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I always say this show is worst than the last, but this current one really takes the cake. There are multiple art directors and they don't communicate, there are 112 sets that we are supposed to film within 24 days. Filming started today, we weren't supposed to have much at each location but it just keeps getting bigger and bigger and more work added. There is 35 productions in town, so there is a real for deal shortage of workers, let alone experienced good workers so we are working crazy hours and 6th days, with threats of 7th days (all 12 hours).
It's been like pulling teeth to get build plans and then once we think we are done, a different art director goes in and changes shit. Plus, we thought we had finished one build and apparently there was a second page we never received. How does that even happen? On top of all this bullshit, I had to pay four invoices today on the Pcard just to get an order released because apparently they haven't been paid since February. The only upside is I officially got caught up today after being so slammed I was unable to think straight AND they are hired a PA for me that is starting tomorrow. This show might be the death of me. I am so fucking tired.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by potentpotables on Mar 31, 2022 13:06:59 GMT -5
Well, my job is generally pretty good. I'm treated well as an employee with excellent pay and benefits. There's not much room to grow, so I've been doing mostly the same thing for the last 12 years, and I have a supervisor who is 70 years old and refuses to retire and drives me nuts. I also work for a labor union, so I have an elected president as my ultimate boss.
From 2014-2020 we had a guy who was president who was great at most parts of the job - politics, collective bargaining, membership, etc. But he wasn't the most empathetic boss I ever had. In 2020, he followed tradition and declined to run for a 4th term. March 2020 we began working from home, and his last message to us was that we were working from home through June 5, 2020 (he was president through May 31, 2020) and the new president would make decisions after that.
New president was the VP for six years. She came in and immediately extended work from home indefinitely, to where we are still doing it and not going back under her watch. She has been the best boss I've ever had - understands things like pregnancy, child care, family life, etc. In addition to work from home, she has repeatedly stressed that she's not concerned about a normal 9-5 workday, she's more concerned that we get the job done, and she is constantly imploring us to get outside and enjoy the weather while we can. Additionally, she agreed to put a letter in my personnel file that allowed me to move from Harrisburg (sucks) to Philly (yay!). Like I said, best boss ever. Her term ends May 31.
Last Friday, she called a staff meeting to tell us that her breast cancer has returned and it's going to preclude her from running for another term. She stressed she would do what she could to make the next president see that work from home works best for us.
Today, we find out that the old president is running again. This likely means I'll have to move back to Harrisburg eventually.
Obviously, I'm concerned with my boss' health first and foremost. It sucks that she's going through this again.
New president was the VP for six years. She came in and immediately extended work from home indefinitely, to where we are still doing it and not going back under her watch. She has been the best boss I've ever had - understands things like pregnancy, child care, family life, etc. In addition to work from home, she has repeatedly stressed that she's not concerned about a normal 9-5 workday, she's more concerned that we get the job done, and she is constantly imploring us to get outside and enjoy the weather while we can. Additionally, she agreed to put a letter in my personnel file that allowed me to move from Harrisburg (sucks) to Philly (yay!). Like I said, best boss ever. Her term ends May 31.
Being in a workplace that is relatively supportive with minimal bullshit is seriously the best. Every once in a while you luck out and find a boss who considers your job to be to accomplish your mission and their job to be to remove blockers and its such a wild reduction in stress. Hope you find that kind of thing again soon.
Post by man1cpixiedreamgirl on Apr 4, 2022 15:50:51 GMT -5
You know what’s really fun is waiting in a coffee shop in bumfucknowhere Astoria queens because your client for a big art commission has potentially ghosted you even though you confirmed 24 hours ahead of time. And you can’t be mad because rich people love to be flakes and you need the money. Baaaaaaaaahhhhh.
Any good bars near the Ditmars stop? 😵💫 I’m giving it a half an hour before I give up.
You know what’s really fun is waiting in a coffee shop in bumfucknowhere Astoria queens because your client for a big art commission has potentially ghosted you even though you confirmed 24 hours ahead of time. And you can’t be mad because rich people love to be flakes and you need the money. Baaaaaaaaahhhhh.
Any good bars near the Ditmars stop? 😵💫 I’m giving it a half an hour before I give up.
Letlove Inn at 23rd Avenue & 28th Street, or the Bonnie on 23rd Avenue between 29th and 31st Streets.
Do you want to dance while also thinking about all the ways you've failed as a human?
UPCOMING SHOWS 11/21 - Caribou @ Avant Gardner 11/23 - LCD Soundsystem @ Knockdown Center 11/25 - TV on the Radio @ Webster Hall 12/5 - LCD Soundsystem @ Knockdown Center 12/7 - LCD Soundsystem @ Knockdown Center 12/14 - LCD Soundsystem @ Knockdown Center
You know what’s really fun is waiting in a coffee shop in bumfucknowhere Astoria queens because your client for a big art commission has potentially ghosted you even though you confirmed 24 hours ahead of time. And you can’t be mad because rich people love to be flakes and you need the money. Baaaaaaaaahhhhh.
