Work Related Gripes V The Wrath Of Jay..

[King Postwhore]

Boss overbearing.   Reviews. Safety observations to put in. 2 interviews.   Add 4 hours of training plus my supervisor called our and my trainee had to full in put a lot of stress today.   

My normal backup got a promotion to my position to my position in Lewiston,  ME.  A feather in my cap, but a lot of moving pictures right now.

[Stadler]

Boss overbearing.   Reviews. Safety observations to put in. 2 interviews.   Add 4 hours of training plus my supervisor called our and my trainee had to full in put a lot of stress today.   

My normal backup got a promotion to my position to my position in Lewiston,  ME.  A feather in my cap, but a lot of moving pictures right now.

Grace under pressure, my friend.  Grace under pressure.

[Awaken]

Just finished week 1 of return to office . . . spent each day at my desk on calls.  The majority of each team I support are scattered around the globe.  There is no purpose for me being in an office. 

[Zydar]

Boss overbearing.   Reviews. Safety observations to put in. 2 interviews.   Add 4 hours of training plus my supervisor called our and my trainee had to full in put a lot of stress today.   

My normal backup got a promotion to my position to my position in Lewiston,  ME.  A feather in my cap, but a lot of moving pictures right now.

Grace under pressure, my friend.  Grace under pressure.

I want to make a Rush reference, but I can learn to resist.

[jingle.boy]

Boss overbearing.   Reviews. Safety observations to put in. 2 interviews.   Add 4 hours of training plus my supervisor called our and my trainee had to full in put a lot of stress today.   

My normal backup got a promotion to my position to my position in Lewiston,  ME.  A feather in my cap, but a lot of moving pictures right now.

Grace under pressure, my friend.  Grace under pressure.

Give it time.

And motion.

I want to make a Rush reference, but I can learn to resist.

[Skeever]

Been stressful for me as well, King.
Took a new job 3 months ago. I was so tired of my "iron rice bowl" style position in compliance, doing the same things every month. Took a job as a business analyst - data analytics is where I want to go, professionally - but 3 months in, I'm just not sure that I can hang.

It's a weird feeling. It's the job I want. I knew it was a stretch. The hiring manager knew that I was developmental. I am getting there, but not as fast as I need to to be effective. I'm putting in full days, spending some time in the evenings learning what I can, and just keeping my head down and trying to stay professional. I'm pretty sure that, within another 3 months, I'll have come through OK, or they'll have asked me to leave. We shall see. Changing jobs always carries risk. Shifting careers even moreso. I'm jut doing what I can and wherever the chips may fall I'll be better equipped to handle tomorrow as a result. 

[wolfking]

Been stressful for me as well, King.
Took a new job 3 months ago. I was so tired of my "iron rice bowl" style position in compliance, doing the same things every month. Took a job as a business analyst - data analytics is where I want to go, professionally - but 3 months in, I'm just not sure that I can hang.

It's a weird feeling. It's the job I want. I knew it was a stretch. The hiring manager knew that I was developmental. I am getting there, but not as fast as I need to to be effective. I'm putting in full days, spending some time in the evenings learning what I can, and just keeping my head down and trying to stay professional. I'm pretty sure that, within another 3 months, I'll have come through OK, or they'll have asked me to leave. We shall see. Changing jobs always carries risk. Shifting careers even moreso. I'm jut doing what I can and wherever the chips may fall I'll be better equipped to handle tomorrow as a result.

I hope the other issue you had has settled down mate.

Nevertheless good luck, keep working hard and you'll reap the rewards.

[Skeever]

I hope the other issue you had has settled down mate.

Nevertheless good luck, keep working hard and you'll reap the rewards.

I had to go a few pages back to remember what I shared here.
Yeah, that problem went away... I got a new job, lol 

 Now I'm so very far from being bored out of my mind. Actually I have the opposite problem. I guess I got what I wanted!

