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< tickle me pink and call me spankmonkey | posted at 3:02 pm on June 08, 2003 > hmm, it's 'add an entry' time. lately i've been getting into having snacks with peanut butter, eg. barbeque shapes with peanut butter. turkish delight with peanut butter. and so forth, so forth.i've been feeling mightily inadequate lately.. part of this is being at the bottom of the food chain at work. sure, i know, i have no experience, i'm at least seven years younger than the person nearest to my age, i have no experience, i'm at least seven years younger than... but there are only about eight people on the team (of which two-three actually work full time, five days all day -- the rest of us do three, four, four and a half...) and if you look at the credits they're all 'editor', 'director', 'manager' of some sort - which is usual in a small business - if you're the 'manager' of something, you're pretty much the entire department. but my title - advertising assistant and subscriptions co-ordinator - looks like i fucking do nothing. when in reality, i'm office manager, advertising assistant, subscriptions co-ordinator, the occasional bit of editorial assistance and art direction assistance (design the little ads at the back of the mag sometimes, it helps people to make the decision to advertise) - in short, i make sure that the joint runs smoothly and that everyone can do their job. true, the only reason i'm subscriptions 'co-ordinator' is because it looks funny on a business card if i'm the 'manager' (as it's next to the 'assistant')... but on my email i have about three million different signatures with different job titles on it, and i use the one that's most pertinent to the person i'm emailing - which makes my job look so much smaller than it is. i waver back and forth as to whether or not i'm appreciated. they love me, sure, they know i do a lot, but, oh, i think i'm just bitter about losing that ticket again. i think a nicer job title is all i need to be satisfied, 'production manager' is cool, even 'production co-ordinator' is cool, perhaps i'd even be happy with 'magazine spankmonkey' as at least it'd be funny. grrargh. 769 words through, and many, many more to go. peanut butter here we come. those last five |