team of one at my company, and I quite enjoy it. I've got a ton of contacts within the company when I need them, but when I need to get my head down and work on stuff I can disappear for a while and no one remarks upon it. Very liberating.
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Date: 2005-07-02 04:29 pm (UTC)Still, I'm used to managing my own workload etc. so it's not like that particular aspect of the new job is going to be too much of a novelty... I think it was the potential horse-trading going on regarding where I'm going to be based that I didn't like too much. I like where I'm supposed to be, it's handy for all sorts of reasons, and I intend to do my darnedest to stay there. ;)