Complaining
Recently there have been some changes going around in my life.
Change sucks.
Change is necessary.
Without change you turn in to a lump of coal.
But when you know ahead of time changes are coming — having been forewarned a good while in advance — you have no right to complain.
However, the changes have arrived at my place of employment that we were forewarned about and all I hear is bitching and complaining. Sure, a lot of the changes didn’t go over very smoothly and could have been handled better, but we knew they were coming.
Maybe I should have titled this post “Thankful”, because even through all these changes going on, the one thing I’ve tried to keep at the top of my mind is that I’m so thankful to have this job.
Sure, I have to get up a half hour earlier due to the hour changes, but that’s a minor thing and makes for better planning. I have to make sure I do my best to get my specials for this blog prepared the night before, if I can. The coffee maker has to be prepared so I don’t have to spend that extra time in the mornings, it’s done when I get out of the shower. I can’t leave the house 20 minutes to when I’m suppose to be there now, it’s more like a half hour due to the amount of traffic I have to deal with, but that’s okay too.
My job didn’t change.
My pay didn’t change.
I still love my job.
I’m just sick and tired of all the bitching and moaning. I want to send everyone I hear complain back in time to when I was working in a call center, where my bathroom and lunch breaks were scheduled, and I was getting home at 1 am because of working the evening shift. On top of that, let them deal with the miniscule amount of money I was making. I think about 6 months of time there would shut these people up.
Thank you God for my job.
It could be worse.
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1Stacy
wrote on 5 January 2006 at 7:17
It’s funny…after a string of jobs where I would come home, literally, and cry every night (think of how fun that was for us as newlyweds!), I am in a job that allows me to work from the comfort of my own home, set my own hours (within reason) and work with people I’ve known for nearly ten years.
My co-workers share these same benefits.
Nevertheless…some of my coworkers *still* complain…about whatever they can complain about… petty things like requirements changes, or last- minute tasks. You bet it’s annoying but in the grand scheme of things, I’d rather do that crap here than in some cube farm where Mr. Middle Manager is peering over my cube wall with his coffee cup saying, “Yeahhhhhhhh…I’m gonna need you to come in Sunday, too. Yeahhhhhh.”
My opinion now is, was, and always will be…if you’re so unhappy in your job that you start looking for stupid things to be upset about, leave and get out. It can be done. Then again, there are people who are too scared to leave, and enjoy the angst and drama because that’s all they’ve got going on.
But, I hear you. I may not love (love my husband, really like my job, LOL) my job, but it’s certainly the best one I’ve had in the last six years…and for that I’m very grateful.
2Trelaina
wrote on 5 January 2006 at 10:34
I’m with you both. My job may not be great, but I am respected, get a decent pay and manage my own time (within reason). My company, while large, offers good benefits, etc. I’d rather work from home (anyone know a place where a good, technically minded analyst could do that?) and I’d rather have a better management team, but it’s a pretty good deal all-in-all.
3Trelaina
wrote on 5 January 2006 at 10:36
Correction — I’d rather have the OPTION to work from home. If I was home 24/7, I’d go nuts