Back from Sabbatical

I’m back! I took a 10-year unpaid sabbatical from this blog. Ok, running this blog is an unpaid gig, so I from that aspect I lost out on nothing except possibly my sanity from not having this outlet to regale readers with the absurdity of my on the job chaos. Also, I can’t tell if anyone is still subscribed to this blog, so I probably lost out on all my readers!

But if you are still subscribed and decide to check out this post- please leave me a note in the comment! I want to know whose still out there in 2024!

So in the 10 years I’ve been away from this blog -I’ve continued to stay in the analyst realm. I’d say with a different company but not really. I’m technically with the same parent company but they have a new name and I jumped over to a different area of the company before they dumped the division I was with when I started this blog. So it feels like a different company (well- except the corporate culture is about the same). Also, in the 10 years I’ve moved into manager level roles which required me to supervise people and or processes/resources, so I’ve had some variety in my life since I’ve been here.

As I’m dusting off this blog, I totally forgot that I “rebooted” this a year in and deleted some of my original posts. No idea why! I found some of my content via the WayBack machine, which I will repost. That will 1) restore the original flavor of this blog and 2) buy me time to schedule posts with new tales of on the job absurdity! And believe me do I have some good stories to share!

Alrighty- time to get ready for the work day ahead. Later!

Pod City

Pod City* **

My morale has been crushed to dust
On the road to Pod City
Devil’s slow to recognize
That we all slowly die in Pod City
Young workers flock to the private workstations
Checkin’ out toys, checking out corporate bought features
Pacify, sanctify
To the old school feelin’, Pod City

Pod City, it’s not pretty
We complain, complain to so many
Pod City, it’s not pretty
It’s not the job of your dreams

*Sung to the tune of Zap City by The Cult.

**My sincerest apologies to Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy. Continue reading

Just Delete It

Back in college, I had a part-time job providing content support to school administrators attempting to fill out an annual report to continue accreditation of his/her school.  My main job duty from September through April was to troubleshoot problems that school principals encountered in completing this report. Continue reading