luxanna-banana replied to your post “It looks like Lurie Children's has several Foundation/fundraising jobs...”
I bet your fundraisers LOVE being compared to Bond. XD
It’s honestly not an inappropriate comparison. One of the things I like about working with fundraisers is that they are fundamentally incapable of allowing things to be awkward. The best fundraisers are never at a loss for conversation and never make you feel uncomfortable -- it’s a very bond-suave kind of deal. For a person who is anxious about conversation and frequently awkward, it can be very soothing to know you’ll be in a meeting/sharing a cab/having a meal with a fundraiser.
That said, it is funny watching them switch it on and off -- some of them are naturally charismatic but for some of them it’s a very specific act, and when they’re done with Being A Fundraiser they turn it off and turn into super hilariously awkward weirdos.
francesweyr replied to your post “So, if you have noticed that I’ve been a little quiet lately – and I...”
I sometimes wonder if becoming a manager turns you into a jerk or if biding your time to let your inner jerk flourish is a prerequisite for promotion. Take care of yourself and good luck.
I think it’s often a function of the company you work for -- if certain personality traits are valued by the company, certain people float to the top by specific virtue of being assholes. Self-promotion really does get one to the top a lot of the time and it’s generally a symptom of narcissism. One of our current senior managers is a delightful person who just works her ass off, and one of them is an incompetent asshole who is very good at kissing ass and throwing other people under the bus.
siancrosslinisback replied to your post “It looks like Lurie Children's has several Foundation/fundraising jobs...”
Holy shit, they cut you down from a 10 man to a 2 man team and *haven't even listed the positions yet????* Yikes and also I hope you find a better place soon!
Not quite that bad -- our 10 person department is down by four, but the department is split into two teams and unfortunately my team took the hit, so we are down from six to two. So we have six of 10 employees total, which isn’t awful, but my team is missing four of six. And since my team does much of the ACTUAL WORK while the other team mostly theorizes and writes white papers, it’s a struggle.
It wasn’t a big deal when only one person was out, but we’ve had three leave within four weeks of each other, which is a pretty big deal, especially since one was a manager and one was a senior analyst like me. We’ll hold it together for a while, especially since the manager mostly shoved all her work off onto someone else and is thus not a huge loss, but if one more person leaves we’ll be in genuine trouble.
levynite replied to your post “You know, it’s so joyous to see new canon arrive and reignite a...”
gomens make me think of japanese gomen
Honestly I don’t care for it, but it seems to be the way fandom is trending and who am I to buck a trend :D
lem0ncakes replied to your post “I’ve gotten both my fandom and personal email inboxes down to under 10...”
Last time I tried to do that my email blocked me because of “suspicious activity”. I do have over 10000 unread emails so I that could be why...
iamshadow21 replied to your post “I’ve gotten both my fandom and personal email inboxes down to under 10...”
You did good. I have 120 tabs open right now.
Both of these comments gave me genuine cold sweats. My very specific brand of anxiety would never allow me either of those things. I have 5-10 pinned tabs at any given time but if I end the week with unpinned tabs I have to go through them and close them down or else I would just freak the fuck out. And I can’t deal with unread emails, I have to at least read them.
crofethr replied to your post “It looks like Lurie Children's has several Foundation/fundraising jobs...”
Sam, I missed something and the mobile app is being a shit so I can't find anything relevant in backscroll- are you job hunting? Bc if so, my sister just mentioned that her (nonprofit) employer is hiring both on-site and remote positions. Let me know if I've interpreted correctly on limited info, lol, and I'll get you a link if you need it.
LOL yes I am job hunting. Definitely hit me up with the link, feel free to email, copperbadge at gmail.com, or leave a comment with the link. I’m especially interested in remote positions, since Chicago’s job market for my field is pretty empty right now.
