Aw . . . the forum ate my comment. It was kinda long, too. Well, here's a silly cat gif to replace it. Just imagine that the cat is asking for a raise commensurate with its new duties:
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As far as I can understand you are getting a "higher role", with more hours and supposedly with better pay right? If not, you can ask for a better salary.
Slacking off is not always the best choice but you could do "other things" instead of working, slowing down any visible progress and making anything that would take 4 or 6 months in something that takes 9 or 12. If they ask you, you can just say that you feel to much pressure there and that you are stressing out because of the amount of work. Maybe they will change you back to your previous charge.
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This is a government job and the pay revision is fixed. I get paid what my batch mates get paid :( I have slowed down the work considerably. One thing I have learned is that quick and efficient work is awarded with more work. So better to stretch a task as long as you can to avoid getting fresh work. Took me a whole year to learn this lesson though.
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Yeah, me too. At first I was the yes man, after building too much pressure and getting stressed far beyond my limit, I learned the hard way to say no sometimes.
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Sorry for your plight. Silly cat gifs are exactly what I needed today too. :-)
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Instead of trying to get bumped back down, perhaps you should leverage your current valued position to figure out how to make the next move up? Just a thought. :)
2 days off after every 3 is a crazy amount of time off. I've never heard of such a thing. Early in my IT career, I once took on a project where I worked a minimum of 10 hours a day (but usually 12) for 37 days straight without a single day off. Now, that's extreme, and most of the time I worked a normal work week (although long hours) with the weekends off. But there were still big deployments on weekends when we finished a major release of a product, etc.
I received that much work because I proved my value early on, and management kept giving me more responsibility and bigger projects. They got continually more difficult, both in terms of required technical expertise and the demand upon my time. It was often stressful and had me questioning a lot of work/life balance choices.
BUT, I powered through it and now I am at a place in my IT career where I have the experience (and war stories :D) that allow me to usually work very normal hours for even better pay and, more importantly, set strategic direction, make design decisions, etc., at a much higher level (and allow the twenty-somethings [who are the new "me"] to do a lot of the physical work based upon the direction I've set.
What I'm saying is that paying your dues when you're given a more advanced opportunity usually pays off if you perform well. It may help get you to an even better level with better pay and more satisfying work. You probably won't ever see 40% of your time being "off" again (that'll never happen in a successful IT career...once you're a key player, there will be too much demand on your time for that to be possible), but you should be able to get back to a normal 5-day work week instead of 6.
In any case, best of luck to you. I hope that you're able to figure out what you really want from your job and make it happen.
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I have worked as a developer for 4 years so I know the lowly life of one especially when there are deadlines to meet. And it's like there is always some deadline that you have to meet. This was indeed one of the major reason I quit my IT job. It was like, I was never home with my family.
I am glad you have gone through your tough times and have made the most out of it. But for me, the career growth lies with the operational work which I am not performing. I am getting paid all the benefits but I feel that I am out of practice and rusty. And there's no short road to success here since this is a government job in a third world country.
So far what I have planned as of today is to accept whatever work I am doing. One of my tasks is to investigate regarding incident and occurrences and so far I have investigated more than 15 cases. It's helping me to build my resume. I plan to either request my management to refer me for a formal course for Accident and Incident Investigation, or go for one on my personal expense. It will most probably land me a better position in the organization, or better yet, land me a better job in another country.
Thanks for the motivation!
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Absolutely. And hey, you just mentioned what I was going to suggest next...that if you're really unhappy, just keep filling that resume with interesting accomplishments, and then you'll be able to shop around for another position somewhere else if this one just isn't fitting your life. :)
Best of luck no matter your decision. It sounds to me like you're on the right path.
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My workplace is pretty damn depressing and I just found out that the benefits are absolute crap because of a stupid reason I don't even want to think about. It's hard to find a job(that doesn't require some kind of schooling / experience) where it's easy to do a lot to better yourself or the workplace. I've been told by quite a few people at certain retail jobs I've worked that it's more or less always sucked for them and to never land myself in retail as a full-time / main gig. It's pretty depressing to work in retail depending on where you work too
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Do you have any plans for schooling? Perhaps a diploma?
