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Worst Part of your Job?

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iambrutus

iambrutus

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I was sitting here trying to figure out what the worst part of my job was, so i thought i would toss it out to the BP folks.

I really hate my job, so narrowing it down to just one thing is very hard. The top 3 things i hate the most are:

1. Users that dont tell me everything about the problem when the call, or leave out what they did to "fix" it.

2. The Drive to Pay Ratio, i drive 56 miles one way, and with the little amount that i get paid, i could afford to take a 8% paycut to get a job in close to home (cost of gas, oil changes, tires, ect).

3. Coworkers, i like the 2 guys that i work directly with, but i can't stand about 2/3 of the rest of the company
 
I work in finance for a large company, and I think the worst part is that most people in finance/accounting are uptight nerds with no personality. I have to go hang out with the marketing/sales people just to have a normal conversation.

That, and corporate red tape. I think we manufacture the stuff...
 
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Lucky for me I work with a bunch of engineers who also have personalities and learned how to carry on a conversation at some point in their lives. I'd have to say working in the lab with no air conditioning is the worst. Try sweating a few hours in there and no windows either...it gets damn hot
 
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BuckinMichigan said:
2 things tied.

1. Hypocrites.
2. People who are supposed to be setting the policies do not even comprehend how things operate and refuse to try and learn.
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In all My years as a waiter and a manager in food service I can't count the number og times I have seen this. It's always nice when an executive chef comes and says, "we are going to do this new dish and it will take this many steps to do it." Then I look laugh and ask....and how am I suppose to do all those steps with one guy working this station on a busy saturday night and 20 tickets hanging. Of course I never get and answer other than get it done.
 
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Hmmmm where to start....

People making policy, then the same organization developing apps that go directly against that policy.

People making unreasonable/ridicules policy, who are not technical and and have no idea at all as to how it will impact the functional user community (or care).

The whole "people hate you, and you suck at your job, so we will promote you out of that area" mentality.

Technical managers, who have no technical knowledge and promise the ass of they're people with constant "Oh, sure. We could have that done by the end of the week" whithout a clue of what "that" entails.

Yeah, I know you implied just one thing... I got on a roll.
 
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