Monday, August 29, 2016

Happy New Year!

A former co-worker recently contacted me with a request. He was pretty far into the interview process at my current place of employment and wanted my take on the current culture.....

Hmmm.....

Yeah....

In good conscience, I suggested that, unless he was desperate for employment,  he run - run fast, run far, keep running...

And lest he think I just do not want to work with him again (because why am I still there if things are so bad?), I explained that those of us not actively looking to get out are on the older side - hoping to hang on and ride out the storm.   Maybe after the storm there will be a package that includes some monetary compensation along with a placement service option.

How sad is that?

The ride has been very rough lately.  I am not sure how much longer I can hang on.

I wish I could be more like some of my coworkers who just let things roll off.  They do whatever they are asked whenever they are asked - not caring that the priorities changed 3 times today or that they will probably have to redo what they are doing 5x before it is accepted, or that they have so many priority 0 tasks in their inbox that they will probably not reach a single priority 1 task before the New Year  - 2018....


Sigh....

I wish I would not think about all the things I should be doing on the weekend to make the coming week's workload more manageable. I wish last weekend I would have remembered that the last 4 times I caved to my guilty conscience and worked lots and lots of hours over 40, priorities changed immediately the next work week and all that extra work was put on hold  - indefinitely...

Deep Sigh...

I wish I could get used to power tripping #@@3$ rejecting change requests and submissions for the lamest reasons. I live for the day that someone (anyone)  in management has the cajones to question the #@@3$ actions to their face.   I wish I would learn to just keep my mouth shut instead of telling said power tripping #@@3$ what I think of their f-ing non-value added way of working.

Deep, Deep Sigh...

I wish that this had not happened this morning...
I took my time getting into the office - took the scenic route around all of the construction rather than sitting in it.   Because sitting in traffic on the way to a job that is stressful adds to the stress. 
When I walked into the office, a half hour + later than my usual start time, the first person I encountered was a co-worker who I help quite a bit because most of his team has been pulled onto a special project and he is left with a lot to handle that he does not always understand.  In fact, one of his team members on this special project gave me a directive late last week to put aside my current workload to gather  information that the business needed immediately.  No problem.  I am now 2 days behind with the work I was working on before being pulled away, but whatever...


Yeah, whatever...

But, I digress. Back to the encounter...

Him:  Good morning.  Thank you for your help last week.  I need a bit more of your time when you get settled.
Me: Ok. You seem happy this morning.  Good weekend?
Him: Oh, just happy to hear that they are giving us Friday and Tuesday off to extend the holiday weekend to thank us for all the extra effort we have put in this summer!
Me: Seriously? That is awesome.  Did an email come through this morning?
Him:  Ummm.  Oh, not everyone gets off.  Just our team and the people on that special project.
Me:  ....
Him: Oh yeah, we are suppose to keep it on the down-low.
Me: ....
Him:  ...
Me:   Yeah, so all of us who are doing our work and some of yours and supporting the "special" project whenever summoned.....
Him:  Well, I will stop by later to see if you can help me....
Me: Yeah.  I'll be here....


I left the office early today -  I am not feeling so well.

I have decided I need to consider taking my own advice...

Run!

Run Fast!

Run Far!

I am also considering taking a friend's advice. She sets her New Year's Resolutions on her birthday rather than the first of the calendar year. My birthday will be here in less than 3 weeks.  I intend to be on a beach in Belize on the day. I also intend to have set some goals for the next year by then.     

Career goals...

Life goals...

Happy New Year!