beyond sick of my job
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- powertoni0
aight.....
i dont wanna say too much, cause nobody wants to hear a bunch of bitching and i also dont want it to get around the office....unless i am ready.
But I work an agency called "where hope goes to die" and usually juggle 3-4 projects @ any given time that are all on unrealistic timelines and every day when i go in i get handed a sheet of paper saying you should spend 5.5 hours on this, 3.5 hours on that etc etc.
Fuck that. Im a grown ass adult. I cant stand to be micromanaged....it ACTUALLy way reduces my productivity.
1 AM on a saturday morning because of a Friday EOD deliverable is not an unfamiliar feeling.
Also, there is the fact that they hired me for a reason....
A combination of my tech chops (as, aftereffects, php etc) and aesthetic. Im getting further away from that and finding myself accumulating skills like "windows server administration." I Find that the more i have those kinda tech skills....the more I am tasked to use those tech skills and you really have to fight to keep my job role a creative one.
- powertoni0
oh yeah.....keep in mind Im not bitching about WORK.
Im a fucking WORKAHOLIC. But when its my work....not just work that i am handed because I can do it and nobody else can.
- studderine0
i'm up and down, sometimes i have work, sometimes i don't. its about half and half. i never know what to think of it, but my boss is always like 'great work' on the stuff i end up doing.
- basically i know the feeling of sitting and wondering.studderine
- studderine0
but i'm not in the position to say i am 'beyond sick of my job' so i cant relate too much. honestly though, everyone can relate with being 'sick of their job' once and a while.
- Soler0
Sounds like you're being abused a bit and overworked because unlike the other useless assholes you work with (I'm guessing) you actually get shit done. That can be frustrating, but as stated before—Be lucky to have work. It's a lways a bitch to find something better. I know for me the only that keeps me going are my long-term goals and the savings i accumulate to reach them. Stay up homie.
- i dont think it will be a bitch though....regardless of what you hear on the tube, the market seems to be kicking to mepowertoni
- jamble0
Don't work more hours than you're paid for. You wouldn't in most other industries so why should you in the creative industry. It's not going to help your motivation.
- powertoni0
so rson is the only one, out of all the 6 figure fuckers on this site that works from home???
- Soler0
In my experience, working from home does not mean working less, it means working more—Especially client management and meetings, tracking down money, organizing for taxes, etc. There's always a give/take. No silver bullet for design/employment happiness.
- no it does not....i did it for years.powertoni
- in my experience it does—but kudos to you. why are you asking if you are so quick to ignore?Soler
- hahahah you just said it does not!!!! I was agreeing with you.
powertoni - sorry...."does not mean workign less"powertoni
- anyway....i wasnt after ADVICE. i was after INFORMATIONpowertoni
- my brain is fried
Soler
- squidy0
I've realized that when i'm freelancing i want a salary job and when i have the salary job i want freelance. What it comes down to is find a fit that challenges you, has good people, and thank god you aren't a part of grandpa's era when you worked at the same glass factory for 35 years and look forward to getting a gold seiko watch for a retirement gift. (i'm wearing the watch btw) ;)
- ********0
all of us disgruntles should start our own company.
- ********0
I'm sure you have some sort of recourse. Talk to your producer or project manager about it. Whoever is managing you as a creative resource. Bring up the point about better ways to be managed as a creative resource. If you are proactive and things don't change then it may be time to consider working somewhere where you have some respect.
I know it's hard but try not to let your anger show or get the best of the situation. That just makes matter worse and singles you out as an uncooperative element.
- nocomply0
Dude it sounds like you're definitely overworked, but I think the freedom you're after doesn't entirely exist.
I find that when I'm working for myself, the stresses and worries of my work never leave me. Weekends aren't really weekends, they just become a time when I postpone my work. I actually feel like I start to fall behind on weekends. Part of that is probably because I'm a workaholic too.
But I say think about what you want long and hard whether it be freedom, money, etc... and then try to figure out a way to make it happen. Don't jump ship until you have a plan. You gotta confront the issues that haunt you straight up before you can really start to make any progress.
- ********0
@ the factory metaphor... you kind of do work in one actually.
The office is an assembly line pushing product and you're department is one area on that line.
- uan0
How many of you actually actually love your jobs (as opposed to what you do)
love is a big word, but i enjoy the software i use daily (cs-suite&text editors&browsers).Do you get to work from home when you want to?
not when i want to, (but maybe when i really want to), but i have online access to my workspace from home. actually i prefer to go work there.Do you actually get the time / opportunity / room to be creative?
i have to find that t/o/r in the daily work routine, but its there. though i think, that when i go creative, i produce noncorporate material.How stressed out are you?
..2nd week after some vacations...so, im cool at the moment and calming stressed coworkers down...and.. what squidy said, and cannonball too
- ********0
I don't love my job. I actually stopped liking designing web stuff a long time ago. BUT it's how I know how to get paid the best I can, and I'm confident in the work I do. So are the people who hire me. So I do my job to get paid. I know the level of work expected of me and I supply it. I have no illusions of designing websites fulfilling me creatively, or even being a meaningful profession. when I want creative fulfillment or meaning I turn to working on the book I'm writing at home.
That's how I get through the day.
- ********0
where do you work?