melissel Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I need to vent and whine, and I can't do it in real life because DH gets frustrated. The company I work for was acquired, and we begin transitioning over to our new work on Monday. Here comes the whining part: --I don't want to learn anything new--no new style guide, no new technology, new analysts, new colleagues, new editing format, new graphics requirements...nothing. --I don't want to give up the two enjoyable parts of my old job so that I can spend 30 hours a week doing the most odious part in my new job. --I don't want to spend all next week watching training teleconferences so I can learn how to do this new job I hate. --I don't want to follow that week up by going away from my DH, my sweet babies, and my own house for four full days for a stupid corporate culture initiation. Just thinking about it is making me physically nauseous. I don't care what the different VPs do, or how the company was founded. I REALLY don't want to drive 5 hours each way with my colleague (whom I consider a good friend, but still), but I ESPECIALLY REALLY don't want to have to stay an extra night if we take the train. --I don't want to sleep in a hotel bed after two of my dear friends brought home bedbugs from their most recent vacation, and I ESPECIALLY don't want to do it knowing that my littlest baby will be waking in the night, looking for me and crying while I sleep alone five hours away :crying: --I don't want to have to spend money on a week's worth of "business casual" clothes to sit in meetings all day. --I don't want to go to post-meeting "meet and greet" events to mingle and make small talk with people I'm sure I'll never meet again in person. I DON'T WANT TO!!! Sorry everyone. Thanks for letting me weep and moan. I expressed my frustration to DH earlier, and he responded with, "Well, if you can find a way for me to support us so you can call in on Monday and tell them you quit, then go ahead. Otherwise..." Great, thanks honey. Very comforting :glare: I mean, I know there's nothing anyone can do to fix it, but I'm just so sick about all this right now, I don't even know what to do with myself :( Waaaaahhhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: That stuff sure does sound really icky. I don't blame you for being upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 And they really bite when you'd rather just be home with the kiddos. I am there. I know. The trouble is, we don't have enough margin in our lives. No economic margin, and no time margin. When you work AND homeschool, everything has to go just exactly right all the time for life to be remotely reasonable. So there is no room for the unexpected. No room for an out of town business trip. No room for a child not to learn their math on schedule. No room for getting a cold. No margin. One of my New Year's resolutions is to start exercising 2 years from now. This is because chances are I won't actually do it until I'm finished homeschooling, and in the meantime I need to just stop feeling bad about it. It's really, really hard. I wish for you that it will go well, and quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girligirlmom Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I need to vent and whine, and I can't do it in real life because DH gets frustrated. The company I work for was acquired, and we begin transitioning over to our new work on Monday. Here comes the whining part: --I don't want to learn anything new--no new style guide, no new technology, new analysts, new colleagues, new editing format, new graphics requirements...nothing. --I don't want to give up the two enjoyable parts of my old job so that I can spend 30 hours a week doing the most odious part in my new job. --I don't want to spend all next week watching training teleconferences so I can learn how to do this new job I hate. --I don't want to follow that week up by going away from my DH, my sweet babies, and my own house for four full days for a stupid corporate culture initiation. Just thinking about it is making me physically nauseous. I don't care what the different VPs do, or how the company was founded. I REALLY don't want to drive 5 hours each way with my colleague (whom I consider a good friend, but still), but I ESPECIALLY REALLY don't want to have to stay an extra night if we take the train. --I don't want to sleep in a hotel bed after two of my dear friends brought home bedbugs from their most recent vacation, and I ESPECIALLY don't want to do it knowing that my littlest baby will be waking in the night, looking for me and crying while I sleep alone five hours away :crying: --I don't want to have to spend money on a week's worth of "business casual" clothes to sit in meetings all day. --I don't want to go to post-meeting "meet and greet" events to mingle and make small talk with people I'm sure I'll never meet again in person. I DON'T WANT TO!!! Sorry everyone. Thanks for letting me weep and moan. I expressed my frustration to DH earlier, and he responded with, "Well, if you can find a way for me to support us so you can call in on Monday and tell them you quit, then go ahead. Otherwise..." Great, thanks honey. Very comforting :glare: I mean, I know there's nothing anyone can do to fix it, but I'm just so sick about all this