I didn't see that one coming, I guess

[floatingleaf]

Welcome to Confusion Central, again. As of this week, I am being trained in a completely different section of our products than what I have been doing since I started this job, over a year & a half ago. Why?... Shoot me if I know. All I know is that it would make absolutely no sense for it to be happening now if were to get laid off within the next month or so. But then, who says that everything - or anything - at my workplace has to make sense? My boss has been known to insist on things that seemed basically pointless to some other people, including myself. But then, those were usually little, insignificant things, not worth getting upset about. While having someone take hours out of their daily schedule to learn doing something they might only be able to apply for the next few weeks of their life would be downright stupid. So, I am incredibly tempted to interpret this in a different way. And my current theory is as follows: either my boss already KNOWS that I am one of those people who are NOT going to get laid off (very unlikely), OR the ultimate decisions on that have not been made yet, and she is trying to influence those decisions by increasing the qualifications of the employees she would like to keep (seeing as I am not the only one who is currently being trained on something new). In which case, I STILL might get laid off, because no matter how much my boss likes me, she certainly doesn't have the final word on this. It's all up to the higher-ups - the faceless and cruel corporate gods who see the world through flashing dollar signs. So let me just say one thing here: if I DO get laid off after all this training (which is specific to our database and doesn't increase my qualifications for any other job I might have later on), it will be like a most resounding slap in the face. Not that it'll surprise me. As for my boss, I do like her too, despite her being annoying sometimes - but I'm very afraid that in this case, by trying to make things better, she's making them worse instead.:/

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

how bizarre. i hope it works out well for you, whatever it seems to be....??

[stormatdusk.livejournal.com]

oops. that was me.

[surreysmum.livejournal.com]

I'd be cautiously optimistic, I think. At the very worst, no matter how inapplicable to future jobs, anything that lets you add a new line to your resume makes you look more skilled and more flexible. And better to have middle management on your side than indifferent.

I'm sorry to hear you're still in the middle of all this stress.

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

I really don't think it will add a new line to my resume. It's basically still doing the same thing, just in a slightly different way.;) It all qualifies as 'data entry', or 'database maintenance', or whatever else you wanna call it - and explaining the differences would probably sound like mumbo-jumbo to any other potential employer. So I can only be viewed as more skilled and flexible on the condition that I stay right where I am. *sigh*

[taelyn-sass.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you have your boss in your corner. In corporate America, that IS a good thing! Now we'll just cross our fingers and hope that TIIC keep you after all this new training. *hugs*

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is, my boss is cross-training quite a few different people right now, and I don't think it's possible for ALL of them to get to stay. So in some cases, it's probably just giving us false hope - which, to me, is far worse than being given none.

But thanks for the positive thoughts anyway. *hugs back*