Timing

[cjsmith]

Guess which weekend I've been asked to work. Y'know, as in work the whole weekend.

If I were positive I had never mentioned the name of my employer in this journal, I'd also tell you why "everybody is going to be in" this weekend. I'd mention how recently we all heard about that, and I'd also explain why I suddenly, as of 3:30pm today, "should" be among those people. When I mentally take a step back it's almost funny. I've gone beyond being stressed; intellectually I realize that caring is counterproductive and I've really got to stop. (Last time I was this stressed about a job, my friends and family unanimously nagged me to quit until I finally did.) But I'm not positive I haven't named the place, so I'll keep shut about the story.

It's not often I look forward to transcontinental flights near Christmas. Transcontinental flights through Chicago, no less. I once spent over twenty-four hours in Chicago O'Hare. Today that prospect seems... relaxing. Peaceful. I'm looking forward to it.

Forty for the party.

Comments

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

So there's no security system at your workplace? Even Spice had the crappy door control system that let us know when you went to the bathroom, if we bothered to check. (We also had a log of all websites visited, until someone mysteriously (& wisely) disabled and flushed it about two days after I stumbled across its existence...)

My previous manager gave me grief about not staying in the office late during crunch time, when I was working 2-3 hours from home after the kids were in bed. I had made clear that this was what I was doing. Finally, I emailed him that if being in the office past 6pm was a requirement, he should let me know explicitly; I would not get a divorce to make him happy, and I needed to brush up my resume. He shut up, he's gone, and I'm still here. YMMV. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we don't have electronic tracking. The card access is for the whole building; the individual office suite takes keys.

Good for you! People who are willing to put on the pressure for something that they know darn well they're NOT willing to outright ask for are slimy.

[eichin.livejournal.com]

mechanical stalking shouldn't be necessary - don't you have internal email/newsgroups? Posting questions or status reports to people in the morning can help this kind of thing - people at least notice that they've already got a pile of email when they get in, even if they don't necessarily check datestamps.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

We've been told, with a straight face, that "e-mail is not a form of communication." It is said with firmness and vigor. I don't know the history behind that -- whatever it is, it predates me -- but it has the feel of "somebody who is really senior here refuses to read mail."

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

*blink*

*blinkblink*

Wow. I think I've been working in distributed, international teams for too long. I'm of the opinion that voicemail is not communication, but e-mail.. wow.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Me, I get a little bit annoyed at the erroneous expectations. "This is so-and-so's e-mail address" gives one a reasonable expectation that sending e-mail to that address will reach so-and-so. (Granted, sometimes there are technical glitches.) But if a grown-up professional simply won't deal with e-mail, I'd rather have them disable it or not put it on their business card.

[ambar.livejournal.com]

mind. boggling.