so i’ve been given a kind of a promotion for the next 90 days. my boss had talked with me a week or so ago about career progression, and she mentioned how our quarterly business review team (QBR… they go out once a quarter to large customers to give them a snapshot of what their accounts are currently like) was looking for someone for a special 90-day project and she was going to tell them about me. at the very least it would help me understand more about an analyst’s role and duties, since an analyst position would be my next position to go for.
today my manager (my boss’ boss) came over and asked if i could step into his office for a talk. i wasn’t that nervous, but i found out in the last few days about some really elementary mistakes i made and thought he was going to have a chat with me about them. can i help it if i’m slipping because i’m feeling burnt out? anyway, he tells me that our reporting and analysis team needs someone for a special project together with our finance and legal teams — it’s something totally separate from that project with the QBR team — for 90 days, and he says that if i don’t feel like it’s right for me it doesn’t preclude me from applying to other positions in the meantime. i’d be really the only non-analyst (or higher) person on this 7-person team, and unfortunately from what i’ve understood from other peoples’ previous special projects there’s no pay increase during the project itself. anyway, it’s basically seeming like it’s a crack team where we figure out how best to track down issues before they become issues… there’s audit teams and all, but it’s more of a team that tries to answer questions like “how can we streamline processes?” / “why are these issues occurring?”, etc., and it seems i’m going to be learning about SOX compliance as part of this role too.
it’s all hush-hush at the office, though. i can’t tell my coworkers about it because those who need to know, know, and those who don’t, don’t. mostly it’s to keep rumors down.
in any case, it’s kind of funny i was approached about this today, since the day before i applied for an analyst position with the reporting and analysis team as part of the systems group. what a way to streamline myself in there! bahahaha