In other news, my work life has picked up. I've taken over the research lab's website and became an admin for our social medias. The website was the most difficult to get used to since it requires knowledge of computer coding. I spent a couple days poking around the site and got myself familiar enough with it where I could actually edit the code myself. I still don't know much, but at least I know the basics of web design and computer coding. I have no idea when/if those skills will ever be helpful, but learning a new skillset gives you an advantage over others, so why not? At my full time analytics job they tried to play me and take advantage of me. My company works with many clients and we each have our respective "projects". I personally have 2 clients which I share with 2 respective teams. I make a small amount over minimum wage, but barely. They tried to give me a new client who is notoriously one of the worst we have (we have 200+ clients) and not even tell me about it personally. So I demanded a meeting with the president of operations to ask him what his problem was. He said that everyone in the office fights over me because I'm good at my job and that's why they want me so badly with this client. They know I can learn quickly and adapt to any changes they might throw our way. While it was nice to hear him compliment me, I knew he was just trying to sweet talk me into not questioning it further. I told him I would take the new client if I got a decent raise. He said he didn't have the authority to do that, so I told him I wouldn't do it otherwise. I knew he was in a bad position because he either needed to retract from my name from the client (which reflects terribly on our company) or somehow get me a raise. Less than an hour later I was informed that I'm approved for a raise. The raise is significant enough where it'll give me $150+ per month, which I'm satisfied with. This is the second raise I've gotten in the last 4 months so clearly I'm doing something right. I try not to involve political things here, but I have to call out the "wage gap" for a second. I wanted more money so I worked for it. I didn't compare myself to anyone else and cried in the corner when I didn't stack up. I worked hard and I took what was rightfully mine. I had the balls to get a meeting with the president of operations for an international company, call him out for his unprofessionalism, and demand a raise. And guess what. It worked. There will always be exceptions to the rule, but if you as a female are making less than someone else doing the same job it's your responsibility to change it. If you don't have the confidence and perseverance to change your situation then that's a personal problem. I know what my time and energy is worth, and it certainly isn't minimum wage. I have 0 pity for the whiny females out there. Buck up or leave.
Some songs for the soul include the following. I'm still deciding on if I should group music by themes or just randomly sprinkle things around. I kind of like the music roulette game of just dropping 5 totally different songs. Will it be happy, angry, sad, hardcore, or country? Variety is the spice of life.
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