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Losing my religion, er, job

Posted 02 Apr 2007 in personal

That’s me in the corner…

Didn’t take the time to write about this last week, but I recently found out that I’m probably gonna be losing my job.

Yep, after 8 years of dedicated service, my job seems to be evaporating. Our agency is losing the account I’ve worked on for 5 years, which means my position will no longer be supported by an client retainer fee. Used to be, when stuff happened like this, they’d keep people on for a while until there was either another opening on one of our existing accounts or we got a new account. But my gut tells me that the head of the creative department is gonna seize this opportunity to get rid of me. I’ve never been much of a brown-nose and thus I haven’t ever done anything to ingratiate myself to him. And that seems to be the best way to move ahead around here.

So now, I’m scared as hell that I’m gonna lose my job. And the higher-ups can’t give me a straight answer whether or not that will be the case. So I’ve had a Sword of Damocles hanging over my head for the past 5 days. I’ve been stressed out ever since my supervisor popped his head in my office for, no lie, about 10 seconds and said “Hey, they didn’t sign the fee agreement. Looks like we’re gonna be out of a job.” Nice management skills, eh? The account service team from this account had an official meeting with the president of our agency and the head of H.R. where they were all assured that they would be helped at finding new positions with other agencies. No such niceties for us creative grunts. (BTW, our holding company owns a ton of agencies, many here in Dallas, so it’s possible to continue one’s seniority, vacations, and benefits if one signs on with another affiliate). Needless to say, I’ll be looking at that option myself. With my finances still in the tank and my medical situation, it’s really not a good time for me to strike out in a bold new direction.

Not that there ever seems to be a good time for that.

traci had a similar thing happen to her back in November, and she’s been looking for a job ever since. With the main difference that she had 12 years with her company, and when everyone lost their jobs, they were offered severence which she’s been living off of for the past few months. We’re currently in the process of getting ready to move in together. Looks like the timing is perfect, I guess. Because if I’m outta work and she’s outta work, it’s gonna be hella hard to pay the bills for a while.

So now, while I’m staring at that sharp proverbial blade hanging by a hair over my head, I’m trying to get my resume updated and to locate good examples of my work so I can get my website and portfolio updated as well. My website hasn’t been updated in 3 years and I’ve just realized that I haven’t updated my reel (a videotape of TV commercials I’ve done) in 8 years! I really hope I get to hang out here another couple of weeks, as I’m gonna need every day to get my act together.

*sigh* I freakin’ HATE change like this.

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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