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thebratqueenThe last day of my first week at Primatech came with summer hours! I got to go in at 8:30 and leave at noon. This was very spiffy. Especially since it gave me plenty of time to go to Target, have lunch, take a nap, and still have afternoon time to spare! Whee!
Mentally I am much better than I was after day one. I still don't know everything but at least I know that I've proven I can do the job and do a great job if I have what I need. I'm also starting to get into the groove of how to ask my boss the right questions since he loses his train of thought very easily. Plus, when all else fails, a catch-all "Which of these projects do you want done by the end of the day?" helps to make sure I've got the right list of things to do.
I've also realized a couple of things that were adding to my stress on Monday (besides all the things y'all and I have talked about which were totally adding to the stress on Monday). One is that in my old job the mode was 90% being interrupted by things to do NOWNOWNOW and 10% administrative stuff that could wait if need be. So when I was given a huge stack of administrative stuff to do my brain was freaking out trying to figure out how to get things done with all the other stuff that would be interrupting me.
Except at this job there are no interruptions! Not that the phone doesn't ring or new assignments get dumped on my lap, but it's not the every half hour on the hour interruptions that the old job had. So once I realized that it's now 90% admin stuff and 10% possible interruptions, the stress levels went down immensely.
Another thing I realized is that when you're new on the job not only do you have no idea how the company works but you don't know how the people work. So, for example, if you're given an assignment to get the XYZ report from Joe Schmo and you end up not being able to get your hands on it, you immediately figure you've screwed up the task (or at least I do). But it could be that Joe Schmo is a sucky worker and not even God could get this report from him. Or it could be that this report got replaced by another report and nobody thought to tell the rest of the office. Or that the report was a pipe dream and couldn't be created in the first place, let alone passed out to everyone else.
And so on and so forth. Basically it's another aspect of realizing that it's not always about you screwing up. In my case, it is only sometimes about me screwing up. ;)
Also I have started to dig out my cubicle and that's also helping to reduce my stress levels immensely. No new interesting finds to report, but I'll keep you posted.
After Target, lunchtwo hours later than I should have eaten, whoops, and nap, I then moved on to a bit of tidying. I now have six bags worth of things to donate and will be dropping them off at Goodwill at my next opportunity.
Beyond that it is hot outside, my AC thankfully works, and at some point there will be dinner. Just as soon as I figure out what I want to eat. Woohoo!
Mentally I am much better than I was after day one. I still don't know everything but at least I know that I've proven I can do the job and do a great job if I have what I need. I'm also starting to get into the groove of how to ask my boss the right questions since he loses his train of thought very easily. Plus, when all else fails, a catch-all "Which of these projects do you want done by the end of the day?" helps to make sure I've got the right list of things to do.
I've also realized a couple of things that were adding to my stress on Monday (besides all the things y'all and I have talked about which were totally adding to the stress on Monday). One is that in my old job the mode was 90% being interrupted by things to do NOWNOWNOW and 10% administrative stuff that could wait if need be. So when I was given a huge stack of administrative stuff to do my brain was freaking out trying to figure out how to get things done with all the other stuff that would be interrupting me.
Except at this job there are no interruptions! Not that the phone doesn't ring or new assignments get dumped on my lap, but it's not the every half hour on the hour interruptions that the old job had. So once I realized that it's now 90% admin stuff and 10% possible interruptions, the stress levels went down immensely.
Another thing I realized is that when you're new on the job not only do you have no idea how the company works but you don't know how the people work. So, for example, if you're given an assignment to get the XYZ report from Joe Schmo and you end up not being able to get your hands on it, you immediately figure you've screwed up the task (or at least I do). But it could be that Joe Schmo is a sucky worker and not even God could get this report from him. Or it could be that this report got replaced by another report and nobody thought to tell the rest of the office. Or that the report was a pipe dream and couldn't be created in the first place, let alone passed out to everyone else.
And so on and so forth. Basically it's another aspect of realizing that it's not always about you screwing up. In my case, it is only sometimes about me screwing up. ;)
Also I have started to dig out my cubicle and that's also helping to reduce my stress levels immensely. No new interesting finds to report, but I'll keep you posted.
After Target, lunch
Beyond that it is hot outside, my AC thankfully works, and at some point there will be dinner. Just as soon as I figure out what I want to eat. Woohoo!
