Workplace Gripe Fest

     I decided to go ahead and take advantage of the freedom we have been given with this week's blog post assignment and vent about a situation that has been bothering me at work.  I am hoping that if any of you can relate to this, you will provide your opinions and help me make some decisions on where to go from here.  Before I get started, I do want to let you know that I did take a step in the right direction to begin correcting this matter by having an in-depth conversation with my boss today.
     This part might be a little boring, but I have to explain what it is I do so that you will understand why I have been unhappy with recent changes at work.  I work as an accounting assistant and it has been a great learning experience that has been increasing my resume's value; especially considering I am an Accounting Major.  When I first started, I spent the majority of my time balancing bank accounts and analyzing all of the activity in our ledger accounts to ensure accuracy.  When I found a problem, I would also be given the opportunity to provide a solution.  This was the ideal job for me for several reasons.  I enjoy working with numbers, I enjoy solving problems, and I enjoyed the flexibility in scheduling I had regarding deadlines for completing tasks.  Over the last four months, my responsibilities have greatly shifted from account analysis to entirely working on collecting money to reduce our accounts receivable accounts.  This requires that I am available to work very specific hours and that I have the same uncomfortable conversation over and over again in an attempt to get individuals or companies to pay what they owe us.  I do not hate what I am doing, but I definitely would rather be doing what I was doing before.  Even though I did my best to keep this transfer of tasks from taking place, my superiors continued to express the importance of getting these accounts collected and assured me that I would return to my original work within a few months.  Now that a few months have passed, it has become apparent that these accounts continue to grow and need to be managed on a full-time basis to ensure payments are being made.  My biggest frustration is that they have now given my original duties to a fellow co-worker and she absolutely hates doing them.
     The good news is I finally setup a meeting with my direct supervisor and the co-worker who has taken over the job that I loved to do.  We had a good conversation today that led to a promise to "attempt" to shift these responsibilities, but no guarantees were made.  I have a very extensive work history and I know that I can find a better job if I look hard enough, but I like the people I work with and they are typically very flexible with scheduling (except for the last couple of months) which allows me to spend more quality time with my family when I need to.  I don't want to be stuck working these accounts forever because, to be frank, I don't enjoy it and it is not helping me build my resume in the direction I would like to go.  I am hoping that some of you will be able to provide some support in helping me decide if I should stick it out or if I should begin looking for a new place to work.