Fred
Retired Staff
FYI, my schedule changed.
For two years and an half, I've worked as a consultant in the IT department of the National Bank of Canada. Today was my last day at work; my contract came to an end and without the budget to afford keeping me as a permanent employee, they had to let me go.
Though I do wish it might have been otherwise, I'm not really that inconvenienced. I didn't want to be typecast as a call center agent when my package is more oriented toward being IT Networking; I kept thinking I was very limited in the ways I could help my users because I lacked the tools and priviledges of a Level 2 tech - it was annoying to not be able to solve problems because of those boundaries. So, this may be a good thing; shakes me out of my comfortable complacence and have me look for work elsewhere.
I get out of this with NBC on my resume, with recommendations and business cards of the directors and team leads that got to know me. I can look for something better, and it will help me look more attractive to future employers.
Rather than being bitter, I actually feel relieved in a it's finally over way. It's the longest job I've had and I've managed to stick it out all the way. Also, days off were hard to have and couldn't always be approved due to how in demand we were, but hey, I finally have my vacation now! Yaaaaaaaay.
For two years and an half, I've worked as a consultant in the IT department of the National Bank of Canada. Today was my last day at work; my contract came to an end and without the budget to afford keeping me as a permanent employee, they had to let me go.
Though I do wish it might have been otherwise, I'm not really that inconvenienced. I didn't want to be typecast as a call center agent when my package is more oriented toward being IT Networking; I kept thinking I was very limited in the ways I could help my users because I lacked the tools and priviledges of a Level 2 tech - it was annoying to not be able to solve problems because of those boundaries. So, this may be a good thing; shakes me out of my comfortable complacence and have me look for work elsewhere.
I get out of this with NBC on my resume, with recommendations and business cards of the directors and team leads that got to know me. I can look for something better, and it will help me look more attractive to future employers.
Rather than being bitter, I actually feel relieved in a it's finally over way. It's the longest job I've had and I've managed to stick it out all the way. Also, days off were hard to have and couldn't always be approved due to how in demand we were, but hey, I finally have my vacation now! Yaaaaaaaay.
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