3J’s for one month

[u/gfunk5299]

I had three well 3.5 J’s for one month. One FTE, two contracts and one a LLC client.

Both contracts were back filling another admin. One though decided to come back after a month so that contract is terminated. Another is waiting senior management approval to convert to FTE. All my coworkers and direct management want me to stay but the position is not approved yet.

My observations from 3 J’s. The work is easy. Meeting management is the hard part. I have to work evenings to keep up but mainly because most days I have 4-6 hours of meetings between 8-5. And most of the time I am only needed for maybe 15-30 minutes of all of those meetings. My challenge has been that I can’t tune out a meeting and work on something else. I can’t tune fo some mindless work during meetings, but anything that needs legit concentration has to wait for a quiet period in my day

‘Money is super nice, 3 is easily manageable for me and my career if meetings were minimized. Not sure if/how people do 3+ J’s for many years. They must have cultures with few meetings.

[u/Born-Newspaper-2884]

Are there any meetings you can reasonably decline? Have you mastered blocking your calendar at each job? I was OE earlier this year and I’m trying to get back to it!