What’s my job, again?

Okay, so I haven’t blogged in a while.  But have no fear – Corporate America is still quite annoying, and I’m back with plenty of fodder for more blog posts.

So since my last blog post, I’ve been moved around the company (yet again) and have had two – count ’em – TWO new positions.  This means that, in my four-year stint with Big Business, I’ve had a total of five positions with six different managers.  I suppose it keeps things interesting, but at the same time, I don’t gain enough experience in any specific field to get promoted – I just get moved laterally along the bottom.  Story of my career.  So first I was in marketing communications, then I was in customer references, then communications again, then references again, then communications again.  All in four years.  Yeah, really gives you the opportunity to grow.  With any luck, I’ll get moved back to references again before the year is up.  This will likely happen right when I’m getting comfortable in my current job role and forming relationships with my new team members.  I can only hope…

So anyway, in my latest position, I honestly don’t even know what my official job title is, or what I’m responsible for.  If I weren’t getting my bi-weekly paycheck, there would be no confirmation that I’m still employed with the company.  It’s ambiguous to me sometimes.  Maybe I’m kind of like Milton from Office Space, but without a stapler – the company had gotten rid of him ages ago, but a glitch in the payroll system meant he still got a paycheck.  Or, maybe I’ve found some kind of loophole where I get assigned such little work to do that I can live out the American Dream and get paid to do nothing!  Hmmm…

Corporate Word of the Week:

centricity (n) – This is a word that nobody ever uses except at work.  Apparently, you can nounize the word “centric.”  Like how I just verbified the word “noun.”  I guess it’s this like “electricity” or “publicity?”  Maybe, but it’s a tad too corporate for my tastes.

example – The new Big Initiative focuses on customer centricity as a key sales play.