So how’s work going?

The holidays have come and gone and with it—I thought—the question I never knew how to answer: “So how’s work going for you, Jenn?”

I’ll be honest. I don’t love my job. Most days, I don’t even like my job. Some days, in fact, I even hate it. But what can I do? It’s a recession? I should just be happy to avoid the ranks of the unemployed, right?

Well, two weeks ago, they “asked” me to move upstairs to save my boss from drowning in the work requests they had been giving her. They also “asked” me to continue my regular design/editing duties as well as add some property & casualty insurance duties. A move that I had resisted for the past two years. But I couldn’t refuse them because it’s a recession, right? So I moved. And, once again, everyone was asking me how I liked my job.

I lied through my teeth.

Fast forward to today when I find out that they just created a new communications department—and I’m not in it. What’s more, they’ve moved over a former client service representative to head this new department. And, the kicker, the new department gets to help revamp everything and may even get to take classes—the very things I requested at my yearly review in November.

Nope. Instead, I’m making labels.

I was livid. Suddenly, I was fighting back tears to the point where my head was exploding, and I was just fine walking around outside without a coat. I couldn’t breathe and when I’d try and talk, only the first third of the sentence would actually come out.

And, driving home from work, it hit me. This feels exactly like getting dumped.

I need a new job.