I'd like to describe the job I now will likely hold for a few more days (at least, until my immediate supervisor returns from her Hawaii vacation.)
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Unlike my position at the US Census, people at my current job see me as an oversized older woman named Marian. Only one person in HR officially knows my legal identity is that of a male named Mario. Most of the tasks in the office are highly repetitive. For example, I did QC on scanned documents. This meant that I scanned the documents for blank pages, poorly scanned images, and other flaws that would require operator intervention. Now, I perform document indexing. This means that I will inspect a document such as (Disciplinary Suspension of Rudolph Guiliani's License to Practice Law) and then enter indexing data into a database where this document resides. In both cases, I had the opportunity to do a little more than just do my job. I took the opportunity to learn things people wouldn't normally learn by keeping my eyes open - and then keep my mouth shut about the details of what information to which I once had access. (I'll never be able to talk about personal data I may have gathered as part of my duties at the Census Bureau, and I treat the non-public data I've seen on this job in the same way.) Privately, I might say a little bit more than what I've mentioned here - but not much. The reason I reference the disciplinary action taken against Rudy Guiliani is that this is a public document, something which has been published in the New York Times.
Unfortunately, I can not say much more than I have done so far. It has been a good experience for me, as it has shown me some of my shortcomings and my limitations. Since I expect to be leaving this job soon, I am glad that I have been there for 6 months (so far), and I wish them all the best luck going forward.
