Posted by Dinah on April 12, 2003, at 0:12:53
In reply to Re: The other shoe (long), posted by noa on April 11, 2003, at 22:56:21
Oh, Noa, it sounds like a dreadful experience. :(
It's a shame that business rules are different than normal rules. It would be so much easier to be able to just be open, but I know that isn't how things are done. It's a shame you can't directly observe that they seem to have somehow gotten a mistaken impression of the group of workers, and ask how they got that impression, and how you might be able to address their concerns.
I'm sort of lucky in that my office may be full of people who aren't great bosses maybe, in that they don't know how to do the nitty gritty boss tasks well. But they're all people who left the rat race because they did understand that there was more to life than work. So I can't quite imagine what it must be like in a big office where everyone is trying to get ahead. My husband talks about the Dilbertish things that really happen.
Noa, I have always been impressed with how thoughtful and measured you are. If you think the situation is dreadful, it probably is.
You like your work, but the office politics make the job grossly unpleasant. Is it hard to find a job in your field? It at least can't hurt to look around while you're safely employed. I understand completely the financial pressures that keep you there.
I hope you find an answer, Noa. We spend too much time at work to have it be such a stressful place.
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