Guest Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 Now many of you may know that I am paranoid at the best of times, and a few might know that work has been getting me down of late. However, this afternoon I have just read an email from another departmental manager which basically states I have been ignoring one of that manager's subordinates. To cut a long story, and all that jive, I am not able to complete a task as I have no information. Simple enough. However, I have been told this very afternoon that the information requested is in the "attached file", which has been supplied to me all along. That's funny, because I FRIGGING WELL WROTE THE BLOODY SPREADSHEET ONLY LAST WEDNESDAY TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION!!!!! Suffice to say I am not very happy about this. So to cheer me up, please share your tales of office woe in this thread.
Dr The Singh Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 Now many of you may know that I am paranoid at the best of times, and a few might know that work has been getting me down of late. However, this afternoon I have just read an email from another departmental manager which basically states I have been ignoring one of that manager's subordinates. To cut a long story, and all that jive, I am not able to complete a task as I have no information. Simple enough. However, I have been told this very afternoon that the information requested is in the "attached file", which has been supplied to me all along. That's funny, because I FRIGGING WELL WROTE THE BLOODY SPREADSHEET ONLY LAST WEDNESDAY TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION!!!!! Suffice to say I am not very happy about this. So to cheer me up, please share your tales of office woe in this thread. My company ahs just been sold\taken over so i could get the sack, does that cheer you up!!!! And by the way my line manager had told me off because another manager thought I was getting stroppy with one of his staff, when in fact we were having a private joke, and I had to apologise!!!
Nationwider Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 I moved to my current office about 18 months ago, about the same time as someone else who coincidentally looks a bit like me. I'm only actually in the office for about half of the week maximum so it's taken me quite a long time to get to know people, and vice versa. My first gripe is that people STILL get our names mixed up - even though I wear my name badge, and have my name on my desk, AND take the trouble to learn THEIR names. Secondly, my doppelganger is immensely disorganised and on more than one occasion, some clart from another part of the office has come to me wagging their finger about something, thinking he's me - worse still when I get emails from people asking me what I've done with this or that. It's really embarrassing (and annoying) to have to say "It's not me, it's X" that's caused the problem. Oh, and apparently a banana skin is "wet waste" and can't go in my desk bin, so I've got to walk half a mile and put the b*stard in the kitchen bin. Flamin' Ada!
The People's Hero Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 My boss, who is the only person in the office who knows who to do certain things, has been off ill for about 2 weeks now. Being in charge was great at first, but we're so busy at the moment and I'm getting it in the neck. Nevermind. On the politics front though, I have little to report. There's only maybe 5 people working in my office at any one time anyway and I get on with all of them pretty well.
Nationwider Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 Having just grumbled big-time about a colleague, I should add that I ****ed up big style today - I even told a porky pie to buy myself some time to sort it out. Lessoned learned kids - when at work, dont **** up. If you do, think of a better excuse than mine.
The People's Hero Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 Having just grumbled big-time about a colleague, I should add that I ****ed up big style today - I even told a porky pie to buy myself some time to sort it out. Lessoned learned kids - when at work, dont **** up. If you do, think of a better excuse than mine. I made a monumental cock up earlier today, which was fine because I had the rest of the day to sort it. Then my boss made one of his rare, unannounced sorties in to the office. Found the papers and went a bit mad. Nevermind. Look on the bright side, in just under an hour I'll be in the pub in my nice suit, shirt and tie pretending to be important and the pretty girls behind the bar are paid to accept that at face value and look interested in me. I think everyone is a winner in that situation.
The People's Hero Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 Whenever your colleagues do annoy you, just remember, the greedy, ugly people are not like us.
hairy Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 I'm in charge here so there is no politics just dictatorship.
Guest Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 Good luck with it. Remember Sales and Marketing can do no wrong, and you'll go far.
