Well, that's a funny story. See, I'm in drafting so normally this time of year is pretty laid back. But this year...
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One of our most lucrative clients basically screwed us over on a huge deal, such that we had to let go a lot of people they told us to hire and shut down an entire office. So they're in our bad books just now.
But what with the money issues that brings, the CEO is on a profitability rampage and wants every department to be generating so much revenue--I mean, fair, right? But I work on the technical services side of the org chart, so I'm having to cross-train into "money-generating" projects "or else they'll have to let me go".
But no pressure! lol :)
I mean, I'm a big boy and I've been at this company for nine years, so it's not like I'm worried I can't do the work. But since it's something brand new and they have strict production numbers they want us to hit, it takes a lot of concentration and I'm constantly learning new situations and new provisions. (That's the really fun thing about drafting, savvy? On the surface it's extremely easy, but there are one billion exceptions to every rule, and getting good at drafting--or remote surveying, in this case--is learning how to spot and handle the exceptions and translate them into a consistent report.) So, in a nutshell, I come home pretty darned tired every single night.
And did I mention the initial training they gave us was 45 minutes long? Yyyyyyyeah. This endeavour did not start out rough. At. All.
All that to say, yeah. Work isn't usually this bad, this time of year. But this year, hey. Happy Christmas, amiright?
PS--JIC you didn't feel like putting up with
my shit, a totally understandable sentiment I can appreciate 100%, I've included the previous whining session in spoiler text so as to spare anybody that just couldn't care less but are too polite to say so. lol ;)