Showing posts with label Work Sucks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Work Sucks. Show all posts

Friday, July 20, 2007

Get me out of this place!!

Please get me out of here, I can't take my job anymore. This place is driving me batty!!!

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Why my job sucks

For the nearly 2 years I have been here, we worked our asses off on a conversion project. While I didn't work nearly as many hours as some of my colleagues, I busted my ass during the hours that I was here. We spent the last few weeks in the last throws of data scrubbing, reconciling the new system with the old system, etc. Then, last week, just as Xenos is about to go live, we were ready, we couldn't have been more ready, they cancelled the project. This was such a dissappointment, after all our hard work, upper management spit on it and tossed it aside. They "may" reconsider the decision in September. This is corporate speak for we have decided it's too expensive, but we don't want to completely tear you guys down. I am so frustrated and bored with this job. Up until now I have kept busy with spreadsheets, data cleanup, etc, now I have nothing!

Monday, July 2, 2007

Work

For quite some time now, I have been very unhappy with my job. It's funny, I convinced myself that this job was a 'Real' job and that my last one wasn't. I worked in an operations department for a large bank. My manager was really good, he would let us take long lunches, relax, leave early if we were slow. Days off were no problem as long as we had coverage. If you had to take care of something, he let you.

My new job which I have been at for almost 2 years has been a lot different. It's a lot more strict and controlled. The final straw was last week when I was forced to take a Vacation day for a funeral. This wasn't a random funeral, it was my mother's sister. I was told "she isn't immediate family", well that's bullshit. In my old company, my boss would have simply put me in for a sick day, or not reported it at all. He was very good and it made it enjoyable to work there. I honestly think my current direct supervisor would be a great person to work for, if our director wasn't sitting across from her breathing down her neck. But then again, my old director sat across the office from us and never interferred in day to day operations as long as there were no problems.
Not for nothing, but my current company does not pay overtime, which we are expected to work. My old company paid overtime, but if they couldn't they would give us Comp days. No such policy here, we don't give comp days, nor do we give any slack in the sick days.