irimiko

Well, work finally got me set up back at the other building.

And I haaate iiit :(

I have the same type of desk but the space is so much more cramped. I had transfer all my stuff into one set of drawers instead of the two I've not grown accustomed to. I share an office with someone who's primarily on specimens, so I'm not allowed to have my door closed. He wasn't even in today and they would've let me have it closed-- my one chance!! I can't take breaks at my desk anymore since it violates the "look busy when in office" policy, though there'll be leeway on super slow days like today was. The window isn't suitable for my plant, so I had to take it home again-- not that I guess it matters much since both the new leaves broke under their own weight on the walk over. What even.

Things are still being shuffled around and people seem pretty uncertain as to where things are or are supposed to be. That's going to make relearning specimen cases even more of a hassle. I'm not sure how many specimens I'll actually have to do but they've assigned someone to help me with the slide cases, so I expect I'll be doing at least a few of them most days, especially on the rare occasions that my primary client is slow. They only want me picking up once a day going forward regardless and so I won't be getting any of my own work until later in the afternoon, when I can more reliably count on getting all or most of it at once. There might still be spillover from day to day, of course, but that's more uncertain with a second person.

I hardly know anyone anymore. People chuckle along with me when I say I'm not happy with the situation and, I mean, fair. It's only an inconvenience, once you get right down to it, and I've been talking about it lightly enough because professionalism. But I am truly, genuinely unhappy with the situation and I don't like being expected to treat that as a joke.

Bleh.

I know I'll get used to it. I know things will smooth out as everyone acclimates to the new setup. It is, as I said, only an inconvenience. At the end of the day, I'm doing the same job for the same wage. Some people have war in their countries. But still, bleh.