I may be leaving this job way sooner than I figured....sm - LoveMT

Several things have happened in the last 6 to 8 weeks or so where my accounts are concerned.  First, my primary account was changed to basically a secondary and the worst of the worst accounts (which happened to be like #4 in my list/queue) was moved to the #1 slot.  It didn't take me 2 weeks to realize that I was going to have a nervous breakdown if I had to continually do this particular account ALL of the time (and I do mean ALL of the time) because pretty much no one else is working on it or even wants to work on it.  Can't say that I blame them one single bit either! 

I have requested my original primary be moved back to #1 and be allowed to do the "horrible" account occasionally or even 2nd in line.... That was probably 4 weeks ago.... STILL nothing has changed.  My production has taken a nose dive into nothingness, and of course my paycheck is suffering.  I have taken to working on my days off here and there, staying on an extra 30 minutes to an hour, etc. in order to make up time lost when this "horrid" account has no work at all and/or trying to get some good production in with my secondary account, all the while paying careful attention to my hours so I don't go over the 40 hours. 

I am beyond stressed out!  I'm either not sleeping at all or wanting to sleep ALL of the time because the ONLY thing I do when I'm out of bed is sit at this computer and frantically try to make a paycheck that will at least get me to the next paycheck!  I feel like a dog chasing my dang tail!  I have sent 2 emails in the past week to my TSM requesting to talk about this and have received no reply at all... That seems especially strange to me because she's normally fantastic about answering emails, AND she is a really good TSM.

Just when I thought I couldn't take another minute of the stress, a friend called me about a prospective job opening.  She is leaving her office position at one of our local electric companies and she said that her supervisor/boss told her he has no idea how he's going to replace her.  He told her he has plenty of resumes on file, but none that he would even consider for her position.  She said she immediately thought of me!  She briefly spoke with him and then she called to tell me to bring my resume in on Monday.  She's going to let him know that she would be willing to train me prior to her leaving, and she has about 6 to 8 weeks before she is officially on her last day. 

My friend loves her job and doesn't really want to leave, but she has a new baby, a husband in the military who works away from home for months at a time, and she is finding it difficult to keep up the hectic pace of work and a baby and having to do it alone most of the time since he is away.  She doesn't "have" to work, so she made the choice to quit her job and be a stay-at-home mom until her son is older.  She said her boss is very family oriented and always tells his employees that "family should always come first before anything else, even a job."  He treats his employees as though they were his family members. 

She told him I'd be perfect for her position, and she pointed out that she had absolutely no experience when he hired her, so she knows that I shouldn't have any problem learning the ropes.  She has really put in a good word for me! 

My fellow MTs, please say a prayer for me, send good thoughts, or whatever it is that you believe in!  I am so very much hoping that this job opening becomes mine.  The advantage for me is that he hasn't advertised the position and the only people who know my friend is leaving are him and her. 

I can't take any more stress in the current situation I'm in at Nuance.  I can't even do it for the 4-5 months that I had initially figured I could make it through and then quit.  So, keep me in your good thoughts for Monday!  You guys have all been a huge inspiration to me many times when I have come here to the board and have been feeling like throwing my computer out the window and my hands up in the air and just saying "I QUIT!" 

My wish for each and every one of you who are unhappy and struggling is that you find a place to work that gives you some peace and at the very least treats you with respect.  You all deserve much better than what you have been given here lately!

Hang in there my friends!