It’s also the ellipse on the venn diagram of ‘days I work’ and ‘days the woman I jobshare with works’
I didn’t used to jobshare. I used to have my own job, my own routine, my own way of doing what I did. The business couldn’t reduce my hours in my old job, and luckily TWIJW wanted to work less so they came up with a plan.
And obviously, I’m now sharing her job. And her routine. And her way of doing what she does. Which is fine. Except “The Business”, taking the opportunity of a fresh set of eyes (i.e. me), wants her job, routine and way of doing stuff changed. I am excelling at this, but at the cost of making TWIJW quite grumpy. And why wouldn’t she be. This is something she’s done for years and within the space of a few weeks it’s all turned up on it’s head. By me. Processes have been changed. Documents re-written. Date and time in spreadsheets inputted slightly differently. Oh, the horror!
My job title, and that of TWIJW obviously, is currently “Change Analyst”. The irony being, of course, that she is so utterly resistant to any form of change in her own role.
It will settle down, I’m sure. In the meantime it makes Wednesdays less enjoyable than they should be.
