I've come to the conclusion that I don't much like my job. The pay's good, and all (though I confess I have an irrational dislike for benefits packages brought on by three years of dying a little inside everytime I hear the word 'healthcare'), and the environment is generally pretty quiet, and as long as I get my work done no one minds if I write or blog at work.
Okay, put like that, I have pretty much nothing to complain about, job-wise. Except for the insane uselessness of the accounts payable people. I mean, do they ever even read my e-mails? Cause if they do, they certainly don't act like it. One day I'm going to test them by writing the most incredibly insulting e-mail my twisted mind can create, and then when they complain I'll just say "Oh, so you do read my e-mails! So why do you never pay the phone bill like I ask you to, you..."
But I digress.
I suppose my real problem with my job is that I honestly don't care about it much. I have no interest in cars except as a means of transportation, and even less in car parts like wipers and lighting. I have even less in...whatever it is I actually work with. Numbers, and papers and that bloody SAP program and vendors who somehow keep managing to lose the numbers off of the purchase orders that they'd like to get paid for now. Then they start furiously complaining that they aren't getting paid soon enough when I tell them the PO is marked for payment next month and they yell at me for that, then I have to inform them that the company only pays twice a month, so it'll be another week and then the payment date falls on a weekend so...
There I go again.
It's not the fact of the problems; I know there'll be problems everywhere I work. It's the fact that these are such ridiculous and dull problems. They're the kind of problems that makes one think "what am I doing with my life?!" and then return to that fantasy of going down south and opening up a rattlesnake sanctuary (yes, I have seriously considered that. Rattlesnakes need protection too, you know!).
In any case, I am now firmly convinced that my future does not lie in the corporate world (or at least, not in administration). I will probably work here for at least another year or two, but I'll be looking for a way out. In the meantime, I thank God I have a good, steady job that isn't actively odious and that gives me time to write things like this.
Showing posts with label Work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Work. Show all posts
Monday, December 17, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Work Thoughts
Today is my first full day sitting out in the lobby.
See, we've done some re-arranging where I work, and as part of that process my desk got moved out to the lobby. This means that I'm rather isolated from the rest of the building, but also that I get a door, a lot of space, and big windows to look of (it also means that people are less likely to notice if I'm updating my blog at work).
Thoughts:
8:15 AM You know, the constantly-looping TV isn't as annoying as I thought it would be; I can pretty much tune it out whenever I want.
9:30 AM My boss seems to worry about whether I mind being out here.
10:49 AM Receiving a few calls, dealing with invoices, doodling a few cartoons...feel like a genuine receptionist!
11:30 AM Someone just received a 60-lbs package and he's not at his desk!
11:40 AM Lunch time!
12:40 PM Back from lunch!
1:12 PM Always so tired after lunch: why can't the day end with lunch?
2:16 PM I really like Alfred Edward Housman!
2:40 PM An interesting effect: there's a hallway that runs pretty much the length of the building which begins right outside the frosted-glass door to the lobby. That means I can see someone's shadow on the glass as they walk all the way down the hall. The effect is kind of creepy: like they're just walking and walking, but not going anywhere.
3:08 PM Writing pithy political jokes...
3:48 PM Time to start packing up...
See, we've done some re-arranging where I work, and as part of that process my desk got moved out to the lobby. This means that I'm rather isolated from the rest of the building, but also that I get a door, a lot of space, and big windows to look of (it also means that people are less likely to notice if I'm updating my blog at work).
Thoughts:
8:15 AM You know, the constantly-looping TV isn't as annoying as I thought it would be; I can pretty much tune it out whenever I want.
9:30 AM My boss seems to worry about whether I mind being out here.
10:49 AM Receiving a few calls, dealing with invoices, doodling a few cartoons...feel like a genuine receptionist!
11:30 AM Someone just received a 60-lbs package and he's not at his desk!
11:40 AM Lunch time!
12:40 PM Back from lunch!
1:12 PM Always so tired after lunch: why can't the day end with lunch?
2:16 PM I really like Alfred Edward Housman!
2:40 PM An interesting effect: there's a hallway that runs pretty much the length of the building which begins right outside the frosted-glass door to the lobby. That means I can see someone's shadow on the glass as they walk all the way down the hall. The effect is kind of creepy: like they're just walking and walking, but not going anywhere.
3:08 PM Writing pithy political jokes...
3:48 PM Time to start packing up...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Thoughts at Work
9:37 AM
Oh, good! Another company has split one purchase order between two invoices, requiring me to create two distinct receipt numbers! I'm going to go read some politics to cheer me up...yep, Obama's still incompetant and possibly evil. Still, at least he makes more sense than SAP.
10:05 AM
Italian Wikipedia doesn't have an article on Solanus Casey...though it does have a fairly elaborate one on Padre Pio. 'E Stato' apparently means 'was:' it shows up all the time in wikipedia articles...
10:25 AM
Most people are in meetings, and since I need their information that means I can't do any work right now...
10:43 AM
Work, work, listen to co-workers chatting, work...
10:55 AM
Morrison Industrial! "I am the lizard king!"
11:36 AM
As a side note, you can tell the Democrats are feeling confident about this election since it's not like they're doing anything really childish like comparing Romney to a Batman villain or anything pathetic like that...oh, wait.
11:41 AM
I think I'm gonna go to lunch...
12:45 PM
Mmm, good lunch!
12:50 PM
Blogging about the whole 'Bain=Bane' thing...
1:51 PM
Just went and got the mail. Reading about the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest on Wikipedia. Two more hours...
2:10 PM
Did Pyrrhus do anything right?
2:39 PM
Starting to get to the 'I think I drank too much coffee' phase of the day.
3:50 PM
My car is ready to be picked up from the service center, so I'm leaving.
Oh, good! Another company has split one purchase order between two invoices, requiring me to create two distinct receipt numbers! I'm going to go read some politics to cheer me up...yep, Obama's still incompetant and possibly evil. Still, at least he makes more sense than SAP.
10:05 AM
Italian Wikipedia doesn't have an article on Solanus Casey...though it does have a fairly elaborate one on Padre Pio. 'E Stato' apparently means 'was:' it shows up all the time in wikipedia articles...
10:25 AM
Most people are in meetings, and since I need their information that means I can't do any work right now...
10:43 AM
Work, work, listen to co-workers chatting, work...
10:55 AM
Morrison Industrial! "I am the lizard king!"
11:36 AM
As a side note, you can tell the Democrats are feeling confident about this election since it's not like they're doing anything really childish like comparing Romney to a Batman villain or anything pathetic like that...oh, wait.
11:41 AM
I think I'm gonna go to lunch...
12:45 PM
Mmm, good lunch!
12:50 PM
Blogging about the whole 'Bain=Bane' thing...
1:51 PM
Just went and got the mail. Reading about the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest on Wikipedia. Two more hours...
2:10 PM
Did Pyrrhus do anything right?
2:39 PM
Starting to get to the 'I think I drank too much coffee' phase of the day.
3:50 PM
My car is ready to be picked up from the service center, so I'm leaving.
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