Last Thursday, my lab moved down a floor. Things went smoothly considering I was the only person there to tell the movers what to do and where to go. Friday, a hellish cold that had been brewing all week finally became unbearable and I stayed home (its still hanging around, damn it :mad: ). On that same day, my boss and a handful of other folks in our department had a meeting with the medical school big wigs about maintaining the program.
Our Department Head is leaving in April for a position elsewhere. The man they thought would replace him is taking a job with another university. Basically, the senior staff of our department is gone. Rumor has it that another branch of the medical school want to do research similar to ours - without us.
I have no love for Mondays, but tomorrow maybe especially annoying.
I often wish my job wouldn’t be there in the morning (as I do now, as my husband looks at me and tells me I should go to bed) but you seem to actually like your job, so it must be pretty stressful!
Good luck!
Just popped in to say hang in there Mouse Maven. Nothing is worse than watching your lab being moved without a certain future.
Good luck!
Things I like about my job: the potential for helping others, observing behaviors and pathologies and trying to figure out what applies to our research, teaching students (when they’re interested in learning).
Things I don’t like: administrative work, politics, lack of funds, not hearing from my boss for weeks at a time.
Sadly, I’ve had more from the “don’t like” list than from the “like” list for the past several months. Dr. Boss is pushing me into admin work because we lost the department secretary and we can’t afford to hire some new. A while back, the project I was working on fell apart. (Note to research Dopers: **Never, ever ** take over an abandoned experiment. If it didn’t work for one person, it won’t change for you.)
Thanks. I am debating whether or not to unpack. Right now, I’m the only person here, so I have no clue how the meeting went. For the moment, I’ll get us settled in. (We’ve got a bit of a turf war developing with a department that just moved here from the old campus. I’ll try to stay out of their way and see what comes of things.)
The most frustrating thing is that I feel stuck. Last year, when all of this started, I went to some job interviews and got no results. (One interviewer called the money spent on my salary “a waste.”) Now I’m pregnant, and looking for a new job is not the best option. I hate feeling trapped. :mad:
Sorry to hear this. More supporting thoughts sent your way.