Friday, April 28, 2006

Work sucks and then you die




Long story.

Synopsis: certain people at the office are knobs. I'm starting to despise them.
The bubble has most definitely burst.

They have the personal skills of a psychopathic neanderthals and the subtlety of a brick.

I mean really... get hauled into a boardroom for a 'review' with 2 of my managers. It started off well, everyone's happy with my work, all very thorough etc.
Then suddenly,BANG it all goes tits up and I'm being reprimanded because a) I read a frigging newspaper when I get to the office b) I take my full hour for lunch and c) am 'laid back'.

W T F? To get utterly bollocked because I'm not a stress bunny? Sorry, but I thought a cool head was an asset? Forget the fact that I've only had a couple of weeks of training before I was thrown in the deep end, and that just minutes ago they confirmed that I'm ahead of the standard on their training curve, and have been complimented on my handling of tasks that new starters normally only tackle after 5-6 months.

Oh NoooooOOooo. I just get "I'm worried we're seeing your true colours and we're concerned" WTF is that supposed to mean?
I can get what they're trying to say re: the papers and lunch hours ("You'll notice I only take lunch on Wednesdays"), but the thing is this: the level of work we have in at the moment simply does not justify me rushing to the office early so I can get cracking on something. If things are busy I have absolutely no problem with putting in extra hours to stay on top of things.... but what's the point if I have nothing to do??? Shall I turbo my way into the office so I can do an inventory of my stationery drawer? If I'm there reading and the phone goes nuts, I still answer it, you know?

"We notice that you've sitting at your desk reading during lunch for the whole hour" was another peach. WTF is that all about? Its my lunch hour ferchrissakes!! Would it be better if i buggered off to sit outside in the sun for the hour? Am I not supposed to have a break? Again, I could understand the reasoning if the level of work was there to justify it.

AARGH it's really working on my mind. The more I think about it, the more it sticks in my gizzard, the more it gets my hackles up. When it happened I was to flabbergasted to respond coherently, but now..... grrRRRRrr.
So much so that I'm tempted to tell them to shove it and hit the road again. Almost.

But dammit, I like money too much-- and they have it.

We have another little menage-a-trois scheduled for 6 weeks time. So, I'm biting my tongue and am aiming to become super-suit. To be fair, I have been using training as a bit of an excuse and there are some things I should have paid more attention to, and I freely admit that. But their clumsy and heavy-handed approach to the issues they wanted to discuss has left a decidedly bad taste in my mouth, one that might take me a goodly while to rinse out.

......Personally, I don't think they're ready for the undiluted version of me yet.
They might be rather surprised next week.

Arte et labore.
Posted by Mark :: 22:40 :: 1 Comments:

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