Friday, July 22, 2005

5 years and counting, I hope

Today is my 5 year anniversary working for the State of Utah. Woohoo! I first started out as an unpaid intern with the Department of Workforce Services on the Mountainland regional administration team. I was also a client of the agency having my own caseload on food stamps and child care benefits. I went on to an Accounting technician for about 4 1/2 years, then to where I am now, Financial Analyst II! Sure I can't take all the credit. Others have left and given me the opportunities, but I have also worked hard to earn where I am. The reason I say I hope on counting for more years is the regional administrative teams for all state agencies will no longer be. All administrative duties will be done at a state leve rather than regional. Since we've been governed under Huntsman, one of his goals is to do as much work with less people working. Our agency is the first to start this initiation. That's us. We are always so efficient and the first to start piloting these things. Not only administration but HR and Information Tech will also be greatly reduced in the amount of people working. So I am really unsure of where they will be putting me for now, but at least we know there will not be a reduction in force for us and HR, unlike the IT guys. I suppose I have done about everything in administration on my team, why not learn something new? If I do go anywhere, it will either be working for the Finance Division or as an eligilibity specialist. That's my two options and I have to say that I am interested in both so I don't have any other plans of leaving DWS at this time. Call me crazy. It's still up in the air.

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