A day for job bitching

[thistlechaser]

Really. It is.

I'm so sick of everything. I arrived at work at 7:45 this morning (15 minutes early). No one else arrived until 9 or later. Now it's 4:50 and everyone is leaving... but *I* have to stay here another fucking hour.

Dammit.

I'm sick, sick, sick of this. Why is it that *I* have to work a 9 hour day and no one else does? And yes, I take a lunch break (*gasp!*), but everyone else has no limit on breaks and so takes a much longer one. Growl, growl, growl.

I need to quit. Really, I do.

Comments

Hrm...

[batratblue.livejournal.com]

'Thout knowing more, all I can say is, 'Have you talked to HR?'

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Our company is very odd and most everything, so long as it doesn't break a law, is left to your manager or group leader. (And the one thing he's good at is hiring: My co worker and I are responsible folks, so Mr. Group Leader can and does cut out early all the time, take random days off, vanish for half the day, etc.)

An easy answer might be to do the same as our boss... but I can't. Forgetting the worries about being fired (ironic, since I want to quit), I have a hard time cutting corners and slacking off and stuff...

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

You really are doing more than is expected. It's a virtue of a sort - you care that you get your job done well - but it leads to tremendous stress when others don't have the same motivation. I'm sure you're right that you'd be much more miserable cutting out after 8 hours and leaving things to clean up later. Not your nature.

However, what _is_ a problem is that you're putting in a lot of free work that nobody else cares about. You're not getting told that you're doing a good job, and being properly appreciated. That's no good. It means that this company isn't a good fit for your work ethic.

(A lot of these questions aren't, IMO, about a right or wrong way to approach things, so much as finding a company that encourages your approach.)

The economy is rough, but it's well worth some effort spent trying to find someone who _will_ appreciate their employees caring about their job, and what's more, expect your co-workers to do the same thing. So that, after 9 hours, if you're still not caught up, at least you can expect the guy next to you to still be working too. And, I suspect, that's all you really need.

It's not like they'll stop you from taking a long lunch for an interview, or even a personal day. And sometimes, there's nothing that bring appreciation more than showing up in nicer than normal clothes and taking a 2 hour lunch. (I've heard of people doing this from time to time without an actual interview lined up, just for the reaction.)

Hotjobs and Yahoo have merged (into, I think, hotjobs.yahoo.com), and that and Monster.com are probably the logical places to post your resume and do a few searches.

Good luck!

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Actually, it sounds like in this situation that they're taking advantage of you. They know that your work ethic will have you there covering their lazy asses...and so they're doing it.

You don't *have* to work a 9 hour day anymore than they are. What's keeping you there, coming in early and staying until "you're supposed to" is your own sense of ethics.

I agree with batratblue. If it is a problem, and I think it is, take it to HR. But, if you do that, I'd sit down and keep track of their arrival and departure times for 2-3 weeks so you can take this information with you. They want concretes, when they take complaints like that.