Employment

I've had a lot of jobs I have not enjoyed. Jobs with crazy bosses. Jobs that lacked supervision and let me take the fall. Jobs where I dreaded going to work every day. Jobs where I came home with a headache every night. Jobs I did just to pay bills or gamble. Jobs I wasn't respected. Jobs I didn't deserve. Right now, I love my job. I was hired into it just in December and started in January. I've loved it practically every day. I get enough independence to thrive and teamwork and supervision to learn and succeed. I work with a diverse group of individuals who each bring their own skill sets to the office and we work with an incredible population of clients. Yes, I love my job.

Next week, we hire my replacement. Two of the three candidates could possibly be there just 1-1 1/2 years, the 3rd would want the position for years. This is the reality of graduate assistant ships and PhD students -it all depends on where we are with our program. Two are close to finishing their dissertation. A slight possibility exists that if they are hired, I could come back into my job, perhaps not.

I'm not yet sure if felons can hold a graduate assistantship on my campus. I need to inquire. It will certainly affect my post prison decision making. Traveler has promised to call HR and ask the questions for me. That's very kind of her. 

I'm keeping my hope alive to come back to the job I love. At the very least, I get to make sure my replacement is awesome!