nuffsaid
11-28-2004, 10:34 AM
Hi group. I know I’ve been gone for a while so I guess I’m back now. You know?, People are especially busy this time of year. Maybe it's because of the changing seasons or there’s something in the air, but it makes them buy a lot of stuff and in the process there are a lot more work for people to do. So to keep up (and in the process keep your job) you find yourself working late just to clear your desk. And then it happens, things are just dumped on you from all sides.
There are deadlines to be met from the bigwigs upstairs that wants everything done by last week when they just put it on your desk today.
Then there’s dealing with the jerks on the other side of the phone that either got your orders wrong or dealing with the idiot the placed your orders in the first place because he can’t read.
Then there’s the backstabbers that supported you all the way and then dumped their support at the last moment leaving you to rot (but always there when things go right claiming their pivotal roll in the success of the project)
And then there’s becoming the jerk because you find your self yelling at people that didn’t deserve it because they were just there when you wanted to vent.
There’s a lot of frustration that comes with it this time of year too.
When I finally had some time off I hardly had time to be my other self and it got me thinking, “Do I work better as a man or a woman?” Hmmm….?
When I’m a man I’m more focused, determined and driven than I would be as my other half. Sometimes I see myself as Thor with my hammer in hand because at times I need to take control of situations, to get the job done. The higher-ups love my work but at the same time don’t condone the way I go about getting it done and I find myself walking a very thin line that keep getting redrawn.
Will I be able to do the same thing as a woman? As a woman I would feel that I have to pay more attention to my demeanor to get people to do things for you without being called the company’s bitch. As a man I depend on fear to get people to move so how will I act? I’ve thought about it and I really don’t know.
Any Thoughts?
There are deadlines to be met from the bigwigs upstairs that wants everything done by last week when they just put it on your desk today.
Then there’s dealing with the jerks on the other side of the phone that either got your orders wrong or dealing with the idiot the placed your orders in the first place because he can’t read.
Then there’s the backstabbers that supported you all the way and then dumped their support at the last moment leaving you to rot (but always there when things go right claiming their pivotal roll in the success of the project)
And then there’s becoming the jerk because you find your self yelling at people that didn’t deserve it because they were just there when you wanted to vent.
There’s a lot of frustration that comes with it this time of year too.
When I finally had some time off I hardly had time to be my other self and it got me thinking, “Do I work better as a man or a woman?” Hmmm….?
When I’m a man I’m more focused, determined and driven than I would be as my other half. Sometimes I see myself as Thor with my hammer in hand because at times I need to take control of situations, to get the job done. The higher-ups love my work but at the same time don’t condone the way I go about getting it done and I find myself walking a very thin line that keep getting redrawn.
Will I be able to do the same thing as a woman? As a woman I would feel that I have to pay more attention to my demeanor to get people to do things for you without being called the company’s bitch. As a man I depend on fear to get people to move so how will I act? I’ve thought about it and I really don’t know.
Any Thoughts?