Work is getting slightly more interesting. I brought a macro social work case study to group supervision today. We discussed the supervisor’s management skills (or lack of) and the way the employees reacted to the problems in the case. Then we started to relate certain ideas to our workplace.
One guy, who I just call Bahston because of his accent, started talking about how the physical layout of offices influences employee relations. Most offices (including our own) are laid out in cube farms where everyone is seperated to a certain degree. On our floor we have a small kitchen that is functional but not inviting. The meeting rooms are boring and the “break room” is rarely used. The break room actually holds some kind of bad stigma, during my first week someone commented that I was “smart enough not to eat lunch in the break room.” We have scheduled lunch times that vary, so we have coverage at all times. The company is large and has a high turnover rate.
All of these things combined create a lonely workplace. It’s hard to get to know coworkers so it’s hard to rally, gather..riot. All of these things may be very obvious to others but I’m new to the cube dwelling. My last jobs included cramped offices with multiple people or no offices at all.
To add to these lonely feelings, the girl I trained with up and quit today. She gave me warning but decided somewhere along the way that she was just going to bail rather than give 2 weeks notice.
Slightly happier-I’m starting to get some odd/interesting calls that I will post about. Probably under protected posts just so I don’t feel too horrible about that whole confidentiality thing. So register if you haven’t already so you can login and view protected posts!
Much happier-I gets my first full check tomorrow! Yay money!