life on fast forward

Job update: What the hell is the rush with everyone lately?

I had to do the writing assessment for the writer job in the other subsidiary this past weekend (yes, I'm grumbling). At least it didn't take me the whole weekend to do it, and funnily enough, it was the exact same assessment I did two years ago this month for the subsidiary I'm in (jeez, this full circle stuff), so it wasn't all that difficult. I've told several people in charge that I can write an alternate assessment to keep the playing field fair if they want, but no one's listening to me. Can't say I didn't try to play nice.

I find out this morning that an interview is scheduled with my co-workers this afternoon. It was a fluke that I happened to be a bit more dressed up than usual today, and I managed to put together a string book of writing samples in a matter of an hour or two. It was very awkward being interviewed by co-workers, and six of them at once no less. I've worked for the other subsidiary before, and I'm familiar with what they do, so that made it more weird - it was hard to find things to talk about. I'm feeling kind of humiliated about the whole thing, but I can't work out why.

And lastly, to make it all the more fun, I get a call this afternoon from a recruiter from an outside company inquiring if I'd be interested in another position similar to the one I'm applying for internally, and that one also requires a writing assessment, and it's similar to the one I just had to do, down to writing an editorial, and it's all on cardiology, which is one of my specialization areas. So may as well try for that one too, just in case.

At least I'm writing a lot...