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10-04-2008, 05:41 AM
I hate my job. I hate my job so much that I'm ashamed to even admit what I do.
I'm a secretary, a modern day slave. Not only am I a secretary for a busy Executive; I am also the secretary for a whole department. Yup, fun times. I sit in a cubicle, staring at a computer screen, and answer phones all day long. It's a repulsive. My days are so busy and stressful, that there have been days where I've almost been reduced to tears. I will also mention that I work for a union. Now, I know it sounds great but I'm only a term (12 month contract) and am not protected by the union. So, not only do I have the most stressful job in this place, I work with lazy goofs who carry their coffee mugs from cubicle to cubicle socializing and complaining about how much they hate their job or the management.
Take this morning for instance. I came in this morning and just as I arrived at my cubicle, there's my boss barking orders at me. I was still standing with my purse in my hand!! I haven't even had a chance to sit down! Then comes a union co-worker, mug in hand, telling me how much he hates this place!!! Amazing.
My boss barks orders at me all day. It's never ‘Can you PLEASE do this' it's always ‘Do this – I need it done now'. He's also so useless! He can't even program his own phone! It amazes me how he even got into the position in the first place. Everyone else does his work for him meanwhile he's getting paid the big bucks!
I am literally counting the days till I'm done this place. I have 6 months left to go and to be honest, I don't know if I can handle it any longer. Because of this job, I now have tendonitis from constantly typing, clicking my mouse, or handwriting minutes in meetings (there are no laptops and unions have TONS of meetings – that's a whole other useless issue). I have to go to massage therapy now to try and get better.
I would leave but I don't want to go on bad terms (can use the reference). There's only 6 months left (with a 3 week vacation in between) so I will just have to try to stick with it. There is no ‘f'ing way I would take a permanent job in this place.
I'm a secretary, a modern day slave. Not only am I a secretary for a busy Executive; I am also the secretary for a whole department. Yup, fun times. I sit in a cubicle, staring at a computer screen, and answer phones all day long. It's a repulsive. My days are so busy and stressful, that there have been days where I've almost been reduced to tears. I will also mention that I work for a union. Now, I know it sounds great but I'm only a term (12 month contract) and am not protected by the union. So, not only do I have the most stressful job in this place, I work with lazy goofs who carry their coffee mugs from cubicle to cubicle socializing and complaining about how much they hate their job or the management.
Take this morning for instance. I came in this morning and just as I arrived at my cubicle, there's my boss barking orders at me. I was still standing with my purse in my hand!! I haven't even had a chance to sit down! Then comes a union co-worker, mug in hand, telling me how much he hates this place!!! Amazing.
My boss barks orders at me all day. It's never ‘Can you PLEASE do this' it's always ‘Do this – I need it done now'. He's also so useless! He can't even program his own phone! It amazes me how he even got into the position in the first place. Everyone else does his work for him meanwhile he's getting paid the big bucks!
I am literally counting the days till I'm done this place. I have 6 months left to go and to be honest, I don't know if I can handle it any longer. Because of this job, I now have tendonitis from constantly typing, clicking my mouse, or handwriting minutes in meetings (there are no laptops and unions have TONS of meetings – that's a whole other useless issue). I have to go to massage therapy now to try and get better.
I would leave but I don't want to go on bad terms (can use the reference). There's only 6 months left (with a 3 week vacation in between) so I will just have to try to stick with it. There is no ‘f'ing way I would take a permanent job in this place.