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Jul. 21st, 2012 11:12 amWork is impossible. Well, not impossible, because I go and I'm real, but it's just impossible. I'm drowning. There is too much work and silliness abounds and we have a new boss and she is new, new, not just new to us so she's doing everything *properly* and sometimes you just have to do things.
an eg - I went to work on Monday to realise that I had a HUUUUUUUUGE report due on Wed that I hadn't started yet. My fault, I'd misread the date seen 28th instead of 18th! Massive panic and this meant I spent the next two days working my socks off to get it finished ie putting everything else on hold, don't interrupt me, urgent work coming through, full on panic mode. Part of the preparation process involves a risk assessment and sentence plan, that because the chap is high risk has to be countersigned by new boss. This is an huge in house document, but is not the report itself, they co exist together and one informs the other. I sent this document to new boss and then we discussed it. To my face she agreed with the assessment and sent me to my desk with the words "it's all fine". In the time it took me to walk to my desk however, (literally 30 seconds) she had rejected it and sent it back with the note that there were 'one or two typos' that needed correction.
Argh! I know presentation is important, and my report was pristine (and on time!) but an in house document? Yes, in an ideal world everything should be perfect, but then in an ideal world I wouldn't be drowning under so much work that I'm doing at least 45 hour weeks (instead of the 37 I get paid for) and still not making any headway.
Grr. I have a job, it pays my bills and allows me to live my life so I shouldn't complain, but it just seemed so petty and so misunderstanding of the priorities of the job. Surely managing the case and the risk these chaps present is more important that typing teh instead of the?
Ho hum. She's new, she'll get slapdash and 'good enough' eventually. Oh, did I mention that when I went to her and told her how much I was struggling with work and falling behind, her suggestion was that I cancel my holiday to give me more time to get things done? Hmm.
Despite all that, it's the weekend, it's 11 o'clock and I'm still in my pjs and I really am going to do some housework any minute now. any minute, you just wait and see. Any moment now.
an eg - I went to work on Monday to realise that I had a HUUUUUUUUGE report due on Wed that I hadn't started yet. My fault, I'd misread the date seen 28th instead of 18th! Massive panic and this meant I spent the next two days working my socks off to get it finished ie putting everything else on hold, don't interrupt me, urgent work coming through, full on panic mode. Part of the preparation process involves a risk assessment and sentence plan, that because the chap is high risk has to be countersigned by new boss. This is an huge in house document, but is not the report itself, they co exist together and one informs the other. I sent this document to new boss and then we discussed it. To my face she agreed with the assessment and sent me to my desk with the words "it's all fine". In the time it took me to walk to my desk however, (literally 30 seconds) she had rejected it and sent it back with the note that there were 'one or two typos' that needed correction.
Argh! I know presentation is important, and my report was pristine (and on time!) but an in house document? Yes, in an ideal world everything should be perfect, but then in an ideal world I wouldn't be drowning under so much work that I'm doing at least 45 hour weeks (instead of the 37 I get paid for) and still not making any headway.
Grr. I have a job, it pays my bills and allows me to live my life so I shouldn't complain, but it just seemed so petty and so misunderstanding of the priorities of the job. Surely managing the case and the risk these chaps present is more important that typing teh instead of the?
Ho hum. She's new, she'll get slapdash and 'good enough' eventually. Oh, did I mention that when I went to her and told her how much I was struggling with work and falling behind, her suggestion was that I cancel my holiday to give me more time to get things done? Hmm.
Despite all that, it's the weekend, it's 11 o'clock and I'm still in my pjs and I really am going to do some housework any minute now. any minute, you just wait and see. Any moment now.
