Posted by Noa on September 11, 2004, at 12:42:33
In reply to noa ????????, posted by kellyr. on September 1, 2004, at 14:00:31
Hi, Kelly. I'm fine. Just really busy. Vacation ended and back to work and I'm in total overload mode since we are short-staffed right now. Some days I feel like a chicken without a head. Other days I feel fine, and carry around the attitude that "I'm doing the best I can and nobody better criticise me because there's only so much one person can do at one time!" The others in my office who are on overload are in similar boats, although I ended up with the biggest overload for various reasons that are too irrelevant here to go into. But we are all using humor to get through it. As it happens, some of the humor is at the bosses' expense, he he... Well, that may be well deserved on their part because they managed the anticipation of the staffing shortage poorly, first of all, and on top of that, our immediate manager is rather inept and lacks any semblance of leadership skills. He has not taken on his share of the overload, but keeps pointing out to all of us how many portfolios he has to manage now (30% more than usual) AND do his management work, blah blah blah. My closest colleague is also 30% overloaded but doesn't complain about that. In fact, he would take on more if, in exchange, they wouldn't make him work under this manager, LOL. Me? My extra docket is 50% higher. You'd kind of think a manager would step in in a crisis and take on more to help us all out. No, just whine, whine whine. So, hence the humor at his expense (behind his back, of course).
But despite the overload and the potential for burn out, I'm ok. I've actually felt good about the work I've been doing. And actually, we're now getting close to hiring someone so the overload should be relieved in the next month or so (hopefully).
My house is a mess, of course, but that's old news.
How are you doing, Kelly?
poster:Noa
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