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lolabobsThis seems such a pettywhinge but it feels huge and so I'm going to moan about it anyway.
Work. Whenever isn't it.
They're shutting us down. I know this and have (kind of) accepted it. I'm going to have to work in my home town and therefore know which of my neighbours have committed which dodgy crime. (ditto). Last month they published our new teams and they basically separated those people that worked well together and made it feel that they couldn't give a shit. I wouldn't say I was fully over that yet, but I was trying.
Today they sent our the seating plans. (Why they couldn't say "these 15 people need to sit in this room, choose your desk" I don't know. Nope, what they have done is allocated everybody a seat.
I was fairly open minded. In a room of 22 people I was okay with wherever really they placed me, and okay with who they placed me with as long as I was near the one person in the team I know. I thought they were quite reasonable hopes...
Instead, I'm going from my own office to a room with 22 other people, placed right next to the door, where 22 people will be toing and froing, hourly at least. In a room with 4 quads of desks I am in an individual desk. I am facing a brick wall. I am the full length of the office away from the one person I valued working with. She is sitting facing a wall, with her back to me. Wherever possible they have seperated those who work together - ie of the 8 GY staff who are in my office only 2 are sitting together - as opposed to the trios and fours L people sitting together. My other close friend at work is being placed into an office with 6 other people, 1 of whom hates her. (HR documented issues between them) The 6 are all L people who have been in those seats for years. (The vow made was that *everyone* would be relocated to avoid teh sense of GY staff being squashed into spare seats in the L office).
I know it's petty and trivial and I should be grateful I have a job and not whinging over something as silly as where we sit, but it really does feel as if they've sat there and tried to choose the worst possible option in every scenario, We do such a stresful and difficult job and depend upon colleagues for support and advise - yet they've split us from the people we rely on - right across the board. They've mixed roles - and I don't care about status, but I don't think it's fair on anyone that admin staff who do files and letters etc are now in a situation where they will have no choice but to hear horrible facts and details about sex offenders or murderers or domestic violence, or for staff dealing with that to be seated next to someone who is not going to fully understand why they are on the verge of tears/deperation after spending an hour listening to same. It sucks.
Some of us are going to speak to the powers that be tomorrow to try and get at least some common sense to prevail, but hold out little hope.
And in other work news I'm behind writing reports that I've had no training for whatsoever, I have a court case looming for which I am ill prepared and court phobic, and I have no time whatsoever to get my head round any of it.
Mother has taken to responding to any of my moans with "Oh well, you'll just have to cope we come up on the lottery." As a coping strategy this leaves a lotto be desired!
I started watching onnotheydidn't because someone linked to a post I found interestng, I came back fonight to what felt like 3000 entries on my flist, I couldn't make it stop being there so I unjoined. Hindsight made me realise this is exactly what I did about a year ago when I couldn't cope then either!
That last point was obviously completely unrelated to my previous. I think I should go to bed.
Work. Whenever isn't it.
They're shutting us down. I know this and have (kind of) accepted it. I'm going to have to work in my home town and therefore know which of my neighbours have committed which dodgy crime. (ditto). Last month they published our new teams and they basically separated those people that worked well together and made it feel that they couldn't give a shit. I wouldn't say I was fully over that yet, but I was trying.
Today they sent our the seating plans. (Why they couldn't say "these 15 people need to sit in this room, choose your desk" I don't know. Nope, what they have done is allocated everybody a seat.
I was fairly open minded. In a room of 22 people I was okay with wherever really they placed me, and okay with who they placed me with as long as I was near the one person in the team I know. I thought they were quite reasonable hopes...
Instead, I'm going from my own office to a room with 22 other people, placed right next to the door, where 22 people will be toing and froing, hourly at least. In a room with 4 quads of desks I am in an individual desk. I am facing a brick wall. I am the full length of the office away from the one person I valued working with. She is sitting facing a wall, with her back to me. Wherever possible they have seperated those who work together - ie of the 8 GY staff who are in my office only 2 are sitting together - as opposed to the trios and fours L people sitting together. My other close friend at work is being placed into an office with 6 other people, 1 of whom hates her. (HR documented issues between them) The 6 are all L people who have been in those seats for years. (The vow made was that *everyone* would be relocated to avoid teh sense of GY staff being squashed into spare seats in the L office).
I know it's petty and trivial and I should be grateful I have a job and not whinging over something as silly as where we sit, but it really does feel as if they've sat there and tried to choose the worst possible option in every scenario, We do such a stresful and difficult job and depend upon colleagues for support and advise - yet they've split us from the people we rely on - right across the board. They've mixed roles - and I don't care about status, but I don't think it's fair on anyone that admin staff who do files and letters etc are now in a situation where they will have no choice but to hear horrible facts and details about sex offenders or murderers or domestic violence, or for staff dealing with that to be seated next to someone who is not going to fully understand why they are on the verge of tears/deperation after spending an hour listening to same. It sucks.
Some of us are going to speak to the powers that be tomorrow to try and get at least some common sense to prevail, but hold out little hope.
And in other work news I'm behind writing reports that I've had no training for whatsoever, I have a court case looming for which I am ill prepared and court phobic, and I have no time whatsoever to get my head round any of it.
Mother has taken to responding to any of my moans with "Oh well, you'll just have to cope we come up on the lottery." As a coping strategy this leaves a lotto be desired!
I started watching onnotheydidn't because someone linked to a post I found interestng, I came back fonight to what felt like 3000 entries on my flist, I couldn't make it stop being there so I unjoined. Hindsight made me realise this is exactly what I did about a year ago when I couldn't cope then either!
That last point was obviously completely unrelated to my previous. I think I should go to bed.
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Date: 2011-10-17 11:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 10:40 pm (UTC)At least I had some positive news today after speaking to the one actually human person in the whole fiasco.
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Date: 2011-10-17 11:54 pm (UTC)I think it's okay to whine all you like, they seem very very wank indeed.
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Date: 2011-10-18 10:41 pm (UTC)I managed to speak to someone who listened today and some changes are to be made - this makes me one of the lucky ones - others are still suffering horribly with it.
The whole process is very very wank.
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Date: 2011-10-18 02:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 06:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 10:43 pm (UTC)I spoke to a human being today and some changes are being made - he is the first one I have spoken to who has actually listened and seems to acceot that people are stressed out by this stuff and that actually, it's not showing weakness to try and make things better.
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Date: 2011-10-18 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 10:43 pm (UTC)Thankfully I managed to speak to a real person today and some changes have been agreed.
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Date: 2011-10-18 09:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 10:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 12:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 10:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 05:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 10:46 pm (UTC)I managed to speak to the one senior level person who is human today and got some changes made. Not huge, but enough to make a difference to teh way I'm feeling, so I'll take what I can get.
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Date: 2011-10-19 01:32 am (UTC)I'm glad it seems like you might have a compromise, though...*hug*!
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Date: 2011-10-21 03:47 pm (UTC)But yes, the compromise has made a huge difference, that one small concession makes the rest seem that much more manageable.
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Date: 2011-10-19 06:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-21 03:47 pm (UTC)Your support means a lot xxx