How to deal with my current job?

limabeans
Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:12:49 +0000

AnonForThis, I just don’t understand. 12 appts a year? I have a very, very complicated health history and I still don’t think have as many appts. (I did have 1 surgery last year meant a few pre-and-post visits, so that added to the total.) I also combine some visits, like my mammo is scheduled at the same office and time with my ob-gyn. When my kids were younger, I always, always scheduled their appts as the last one in the day, so it didn’t take as much time out of my workday.

It’s may also be very distracting because that you drink so much water, you to go to the bathroom so often. I used to work with this physically disabled guy who’d disappear for hours (it seemed) and he’d say he was in the bathroom. I felt sorry for him, but also realized I was doing a lot more work in his absense.

It’s true they may be setting you up for failure, but you sure don’t seem like you’ve gone out of your way to make friends. Remember, you’re the new guy there and it’s up to you to fit in. Those old timers have their friendships and their routines, so they’re probably more likely to be entitled to take more time off. They’ve already paid their dues. If you’re collecting sheets of paper that tallies when they’re leaving or talking on the phone for a personal call, you’re just stooping to a pretty low level of trust.

—New jobs can be very stress, but even though you’ve been there for a year, you should still try to get along and drop the nit-picking. Just trying to add an alternate point of view.