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sisabetSo they finally told us who our new managers in the Lexington office will be and I'm happy cause one of the new managers is my old manager from Memphis and I already have him broken in. He is also a very nice guy and I know he wanted to come back to Kentucky - so this is good for him and the family. Also - I have him broken in already and he knows to take away my internet if I am not focused enough on my job. This might sound like a bad thing, but I respond well to discipline.
I actually won't report to him directly, my new manager is being promoted from this office. I've heard some of my team-members groaning about this already. I'm puzzled by their reaction - but I am puzzled by a lot of things they do. Apparently, they are not looking forward to being managed by a woman. I just smile and nod and say I am sure everything will be fine and try not to roll my eyes. They are also anticipating difficulty in answering to someone they consider a collegue. Again, I smile and nod and support them in their concerns. I don't share these concerns, but I am a freak here in the office of stability. I'm used to shake-ups and turnover and rotating staff and have bounced from department to department and position to position since I started here.
I typically get in this strange authority-figure anxious to please headspace with my immediate supervisor. I've only had one I was really able to relax around - and mainly it was because we were friends before he hired me for his department. Typically I am on pins and needles wanting my boss to think I am good at what I do and it has nothing to do with self-promotion or brown-nosing and everything to do with approval. Which is why my attitude lately is kinda strange - I mean I got my Performance Eval and everything was fine - my boss even said it was fine and I was reaching all of my objectives, but I just wasn't living up to my full potential. I'm doing the job - but I could do a lot more. Which is true. I could. Hell. This is just like grade school all over again. I just don't know that I want to exceed. Cause that is time away from thinking about really important stuff, like which song does Angel like more: "Making Love out of Nothing at All" or the "Pina Colada Song"? I think it depends upon his mood. You know Angel has Reo Speedwagon's Greatest Hits somewhere in the Viper. You just know this. Or it takes me away from important meditations like today I decided that I want someone on Angel to say the word "atavistic" before the season ends. No reason, other than I like the word.
Anyway - I am happy with the new manager because I actually like her as a person, and she is one of the few people in the office that I talk to on a daily basis, so I am very comfortable with her and I will be comfortable taking direction from her because that is her job. And I refuse to endorse that women are difficult to work for and men are the best bosses (someone - a woman - said that this morning) because that is a lot of crap. Some people are difficult to work for, period. End of story. Having or not having a penis does not make you any less or more qualified to fill out monthly reports, lead meetings and coordinate vacation times. It does not mean that you will or will not be fair in divying out raises and it has nothing at all to do with how you will evaluate performance. Geez - how you do all that has to do with how you do all that. It is all very simple to me. How can others not understand this?
::wants to shake world until it gets it::
I am also impressed with the fact that my new manager is six months pregnant. It is very cool that upper management is not letting that fact influence their decision. I am proud of my company for this and a little ashamed that I was surprised she was chosen. Bad Liz, thinking pregnant = unpromotable. I will be working on deprogramming the "barefoot, pregnant" section of my brain now. I will also try to eradicate the term "Mommy-Track" from my mind as well.
Here's to enlightenment!
I actually won't report to him directly, my new manager is being promoted from this office. I've heard some of my team-members groaning about this already. I'm puzzled by their reaction - but I am puzzled by a lot of things they do. Apparently, they are not looking forward to being managed by a woman. I just smile and nod and say I am sure everything will be fine and try not to roll my eyes. They are also anticipating difficulty in answering to someone they consider a collegue. Again, I smile and nod and support them in their concerns. I don't share these concerns, but I am a freak here in the office of stability. I'm used to shake-ups and turnover and rotating staff and have bounced from department to department and position to position since I started here.
I typically get in this strange authority-figure anxious to please headspace with my immediate supervisor. I've only had one I was really able to relax around - and mainly it was because we were friends before he hired me for his department. Typically I am on pins and needles wanting my boss to think I am good at what I do and it has nothing to do with self-promotion or brown-nosing and everything to do with approval. Which is why my attitude lately is kinda strange - I mean I got my Performance Eval and everything was fine - my boss even said it was fine and I was reaching all of my objectives, but I just wasn't living up to my full potential. I'm doing the job - but I could do a lot more. Which is true. I could. Hell. This is just like grade school all over again. I just don't know that I want to exceed. Cause that is time away from thinking about really important stuff, like which song does Angel like more: "Making Love out of Nothing at All" or the "Pina Colada Song"? I think it depends upon his mood. You know Angel has Reo Speedwagon's Greatest Hits somewhere in the Viper. You just know this. Or it takes me away from important meditations like today I decided that I want someone on Angel to say the word "atavistic" before the season ends. No reason, other than I like the word.
Anyway - I am happy with the new manager because I actually like her as a person, and she is one of the few people in the office that I talk to on a daily basis, so I am very comfortable with her and I will be comfortable taking direction from her because that is her job. And I refuse to endorse that women are difficult to work for and men are the best bosses (someone - a woman - said that this morning) because that is a lot of crap. Some people are difficult to work for, period. End of story. Having or not having a penis does not make you any less or more qualified to fill out monthly reports, lead meetings and coordinate vacation times. It does not mean that you will or will not be fair in divying out raises and it has nothing at all to do with how you will evaluate performance. Geez - how you do all that has to do with how you do all that. It is all very simple to me. How can others not understand this?
::wants to shake world until it gets it::
I am also impressed with the fact that my new manager is six months pregnant. It is very cool that upper management is not letting that fact influence their decision. I am proud of my company for this and a little ashamed that I was surprised she was chosen. Bad Liz, thinking pregnant = unpromotable. I will be working on deprogramming the "barefoot, pregnant" section of my brain now. I will also try to eradicate the term "Mommy-Track" from my mind as well.
Here's to enlightenment!
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