there’s nothing quite like having a moment in which it becomes very, very clear that your opinion on pretty much anything simply… does… not… matter.
my friend, the one who is responsible for me being here, where i am in this moment, the one that talked me into coming here…. is leaving.
they are sitting here writing the ad for his replacement.
i mention that i’m a copywriter. i mention that i have been an IT recruiter. i offer to help.
they both ignore me wholly.
oh yeah, i’m really feeling like i matter here.
oh yeah, i’m really feeling like i contribute.
yeah… i wonder what the hell is going to happen to me now that 95% of the reason why i’m here is walking out the door.
seriously.
it will be two to six months before a replacement is up to speed enough to even look at what i have been working on since i’ve been here. which means everything i’m doing, everything i’m hired to do, is just on skids.
which makes me wonder…. will they figure this out? and if they do, what are they going to think about having someone on payroll who is effectively neutered until the rest of this is handled?
you can imagine the scenarios running through my head.
happy monday.