Well it finally happened and I am a little embarrassed. I thought my mic was on mute and it wasn’t. I made a derogatory comment about the boss and everyone on the call heard me. It was muffled so I was asked to repeat myself and that’s when I said I didn’t realize my mic was hot. There was a cuss word in there as well and only one person has ever heard me use cuss words. I really hope for my sake my boss didn’t understand what I was saying. I asked a co-worker and he said I heard something and expiative. I am convinced I am going to hear about it. Not that I am going to get fired for saying it but I think it will become a big deal for me.
From now on I will double mute myself. I am still going to mouth off because that is how I vent. It’s preferred that only I hear it but I have to say it to get it out of my system.
My coworker thought it was quite funny. I however did not. I suppose that your all laughing and hey it’s okay. That’s part of the reason why I shared the experience.
I am frustrated at how my boss never truly listens (that might have worked to my advantage here). He isn’t doing anything about my concerns about my colleague that I have to mop up after and he’s got no real clue as to totally what I do on a daily basis. He has an idea but not the full picture. I go way above and beyond. That’s why it angered me that my pay raise wasn’t larger. I expect that the environment won’t ever change but if I can get more money that makes it slightly more tolerable.
I’ve been looking more today at big companies for remote work. The jobs are out there but you have to know where to look and apparently I don’t. I know there is a You Tube channel I can subscribe to (I forget the name) and you can buy a membership to this woman’s service where she gives you all sorts of leads, tips and templates. She goes by Jazzy and her videos have shown up in my feed on occasion. Of course when I really want them to they aren’t.
I hear that longevity means nothing anymore and that the longer you stay at a company the greater your chances are that the market will pass you by. Meaning that you won’t get the pay that you deserve and you could loose out on valuable opportunities. I feel that I have paid my dues in the working world. I want to get a job, hang on to it and leave when it’s time and never, ever work again. That is my goal. Thus far pretty successful. However, I also don’t see a roadmap ahead for climbing any higher unless I would get promoted into management. Given that my boss senses frustration I don’t think that he will be moving forward, I think I am probably stuck in my current role. I’m actually fine with that but I would like more money, I mean that is the only reason why I work.
Well I hope I gave you a laugh, even though it’s not that funny to me. I am a bit worried over it but there isn’t anything I can do, short of calling my boss and falling on my sword and that’s just not going to happen. I’ve done that many times and right now I just don’t think that is the right move for me. I am just letting it go and if he brings it up then I will deal with it, otherwise it’s yesterdays news and life goes on.
The work day doesn’t have many more hours left. I hope that I am not bothered tonight but I will be keeping my laptop close by just in case.
Have a good evening!
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