I’m somewhere between Lethal Weapon and Falling Down

Is it just me? Back to work after a week off and I’m already somewhere between “I’m too old for this shit” and a full on gun toting rampage* at all the petty stupidity, ass covering and pointless rules and processes that make doing the actual job next to impossible.

A long lunch at the gym is beckoning….

* the full on gun toting rampage is obviously an over exaggeration for overly dramatic effect. Though I’m still in time for a McDonald’s breakfast….

I knew exactly what you meant with that thread title. I think I’m constantly between the two.

Right there with you.

Is it just me?

Nope.

Save the rampage for closer to Christmas  – body count will likely be more impressive (wicked smiley emoji)

Save the rampage for closer to Christmas – body count will likely be more impressive (wicked smiley emoji)

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Amen.

Yeah I feel the same too. Work is a constant challenge and some of our clients are really taking the piss at the moment – we work lots in the public sector so we need to get Purchase Orders for everything (they all have ‘No PO, No Pay’ policies) but I am constantly asking and asking and asking so I can invoice. The really frustrating thing is that lots of the invoices are for hosting and support services but we couldn’t really just switch them off otherwise members of the public wouldn’t be able to access important information. One client was asked for a PO two months ago, they ignore all reminders, never answer their phone and the hosting has now expired (but we need to keep the site live at our own cost). FFS

That’s exactly where I was a year ago, so I retried.

That’s exactly where I was a year ago, so I retried.

If at first you don’t succeed

I spend a lot of time between

And

That’s exactly where I was a year ago, so I retried.

I wish I could afford to.

I wish I could afford to.

same here :-/

My wife is at this point – but it’s just me and my dog at my work though so I’m far more chilled!

Work is a constant challenge and some of our clients are really taking the piss at the moment – we work lots in the public sector so we need to get Purchase Orders for everything (they all have ‘No PO, No Pay’ policies) but I am constantly asking and asking and asking so I can invoice.

We provide a service to the NHS, and have a similar problem. Some trusts/health boards are brilliant and sort things weeks or months in advance, but some are utterly useless and we can end up providing the service essentially at no charge for up to 6 months before we get paid for it. And just turning it off isn’t an option if we want to maintain the trust of our clients and remain a going concern.

And just turning it off isn’t an option if we want to maintain the trust of our clients and remain a going concern.

Exactly 🙁

Is it just me? Back to work after a week off and I’m already somewhere between “I’m too old for this shit” and a full on gun toting rampage* at all the petty stupidity, ass covering and pointless rules and processes that make doing the actual job next to impossible.

I feel just the same. Constant “process streamlining” that is supposed to make things easier but actually adds complexity, people that shirk responsibility by ‘delegating’, decisions made by people that don’t have any experience in the field but have the power to force change through, a ‘speak up’ culture that doesn’t really care and doesn’t listen if you do speak up. It just goes on and on.
18 months left on the mortgage then I will be looking to ‘retire’, maybe getting a nice part-time job to cover some of the bills and riding bikes.

decisions made by people that don’t have any experience in the field but have the power to force change through

One of the worst IT systems I’ve ever had the misfortune to use was foisted on us in exactly that manner. By a person who barely knew one end of a laptop from the other.

* the full on gun toting rampage is obviously an over exaggeration for overly dramatic effect. Though I’m still in time for a McDonald’s breakfast….

I feel like employing such a method every time someone sits on a train playing music through their phone lousdpeaker.

I treat work the same as I do politics and pretend I’m an invisible observer looking on in amusement and astonishment at how ridiculous it all is. I leave the senior people to play their political games, laugh at the corporate clones spend all their time reaching out and leaning in, and ignore the young upstarts who spend all their time telling you how to do a job you’ve been doing twenty years. Sometimes in meetings I ask the organiser if I’m allowed to speak English or if they expect Corporanto and they often have no idea what I’m talking about. No doubt they think all think I’m a grumpy old man but hey-ho.

I’m almost constantly in this state, but my job/role means that I need to have people work with me rather than being forced to do something they don’t like/understand/want to do. It’s caused me an incredible stress over the 18 years I have been doing this and one of the reasons I have been slowly sinking into depression for the last, well, nearly all of those years.

The coasters up there ^^^ are actually a sad indictment of my current mental state. My local GP wants to try and make me happy again and, whilst I value her attempts and aims, I genuinely do not think that is possible in this job/industry and where I am in my life right now. She means well though.

All part of transitioning from early middle age to Curmudgeon.