All about work
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vicarzThings may yet get better. I've whittled down some of the worst of the 45 case monster, though new ones have come in.
I brag because in the heat of all this, I had settlement authority on case and the opposing counsel fired off a counter-offer that was beneath my authority, so I could have said "yes" and moved on with my life. However, I felt I could get the Agency a better deal - and for the space of a few hours over a few days, saved the Agency another 25k. By contrast, I have a coworker who typically gets authority, frankly sometimes misrepresents the facts to get that authority, and then fires off at or near his full authority as an offer from the start. I have a reputation of coming in around the half-authority mark with my settlements. Although I did my work on the settlement on my own for my own motivation (well aligned with the Agency's interests, thank you) I do have political sense to point out what I did.
Speaking of looking better than my coworkers, the bigwig in my work area offered me and my 2 coworkers jobs in her part of the organization. I am the only one who declined. Also, after they accepted, she asked them to keep it secret (they both did not). This disturbs me greatly and makes me extra happy I declined as a) I am not interested in subterfuge, and b) if she had succeeded in yoinking the 3 of us from the branch, the 135 cases would have been orphaned - easily costing the Agency millions of dollars in liabilities. I've often criticized what I consider damage to that group based on what appear to be performance metrics of that official (which are utterly unaligned with the interests of the Agency) but the active acts of ... vandalism, really make me wonder if there is some course of action such as whistleblowing, or calling the top directly, to identify the problem so it can be addressed.
Translation: the bitch wrote up a performance metric of "communication," so she keeps scheduling mandatory training and meetings in which nothing of substance is communicated. None of this helps the Agency, and as she has skinned the organization past the ability to do the HR work they're tasked with, the additional impact of taking away days a month is significant. However, while the ship sinks she gets medals based on her self-created performance metric. She also drove off our good people and has stacked the deck with her people from the organization she left, so nobody dares question anything she says (they're all implementers without a single thought between the lot of them).
All that mess possibly behind me, I can see a period in the 3-8 month range where I'm not overwhelmed. I am the only member who is now known as loyal (a BIG DEAL with this group), we are hiring positions, and best of all they even cleared a contract to outsource current cases to a 3rd party firm! I won't be off my current work anytime soon, but this group has taken concrete (and expensive!) steps to address the problems. Once again, I see the possibility of the job I love, possibly even...dare I say...easy (I swear I'm lazy, I really am). I also see myself as a kinda star, or most senior if nothing else, but politically I'm looking pretty good again.
I didn't fucking quit, go out sick for long, or take mental stress leave.
IN OTHER NEWS
Single life means less phone time and more rest, less driving. That's pretty much it.
I'm doing ok in the gym, rehabbing my butt but now with relevant deadlifts and squats. My bench isn't strong, but I've also gone from the instant press from chest to a pause - which is a whole new world, but more competition friendly style.
Truth is my life is all about work and playing diablo.
I brag because in the heat of all this, I had settlement authority on case and the opposing counsel fired off a counter-offer that was beneath my authority, so I could have said "yes" and moved on with my life. However, I felt I could get the Agency a better deal - and for the space of a few hours over a few days, saved the Agency another 25k. By contrast, I have a coworker who typically gets authority, frankly sometimes misrepresents the facts to get that authority, and then fires off at or near his full authority as an offer from the start. I have a reputation of coming in around the half-authority mark with my settlements. Although I did my work on the settlement on my own for my own motivation (well aligned with the Agency's interests, thank you) I do have political sense to point out what I did.
Speaking of looking better than my coworkers, the bigwig in my work area offered me and my 2 coworkers jobs in her part of the organization. I am the only one who declined. Also, after they accepted, she asked them to keep it secret (they both did not). This disturbs me greatly and makes me extra happy I declined as a) I am not interested in subterfuge, and b) if she had succeeded in yoinking the 3 of us from the branch, the 135 cases would have been orphaned - easily costing the Agency millions of dollars in liabilities. I've often criticized what I consider damage to that group based on what appear to be performance metrics of that official (which are utterly unaligned with the interests of the Agency) but the active acts of ... vandalism, really make me wonder if there is some course of action such as whistleblowing, or calling the top directly, to identify the problem so it can be addressed.
Translation: the bitch wrote up a performance metric of "communication," so she keeps scheduling mandatory training and meetings in which nothing of substance is communicated. None of this helps the Agency, and as she has skinned the organization past the ability to do the HR work they're tasked with, the additional impact of taking away days a month is significant. However, while the ship sinks she gets medals based on her self-created performance metric. She also drove off our good people and has stacked the deck with her people from the organization she left, so nobody dares question anything she says (they're all implementers without a single thought between the lot of them).
All that mess possibly behind me, I can see a period in the 3-8 month range where I'm not overwhelmed. I am the only member who is now known as loyal (a BIG DEAL with this group), we are hiring positions, and best of all they even cleared a contract to outsource current cases to a 3rd party firm! I won't be off my current work anytime soon, but this group has taken concrete (and expensive!) steps to address the problems. Once again, I see the possibility of the job I love, possibly even...dare I say...easy (I swear I'm lazy, I really am). I also see myself as a kinda star, or most senior if nothing else, but politically I'm looking pretty good again.
I didn't fucking quit, go out sick for long, or take mental stress leave.
IN OTHER NEWS
Single life means less phone time and more rest, less driving. That's pretty much it.
I'm doing ok in the gym, rehabbing my butt but now with relevant deadlifts and squats. My bench isn't strong, but I've also gone from the instant press from chest to a pause - which is a whole new world, but more competition friendly style.
Truth is my life is all about work and playing diablo.
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Date: 2013-04-06 12:19 pm (UTC)I didn't fucking quit, go out sick for long, or take mental stress leave.
FISTBUMP!
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Date: 2013-04-10 01:06 am (UTC)no subject
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