Any good bars near the Ditmars stop? 😵💫 I’m giving it a half an hour before I give up.
Letlove Inn at 23rd Avenue & 28th Street, or the Bonnie on 23rd Avenue between 29th and 31st Streets.
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Apr 4, 2022 16:31:40 GMT -5
I am the head nurse for our triage dept for my main job. My coworker is currently training someone for a PRN position(K, we will call her) because I was already precepting another new gal. Today I had to precept K because since F was off. Come to find out she is literally working her full-time job WHILE working shifts with us and training. I picked up on it because she will just stop responding to my Teams messages trying to instruct her for 45 minutes at a time. Just up and disappears. Like, who does that? WTF
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
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Post by T3ddy F1a1r on Apr 4, 2022 23:03:48 GMT -5
I love my job, when I'm there. But the travel fucking sucks. M-W I'm home, T-S I'm on the road, every single week. The three days I'm at home I can't bring myself to do the things I love, and my physical, mental, and relationship health are suffering bad. Does anyone else work a job with a similar schedule, and how do you handle it?
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Apr 23, 2022 23:21:46 GMT -5
I generally work unsupervised at both jobs, and rarely have interactions with managers. Tonight I was the only nurse in the ER for eight patients to start with. So our second in command Director of Nursing of the hospital came in to be a "helping hand" for me. She has zero working knowledge of how to do our job-couldn't even do a COVID swab for me. So she basically just ran around getting juices and PB&Js, tidying up and "learning" by hovering over me while I assessed, arranged placement, discharged and did all of the nursing care for all of the patients. Another nurse has finally arrived and I have us down to three patients. Pray for me or pour one out for me or send me good vibes that the rest of the night is smooth as a silk for me.
EDIT: I really shouldn't complain. Nursing is such a privilege. Putting aside all of the urine I had to clean up in room 3 and the dude in 6 who keeps pulling out his dong, I had a meaningful conversation with a young guy with Asperger's who is going through a breakup and having a rough go of it. Two of my specialties. He was sweet and appreciative and we don't get that all that often down here.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
i've felt ready to leave my job for a while now, but after the last two years it's officially beyond burnout. it's at the point where i'm having physical symptoms each week when it's time to come in for my shift. i started working on my resume but have been here for so long that i no longer feel qualified to do anything else. don't know where to go, but needed to briefly vent as i sit here ready to smash my head into a wall.
i've felt ready to leave my job for a while now, but after the last two years it's officially beyond burnout. it's at the point where i'm having physical symptoms each week when it's time to come in for my shift. i started working on my resume but have been here for so long that i no longer feel qualified to do anything else. don't know where to go, but needed to briefly vent as i sit here ready to smash my head into a wall.
Develop the shit out of your resume. I'm currently going through vertigo/anxiety attacks going to my current jobs and it's a fight to do what I thought I would love to do. With the education I believe you have, you can parlay your experience into another field; but I fully understand the trapped feeling. For me, I would need to sell like 5k in gear and start from utter scratch, which is like burning the ship you are on and hoping you know how to swim well enough
i've felt ready to leave my job for a while now, but after the last two years it's officially beyond burnout. it's at the point where i'm having physical symptoms each week when it's time to come in for my shift. i started working on my resume but have been here for so long that i no longer feel qualified to do anything else. don't know where to go, but needed to briefly vent as i sit here ready to smash my head into a wall.
I feel you. Sending you love. I plan on leaving my job at the end of July (if you know me IRL please don’t say anything). I recommend hiring a resume coach and/or career coach to help you determine your next steps and help re-work your resume.
thank you both for the encouragement. i'm struggling to know if it's the right decision to stay in my field/company at a different role or completely switch gears. i knew that going into mental health work would be difficult with little financial payoff but it's getting frustrating to do this work and be making entry level retail money after 12 years. i'll keep working on my resume and i hope that you both find something more fulfilling as well.
As mentioned above, it’s my plan to leave my job at the end of July. I have been having rollercoaster emotions about it, mostly regarding what a dumb idea it sounds like on paper. But I am tired, and my soul is crushed sitting behind a desk. I’ve been doing this for 15 years…. And at this rate I’ll die doing it as there is no way I could work like this for another 25 years (retirement age)
I plan to work for myself which will not be nearly as profitable as a full time government job. I will be broke, but hopefully I will be much happier.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
just officially put in for my intent to go part time at the end of the month. i don't really know what i'm doing, but it feels like one million pounds off my shoulders. going to pick up hours here over the summer and start by applying for jobs at the school on our campus. i can't wait to not sleep at work anymore!
Post by abrakapokus on May 12, 2022 19:25:11 GMT -5
It is pretty wild, and even embarrassing, to be saying this out loud, but I've been bullied at my current job twice, the first which spanned two months, until the ring leader quit, and now again for about a week.
