Time is Looming.....

Although I've only been in my job for 2 years, these people have become my family away from home. It is sad to know that in a few weeks we will all be parting for new positions across the state and I will have to get to know my new co-workers as I did when I was first hired by Scott State Prison. I love meeting new people, but I hate losing the ones that have become so close.

The closing is hitting closer to home and the signs of the closure are all around. People from Atlanta came this weekend and marked all furniture for removal using masking tape and sharpies. It makes you feel like they want to hurry and get the furniture out as well as wanting to hurry up and get us out of here. It makes you feel less appreciated and more like a number, a worker bee if you will. The quicker they can kick us all to the curb the quicker the state can spend their money (that they supposedly don't have) elsewhere.

Although I'm 30 years old I am scared to start a new job. There will be new procedures and new people. I became accustomed to the way things were done around here and I have no idea how it will be where I'm going next. All in all, I will be the new kid, and nobody wants to be the new kid in town. Will they like me? Will I be able to do my job properly? Will I be appreciated? Will I have to earn the respect I earned here all over again? These are the things going on in my mind right now.

Hopefully I will get the job I want (Central Office - Human Resources/PR) instead of being a Clerk at a warehouse here in town. I feel that my brain will get much better use at Central Office and I will also be able to learn the workings of the Department where I've put all my blood, sweat, and tears for the past 2 years.

I know, I know.....yes, at least I have a job.....but that's like telling a doctor that yes, they are losing their job, but at least McDonald's was willing to hire them. At least he/she has a job, right? Okay, so I'm not comparing an Operations Analyst Tech position to that of a doctor, but where they sent me is about 3 steps down. The position I was given does not require a degree or any experience, so I am fearful that it will be mundane, brain-boring work and that all I have learned will be for nothing.

Okay, so I will stop being negative and will continue to hope that the Commissioner and all the higher-ups will realize how much of an assett I am and will give me the chance to prove myself in Atlanta. I want to show them that I am not someone they can just throw aside to some warehouse and forget about. I will prove to them that they need me more than I need them and that they are lucky to have me around.

But yes, as the days go by the closing time looms. August 15th will be the last day that Scott State Prison will be open and will be the beginning of a new life for me.......