so I get back to work Tues morning after 3 weeks holidays, and our Executive Director has set up a meeting with myself, and the other woman who also works on the phone lines.
We have been in a limbo stage for about 2 years, with no one really knowing how to best utilize our abilities. We had gone from a team of 8, to just the 2 of us, from 45,000 calls per year, to 4000. It has been so frustrating, to have all this knowledge about seniors services, programs, and other provincial benefits for residents, and not be able to use it.
As of this Monday, she and I have been transferred over to the just developed Office of the Senior's Advocate. The mandate is to deal with the systemic issues of seniors in the province, and provide stats and recommendations to the government. We will be answering the toll free lines and responding to correspondence, provide one on one support to seniors again, and also work as analysts.
They have been getting so many calls from seniors who want them to look at individual cases, that they decided we were the perfect fit.
No promotion or raise, but finally some real work to make me feel like I have accomplished something at the end of the day. Lots of room to move up, as this is just a new venture, and we can build up services.
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Whoo hoo!
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Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Good luck. I hope you'll be able to do some good there.
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Congrats!
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Bueno!
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No, she's north of the border.SpacemanSpiff wrote:Bueno!
Très bon!
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Congrats! Maybe the upgrade or raise or both will follow.
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GO SAUCY-KINS!!!
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Nice! Hope you'll soon be reaping additional financial awards.
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It's nice to have a challenge to sink your teeth into - happy for you!
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Excellent! A perfect fit for someone with both compassion strength...you will do very well.
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I was sure I had responded to this.....
Yay for you! Glad they figured out where you would be most helpful!
Yay for you! Glad they figured out where you would be most helpful!
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Congratulations, Saucy!
A raise and promotion would have been nice, though.
A raise and promotion would have been nice, though.