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My job absolutely exhausts me. I'm still thankful to have a job at this point- especially one that pays *okay* money- but man is it exhausting!
I literally work every minute from the time I step foot in the yard to the time I leave. Before I even get my computer started, someone standing in security has a question or a problem for me. Every day, I don't ask myself "what can I get done today?" I ask myself "what can I neglect today?" I sometimes don't even have enough time to complete the bare minimum amount of work needed to keep people off my back. My phone rings incessantly throughout me entire day, and lunch break. Speaking of lunch breaks, I get approached with a question nearly every day on my lunch break.
When I go on break, the company comes crashing down. I'll hear my phone ring and five minutes later, someone will walk up to me and say "you didn't answer your phone." "I'm on my lunch" I tell them. "I just need to send this person to Bremerton. Can you put him on the list, please?" Sure, because I want to work on my lunch break. Fine, I'll take five minutes of my unpaid time to put your guy on the list for Bremerton. Of the 50 minutes of breaks I am legally granted, I usually end up taking about 35 of those minutes. I need every last minute I can get because this. job. exhausts. me.
I enter thousands of pieces of data into an HRIS and when I get one small thing incorrect, like a shift, I get calls and emails from people wondering why I screwed up and when I'm going to fix it. Oh yeah, and they want an explanation. Oh yeah, and they think I'm not busy, that I just sit at my desk and wait for people to come up and ask me to do stuff. They come in all crazy like they're busy and I look outside and see their guys standing around and smoking. Sometimes, it looks like it's lunch time in the yard, but it's not.
"Must be nice to be able to take your lunch whenever you want to." Must be nice to have a guaranteed time to take a break! I take my break when things are at a good stopping point (normally 5-6 hours after the beginning of my shift). I take my break when my new hires are gone, because when I'm on my break, they still approach me, because without my position, everything falls apart. One time, I counted how many times my phone rang during my lunch break. In 11 minutes, it rang 9 times. The majority of the people who call just call back when they don't get an answer.
Nobody stays at my position for more than about nine months. Nobody else seems to understand why. None of those that have fallen before me were as busy as I have been. I've hired in something like 300 new people in the last two and a half months. I have about 300 piles of new hire paperwork that need folders, and labels, and letters, and the folders need to be put together. I have a couple thousand pieces of paper (shift changes, direct deposits, 30-60-90s, layoffs, etc) that need to be filed. I literally could spend three straight days filing and I may not even finish.
The ladies I work with are doing everything possible to retain me. They look at me guiltily while I try to keep my head from spinning off. They buy me coffee and lunches. They give me a small bonus 10 months before I'm even eligible for one. They give me a small raise 9 months before I'm eligible for one. They praise my work and tell me I'm great, and knowledgeable, and catch on quickly.
They try, they really do. But short of creating another position for a new person to help me with my work, there's not much they can do. I am absolutely exhausted at the end of the day, and all I want to do is workout, sleep, and see my family.
But in the end, I have a job. I have health insurance. I'm paying my bills off. I'm bettering myself and guaranteeing that after I've survived some amount of time at this position, I'll never have to take a crappy entry-level position again.
Thanks for reading.
Oh, and P.S. My eyes burn every time a certain trade coordinator tells me I "droped the ball again." Sorry for all of my droping, I'll try not to drope things any more.
I literally work every minute from the time I step foot in the yard to the time I leave. Before I even get my computer started, someone standing in security has a question or a problem for me. Every day, I don't ask myself "what can I get done today?" I ask myself "what can I neglect today?" I sometimes don't even have enough time to complete the bare minimum amount of work needed to keep people off my back. My phone rings incessantly throughout me entire day, and lunch break. Speaking of lunch breaks, I get approached with a question nearly every day on my lunch break.
When I go on break, the company comes crashing down. I'll hear my phone ring and five minutes later, someone will walk up to me and say "you didn't answer your phone." "I'm on my lunch" I tell them. "I just need to send this person to Bremerton. Can you put him on the list, please?" Sure, because I want to work on my lunch break. Fine, I'll take five minutes of my unpaid time to put your guy on the list for Bremerton. Of the 50 minutes of breaks I am legally granted, I usually end up taking about 35 of those minutes. I need every last minute I can get because this. job. exhausts. me.
I enter thousands of pieces of data into an HRIS and when I get one small thing incorrect, like a shift, I get calls and emails from people wondering why I screwed up and when I'm going to fix it. Oh yeah, and they want an explanation. Oh yeah, and they think I'm not busy, that I just sit at my desk and wait for people to come up and ask me to do stuff. They come in all crazy like they're busy and I look outside and see their guys standing around and smoking. Sometimes, it looks like it's lunch time in the yard, but it's not.
"Must be nice to be able to take your lunch whenever you want to." Must be nice to have a guaranteed time to take a break! I take my break when things are at a good stopping point (normally 5-6 hours after the beginning of my shift). I take my break when my new hires are gone, because when I'm on my break, they still approach me, because without my position, everything falls apart. One time, I counted how many times my phone rang during my lunch break. In 11 minutes, it rang 9 times. The majority of the people who call just call back when they don't get an answer.
Nobody stays at my position for more than about nine months. Nobody else seems to understand why. None of those that have fallen before me were as busy as I have been. I've hired in something like 300 new people in the last two and a half months. I have about 300 piles of new hire paperwork that need folders, and labels, and letters, and the folders need to be put together. I have a couple thousand pieces of paper (shift changes, direct deposits, 30-60-90s, layoffs, etc) that need to be filed. I literally could spend three straight days filing and I may not even finish.
The ladies I work with are doing everything possible to retain me. They look at me guiltily while I try to keep my head from spinning off. They buy me coffee and lunches. They give me a small bonus 10 months before I'm even eligible for one. They give me a small raise 9 months before I'm eligible for one. They praise my work and tell me I'm great, and knowledgeable, and catch on quickly.
They try, they really do. But short of creating another position for a new person to help me with my work, there's not much they can do. I am absolutely exhausted at the end of the day, and all I want to do is workout, sleep, and see my family.
But in the end, I have a job. I have health insurance. I'm paying my bills off. I'm bettering myself and guaranteeing that after I've survived some amount of time at this position, I'll never have to take a crappy entry-level position again.
Thanks for reading.
Oh, and P.S. My eyes burn every time a certain trade coordinator tells me I "droped the ball again." Sorry for all of my droping, I'll try not to drope things any more.