Does anyone else feel like they are just gonna lose it? I can feel it coming. I just want to DO MY DAM JOB! I could give two shits about this job anymore. I feel like I am going to lose it and quit. Right now I am just doing this to draw as much money as possible for as long as possible. But I could care less about the rest. When your company want's you to do a half ass job and not the correct way what's that tell you about the place? As a customer I would expect my stuff to be done correct, not half-way hoping you come back in to pay twice.
Frustration led me to quit in May. I like working where I did before our IT changed employers (outsourced to overseas company), and new policies and big changed in doing our same job but with more paperwork and tracking. I just wanted to do my job and help the people there. I understand managers look at us as only help desk ticket stats, but there's no real way to gauge someone based on that. Oh, and also we had no hiring power locally, and had a group of poor people to work with at most times.
Well it's always the "that's how life is" vs. how life should be. No, life should not be living to work so I can live to work. Let's break it down. Wake up to shower so you are suitable for work and eat so you keep yourself fueled and "healthy" to work. Then you have to drive to work. Well that takes gas and use of your vehicle to get to your job. Then you work 4 hours. Take your lunch then come back for 4 more hours. Some even have to work more. After that it's the drive home and then change from work clothes. Do we get any reimbursement for the extra stuff we have to do to work? NO! Also consider that we have to sleep so we can function so that takes away from actual enjoyment of life just so we can go to work.
Don't get me wrong, there are relaxation periods and enjoyment times here and there but we work too much. Now as to why I am complaining. My job is not bad really but the being stuck in a job where I will never make a real decent wage compared to others in the field is what this is about. That and the difficult to get assistance at times too. Each day it seems another layer of difficulty gets added on. Instead of just fixing the issue, a ticket must be created and then something needs to be requested through the proper chains of command or documented properly. Sometimes I need assistance because I don't know something or the correct way to fix it or next steps to take. I wait a day or more for a reply or have to keep requesting assistance. Sometimes it takes days or weeks to get parts or replacement equipment.
Don't get me wrong, there are relaxation periods and enjoyment times here and there but we work too much. Now as to why I am complaining. My job is not bad really but the being stuck in a job where I will never make a real decent wage compared to others in the field is what this is about. That and the difficult to get assistance at times too. Each day it seems another layer of difficulty gets added on. Instead of just fixing the issue, a ticket must be created and then something needs to be requested through the proper chains of command or documented properly. Sometimes I need assistance because I don't know something or the correct way to fix it or next steps to take. I wait a day or more for a reply or have to keep requesting assistance. Sometimes it takes days or weeks to get parts or replacement equipment.
Sounds like the live to work instead of work to live. I read somewhere that in the US, some union job where they require a lot of gear to suit up, change in the middle of the job, and get undressed will not pay them the hour total it takes to do all that. Even though it's for the job, the employer is arguing some personal protection, but that doesn't make sense since it should be some workplace safety requirement.
After such a long break, I know feel better, and I even think about going back. But then I think to myself why I left in the first place. It got so crazy there with everything, and there is a good reason I left. However in my position I was going to get promoted officially to, I would be a lead, and could start delegating tasks more, but I would probably be more miserable in a middle manager position. The thing I liked was just being able to help the 400+ people in the building.
I'm thinking of an application analyst position. I would work for the national branch I originally worked for (before being outsourced). I would get to work from home 90% of the time and only be on call one day a month. We'll see when I get back.
I'm thinking of an application analyst position. I would work for the national branch I originally worked for (before being outsourced). I would get to work from home 90% of the time and only be on call one day a month. We'll see when I get back.
For someone to do that to the great nodle, they must be the ones with issues. Time for some people skill classes.
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