Bitter to the core

I shocked myself by how bitter I was. I mean being micromanaged by Miss Thang was a nightmare, especially since she is to date one of the dumbest and most unskilled people I have ever had the displeasure to work with. But it was temporary, usually it would just roll off of me. The agency and their ridiculous payroll schedule definately did not help matters. People telling me that it was such a great place to work and I was lucky to be able to work there, did add to the aggravation. But really, I was surprised that I could not just shake it off, collect some money and continuing emailing resumes out.

Now, in retrospect I think I know why I was so disturbed. My life rule is to to true to myself. To go with my gut. And the day I interviewed for the job I got, I also interviewed for a job in the Intellectual Property Department. My first interview with the IP department went really well. I mean as far as the manager was concern, I could start after meeting with the department secretary. This is the job that I wanted, this is the job that felt right.

When the recruiter called to offer me the job in the Product Development department, I told him I wanted the position in the other department. He tried to railroad me into taking it the position that he had the offer for. He kept trying to tell me that IP is really obscure and irrelevant and I would be foolish to work in that department. Not being someone who takes well to being talked down to, I insisted that he at least call and find out the status of the job I actually wanted. He called back about 10 minutes later claiming that the IP department was 6 months aways from making a hiring decision. I told them that was pretty odd given what the manager had said to me. I do not think he guy really called, but being desperate, I took the job I did not want. I did not stand up for what I knew was the right thing for me. Of course I was bitter, bitter to the core.