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Going to try to make more of an effort to post here. Been really antisocial and grouchy lately because I've been burning my candle at both ends for weeks now. Waking up at 5' date=' 6AM and working straight through until 9 or 10 pm, it's grinding me into the pavement.[/quote'] We miss you ghouls. We love our favorite ghoul welcome back
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New job offer on the table is the same money but with less managerial responsibility (and less bullshit therefore) but I am not convinced the "analyst" aspect of the role is my thing really.
That's my dream job right there. Same pay, less responsibility. I do the work of like 5 people and I manage other people (which I'd rather not do). Good luck, I hope whatever you decide it works out for you.
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Was a long day but felt even longer being subjected to hours of county music. I need an ear cleansing.
That depends on the country music, I could at least cope with something old but poppy country, especially of the sentimental and romantic variety, is unbearable. I had to listen to a lot of that at my last job.
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That's my dream job right there. Same pay, less responsibility. I do the work of like 5 people and I manage other people (which I'd rather not do). Good luck, I hope whatever you decide it works out for you.
I feel you, I was already doing multiple jobs, and then took over literally everything this week. We hired an assistant, but my former boss failed to train her, so this week was a total clusterfuck. It wouldn't have been a big deal for me to teach her if I wasn't already maxed out, but now I've taken over a few things that he actually did, and the other things my assistant should be doing aren't being done correctly, so I have problems to work out. I'm excellent at multitasking, so I've never had to put in that many hours, but between that and the loss of sleep/altered routine with my baby girl, I'm fucking beat. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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That's my dream job right there. Same pay, less responsibility. I do the work of like 5 people and I manage other people (which I'd rather not do). Good luck, I hope whatever you decide it works out for you.
Yep, there are days when I hate the management aspect (I have 700 plus shared with another manager) but balancing that with analysing business performance is a tricky one. That's why I am being offered one or the other which I agree is a nice place to be. Hope you get your dream job Ghouly, sounds like you work hard enough.
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That depends on the country music' date=' I could at least cope with something old but poppy country, especially of the sentimental and romantic variety, is unbearable. I had to listen to a lot of that at my last job.[/quote'] Most of the time I don't care what others are listening to but yesterday I was in a mood and everything was irritating me. It happens when dealing with incompetence. Today I'm I'm enjoying some Vivaldi.
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Wow' date=' Macabre, that's a lot of people. I've always worked for smaller companies and never had to manage more than a small construction crew. I never liked it much, I liked just doing my own work way better. You feel like you're more suited to management?[/quote'] Management has always been my thing for about 20 years, I was managing in a supermarket at 18 so I have never really known anything else. I'd like to take the next step and hit Assistant Director level or at least senior business manager but the "analyst" bit is probably needed first.
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Hm, I'm quite pleased with Lascaille's Shroud so far. It's remarkable how often I think they're going to do something that will be awful and they make it very good. Plus it's yet another excellent American band to add to my repertoire.

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Management has always been my thing for about 20 years' date=' I was managing in a supermarket at 18 so I have never really known anything else. I'd like to take the next step and hit Assistant Director level or at least senior business manager but the "analyst" bit is probably needed first.[/quote'] So, taking a step sideways for a while might actually further your management career? Cool. I've never been clear on my career path. If I started being a more productive artist, I could probably have fun teaching, but that's certainly not where my heart is, and I've very little desire to return to trade work. As long as you don't think a move like that would hamstring you, why not go for it?
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Hm' date=' I'm quite pleased with Lascaille's Shroud so far. It's remarkable how often I think they're going to do something that will be awful and they make it very good. Plus it's yet another excellent American band to add to my repertoire.[/quote'] I heard them on another forum, and was planning on posting them in the discover new bands thread, but never got around to it. Definite Edge of Sanity vibe, figured you would dig them. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I heard them on another forum' date=' and was planning on posting them in the discover new bands thread, but never got around to it. Definite Edge of Sanity vibe, figured you would dig them.[/quote'] Sacrebeleu. I thought I'd discovered them all by me onesie self.
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