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Uncertainty

 

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Found out yesterday that our most recent hire fell asleep at the wheel Friday night and wrecked his truck. So he's fired and now we're back to being down three people. Even worse we've got a 67 year old driver that's supposed to retire in April. I doubt if we can hire even one person by then, let alone three and then a replacement for him too.

On the bright side I could see our yearly raise being a decent amount again this year if the staffing issues continue to be as bad or worse as they have been. Plus more opportunities to work more and make more money.

I hope you get your raise

 

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Uh h hhh I feel like the nerd sitting at the "cool kids" table at work every day. I'm starting to feel like these extraverts don't do as much work or learn as much info as the socially awkward geeky guys at my previous workplace. I almost never see them sit quietly for more than 5 minutes unless the boss is around and in one of his "moods".

Something I've noticed is they are all very good at spitballing and can talk at length on command about nothing. I have one coworker that works at a lightning pace and they're always asking her stuff that I feel like they can just read/search up on by themselves. My boss keeps telling me to make a good wiki and document everything because he knows it's one of my strengths, but in my head I'm thinking like, "These guys are not going to read it lol."

Sometimes I ask one of them a question and they go on a super long info dump, usually about how some other person dropped the ball and made their work a hell. I'm just kind of nodding along thinking, "That's not what I asked, get to the point lol." I'm almost scared to ask them in-depth, precise questions (also one of my strengths), because I'm worried that it might be something they don't know and that would be awkward.

I feel like this is one of those places were everyone has too much life outside of work to give a R's A about doing a good job. At this point I can't really tell if the quality of the work is actually high or if they just talk a very good talk, maybe a mix of both.

What's clear to me is that folks whose brains are people-oriented operate in a whole different way from those of us who are task-oriented. They catch a lot of things that I miss, and vice versa. I just wish it wasn't so draining.

bless you because that sounds like a nightmare

 

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Well i mean, i sort of expected some degree of not fitting in. i just underestimated how hyperactive and shouty my coworkers would be lol.
before this i was in a rut of being super isolated and wasting away in my last job, and not knowing how to pull myself out of it. So I picked the lesser of two evils, I guess.
The main thing now is if my stress levels don't come back down to a baseline soon, i worry that my health will suffer.

Have you ever tried breathing sessions and meditation type practices? If so, how did they work out for you? As far as helping with stress.