...since my last entry. The whole job situation has shaken itself out, although not quite to my original expectations. But first, let me back up a little.
I've spent the past few years working as a contractor, on site at a large (unnamed) corporation's site here in Boise. Earlier this year they decided to make the job that I do a regular, full time position. So, of course I had to interview for the job that I was already doing (makes perfect sense), which consisted of telling the "interviewers" what I do on a regular basis. The real kicker came when I found out that, after all that, they decided to offer the job to someone else!
So now, I've had to train my replacement, while at the same time look for a new job. On one hand, its given me a little kick in the ass to get out there and find something else, but on the other hand, what a stupid freaking move! I'm going to walk out the door one day and never come back, and they'll be up shit creek without a paddle because, even after training the replacement, I'm still the only one who really knows how to do the job.
Sucks to be them.
Do I feel bad about thinking that way? You decide...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Man, how things have changed...
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Rather than promote high individual competency in the workplace, most businesses, large and small alike, settle for minimum individual competency, and simply arrange their business model to compensate for the holes this creates. So, rather than have 10 employees working at 85% competency, they simply hire 15 working at 50%. But these are averages -- within every group, you will have some working below 50%, and some working close to 100%. The employer, however, treats their workforce as an average. As such, highly competent individuals are undervalued, and incompetent individuals are overvalued.
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