Message #51454

[spitfire78]

Well, I had my meeting with my new supervisor.  First impression is that I like him.  He was quiet and easy to talk to - a good listener.  He spent over an hour just talking to 2 of us with no sense of having to hurry through anything.  We talked about a lot of different things, but the main thing I wanted to bring up is about the boredom of the job here, how we are not permitted to use our brains, and how there are very little opportunities to expand for people who want to.  He was very understanding.  He has only been here about 3 to 4 weeks, so I realize he can't do anything about it now and I told him that.  What he is doing right now is going to each of the departments and spending time with the people he supervises and with the bosses to try to get a feel for the people and how the place operates.  He said that one of his jobs is to try to find ways to keep us interested and challenged.  We talked about how there are some admins here who just want to keep their heads down, come in each day, plod along doing the same thing, and go home at the end of the day.  And, as I told him, there's nothing wrong with that.  But it would be nice if there was some way to challenge those of us who want to be challenged. He promised me that as he learns more about the place he would keep this in mind and eventually he may be able to find ways to do that. So, who knows what will happen, if anything, but at least I threw it out there.  Meanwhile, I think I'll put a little thought into some of it and see if I can come up with anything.