[wolfking]

I had to go a few pages back to remember what I shared here.
Yeah, that problem went away... I got a new job, lol 

 Now I'm so very far from being bored out of my mind. Actually I have the opposite problem. I guess I got what I wanted!

Oh wow really?!  I was meaning the guy mocking you in the meeting or whatever it was.  maybe that was mentioned in another thread.  Nevertheless glad it's all going okay.

[ganpondorodf]

I recently learned that no matter how long hours I put in, it will never be enough. Our department is chronically understaffed and it's never getting better. So I've made the decision to continue busting my ass for eight and a half hours a day, then splitting. It is not my fault that management can't figure out how to staff certain departments. It's been quite freeing to come to this realization

[TheBarstoolWarrior]

1. People want to figure out how they can get the most out of you while paying the least amount possible
2. Management lies about how much money 'we' are going to make when really they mean they.
3. Liars everywhere

[Jamesman42]

I recently learned that no matter how long hours I put in, it will never be enough. Our department is chronically understaffed and it's never getting better. So I've made the decision to continue busting my ass for eight and a half hours a day, then splitting. It is not my fault that management can't figure out how to staff certain departments. It's been quite freeing to come to this realization

Good for you! Sometimes it's worth it if your place of employment is not understaffed or if you have great leadership, or if it'll make your required work hours easier on you. Otherwise, do your best job and then go home and enjoy life.

[ganpondorodf]

Yeah it's unfortunate that management just wants to throw up their hands and yell "I guess nobody wants to work anymore!" rather than actually ask themselves the tough questions about why maybe people are just sick of being exploited for peanuts, but hey.

[King Postwhore]

As a manager,  I know the pandemic changed the view of workers and how they perceive everything.

So, I make it personal to ask how their weekend was, help when they feel stress, be there, be present. Also, be sympathetic and help through personal issues.

[Skeever]

I recently learned that no matter how long hours I put in, it will never be enough. Our department is chronically understaffed and it's never getting better. So I've made the decision to continue busting my ass for eight and a half hours a day, then splitting. It is not my fault that management can't figure out how to staff certain departments. It's been quite freeing to come to this realization

My gut feeling is... this isn't the 90s anymore, where symbolically falling on your sword will get you anywhere. Budgets are slim, and work has been so consolidated and streamlined over the decades that every employee is now a critical point of failure in some process or another. So, hanging with your business unit and making sure you are one of the last ones to go home even if you've been dicking around half the day isn't going to get you anywhere.  You have to know what it means to complete your job, what needs to be done by when, what things can be left for later, when you need to answer your manager's email (delivered to your personal device while your are sitting with your family at church) and when you don't. Forget about trying to conform to some ideal of what the workday should look like and set your own boundaries. And if that isn't cool with your boss - you'll find out, sooner or later!

[lordxizor]

I have sort of the opposite problem. My group's service offering is pretty new and we're growing. I Inherited a team from another service that was shut down. I don't have enough work for my team to do yet because we're getting started. So they help out elsewhere a lot. I have one team member who still manages to put in a few hours of overtime every week despite me telling the team that we need to careful about extra hours because we have no justification to put them in. Its not a huge deal if its an hour or two, but last week she put in 5 extra hours. There was absolutely no reason for her to do this. So now I have to have another conversation with her about it.

[ganpondorodf]

For a while there I was working essentially an entire extra day each week. I'm not a child, I don't need to be given a pat on the head and told "great job!", but when I'm getting criticised for not working hard enough* but ALSO for the amount of overtime I'm doing, by the people responsible for the ongoing shitshow, that's when I decide it's not worth trying to make this pricks happy. They will never be happy.


*I don't think this is admirable, but it's probably worth noting that I DO work very hard, I don't drag my ass at all. If I was pulling two hours of overtime a day but dicking around on my phone during the day, they might have a point. But I'm busy from the moment I clock in to the moment I leave.