Back with a vengeance.



I'm back at it again! I know I owed anyone who actually reads this blog an update but I've been too exhausted to write. If you can believe it, I've been at my new job for three months now. I passed my first review and it went well! For some reason, because of everything I've gone through I'm unable to accept a compliment, but I'm glad that the people I work with actually seem to appreciate me. I also got a nice personal message for International Women's Day that was written for each of the female employees, which was really thoughtful!

I'm grateful to be at a job that I'm not miserable at. But like any job, there are things that annoy me about it. The people here are chill. Like, way too chill... the opposite from my other job. Sometimes it takes awhile for them to answer messages and I try not to let it annoy me, but it does. Also, I got mad at my mom before I started the job for telling me that I might get upset because I'll be going from an editor to a writer again, and she may have been right. I mean, I don't need to be an editor, but I kind of feel too experienced for this job, I guess that's okay though? On the other hand, when I do have trouble coming up with ideas on slower news days I feel like only one person really goes out of their way to help me.

One day, the PR team from a popular TV network messaged me asking to send exclusive clips for the site. They also wanted to meet with me and my other coworkers. So, we met on Zoom about a month ago. One of my coworkers couldn't go because she was at an event, and my boss didn't even put her fucking camera on. I was so upset. It was really embarrassing because I got this amazing opportunity for the site only for her to completely make a fool out of the company? It's such bullshit. Luckily, they didn't seem to mind and we're still working with them. But it really pissed me off.

Even though I'm not really looking for a new job right now, I was scrolling on Twitter and saw that BroadwayWorld was hiring an Entertainment Editor. I said fuck it, and applied after fixing my resume. A day later, they contacted me for an interview, and it's tomorrow. Part of me felt really torn because I don't necessarily want to leave my job and I just started, but after I thought about it this may have been a sign. I started my journalism career at BroadwayWorld, and my dream was to work for them full time. I really want to be an editor again and I'm kind of sick of writing for reality TV since I've been doing it for over 2 years now. I loved writing for the site and always think about how much I miss it from time to time. I'm not sure how the interview will go or if they'll hire me, but either way, I still have a job. 

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