Fail?
Had an interesting chat with my boss this morning.
He pointed out that I've been making some errors lately, and that I should *really* proof my work before turning it in.
Sidenote: Let's totally disregard the fact that with a week remaining, our group was advised by said boss that we had a week less than expected to get a certain type of work done, on top of our regularly scheduled work, plus reshuffling of scheduled work that couldn't be done by other's that the scheduled work was originally assigned to.
...Ok, now that we've disregarded that, moving on...
He finishes our conversation by telling me that he thinks of me as a hard worker, a good worker, and quite possibly the one that makes the best use of time for productivity.
*blinks* I think I have entered the Twilight Zone.
I honestly don't believe that, since the others, while they don't produce the amount of work that I do, work much much harder than I do, because of what their regular tasks entail. So yes, I may be the most productive, but... given the unbalanced workload, that doesn't really add up to much. XP
The irony is if I take on any tasks I'm not already doing, I will easily become overwhelmed, and I made it a point after working at the armored car company to never ever ever let myself take on more responsibility at work than I can comfortably handle during an 8-hour work shift. I don't mind work, I don't mind keeping busy, but I don't like stress resulting from having too much to do in too little time to do it in. Sounds reasonable, I think?
So, I'm either taking this as a cautionary tale that I'm being falsely pampered and going to get shitcanned (Whoohoo! Unemployment while I look for something else!), or OMG he really meant it, and I'm otherwise doing fine outside of the errors resulting from rushing through an extra week's worth of work. *shrug*
I really don't get this place sometimes...
He pointed out that I've been making some errors lately, and that I should *really* proof my work before turning it in.
Sidenote: Let's totally disregard the fact that with a week remaining, our group was advised by said boss that we had a week less than expected to get a certain type of work done, on top of our regularly scheduled work, plus reshuffling of scheduled work that couldn't be done by other's that the scheduled work was originally assigned to.
...Ok, now that we've disregarded that, moving on...
He finishes our conversation by telling me that he thinks of me as a hard worker, a good worker, and quite possibly the one that makes the best use of time for productivity.
*blinks* I think I have entered the Twilight Zone.
I honestly don't believe that, since the others, while they don't produce the amount of work that I do, work much much harder than I do, because of what their regular tasks entail. So yes, I may be the most productive, but... given the unbalanced workload, that doesn't really add up to much. XP
The irony is if I take on any tasks I'm not already doing, I will easily become overwhelmed, and I made it a point after working at the armored car company to never ever ever let myself take on more responsibility at work than I can comfortably handle during an 8-hour work shift. I don't mind work, I don't mind keeping busy, but I don't like stress resulting from having too much to do in too little time to do it in. Sounds reasonable, I think?
So, I'm either taking this as a cautionary tale that I'm being falsely pampered and going to get shitcanned (Whoohoo! Unemployment while I look for something else!), or OMG he really meant it, and I'm otherwise doing fine outside of the errors resulting from rushing through an extra week's worth of work. *shrug*
I really don't get this place sometimes...