Officially, I have been working at the new location for a full week now.
Highlights from the first week (“tweets” from @iJuls):
- I’m in utter chaos!
- Hour plus commute makes iJuls a very cranky girl. At least we’re half-way through the work week. Have a good day folks.
- Some people are friendly here and others not so much. The trick is figuring out who’s who.
- 1 hour 30 minutes, with 2 minutes to penalty fees (work to YaYa’s school).
- I’d close my office door right now to hide the tears but I don’t have one anymore. I’m in a room with 20+ people – located next to the files.
It’s a factory and I must produce, produce, produce. Oh, and I should do it using their standard operating procedures (which I haven’t had time to train on). In short, it is as awful as I anticipated — worse even.
My attempts to come up with a list of positives was a pointless. Here is my best attempt:
- Because the acoustics are so atrocious, we are given ear-canceling headphones to wear while we work. I get to sit in my cubicle and block out the world.
- There is a great cafeteria. I’ve been bringing my lunch but, if I were to forget it, I wouldn’t starve.
- I’ve already found one running route, equipped with dirt and a short hill.
- I have a young man who is assigned to help me. He’s hard working and catching on quickly which is a huge help since I have the workload of the 7 people who worked at the last place. Unfortunately, he is assigned to help others too.
Unfortunately, runs at work probably won’t be happening. The one day that I ventured, the 30 minutes (plus quick shower) transformed my one hour commute into one and a half hours. YaYa was the last to be picked up from extended care and I was just minutes shy of having to lay down the bucks for my tardiness.*sigh*
And I thought my hour+ commute sucked. So sorry you’ve got to deal with that. I was planning on getting books on tape for the long drive until I had to switch vehicles to the one without the cd/tape player. Maybe yours works?
I wish I had advice for the manufacturing environment. I’m in the same kind of place, but I have an office to hide in if needed. Its so tough finding out who to trust in a new job. There’s good eggs in there everywhere, it just takes time to find them.
Hopefully today moves along quickly for you and you can rest your mind and soul this weekend.
ugh. no advice here, just letting you know that I feel your pain.
I did a drive similar for 13 years, but that was because I loved my job and the people I worked with. At the end, though, I disliked and distrusted the people in my management chain, and of course, that’s when the commute became physically stressful and nearly painful. To go through that and not have a positive environment is soul-sucking. My solution was to take the traveling job. Sad that leaving my family for four days a week was somehow less stressful than driving 3 hours a day RT. I know that’s not an option for you, but here’s hoping that you get relief soon.
Jon: One of my new (also old) colleagues just finished her CD of The Shack. This is the book which I have been chipping away at for over a year but can’t seem to.
Tx Skate Mom: I completely agree that this would be so much better if the environment wasn’t the way it is. Hopefully, I can settle in and put up my anti-soul-sucking shield.
Bummer. Sorry to hear its not the best situation. Hope it gets better soon.
that sucks!
You new office sounds like mine, minus the ear-canceling headphones! Peaceful runs will make for good therapy.