Yesterday, I was called in to work to see a lady from OHT (Occupational Health Therapy) which went very well. She realised that under the circumstances it was not at all surprising that I was stressed and unable to work.
I must admit that I do miss work a lot but it would be silly to go back just because of that and end up getting ill again. However, whilst I was there anyway, I thought I might as well call in and see my manager to talk about the current situation and the proposed changes that are happening to our department.
She told me that the job that I had unofficially been doing the last 18 months had now been made into a position, which I was welcome to apply for. If for some reason, I didn't get it, I would automatically fall back on becoming a development assistant again, which is the job I wanted to do in the first place.
My dilemma now is that do I really want to go back to working under the same stressful conditions as I did before? We are moving offices soon but there would be no particular benefit to me from it as I would still be expected to share the phone line and the office exactly the same. That means that I have all the noise and distractions as I did before and if I need to make a phone call and someone else is using the phone I would have to wait. That in turn means that my phone call will most likely be forgotten.
On the other hand, working as a development assistant does no longer have the same appeal as it did before. I used to love having a property to myself and do everything that needed to be done with out any interfering. Now I would be sharing all the work with other people who do not have the same work ethic or the same views, which can cause personality clashes and apathy.
For the time being I have decided not to do anything. I will wait for the job description to come out for the SDM job and then decide which action to take. There is no need to make any rash decisions at this stage.
I shall keep you posted on my decision.
I must admit that I do miss work a lot but it would be silly to go back just because of that and end up getting ill again. However, whilst I was there anyway, I thought I might as well call in and see my manager to talk about the current situation and the proposed changes that are happening to our department.
She told me that the job that I had unofficially been doing the last 18 months had now been made into a position, which I was welcome to apply for. If for some reason, I didn't get it, I would automatically fall back on becoming a development assistant again, which is the job I wanted to do in the first place.
My dilemma now is that do I really want to go back to working under the same stressful conditions as I did before? We are moving offices soon but there would be no particular benefit to me from it as I would still be expected to share the phone line and the office exactly the same. That means that I have all the noise and distractions as I did before and if I need to make a phone call and someone else is using the phone I would have to wait. That in turn means that my phone call will most likely be forgotten.
On the other hand, working as a development assistant does no longer have the same appeal as it did before. I used to love having a property to myself and do everything that needed to be done with out any interfering. Now I would be sharing all the work with other people who do not have the same work ethic or the same views, which can cause personality clashes and apathy.
For the time being I have decided not to do anything. I will wait for the job description to come out for the SDM job and then decide which action to take. There is no need to make any rash decisions at this stage.
I shall keep you posted on my decision.
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