Solved Going Back to Staples?
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I was a big supporter of staying at Staples long term in the first place. It's something that you know, it's reliable, it is a large company, it's not a job that you go into every day wondering what it will be like and it builds the stability that you need on your resume. It does it so much that if you put in two years (I know that that is a lot BUT it is two years of working a stable job, not two years of bad stuff) it pretty much washes away all of the stability problems.
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At least rename the department to Crazy AJ's
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But don't let them decide that you are so important as to get your name put ahead of everything else. That kind of hubris leads to bad things.
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e.g. AJ's Crazy
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Overall it makes sense. But you need to look at it as a long term investment. Keep your anger and frustration under control, let others deal with getting rid of people that you don't like or that are crap. Don't be the squeaky wheel, just keep your head down.
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It is a good opportunity to work on your writing and other things while your main job is stable and not stressful.
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It sounds like a reasonable move.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It is a good opportunity to work on your writing and other things while your main job is stable and not stressful.
Oh it's stressful. If I go back, I'm basically going to be the entire department...again. Thankfully, I know that dance and do it very well.
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Isn't that the description of a job that would be very non-stressful?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Isn't that the description of a job that would be very non-stressful?
It's a two-edged sword. Yes, I basically get to do the work my way and get things done overall to my standards. The problem becomes that I have very little support from the other techs. However, given that they've seen that the proof is in the pudding, to be cliche, I will probably have more management support this time.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Isn't that the description of a job that would be very non-stressful?
It's a two-edged sword. Yes, I basically get to do the work my way and get things done overall to my standards. The problem becomes that I have very little support from the other techs. However, given that they've seen that the proof is in the pudding, to be cliche, I will probably have more management support this time.
The biggest problem often tends to be operational stuff...stock shelves, etc. Stuff that I can do and do well, but my time is much better spent doing other tasks, and I used to get yelled at when I tried to "delegate".
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Isn't that the description of a job that would be very non-stressful?
It's a two-edged sword. Yes, I basically get to do the work my way and get things done overall to my standards. The problem becomes that I have very little support from the other techs. However, given that they've seen that the proof is in the pudding, to be cliche, I will probably have more management support this time.
But where does the stress come from? Busy should not be stressful.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Isn't that the description of a job that would be very non-stressful?
It's a two-edged sword. Yes, I basically get to do the work my way and get things done overall to my standards. The problem becomes that I have very little support from the other techs. However, given that they've seen that the proof is in the pudding, to be cliche, I will probably have more management support this time.
The biggest problem often tends to be operational stuff...stock shelves, etc. Stuff that I can do and do well, but my time is much better spent doing other tasks, and I used to get yelled at when I tried to "delegate".
But again, boring maybe, not valuable perhaps, but why stressful?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Isn't that the description of a job that would be very non-stressful?
It's a two-edged sword. Yes, I basically get to do the work my way and get things done overall to my standards. The problem becomes that I have very little support from the other techs. However, given that they've seen that the proof is in the pudding, to be cliche, I will probably have more management support this time.
The biggest problem often tends to be operational stuff...stock shelves, etc. Stuff that I can do and do well, but my time is much better spent doing other tasks, and I used to get yelled at when I tried to "delegate".
But again, boring maybe, not valuable perhaps, but why stressful?
Because it hurts the department, sales and I used to get yelled at for not getting it done, which stressed me out.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Isn't that the description of a job that would be very non-stressful?
It's a two-edged sword. Yes, I basically get to do the work my way and get things done overall to my standards. The problem becomes that I have very little support from the other techs. However, given that they've seen that the proof is in the pudding, to be cliche, I will probably have more management support this time.
The biggest problem often tends to be operational stuff...stock shelves, etc. Stuff that I can do and do well, but my time is much better spent doing other tasks, and I used to get yelled at when I tried to "delegate".
But again, boring maybe, not valuable perhaps, but why stressful?
Because it hurts the department, sales and I used to get yelled at for not getting it done, which stressed me out.
But why do you care? This is an emotional attachment to something that you should not be emotionally attached to. It's your job, you get paid and all you have to do is relax and doing it. The state of the department should not cause you any stress at all, none.
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And it hurts the department? Are you sure? You interject these things but if it really hurts Staples, are you confident that they are telling you to do it? How does it hurt the company?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Isn't that the description of a job that would be very non-stressful?
It's a two-edged sword. Yes, I basically get to do the work my way and get things done overall to my standards. The problem becomes that I have very little support from the other techs. However, given that they've seen that the proof is in the pudding, to be cliche, I will probably have more management support this time.
The biggest problem often tends to be operational stuff...stock shelves, etc. Stuff that I can do and do well, but my time is much better spent doing other tasks, and I used to get yelled at when I tried to "delegate".
But again, boring maybe, not valuable perhaps, but why stressful?
Because it hurts the department, sales and I used to get yelled at for not getting it done, which stressed me out.
But why do you care? This is an emotional attachment to something that you should not be emotionally attached to. It's your job, you get paid and all you have to do is relax and doing it. The state of the department should not cause you any stress at all, none.
I'm good at this job because I care. I wish I could just relax but I can't...
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@thanksajdotcom But you can be good at a job and not find it stressful when you do what the job wants. You are creating your own definition of "good for" and "department success" that do not match the business' desires or goals. So that will always be stressful because you want something different for them than what they want. You "care" but you care about your own definition of what is good for them and not for the department itself.
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@scottalanmiller said:
And it hurts the department? Are you sure? You interject these things but if it really hurts Staples, are you confident that they are telling you to do it? How does it hurt the company?
Operational stuff, such as stocking, is important to driving general sales. When something is not on the shelf, even if we have it, someone may walk out without asking if we have it. It DOES hurt sales.
