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One of the things I do is edit audit reports. We have one that is horrible. The auditor tried to write a novel and he quit, so its constantly been put on the backburner as we try to get a hold of him to answer some questions so we can understand the damn thing. At one point my boss told me to just not worry about it/deal with it until we got our answers.

Finally, we get some answers. I want to go back through it, since the owner of the company (who gives the report a quick edit before it is OK'd to be sent out), and his standards have changed in the past few months, and I don't want to get yelled at if 4 hours can save our entire department from looking bad, especially when the fracking budget is coming up.

But my boss is pissy today, and she just "doesn't want to spend more time on it! Just get it in there!". She doesn't want to waste more "time and money" on it... even though I have NOTHING ELSE TO DO TODAY, AND THUS I'LL JUST BE WASTING TIME AND MONEY TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING UNIMPORTANT TO DO IN THE MEANTIME. GOOD THING I'M NOT SPENDING THAT TIME ACTUALLY BEING PRODUCTIVE.

Fine, but when the owner of the company comes by to yell at me for the shoddy work, I'm pointing to you. I'm not taking the blame when I have been upfront about this report needing a lot more work.

Additionally, she and my coworker who I already ranted about are BOTH doing something (and have been for 45 minutes) that I could do in 15 minutes.

Seriously, I could have gotten the [expletive] report into decent enough shape to not get yelled at, and gotten the job that the TWO of you are spending WAY too much time on, done by 5, but now I have to find something to do/look busy/waste time and money the rest of the day just because you're stupid.

Maybe this is why my boss loves me and thinks that I'm "fast" with everything, because I'm not stupid and can do things at a normal person's pace.

Welcome to the corporate world. I would routinely get [expletive] at by my coworkers for working TOO fast because it made them look bad.

cardinalkarp wrote:Welcome to the corporate world. I would routinely get [expletive] at by my coworkers for working TOO fast because it made them look bad.

The ironic thing is, I've posted here and read emails and stuff, so its not like I'm lightning fast. How the hell am I that much faster than two people while surfing GRB?

I'm not that good, the work just isn't that difficult. I'm an administrative assistant.

JCShutout wrote:

cardinalkarp wrote:Welcome to the corporate world. I would routinely get [expletive] at by my coworkers for working TOO fast because it made them look bad.

The ironic thing is, I've posted here and read emails and stuff, so its not like I'm lightning fast. How the hell am I that much faster than two people while surfing GRB?

I'm not that good, the work just isn't that difficult. I'm an administrative assistant.

There are ALOT of not so bright people in this world. I have a fairly easy job (at least I think so) but I would say 3/4 of the people in my department struggle w/ it on a daily basis to the point that they go out on stress leave (which is another rant entirely)

cardinalkarp wrote:There are ALOT of not so bright people in this world. I have a fairly easy job (at least I think so) but I would say 3/4 of the people in my department struggle w/ it on a daily basis to the point that they go out on stress leave (which is another rant entirely)

Damn millenials....

mikechamp wrote:

cardinalkarp wrote:There are ALOT of not so bright people in this world. I have a fairly easy job (at least I think so) but I would say 3/4 of the people in my department struggle w/ it on a daily basis to the point that they go out on stress leave (which is another rant entirely)

Damn millenials....

Its mainly people that are in their 40's and 50's.

pop_haines wrote:I've been there, JC.

Luckily, for the first time in 15 years, I am
blessed w/ a smart (and easygoing) boss.

He and I agree on the aphorism, 'perfect
is the enemy of good.' Do you know how
rare that is in Quality Control?!?



Wait, was I supposed to rant?

Actually, my boss is usually pretty easygoing and smart. I respect her a lot, but when she gets frustrated with something, she can have a tendency to sort of blow things out of proportion and make mountains out of molehills. Things have been stressful lately, but damn, lets not forget good time management.

I tend to be the type who assumes that a problem is on my end, so I tend to spend a few minutes trying to get to the bottom of the problem before calling for help most of the time. Usually I'm able to figure out the problem if its on my end, or atleast when I have to go to my boss or IT, the problem is real and worth their time.

I'm also shocked that they think I'm quick because I'm anal about double and triple checking my work to ensure accuracy.

But its really cool that you are doing something that you enjoy, with people you enjoy working with. I've heard an old adage that finding the right work and finding the right person to spend your life with (or being alone if that's appropriate) is 98% of life, with the rest being details which will get sorted on their own.

JCShutout wrote:The ironic thing is, I've posted here and read emails and stuff, so its not like I'm lightning fast. How the hell am I that much faster than two people while surfing GRB?

GRB increases productivity by three folds..I'm appalled you were unaware of this simple fact.
The more the post count, the more productive members are.

cardinalkarp wrote: I would say 3/4 of the people in my department struggle w/ it on a daily basis to the point that they go out on stress leave (which is another rant entirely)

"Stress leave"?

I need to work for a company that grants people stress leave.

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Popeye_Card wrote:

cardinalkarp wrote: I would say 3/4 of the people in my department struggle w/ it on a daily basis to the point that they go out on stress leave (which is another rant entirely)

"Stress leave"?

I need to work for a company that grants people stress leave.

--P--

I don't know how these people do it, I'm assuming they know special "doctors" that are able to get it done. They'll go out on disability or FMLA for about a month at a time. Its ridiculous.