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First of all, as a follow up to the Sunday entry, Hanka is feeling much better and back with her boyfriend who promised not to be a SOB from now on. We'll see.
Other than that, there isn't really much that is new. I am writing this from work but I am gonna go home in a minute. I am only waiting for my train. LOL. I have been good today though and cleaned my desk. Earlier, my office flirt came over and he is sort of on the losing side of my conspiracies with X so we talked about that and ambition. Trust, overstepping boundaries. It was really quite interesting to learn how "the other side" sees me. I wasn't eaxctly surprised that my close relationship with X isn't being appreciated by office flirt's part of the organization but it did make me pause when he said that it is hurting my reputation. I need to make more of an effort to bond with my boss and Z in order to not be forced to make an impact through X. It is at least worth a try.
We talked for a good 90 minutes and he has quite a good understanding of what I am doing and how I am trying to achive it. He knows that my attitude is quite fatalistic: I do what it takes to reach my goals and if I get caught and punished at some point, I'll leave. I'd hate to be forced out of the Sozialreferat but I'd also hate to be a part of it and bored.
Okay my mom just called and I need to help her tonight with some of her own work. Some days, I'd love to have a job as busy as hers but at some point I guess it becomes nothing but a burden. I'll never be this busy working in the public sector so this question is not one I will ever have to answer.
I am out. Good night.
Comments
I know but he isn't exactly neutral in this. If X and I look at the numbers, his part of the organization will shrink because certain tasks are going to get outsourced. I do appreciate his concern though but I don't have much of a choice in what I am doing as long as my own bosses aren't into cost transparency. I guess this is as much about politics and personal beliefs (in what is right for us) as it is about power games. At the end of the day, I am doing what I am doing because I feel it is right for our department and not because X is such a charmer. But in the public sector, change comes slowly (if it ever comes) and I am not very patient. Not at all actually. But we talked about this before... *g*
Though that means there will be less jobs. Have you discussed what's gonna happen to these people then, too?
Nobody is going to get fired. You can make these cuts over time...
Ah, I see. Just nobody new will be hired then?
Yes, that's the current strategy. Der Grundsatz "keine betriebsbedingten Kündigungen" wird bleiben...
But it's good to have someone like your office flirt that obviously likes you and only talks to you to help you look at the big picture.