On Monday I was called, by one of these women, a bully (excuse me what?!?) because I told her it was unacceptable to yell at someone (a sweet new nurse) and she had plenty of work she needed to focus on herself. She later came into our shared office space and started screaming at me while the other nurse was in there. I went straight to my boss because accusations like that can really screw with your career. My boss admitted that she knows this group is a problem but they refuse to do anything because she is currently undergoing chemo and lost a son last year to overdose.
I took Friday, Monday and Tuesday off and then I only have wed-friday left at this job. Both of the other RNs have texted me that they are concerned what will happen after I leave.
This literally feels like an abusive relationship. It's crazy because most folks who know me would never think I'd be in this position, but I am. The part that feels most like an abusive relationship is tip-toeing and constantly wondering if I'm bringing it on myself. I have worked two jobs as a nurse before and did fine with co-workers. The majority of my years working have been in the restaurant/music biz so I kept thinking "maybe my personality isn't cut out to work in this kind of setting." and second guessing everything I said or did. It has been a total mind fuck and rollercoaster of emotions - loving some of my co-workers and all of my patients and then dreading going into work.
There's a lot I'll miss about this job, but for my mental health I'm so glad to be out of there next week.
It is pretty wild, and even embarrassing, to be saying this out loud, but I've been bullied at my current job twice, the first which spanned two months, until the ring leader quit, and now again for about a week.
On Monday I was called, by one of these women, a bully (excuse me what?!?) because I told her it was unacceptable to yell at someone (a sweet new nurse) and she had plenty of work she needed to focus on herself. She later came into our shared office space and started screaming at me while the other nurse was in there. I went straight to my boss because accusations like that can really screw with your career. My boss admitted that she knows this group is a problem but they refuse to do anything because she is currently undergoing chemo and lost a son last year to overdose.
I took Friday, Monday and Tuesday off and then I only have wed-friday left at this job. Both of the other RNs have texted me that they are concerned what will happen after I leave.
This literally feels like an abusive relationship. It's crazy because most folks who know me would never think I'd be in this position, but I am. The part that feels most like an abusive relationship is tip-toeing and constantly wondering if I'm bringing it on myself. I have worked two jobs as a nurse before and did fine with co-workers. The majority of my years working have been in the restaurant/music biz so I kept thinking "maybe my personality isn't cut out to work in this kind of setting." and second guessing everything I said or did. It has been a total mind fuck and rollercoaster of emotions - loving some of my co-workers and all of my patients and then dreading going into work.
There's a lot I'll miss about this job, but for my mental health I'm so glad to be out of there next week.
That sucks so much. I am glad you are getting out!
One of the executives hit me up on Teams this morning asking if I had 30 minutes to make a map for them.
6 hours later I’m finally done.
Ugh I feel that pain. I work in graphic design and marketing and 85% of my work comes directly from an exec who all have literally no concept of how long it takes to do things. It's always "this will be quick I promise!" It never is.
One of the executives hit me up on Teams this morning asking if I had 30 minutes to make a map for them.
6 hours later I’m finally done.
Ugh I feel that pain. I work in graphic design and marketing and 85% of my work comes directly from an exec who all have literally no concept of how long it takes to do things. It's always "this will be quick I promise!" It never is.
One of the many reasons that I am so glad I retired from being a graphic designer.
One of the executives hit me up on Teams this morning asking if I had 30 minutes to make a map for them.
6 hours later I’m finally done.
Ugh I feel that pain. I work in graphic design and marketing and 85% of my work comes directly from an exec who all have literally no concept of how long it takes to do things. It's always "this will be quick I promise!" It never is.
Yup, between downloading and cleaning the data, he wanted to “massage” the data classification to highlight a certain area then added 3 extra elements to the map. So I had to figure out how to add all this stuff to the layout without looking too over crowded. It was fun as I haven’t had a day of doing strictly cartography in a long time but yea, took my whole damn day up.
Ugh I feel that pain. I work in graphic design and marketing and 85% of my work comes directly from an exec who all have literally no concept of how long it takes to do things. It's always "this will be quick I promise!" It never is.
Yup, between downloading and cleaning the data, he wanted to “massage” the data classification to highlight a certain area then added 3 extra elements to the map. So I had to figure out how to add all this stuff to the layout without looking too over crowded. It was fun as I haven’t had a day of doing strictly cartography in a long time but yea, took my whole damn day up.
Out of curiosity, what do you do that you work with graphics and mapping? I do a little of both in my job as well...
Post by tewentytwo on May 16, 2022 17:00:50 GMT -5
I work in the environmental sciences studying water resources/quality in Southern California. I do spatial data engineering and cartography for the Biology department and the office as a whole. I got my degrees in geography specializing in Geographic Information Science (GIS). This map was showing DDT concentration levels in the Southern California Bight from 1994-2018.
I work in the environmental sciences studying water resources/quality in Southern California. I do spatial data engineering and cartography for the Biology department and the office as a whole. I got my degrees in geography specializing in Geographic Information Science (GIS). This map was showing DDT concentration levels in the Southern California Bight from 1994-2018.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
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