The Return to Happiness

I started my new job this week! I know that it will have it’s unpleasant aspects and things that I generally don’t like, but I’m so much happier in this position than in my last. This is largely due to two reasons: my entire job is about managing systems (with emphasis on development and maintenance) and I’ve got a better boss.

I’ve always been the first to defend my old boss when it came to things like her workload, but the woman showed me absolutely no respect or regard either as a person or a professional. And there is no way to overestimate how that can affect the work environment. My new boss (at least so far and from what people say about her) is cooperative, collaborative, communicative and trusts my opinion about my job and my abilities.

I created a list of things to keep on my mind the afternoon of my second day and came up with 33 distinct things.  I have a tremendous amount of work and will stay incredibly busy. It will easily take me two years to get that position and department back where it needs to be. The position has effectively been open for three years, so the systems are understandably frayed around the edges.

I can’t wait to start getting into things on that list and working through them!