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Freston Mar 17 2006, 05:38 AM Post #1
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Two days ago, I called my supervisor. I said I could not take it any more. My job is killing me.

It's not the first time I've discussed it with him. The team of people I work with are providing a very unsafe enviroment filled with gossip and backstab. The workload is litterally undoable. I'm the planner, and I have about 9 hours work to compress into 7 and 8 hour shifts. That leaves no room whatsoever to manouver when unexpected things occur. And, working in a mental institution, dealing with the unexpected is part of our daily routine. These troubles have been known for years, but no-one ever felt responsible to do anything about it.

So I called in sick, suffering from burn-out. My supervisor understood, although he was a bit surprised it was this serious. I still have to go to work, but he has arranged for more staff.

Right now, I'm preparing myself for two scenarios.
First, my supervisor will lay the blame by me. It's my personality that is causing this, and not the job itself. So if I don't like my job, I should leave (which I try, but that's proven to be difficult at the moment). I will not take this crap. I will not take blame for other peoples faults. They cut our staff by 46 hours per week last year. Work that still has to be done by the staff that remained.
Second, I have to prove my claim that the workload is rediculus. Which I can, and will. And then I have to get my supervisor to deal with that. Which will be difficult, because he's not the person to make the final decission about it. These processes may take, if not months, then years to complete.

One thing I've got going for me is that I am not completely burned out as it is. I will be, if I have to continue working there. If I get transferred to another ward I will be fine. That proves my claim. Also, I do this job for ten years now, and I've build a reputation of being professional and dependable. And I know my supervisor for about five years (in different functions). I've been working at this ward for five months, and I've been giving signals about the workload from day one.

So, I know I'm right. It's still a bit weird though. I feel... hm, I don't really know what to feel. Sometimes I doubt myself, thinking that I'm weak for letting my job get me the way it does. On the other hand, I know something has to be done here. We, the staff, get lots and lots of complaints and we can't help it. We each have two hands given to us, and there is only so much you can do with them in a day.

Hm, don't really know if this makes sense to you or why I even posted, but thanks for reading.
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kismetrose Mar 17 2006, 01:23 PM Post #2
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Hang in there, Freston. We all know about how jobs can suck. Let us know what happens.
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DarkElf Mar 17 2006, 01:31 PM Post #3
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AK 47...On counter strike..is what you should do. I suggest finding an outlet like counter Strike and just taking out your frustration on Terrorists, or counter Terrorists.

I hope things go well. You don't want to become one of the patients, so maybe some vacation time or personal days?

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Didge Mar 17 2006, 02:49 PM Post #4
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Dude...don't be that counter strike guy. Yeah, that'd be bad. Then you'd end up working in a game store with some wacko named Ethan.


If you catch the reference, good. If not...I'm sorry.
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DaveReaves Mar 17 2006, 03:47 PM Post #5
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I get it :D I strive to play CS and not be that guy because I know how annoying that can be. Like this one time I was playing Counter Strike, right, and this guy was all like "DUDES CS IS TEH ROCXZOR!" and I'm all like "Pff, n00b g3t a L1f3! lol!"
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Freston Mar 17 2006, 05:54 PM Post #6
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LOL

The thing is, I just had a vacation. And it was during my vacation that I decided not to put up with any of this crap anymore. So even though I'd love to work in a gaming store (don't know Ethan, but I picture a longhaired rocker with a dirty T-shirt and an accent like a surfer dude) and play Couter Stike, I'm taking this up with my supervisor.

My collegues where real understanding today, and where glad someone had the guts to stand up. Although it is more necessity that drives me than courage.

And I can always get to be one of the patients. But I swear, if that happens, I'm gonna be in the closed ward. And they better lock away the lighters :devil:
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Didge Mar 17 2006, 07:58 PM Post #7
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Freston,

The reference I was talking about can be found in This Webcomic. Rob is expendable in my eyes. But then, anyone who just loves them some FPS and that's it, well...they need help. The help I'm willing to give them. You know, in the form of a bullet lodged in their cranium. Yah, that kind of help. ;)
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Freston Mar 18 2006, 03:56 AM Post #8
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The help I'm willing to give them. You know, in the form of a bullet lodged in their cranium. Yah, that kind of help.

Docters orders: A neck-shot, trice a day and it will be over soon :P

Yeah, I knew this comic, but hadn't read it for a while.
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Freston Mar 25 2006, 09:20 AM Post #9
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So I'm doing better. I've pulled the handle in time. Also, I've had a good talk with my supervisor. The last couple of days I've written down all my complaints, and he agreed on every single one!

Now that doesn't mean everything will be changed, not with budget cuts as they are right now. But my case has gotten a lot stronger. And my collegues are behind me. I've lost all the faith I had in the capasity of the organisation I work for to solve it's own problems, but let's see if we can force it. Hmm *ponders* but that would be, like, difficult. Even with my supervisors agreement and my collegues behind me, there is not a lot we can do.

I've been calling the organisation 'those assholes' for quite some time now, but perhaps I'll change it to 'Moloch'.
said the fool, and he showed his suntanned teeth.
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