... And I don't think I'm going to find it! I work 30 hours a week. Well, it takes me 30 hours at least to do my job each week. So on short weeks, I just work that much harder the other four days.I don't know if it is Murphy's Law or just the way the universe turns, but short weeks always seem to come with their own "surprise" that means more work. This week is no exception. There's a funeral in the morning. Which means I won't get out of work on time again tomorrow.
Now before you think I'm complaining too much, I have to say that I love my job. I can't imagine doing anything else. So I don't usually mind staying late. I'm just wondering how many other people have jobs like this- ones that, if you're not there to do them, you just have to do them later?
My last job was like that; nobody could solve a problem by themselves.
ReplyDeleteThen, come quarterly-review time I'd hear about how I needed to do more work.
It used to be that way for me when I worked for GE. There was manditory overtime. If something wasn't done - for whatever reason - we had to stay until it was done. They paid us well though...so not to many complained. Sundays were double time!
ReplyDeleteI remember that kind of job too...... not much getting around it..... the world didn't stop cuz we got a holiday from working for a day......
ReplyDeletesorry you have a funeral tomorrow....
I think.. that's the case for most people. The key.. is to have work.. that you LOVE so much.. that you don't see it as WORK!
ReplyDeleteyou work in a funeral home?
ReplyDeleteNo, I work in a church. So funerals happen- but fortunately not too often! They usually just don't seem like they're timed right.
ReplyDeletethe dead can wait.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't the dead... it is the living.
ReplyDeleteyou never see a hearse pulling a U-haul
ReplyDeleteoh that fits me for sure. and probably for longer than i can remember. it doesn't take much to throw a well tuned schedule out of whack
ReplyDeleteI do, in fact when I was out in the Spring of 2009, an entire FY of stuff was just piled on my desk. This requires and incredible amount of work, on many faceted levels, and I am the only one who knows how to do it. I I didn't come back 2 weeks before my Dr. wanted me to, there was literally millions of dollars that couldn't be accessed, and almost 100 people who wouldn't have been paid, rents not paid, houses not built, in two cities and a major township (cops, code enforcement people, etc.) and on and on. I dug into it all and somehow did manage to have everything in place on schedule. It is a type of job security though isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt really is job security. Not that something can't happen, but there are several others ahead of me that would go first.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, I know when I worked in factories we used to get a lot more overtime after the holidays.
ReplyDeleteYou did that AND worked 2 jobs for a long time. You're amazing.
ReplyDeleteLuckily for me, I get paid hourly and overtime. So much of what I do can not be taken up by someone else once I have started it, so I have to do it. Certain countries, namely Pac-Rim countries, are notorious for making changes or trying to cut things to the cheap, so I often have to revise the details on a quote 10 times or more, and have to come in several hours early, stay late, or come in on a Saturday to get my job done.
ReplyDeleteI often have to tell myself that I must remain thankful that I have gainful employment.
And be grateful for overtime! I'm salaried, which means no overtime. I did tell my boss this week that if I'm going to work at this level, I need to have 32 hours a week next year. 30 isn't getting it done- and I don't goof off at work, either!
ReplyDeleteThere are times I wish for a salary, when overtime is cut or I just don't have the energy to work overtime, but most of the time I am glad for overtime. For a short time, I worked a sales manager position for my company, putting in countless hours each week when travelling. It wasn't worth it.
ReplyDeleteOur factory went to a mandatory 50 hour work week recently. Their overtime had been eliminated, so they all got used to putting in 40 hours. It's a little rough for some of them to get used to.
If you're putting in more hours than your salary calls for, there is definitely nothing wrong for asking for a raise that covers it, especially when it's expected.
The boss knows- she is going to talk to personnel about it. Which is a good thing. She agrees that they need to pay me for what I do! She wants to give me comp time, but then again I'd still have the work to do the next day!
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