The more things change

I've finally decided that my employer is completely nuts. I work for an organization that specializes in logistics — acquisition and supply chain management, specifically. Over the last decade I have seen several management regime changes, three systems implementation changes, and little or no significant improvements to processes or philosphy.

This blog is called Logistics Nightmare, and will attempt to show that because the mentality of the organization is characteristically pyschopathic (and we're not even a private corporation) it has been a really rough ride working here, and that it is tiime to really push my search for a new employer.

First, a bit about me: I've always had trouble working here, as it's a dead-end desk job. It paid well when I first started, and because of this I was able to afford to do things like travel, work on my more creative projects, and do outside consulting work. Over time I eventually settled down and started a family, and this year I was awakened to the fact that for a family my salary is below the poverty line. I did some more outside consulting, took more courses, and since the summer sent out one resume every week, earning an interview every two. So leaving here has become a priority, though it's been tough. When one has worked in a unionized environment for over a decade the first question asked is always, "So why have you chosen now to leave?"

To my interviewers' credit, what didn't kill me has made me stronger. I now have better answers for this and other questions. One of my most recent favourites was, "On your resume, you list your outside consulting work over and above your current full-time position. Why is that?"

Unfortunately the only answer I could come up with was, "Because my current job sucks — it's a logistics nightmare."

Hope you enjoy the read.

Love,

Ivana Nujahb
Anytown