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Someone gave me a quite interesting job offer last week as she thinks I am a very PERFORMATIVE person. This I really didn’t know. Every time I open my mouth people either think I am a pain in the ass (my boss, my husband, one of my teachers; as I always have to discuss everything), or completely weird (my friends, my colleagues, the rest of my family, any stranger; as they don’t get my sense of humour). It was nice to get a third opinion!
I have found out that if I ever want a new job, I can only get one through my network. The almost 11 years I have been in Denmark, I have had 3 jobs and every single one because somebody called me and offered me a job. I am a person who always thinks that the grass is greener on the other side so I am constantly looking for a new job. This might also be because I can’t handle responsibility and it is hard to avoid, no matter how hard I try to resist. I have been sending applications once in a while but they give quite poor results. Last time I was on this kind of interview, the guy started with “Well, you are in fact overqualified for this job”. Me overqualified? I have no qualifications of what so ever (unless being able to keep balance on high heels after 10 mojitos is a qualification), so if they think I am overqualified, the place must be full of morons. And if I should work together with morons, I must get paid for it. I made a totally unreasonable salary demand, and got a polite letter explaining that they had found another one matching better the profile. Someone less expensive one.
So I have decided not to waste my time on these useless applications, I wait people to call me. I just love when some one starts the phone conversation with “Are you happy with your work?”, especially if it happens at the office. Then I make sure my boss hears me; “Well, Per, now that you ask, I am quite happy despite the lousy salary, but I am always interested in what you can offer…”. At this point my boss is getting nervous tics, and begins to wonder if I actually have some qualifications she is not aware of. It seems though to go longer and longer between these unexpected phone calls; I am simply too lazy and bored to go to the endless cocktail parties, receptions and dinners where I could meet boring people offering me boring jobs.
But now I am seriously thinking about the latest one, could there be a whole new future for me being performative? Oh, it sounds fun, but also a lot of work, I think I will stay where I am. Nicely, lazily, comfortably; even with a lousy salary.
I have found out that if I ever want a new job, I can only get one through my network. The almost 11 years I have been in Denmark, I have had 3 jobs and every single one because somebody called me and offered me a job. I am a person who always thinks that the grass is greener on the other side so I am constantly looking for a new job. This might also be because I can’t handle responsibility and it is hard to avoid, no matter how hard I try to resist. I have been sending applications once in a while but they give quite poor results. Last time I was on this kind of interview, the guy started with “Well, you are in fact overqualified for this job”. Me overqualified? I have no qualifications of what so ever (unless being able to keep balance on high heels after 10 mojitos is a qualification), so if they think I am overqualified, the place must be full of morons. And if I should work together with morons, I must get paid for it. I made a totally unreasonable salary demand, and got a polite letter explaining that they had found another one matching better the profile. Someone less expensive one.
So I have decided not to waste my time on these useless applications, I wait people to call me. I just love when some one starts the phone conversation with “Are you happy with your work?”, especially if it happens at the office. Then I make sure my boss hears me; “Well, Per, now that you ask, I am quite happy despite the lousy salary, but I am always interested in what you can offer…”. At this point my boss is getting nervous tics, and begins to wonder if I actually have some qualifications she is not aware of. It seems though to go longer and longer between these unexpected phone calls; I am simply too lazy and bored to go to the endless cocktail parties, receptions and dinners where I could meet boring people offering me boring jobs.
But now I am seriously thinking about the latest one, could there be a whole new future for me being performative? Oh, it sounds fun, but also a lot of work, I think I will stay where I am. Nicely, lazily, comfortably; even with a lousy salary.
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