marie.
one of the talent managers at one of the creative talent agencies under which i am registered phoned me this morning, minutes after i had woken up (late, again).
i decided this morning that i really don’t like this woman.
as a person, she’s probably nice. i’d probably get along with her aces in a non-professional capacity. but professionally, i’ve signed her off.
after not hearing from her following that July faux pas, where she sold me on a desperately needed week-long assignment that turned out to be anything other than what i was told it would be (causing me to cancel the assignment five minutes after i arrived), she phoned this morning to see how i was doing. i cynically said, “ehh. what’s up?”
“i have an assignment that you might be interested in pursuing. it’s at an ad agency, but it’s really dull work. also, it’s a little closer to you, being located in downtown Bellevue.”
i perked up. “really? okay! shoot.”
“well, it’s for a — wait, you do line drawing and illustration, right?”
there was a brief pause. “um, no,” i deadpanned. “that’s not one of my skill sets. it isn’t listed on my profile, because i cannot draw by freehand.”
“oh,” she hesitantly acknowledged. “well, if you want, i could let you know how other things are. design is down, training is down, but marketing requests are up.”
“say,” i asked, “how about writing?”
“there really aren’t any writing assignments right now, but as you know, that can always change.”
[did i mention how much i now hate the "but things are constantly changing!" perky uptick that these talent people throw at me? i'm not stupid. we're adults. i can talk the straight dope as necessary, and it won't insult my intelligence if you can just be candid and honest about just how sour these job sectors have been for, oh, the last 727 days -- or when the buildings came down.]
“well, keep me up to date, marie.”
“thanks, accozzaglia. have a good day! bye!”
actually, to be fair, i don’t remember a single thing she said after she dropped the “things are always changing” remark. as the only person at the Seattle branch of this company whom i have not met in person (i’ve met three others, one whom is now in NYC), it sits irksome with me that after she fucked up on that assignment, just before jetting off on a vacation with her husband later that week, she never once wrote or called me after she got back to either acknowledge the mistake or just to check up and see what my status was, much less foster good relations with their talent pool. which is, i might add, their greatest asset.
i’ll forget that i’ve even been a part of their talent pool for the last four years in two different cities.
screw this. i need to move. i’m so done here.