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usual crap, I'm returning to school but it gets more complicated the older you get, imo
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It does indeed. Especially when you know that whatever you are learning is not really going to help you out practically in any way.
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Quick question, does your new role come with a higer salary? If not, then that's a terrible deal.
Generally speaking, going the extra mile when employed at a state-payed job will only get you more responsibilities for the same paycheck. I should know, I work in the educational sector.
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No it doesn't. It's a state job and your second sentence holds true. Everyone is paid the same amount and I am not getting anything extra. Although I must say that we are being paid a handsome amount, but I certainly am putting a lot more hours and effort into work.
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Start looking for a new employer. Write your grievances in e-mails and send them to your superiors.
Learn to delegate work where possible. Some companies eat up people so they don'T have to change their own ways. Change them or your workplace or you'll be the next statistic.
Edit: Which country? How many hours do you work? There are laws and regulations.
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I supposed the superiors of my immediate superiors are far worse. There was a senior guy who went down this road and got suspended from operational duties with all the benefits taken away as well.
I requested my chief to arrange for me just two people, to whom I could transfer my skills. I am a very good teacher. This was they could have had more than one person to rely on and it would also ease the stress on my shoulders. But obviously, such requests get denied.
I have consulted some seniors recently, and following their advise, I am updating my resume with all the extra knowledge and work experience that I have acquired from my extra duties. It's going to help me land a better gig some day.
I live in Pakistan. Laws and regulations are for wimps :P
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I guess you'll have to start working slower now and doing the absolute minimum. If you see something that could be done better, ignore it! That may go against your instincts but it is something you'll have to learn and force yourself to do.
Otherwise you're on the best way to a burn-out and physical health issues like restlessness etc. and getting discarded eventually.
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Hear the wise words of Sgt. Rizzo: "The Army hates to see a man grin. Makes them think they've failed somehow. But moan and groan and carry on, they'll leave you to your lonesome; long as they know you're miserable, they're happy."
And maybe read Sun Tzu´s "The Art of War".
It´s true when they say that most strategies from the book apply to nowadays work ethics, and frightening at that.
Not saying it´ll help you deal better with work related problems, but it reveals some interesting perspectives.
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Well that is why a few of my colleagues who are extremely happy working in the night shifts, continue to whine and moan about working during night time because doing so ensures that they stay there!
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Thank You ! Bump !
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thx :)
cat...?
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Thanks !
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Hi all,
I hope you are all doing good!
Just a little rant. Last year the COO of my organization asked one of my dear colleagues that he needs someone with a "computer background". Lo and behold, he suggests my name and I am taken out from operations team to work on a special assignment. It took me 4 months to get the task done. During that time, I took the liberty to poke my nose into other stuff that went on in the office and automated a few reports that were otherwise being generated manually, saving them countless hours of work. The management liked my efforts and awarded me with a change of role and team and of course with more work :(
Now it's been over a year since I have been off my ops team. I am feeling extremely stressed out both physically and mentally. I have to work from Monday to Saturday as opposed to my previous team where I got 2 days off after every 3 work days. I once talked to the Training Officer to please let me go back to the ops work. He told me that "the organization has invested a lot of time on you to do what are currently doing, so you have to continue here." His reply left me speechless. All this was certainly not "planned" by them, they had done no "investment", it was just me trying to be extra helpful and that was dumb of me. I am also pretty sure that few of my colleagues think that I am licking the management's boots.
I have been slacking off lately. I am waiting for my management to notice my blunders and lack of interest in work, so that maybe they will just kick me back to where I came from. But nothing fruitful so far. They still won't let me go.
TL;DR: Used to enjoy 2 days off after 3 consecutive work days in the ops team. Got assigned to a temporary assignment. Went beyond the requirement of my task and fixed some stuff that I thought needed fixing. The management noticed the improvements and has changed my office and role because of which I now have to work 6 days a week. I am extremely burned out physically and mentally due to the nature of work and there's no way out for me.
Here's a gib: Hacknet Lvl 1+
P.S.: Share some silly cat gifs please.
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