Since moving to the big city of Chicago our family has faced challenges: moving, settling in, making friends, deciding where to shop. But no challenge has tested us like the IT jobs of the city.
My husband is a highly skilled Computer Administrator with many years and competency under his belt. But these are the not the values that are normed here. Oh no! Competency Shompetency! Give me passive aggressive double talk and procrastination. I'd wager a bet that if there was an Information Technology workers union this could be their slogan. Oh wait, they (the Chicago IT workers) would never be able to sustain that level of organization. So we, the forgotten IT workers family, are left wandering in the dark, tripping over our own work ethics.
When we were first married I wasn't always very good at expressing my opinion. My background and immaturity sometimes hindered the assertion of my opinions. At my husbands insisting, I grew up and became more assertive. I no longer confused my husband with my wish-washy-ho-hum-kind-of speeches. Now I feel I can give my opinion in a helpful and non-threatening way.
This morning my husband and I were trying to decide what to do for dinner. He was saying one thing and meaning another. I was so confused. Who was this? Where was my competent husband who had no time for passive aggressive poop?! The body snatchers (Corporate "Culture") have come to replace my husband with a less-than-articulate doppelgänger. *sigh*
Now my husband is job searching again and the sharks are beginning to circle. (Recruiters) What scares me the most: What if the crap he's dealing with at his current job doesn't necessarily going away when he finds a new one?
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