Bob/PKB
Can't say my new job is all that rewarding or high-paying, but it's a job and I am thankful to have one that is FT and permanent.
The constant interruptions make it impossible to complete a task without being distracted from it. I think I'm doing well for less than one month, but feel my supervisor thinks I should know more. There are almost more exceptions than there are rules!
Any suggestions on working with the stress of interruptions and a tough boss.
6 Answers
ed shank
Every new position presents obstacles that one has to learn to negotiate. That includes a s***head superior. When I think back on how many times I wanted to put my boss's through a wall I lose count. Do what you do, to the best of your ability. If you have to blow some smoke up their a**, so be it. The job market sucks and we all know it, including your boss. They obviously saw something unique in your personality and skills, or you wouldn't be there. Again, do the best you can without compromising your integrity. You do not strike me as someone capable of developing a taste for a**. I wish you the best.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 12 | |
jhharlan
Can you say, "Excuse me and just a moment" and finish what you were doing? Or keep a bottle in your desk and offer them a snort while they wait...........lol Wish I could be there to referee....
| 11 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
Shootah
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Bob for my five cent worst, I'll sort of felt that about the new job, when you said you got the job you've been waiting for a long time and got a little overwhelm, well that OK ! just give yourself sometime, like one day at a time. Now you can't become expert in such a short wile, To be able to appreciate hard work will almost quarantee good result.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
Chiangmai
Look busy while doing little is the only way to go. Your boss thinks you'll replace him in 2 weeks'. He's darned frustrated now. Tell him gently that he'll be replaced no sooner than Christmas.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
mycatsmom
Hi PKB. We miss you, but we know why you haven't been on much, b/c of your new job. I'm sure you're tired when you get home and just want to crash and do something mindless.......unless you're a person with unrestrained energy- - - like my late husb. and his daughter.
Try to tune out the others unless they're speaking to you about business. As for your boss, I've found that many supervisors shouldn't be in supervisory positions, b/c they don't have patience, and they don't have teaching skills. I once read in Newsweek that those same bosses come from disfunctional homes, and so they take all their disfunctional home experiences to work with them----and apply it to their subordinates.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
