On The Job

Just a little note on the continuing saga of my work-life.

 This coming week-end is a big holiday in Utah, so we'll probably be busy. They have added extra demos, so now I have to work an extra day. While I understand the reasons, I'm a bit unhappy because I only found out because I check my scheduel on the computer daily. A quick email would have been nice. If I'd picked today to skip checking, because I normally have Thursday and Friday off, I wouldn't show up tomorrow and they'd be short. Of course we end up short fairly frequently anyway and have to scramble to get all demos done anyway.

  I feel like things at work are in a fairly regular turmoil much of the time.I get days, like Tuesday, when things go well and I appreciate that so much. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to happen that way often enough. Maybe the problem is that I'm in a position where I have responsibility to the company, at least my supervisor, rather than just going in, doing my demo and leaving. I guess that additional worry bothers me. We have some things going on right now,with a disgruntled employee that just add to that problem and increase tension.

  I have felt, for quite some time, that I'm not really in the right job. I almost didn't apply for the job, but I was worried about being out of work and figured that getting the job was pretty certain, though I was a little surprised by how quickly I was hired. I took on the team lead position when it was offered, because I thought it would make the job more interesting. It has done that, but the extra responsibility comes with drawbacks as well.

   One of these days, maybe we will be fully staffed with reliable people and there will be a resolution to the problems that we're facing right now. Maybe I'll last that long.