Friday, August 19, 2005
One of the reasons why I left my job at the library for this new position is because as a union job it offered more stability, security, and benefits. I had been working a temp job for over a year and I wasn't enamoured with spinning my wheels in a job I wasn't sure I was any good at. There were no raises, no evaluations, and no vacations. In short, there were no benchmarks by which I could judge my relative worth.
The new position offered constant dialogue with my bosses, benefits, and hopefully some movement that was not just lateral. There was only one catch, there might be a work stoppage. I mulled it over for about two seconds and decided that I could not pass up a job working in a field that I have always been drawn to. I was also trying to convince myself that negotiations would get done and work would continue uninterupted. I'm an optimist like that sometimes. In retrospect, I may just be naive.
I don't regret taking a job that in a cold reality could only be mine for two weeks. The job has lived up to all expectations I had for it. How proud am I to say I work(ed?) at the CBC?
When it comes to broadcasting in Canada, I can't even begin to think of anything comparable. I never fell in love with Bumper Stumpers on Global, I never had a soft spot for Check it Out on CTV, but I can recite the panelists of Front Page Challenge (or at least those from my era) without a problem : Pierre Berton, Betty Kennedy, Jack Webster, and Allan Fotheringham.
What worries me is that maybe I'm in the minority when it comes to those feelings towards the CBC. I have been reading the words of a number of people who have attacked the CBC for being an out of date albatross (dodo) that hasn't reflected the concerns and wants of its intended audience in years. It's a bad time to be getting a wake up call.
The new position offered constant dialogue with my bosses, benefits, and hopefully some movement that was not just lateral. There was only one catch, there might be a work stoppage. I mulled it over for about two seconds and decided that I could not pass up a job working in a field that I have always been drawn to. I was also trying to convince myself that negotiations would get done and work would continue uninterupted. I'm an optimist like that sometimes. In retrospect, I may just be naive.
I don't regret taking a job that in a cold reality could only be mine for two weeks. The job has lived up to all expectations I had for it. How proud am I to say I work(ed?) at the CBC?
When it comes to broadcasting in Canada, I can't even begin to think of anything comparable. I never fell in love with Bumper Stumpers on Global, I never had a soft spot for Check it Out on CTV, but I can recite the panelists of Front Page Challenge (or at least those from my era) without a problem : Pierre Berton, Betty Kennedy, Jack Webster, and Allan Fotheringham.
What worries me is that maybe I'm in the minority when it comes to those feelings towards the CBC. I have been reading the words of a number of people who have attacked the CBC for being an out of date albatross (dodo) that hasn't reflected the concerns and wants of its intended audience in years. It's a bad time to be getting a wake up call.
# posted by Die Brucke @ 10:28 AM 
