if your time to you is worth savin', then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone*
0811 hrs:I'm allowing a blog post from work today. This work week has been a lot like I've always hoped it wouldn't be. I've never wanted to be the person who works unpaid overtime for a corporation that will never recognize your efforts. I was that person this week and the resulting stress has taken its toll on my complexion. My face looks like a hormonal teenager's. All of this extra work is a result of my manager being unofficially promoted because the company recently re-organized and laid off middle-management. Now my manager has more responsibility and so she is off-loading her work onto all of us. Problem is, the person who should be doing this work should be a manager - not just a business analyst (the lowest rung on the corporate ladder - well, except for maybe the cleaning staff - in terms of decision-making-cred). I feel absolutely that I have just been set up to fail.
I'm trying not to stress too much about it from here on out, because 2 months from now I won't be working here. I think the worst part of it isn't the work, it's the attitude of my manager. She laughs at her staff's stress because now we "know how she feels". Um....yeah. Nailz suggested calling her a stupid cow in my head every time I have to talk to her and so far it has helped a good deal.
Two things are for certain: 1) I am indescribably relieved that it is Friday and 2) I am not answering any work-related calls after I leave the office tonight.
1528 hrs:Friday can really be the cruelest day of all. The morning did a good job of speeding by - this afternoon...Not so much. *droops*
Because my boss has been out of the office since Tuesday (and she won't be back at this location until Wednesday of next week), I have been
very relaxed with my office attire. Our location is pretty lax anyway on dress code (i.e. we can wear jeans every day, but a nice top is recommended), but I've taken the effort to make sure to wear a t-shirt with my jeans every day this week. XD It is the most I can do to flip the proverbial "V"s at The Man.
The weather outside has turned partly sunny. From what I can see through the 1 small window in our office and from the reports of the smokers, today is cool, but not cold. Maybe I will go run off this work week when I get home. Sometimes, there is nothing that feels more free than running. It would be grand start to the weekend, me thinks. Considering I've skipped all other physical activities this week due to either work or laziness, I think it would do me some good to get out.
Was thinking on my drive to work this morning about trees. Of course, I think about trees a lot. I don't think there is a day that has gone by in the past 6 months that I haven't thought about them. This led me to think about maybe checking out a job in forestry. I think it is a pretty stable field and one in which I think I could really feel at home. Working with trees and forests would also mean working around birds and other wildlife. That would be pretty kick ass. I don't know much about it, so I think that maybe I'll spend some time this weekend looking into it...
Mood: vindicated (some days it's ok to let people blow sunshine up your *beep* )
*Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A Changin'Labels: career ideas, work, work bitch