Message #3880

[craftygirl]

I don't think you're way off base, WhiteSatin.  Believe it or not, I'm doing my best to hang it in here.  However, I have overheard some plans that would make my job obsolete.  So I'm trying to plan "just in case."  I'm also still trying to do my job the best I can, because this is what we do.  :-)



To answer, my four jobs last year went like this:

0.  End of 1999 I was temping too BTW.



1.  Started out as an admin, went through 4 re-orgs in 6 months, ended up as a database administrator, tried that for a while and realized I'm not a database administrator.  I hated it and I was miserable, but I took that position because my previous job had been eliminated.



2.  temp job!  I temped at a law firm because the pay was phenomenal and I didn't mind the work.  (Much better than being a dba!)  However I DID mind the long distance from my b/f of almost two years, and so did he, so after careful analysis of our situations we decided it made more sense for me to move.  I moved to FL where I got job



3.  temp job until I found something permanent which turned out to be



4.  where I am now, which I started six months ago.  



So I don't see it really as running at the first sign of trouble.  I temped mainly because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do or because things were a little up in the air for me.  Technically I'm on contract here, too, we all are, but the duration is long-term indefinite.  We were supposed to have an HR manager by Jan 1, but that has, too, been put off indefinitely.  *sigh*  We do have minimal benefits, though, so at least that is something.  



Oh heck maybe I'll put my notes together, call the book "My life at a Start-Up" and get a whopping advance.  LOL



Thanks

Shannon