right now, I don't even know what to do with myself :( Waaaaahhhh! IT STINKS IT JUST STINKS! I wish you didn't have to work or didn't have to go or someone could go with you and keep the girls in the hotel while you go to meetings. Could your Mom or someone go with you? That's how I did it once but my dh was able to take the week off and care for my oldest ds9 when he was only 5 months old. We were going to New Orleans where his sister and grandparents live and we did want to introduce the baby to family plus his mom who lives 5 hours north of New Orleans so we made a mini vacation out of it! FYI- Fashion Bug in Brunswick Square Mall is closing so 60% off everything sale and I just got jeans at $10 each - they might have something that would work IF you have to go. That's a Laconic IF (meant in a good way for you). http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18442/18442-h/18442-h.htm#A_LACONIC_ANSWER A LACONIC ANSWER. Many miles beyond Rome there was a famous country which we call Greece. The people of Greece were not u-nit-ed like the Romans; but instead there were several states, each of which had its own rulers. Some of the people in the southern part of the country were called Spar-tans, and they were noted for their simple habits and their brav-er-y. The name of their land was La-co´ni-a, and so they were sometimes called La-cons. One of the strange rules which the Spartans had, was that they should speak briefly, and never use more words than were needed. And so a short answer is often spoken of as being la-con-ic; that is, as being such an answer as a Lacon would be likely to give. There was in the northern part of Greece a land called Mac´e-don; and this land was at one time ruled over by a war-like king named Philip.[103] Philip of Mac-e-don wanted to become the master of all Greece. So he raised a great army, and made war upon the other states, until nearly all of them were forced to call him their king. Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in La-co-ni-a, and said, "If I go down into your country, I will level your great city to the ground." In a few days, an answer was brought back to him. When he opened the letter, he found only one word written there. That word was "IF." It was as much as to say, "We are not afraid of you so long as the little word 'if' stands in your way." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Yes, you can. That sounds like one big PITA. Ugh. I really dislike this kind of corporate busywork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Do we work for the same company? (although, I'm the only holdover from the previous group... so probably not possible :D) My company changes hands today as well... Scary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiCO Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I hope everything ends up being OK at your job, in the long run. Changing corporate owners can be a big PITA. When dh's workplace changed owners, it went from a company owned by the scientist who created it, to a company owned by a conglomerate. It was painful to watch the company "re-organize" into a Dilbert company. I hope things go better for you. If not, clean up your resume and start looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMom Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 My dh's company was also just acquired and he too has to do a bunch of weird stuff. (Like for example work/stay over 3 hours away today through Sunday w/a couple hours notice and reimbursement that takes a looong while to come through.) And the emails that make. no. sense. at. all are starting to scare me. Sigh... At least he has a job though. It is awful and I feel for you. Hang in there. Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Waaaaahhhh! All horrible. Yuck. I hate these things. I hope you meet someone witty and droll, I hope you learn something, I hope you are amused by your peers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 No advice. Just thinking of you. And yes, your dh responded that way because he wants to solve the problem and he can't, so he's just mad at the world, too. Hugs to both of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 I forgot to come back here and say, thank you all. Your kind responses helped me feel understood and calmed me down some :o I've been pretty good about staying in denial about the whole thing, just not really thinking about it too much, but I that night I had just checked my work e-mail and found a bunch of messages about the training sessions and phone meetings, and it was a little too much reality all at once. Plus we've had family in town for almost two weeks, so my long vacation turned out not to be so relaxing after all (though I adore them all, I swear--they're my favorite relatives). I imagine it's like having a tooth pulled. I know it has to be done, and I know that though it will be very painful, it will all be over soon. In the meantime, though, I'm trying to ignore it, and every time I bump it with my tongue, I freak out all over again :rolleyes: GGM, thanks for the tip about the Fashion Bug! I may be too late, but I'll head over there and see if I can't pick up a few tops. Thanks everyone. I'm going to go put my blinders back on now :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.