Steven Posted 2 May 2006 Posted 2 May 2006 Good luck with it. Remember Sales and Marketing can do no wrong, and you'll go far. Become a Business Analyst. Over the life of the project the Business Analyst will: * Perform a high-level analysis of the problem domain from a business value perspective to determine the feasibility of constructing the application * Re-engineer business processes and assist the client with the development of new process flows, documents, forms and administrative processes. * Produce initial project scope, schedule and budget, * Act as arbiter between client and developer with respect to project implementation issues, * Conduct analysis at a sufficient level of detail to determine the essential functionality of the application expressed as use cases or user stories, * Capture information flows and determine general data storage and retrieval requirements, * Efficiently transfer the high-level analysis products, use cases and process diagrams, to the development team. * Assist clients with transition planning, data migration, administrative process redesign and implementation support.
Deathside Posted 4 May 2006 Posted 4 May 2006 Over the next 6 months mirror images of my departmental team are being set up in China and Czech Republic (The main areas of our core business) This is a costs and time saving exercise Question is - What future do I have other than training people to do my job? I thought about jumping ship to network support - but they are currently under threat of outsourcing Suffice to say not many where I work would claim to have a high level of job security
Thracian Posted 4 May 2006 Posted 4 May 2006 It's a long time since I worked in an office for anyone. The last time was at the Birmingham Post and Mail where we had our own bar and a particularly eccentric Scottish sub-editor. Our late shift comprised very few people and was gradually whittled down to just a handful by midnight. By this time our Scottish sub-editor, something of a whisky enthusiast, produced a foot-square cardboard target and celotapped it to the wall at the end of the editorial office. He then produced a high powered air rifle and started blasting the target from 30-odd paces. The more he sobered up the better his shooting became but how he explained the early ricochets I never learned but they did nothing for the office decoration.
Dr The Singh Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 Over the next 6 months mirror images of my departmental team are being set up in China and Czech Republic (The main areas of our core business) This is a costs and time saving exercise Question is - What future do I have other than training people to do my job? I thought about jumping ship to network support - but they are currently under threat of outsourcing Suffice to say not many where I work would claim to have a high level of job security Similar sort of boat, the company i work for has been bought by a foriegn company, I get a phone call pn sunday from my director to tell me this and the usual '....no jobs are going, everything is staying as it is', come back to work and ask the director about buying a new server and training my staff and get told '...I will ask the IT director (of the new owner company) on what policies they have on training'. So it looks like things will change hands, and obviously they will require me to integrate all systems and data into there's, then i will be fired!!!! Use and abuse!!!!!! So, I know how you feel Deathside!!!
Master Fox Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 In my old place I used to work with this woman a few years ago before she left the company; she must of been like the first breed of chav! She was a 40 year old fat gypo that used to come into work dressed from head to toe in Burberry and Elizabeth Duke Argos jewellery. Anyway, every time she wanted to go the toilet she would announce to the whole office that she was going off to ‘Shake Her Lettuce’ It was a horrible picture you could do without! Anyway, my office is quiet now where I work!
Steven Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 I feel like crying now. You need to find work you like, that has a future and align yourself to that. It will not happen overnight.
Katy Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 Reading all these... I Cant wait until i start work!!! Be your own boss if you can help it, although that's no bed of roses. Win the lottery???
Hitesh Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 Be your own boss if you can help it, although that's no bed of roses. Win the lottery??? Heard that thats a bitch too! Lifes a bitch...and then you get married!
Katy Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 Heard that thats a bitch too! Lifes a bitch...and then you get married! It's not so bad, I think if I won the lottery id have to do some kind of work. Im such a fidget, I cant just sit there and do nowt.
Hitesh Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 It's not so bad, I think if I won the lottery id have to do some kind of work. Im such a fidget, I cant just sit there and do nowt. True, but i would just do something which isnt stressfull and doesnt require too much effort. I would open a little business with a number of ideas and let someone else do all the stresful stuff and day to day running.
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