Posted by Medusa on August 13, 2002, at 1:21:50
In reply to Re: depression=difficulty complying with workplace ..., posted by Roo on August 12, 2002, at 10:13:48
> the mailing labels and I was getting increasingly irritated by her getting so
> worked up over mailing labelsOmigod, my first job out of uni was for a direct marketing company, managing mail promotions for a telecoms client. I 'got' the strategy part, segmentation and such - what I didn't 'get' was the great concern over whether the corner of the sky on some envelope was a certain shade of blue.
> I might be this way even if I weren't depressed, I don't know. I probably just
> need work with meaning.Yeah, and the people you work with make a difference, too. It's amazing, the difference between working with scientists and with ad-exec-wannabes.
> you've lived that close to the edge it's hard to get all worked up
> over whether the numbers are where they should be or notGood point here.
> or all that other shit...I just
> can't be bothered to care. Which is probably why I don't rise up in the
> ranks.Yeah, the unspoken dress codes fit in with "all that other shit" for me - at the direct ad agency, looking prissy was a big focus, and we weren't paid enough to pay for those clothes, so mostly the successful people were supported by partners or parents or whatever, and I really didn't see the point of them going to work every day. Did the parents/partners pay for their clothes and send them to work just to get them out of their hair?
I see the point of being dressed for client contact, which was something I screwed up royally in my last job. Of course my boss wouldn't promote me, he probably thought he'd have to train me how to dress properly for more formal client visits and conferences. If he couldn't trust my judgement on how to dress, that's reason enough to doubt my sensitivity or rule-playing abilities in other areas.
What is "work with meaning" for you?
-M
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