Big Oof.
Hey everyone, seems like people liked last night's post style, so I'll try to do that more often! Not today though, since I need to sleep soon, and it's already past midnight. Instead I'll list out things that happened, and how I felt about them.
- We planned our next two months out, in terms of the projects our team will pick up. In the process, the upper management kept asking us if we were sure we wanted to commit to all the work, But if we ever said we might be unable to finish, they are like "no, you have to finish all the work. Figure out how to make it fit!"
- Super annoyed at this. It happens every single time for the past half year. If we don't have a choice, then don't pretend to give us input. They've been trying to make the team "involved" in planning so that we take ownership of the work, but almost all of the team is being severely underpaid. At this point, we all just go through the motions, because our input is not actually taken into account by the higher ups... Soo I just zone out during these planning meetings. :)
- Got news that the unproductive team member is being removed from the team, and the company.
- At first I was super excited/happy. Wow... I sound like an asshole (sorry for the language). When I initially found out, I thought he was just being moved to a different team, but we found out he's actually leaving the company. One of our other teammates brought up that he is here on a work visa, and then I started to feel pretty bad. We got him... removed (read: fired). What if his visa get's revoked? What if he can't find a job and gets deported?? WE DID THIS... D: Turns out hes going to work at the HQ of his contracting company. So, slightly less worried now, but I'm still feeling pretty bad. Hopefully he improves there, because they are probably going to be watching him closely. So basically, happy that he is no longer inflating our capacity for work without contributing, but feeling bad because our complaints about his lack of ability got him removed (read: fired). Oof.
- Vocal lessons went worse than last week.
- I feel like I should practice more than once a week. Probably. Although last week I sounded really good, and I didn't practice at all for two weeks before...
So that was today. In other news, I've decided who I want to cosplay, but I'm just gonna post pictures after I'm done, at the convention (if I finish it). Planning to buy fabric this weekend, so hopefully 1 month is enough time to make the costume.Next time there is excitement, I'll write another excerpt. Or maybe I'll write one when there's absolutely nothing exciting. Probably not if I've forgotten and it's already midnight though.