New Office, New Duties The restructuring guys came into my office today just to let me know how the new operation was going to function. Essentially I am now the head of our department, complete with attendant "management" responsibilities. I get the ball first and then have to decide where and how much to sluff off. Ha ha ha, the power!! I feel like a shortstop. I decide where & how to get the order out.

The downside will be that I don't get complete autonomous reign of my office any longer, but that's OK. I have an assistant now. I don't mind sharing space with someone that will do work that I (should/could) do. I'm not that aloof. And since I'm the ranking desk in the office classical music will most assuredly remain on. Actually, I know the girl that I am being paired up with and she's a straight shooter. She has a degree in Economics and is very diligent. I've seen her work over the past few months and its all top notch, so I don't mind working with her.

I think this reorganization makes a lot of sense and I told the restructuring guys as much. If not to fluff their egos so much then because I actually believe it. The CSRs should not be doing processing work as they will always fudge it up. It's not their fault, really, there's a lot of stuff for them to do. They can't be expected to perform so many functions competently. In a way I despise the CSRs for their lamentations. I have a thing about complaining and pain. I am cold in that way, I have been told. Someone once described it as "masculine" which I did not know to take as a compliment or a put down. I view the CSRs (or Account Executives) as really little more than glorified receptionists. For the jobs that they do there should not be so much noise about how much it sucks.  ¶ 11:28 AM