Posted by Penny on December 17, 2003, at 11:55:10
In reply to Screwing up at work, posted by Susan J on December 16, 2003, at 10:33:35
Just wanted to say, Susan, that you're not the only one going through this type of thing. Right now I'm just biding my time, keeping a low profile and avoiding my boss if I can at work. I don't like living like this, but I have already made him upset with me and I don't need to lose my job. Fortunately, there is a procedure that they have to follow here (since I work for the state) and I have yet to get an 'official' written warning. So I guess I shouldn't be living in fear.
My pdoc's advice was to just get done what I have to get done and if the boss approaches me to have a plan in mind on how to remedy my poor performance. Which, of course, is easier said than done. My therapist thinks that I need to learn how to not have a flight response (as though this is a life and death situation) everytime my boss approaches me - not to minimize the seriousness of the situation, but to make it managable, b/c when I feel like this I get paralyzed, which makes it that much harder to get my work done.
Sucks, doesn't it? Here's hoping things get better for us both.
P
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