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Week Two Nearly Done
Aug. 15th, 2008 06:44 amToday marks the end of my second week in my new position. So far so good.
I have noticed some unusual things having changing my job. It is odd to walk down the cubicles in my former branch and realize that I no longer work there, my name isn't on the mailboxes anymore, and my old office is now occupied by someone else.
People keep asking me if I like my new job. I hesitate to answer them and it makes them think that I don't, which isn't necessarily so.
I don't regret taking the new position, the experience will be good and I like learning new things. However, I am realizing that I was a pretty big fish (or at least a well-respected one among my peers) in my former pond and now I'm the relatively inexperienced newbie again. It is difficult to go from the sure-footed confidence of before to the second-guessing of things today. It hit home yesterday when a coworker suddenly had to go out on an "emergency" visit late in the afternoon, something that normally would have landed in my lap. It's a strange mix of relief and the feeling of missing out.
Everyone in my current office area felt this way at one time or another, I believe. Giving up the familiar to take on a new position and new challenges, but feeling very unsteady those first few months. It'll grow on me. Do I like my job? Yeah, I do.. so far...
I have noticed some unusual things having changing my job. It is odd to walk down the cubicles in my former branch and realize that I no longer work there, my name isn't on the mailboxes anymore, and my old office is now occupied by someone else.
People keep asking me if I like my new job. I hesitate to answer them and it makes them think that I don't, which isn't necessarily so.
I don't regret taking the new position, the experience will be good and I like learning new things. However, I am realizing that I was a pretty big fish (or at least a well-respected one among my peers) in my former pond and now I'm the relatively inexperienced newbie again. It is difficult to go from the sure-footed confidence of before to the second-guessing of things today. It hit home yesterday when a coworker suddenly had to go out on an "emergency" visit late in the afternoon, something that normally would have landed in my lap. It's a strange mix of relief and the feeling of missing out.
Everyone in my current office area felt this way at one time or another, I believe. Giving up the familiar to take on a new position and new challenges, but feeling very unsteady those first few months. It'll grow on me. Do I like my job? Yeah, I do.. so far...
