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I went from being unhireable to "o shit we better hire somebody like this ... whatever the hell this person is"
Nobody understands my job, not really. Some of the higher ups have realized the last person royally screwed up beyond comprehension. Oddly enough there's a power struggle for who controls me (which is amazing given nobody understands even the regs I'm working with). The rest are just pissed they're inconvenienced. It took years to create this problem and nobody is fixing it in a month, especially while doing 100 other things at the same time....
When my supervisor was explaining how he understood things being screwed up, he was shocked I was a.) "able to write so damn much," and b.) "not coming up for air somehow."
I've seen this shit before; it didn't go well. I demand a shovel to start digging this damn backlog burying us. Basically, I'm doing shit that should've been done years ago. Meanwhile, amazingly, I'm building the support of the everyday poor bastards who are stuck in this flaming shitstorm. Largely, because I treat everyone with respect and I'm not a jackass. I stepped onto a sinking ship and the smarter of the crew are so glad to see somebody start bailing water and patching holes that they don't know what to do with themselves.
Don't know if this will float or if it's too far gone to fix alone, but I'm going to give it a damn good shot.
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