Posted by bluedog on December 17, 2002, at 11:43:56
In reply to Re: for bluedog - re: returing to work, posted by cubbybear on December 15, 2002, at 9:42:57
Thank you both for your words of encouragement for my return to work. I am extremely exhausted after my first two days. I had a real fright yesterday because at the end of the day I came home SEVERELY depressed and I was terrified that I was relapsing back into depression after only one day back. However today was slightly better and although I'm REALLY tired I think I may just be re-adjusting to full time work rather than relapsing back into my major depression. Fortunately I have tomorrow off work as my PDoc recommended that initially I should return to work at only 4 days a week (taking Wednesdays off). I didn't think this would have been necessary but I guess my PDOc is starting to know me better than myself and I'm now grateful that he did make this recommendation.
Iso, I used the "stress leave/burnout" line on my colleagues and the level of support and understanding I received from my colleagues was absolutely amazing.
It turns out that I am not the only one suffering and there are many colleagues who admitted to me that they were "living on a razors edge" and perilously close to having nervous breakdowns themselves!!! I learnt that the amount of sick leave taken by my colleagues during my absence was simply astronomical!!!!
I just don't understand how management can simply continue to cut staffing levels back to "bare bones" and then expect client service levels to actually improve and staff morale to also improve with all the so called "efficiency" measures that they have introduced.
I think the theory of management is that fear and stress automatically improves efficiency in an organisation. What is really frightening is the amount of managerial back slapping and self congratulatory mumbo jumbo that goes on in the monthly staff briefings. I find it very disturbing that these people are completely oblivious to the suffering that is happening at the "coal face" and the levels of abuse that the front line staff endure on a daily basis from our so called "happy" customers. The management seem to TRULY believe that things are OK.
I think this is a common phenomenom in most organisations these days, wouldn't you agree?
warm regards
bluedog
By the way I had to redraft this post about ten times because the number of spelling and typing errors I'm making at the moment is absolutely astronomical!!!
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