On the bright side
Nov. 13th, 2011 10:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularFor me, "family" often means just the immediate family; my folks, my brother, and me. Beyond that, cousins, aunts, uncles, and extended family are sort of mentally grouped as "the clan". Which gets quite extensive; on one of the Greek islands, about a quarter of the permanent population is part of my clan.
And it was the clan that got me my job. Well, clan connections got me the initial internship, which gave me a chance to show that I was worth keeping on, so I don't exactly feel an incredible sense of shame over it. Only one of the Senior Partners is part of the clan, and the other Senior Partners could have locked me out if I hadn't shown I was worth taking a chance on.
And word through the clan connections is that the office is quite satisfied with the work I've been doing, to the point where it was apparently worth mentioning that my job is not in jeopardy (hey, it's a rough economy, and Greece is in a recession).
So that's a bit heartening.
Assuming I don't stick my foot in my mouth up to the kneecap over the Christmas-break issue...
And it was the clan that got me my job. Well, clan connections got me the initial internship, which gave me a chance to show that I was worth keeping on, so I don't exactly feel an incredible sense of shame over it. Only one of the Senior Partners is part of the clan, and the other Senior Partners could have locked me out if I hadn't shown I was worth taking a chance on.
And word through the clan connections is that the office is quite satisfied with the work I've been doing, to the point where it was apparently worth mentioning that my job is not in jeopardy (hey, it's a rough economy, and Greece is in a recession).
So that's a bit heartening.
Assuming I don't stick my foot in my mouth up to the kneecap over the Christmas-break issue...
