Hello 2013

Hello 2013!

I totally forgot I had started this blog in 2010 when I moved to Calgary. Thanks to my friend Christianne (or should I say twin sis) for getting me back!!

There's been lots of changes in my life since my last post 2-3 years ago. I've visited home in NS a few times since then. Mike and I have gone for a vacation for a week to BC and... I'm still working at that place. The place that I will NOT name.

I'm been promoted since my last post. I've become a Team Lead again and got promoted again to Programmer and promoted again to a Programming Lead.

Soooo it worked out for me to stay in the end... or did it. 

You may ask why am I still working there, well here is your answer: I like working with the people I work closely with. I also like what I do. I just don't like anything else but I put up with it because of the things I like. I'm soon thinking it's now time to move on.

Here is why.

2013 has not started very good for me so far because of this place. This week at the place I've been told by upper management that we are going to have to let some of our employees go because we don't have enough money to keep paying everyone. You ask WHY we don't have any money to pay everyone?? Well because we have been paying for items that are unknown on the CEO's credit card. There was also mention of other things like the company car that our finance and audit manager drives, our CEO's tires, $1000 dollar dinners, etc. the list goes on... you would think that there would be a decision made to sell the company car and have the CEO pay for this own items that has nothing to do with our business. (A contact centre) but NO NO we will continue to pay for these things and fire the people who bring in the money.

I ask myself WHY?? and I cannot think of a logical reason for this. I just can't. I really wish I knew what they are thinking but then again.. do I?

Today, we let two people go. Tomorrow it may be three.

I have a feeling I may get demoted again and be asked to be a Team Lead or maybe even down to an agent answering the phone. I don't think they would actually fire me since I have done nothing wrong and I'm training on all the accounts and bilingual.

At this point, if they were to fire me, I would be upset at first and worried about how I'm going to pay the bills but it would give me an opportunity get out of that place and find another job. I may start sending resumes out on the weekend to get started just in case.

I'm not certain what kind of job that I want to get after I leave the place. I think I would love to be a receptionist or administrative assistance. I could also work at another contact centre possibly like Shaw or Telus but do I really want to?? If possible I think I should stay away from other contact centres just in case they are all the same.

I could also look at going to school but I wouldn't have money to pay my bills. I would have to find an easy none stress job to be able to take online courses so that's also something to think about.

I'm really not sure. We will have to see what happens.

But with this being said... you this case being typed. ;P I will leave you for tonight.

Di

Working at this place

I will not mention the name of the place.
I'll just call it the place.

Usually wouldn't you think that the employers would treat their employees with respect and treat them well? Yeah... but not at the place. Things aren't normal there.

I used to be a Team Lead and they randomly changed me to be a Trainer one day. The way I found out about this was in a staff meeting when they announced in front of all the staff "Meet your new Trainers and said my name" And that's how I found out. Kinda odd wouldn't you think? I would say. What happens if I don't want to be a Trainer? I guess I have no choice.

Last week the Trainers and Team leads got yelled at by the CEO of the place because he didn't think we were doing a good job and we can do better and we have to do better or else we might not have a job next week. ..Oh and when I say we got yelled at, I don't mean just talking a little loud. He also mentioned that's why we gets paid the "big bucks" so that's all nice and dandy.

BUT...

Today, I get my pay stub and what do you know... They lowered my wages without even mentioning it to me. I had to find out by looking at my pay stub. I really like that one after being yelled at the week before for making the "big bucks".

What I want to know is what the fuck goes on in his head? You think I really want to work there now? I don't think so. It's a horrible place to work. I would not recommend the place to anyone I know. I wouldn't want someone to go threw the same thing I am going threw.

Now, I'm just waiting for the day I get fired that must be next, right?

And that's just a little about my job.

City Life...

Calgary life sucks.
You don't have time for anything.
All you do is work.
No time for making friends.
No time to stop.

I want to go back to how life was before I moved here. It was so simple and quite compared to now. You could be late for anything and you knew it was totally fine because you weren't the only one. Even tho that there's no traffic like in the city. But it was OK. No one was going to ask you why you were late and tell you that you can't take your breaks because of it.
When your outside just enjoying the sun, you hear planes and helicopters flying high. Back home in the country you hear birds and bees. It's totally different.
Where are the lakes? Where are the camps?
I want to go Kayaking but where? Not here.
All there is here, is big malls full of people and screaming kids.
I want to go back where I come from.
Where life was simple and no one cared. Where there's no people, no traffic.
That's where I come from.