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I feel like at work they just hate me now. First two seasons of production, I was practically top dog. I worked my butt off and destroyed the competition for raw pounds produced. And in return I was allowed to pretty much do whatever I wanted to.
No one cared that I have irritable bowels and have to poop a lot. They were fine with me leaving early when I needed to as long as my own personal work was done. Once in a great while, I'd need a 20 minute break or a 40 minute lunch, and they never even bothered me about it because they knew 9 times out of 10 I was taking 8 minute breaks and 20 minute lunches.
I was "in" with a lot of the supervisors. I was even allowed to go IN THE OFFICE! And not to get yelled at! I could just go in on my break and chat with the boss. They confided in me! They asked my opinion on things! It was great!
And I didnt abuse my privileges. I continued to work hard during season 2, where I worked the sanitation crew for half the season and then went back to production. Still rave reviews from all my bosses. I was told several times that I did the work of three people, and sure enough whenever I see someone else doing my job it usually takes 2-3 people to keep up with me.
Now we're about a third of the way through season 3. All of a sudden...It's like I'm the new guy. I'm not that reliable old workhouse that they can count on. I'm some temp agency piece of crap they that can barely tolerate and I've got people riding my ass about the littlest things.
Part of it is I have a newish boss. He's like 22 years old and seems alright but clearly has some attention deficit problems, so he's easily frustrated. Also being so young makes him a little insecure around us so I think he tries to be extra tough to compensate. But I try to treat him respect and do good work for him, and he sort of tolerates me. But jesus christ if I ask to go to the bathroom (yeah, he makes us raise our hand and ask...what is this? Prison? Military? School?) I get this dirty look like "AGAIN?" Yes. For the first and only time today I have to go to the bathroom. I'm so friggin sorry!
God forbid I do ANYTHING that's not immediately apparent to be my current job and he's running over to me to tell me to "Get back to work". Well shit boss, I ran out of product and my regular refill guy is helping you down there so I just figured I'd get it myself. I'm soooo friggin sorry that I asked how many pounds we've made it through so far. But "It doesn't matter, get back to work" is NOT the correct answer.
I'm not asking for "special treatment". I just want to be appreciated. And not with a slice of pizza once a year. I don't care about getting a raise or a promotion (although it'd be nice to be at least thought off, rather than the 19 year old girl who just started two weeks ago...oh wait she's the boss's daughter that's why). I just want some appreciation and a tiny bit of leeway that I feel like I've earned.
I used to like my job. Now the only bit of happiness I get is when I'm done with my particular stuff and I get to clean my area. I'm good at it and it's very soothing. I get to see real results, to see what looks like a murder scene turn back into a clean, pristine, shiny piece of machinery. And its only a matter of time before they take that away. Because I'm the only person on the production crew who is fully trained and certified in their SSOP's. It makes too much sense to have my doing something I'm good at!!!!
No one cared that I have irritable bowels and have to poop a lot. They were fine with me leaving early when I needed to as long as my own personal work was done. Once in a great while, I'd need a 20 minute break or a 40 minute lunch, and they never even bothered me about it because they knew 9 times out of 10 I was taking 8 minute breaks and 20 minute lunches.
I was "in" with a lot of the supervisors. I was even allowed to go IN THE OFFICE! And not to get yelled at! I could just go in on my break and chat with the boss. They confided in me! They asked my opinion on things! It was great!
And I didnt abuse my privileges. I continued to work hard during season 2, where I worked the sanitation crew for half the season and then went back to production. Still rave reviews from all my bosses. I was told several times that I did the work of three people, and sure enough whenever I see someone else doing my job it usually takes 2-3 people to keep up with me.
Now we're about a third of the way through season 3. All of a sudden...It's like I'm the new guy. I'm not that reliable old workhouse that they can count on. I'm some temp agency piece of crap they that can barely tolerate and I've got people riding my ass about the littlest things.
Part of it is I have a newish boss. He's like 22 years old and seems alright but clearly has some attention deficit problems, so he's easily frustrated. Also being so young makes him a little insecure around us so I think he tries to be extra tough to compensate. But I try to treat him respect and do good work for him, and he sort of tolerates me. But jesus christ if I ask to go to the bathroom (yeah, he makes us raise our hand and ask...what is this? Prison? Military? School?) I get this dirty look like "AGAIN?" Yes. For the first and only time today I have to go to the bathroom. I'm so friggin sorry!
God forbid I do ANYTHING that's not immediately apparent to be my current job and he's running over to me to tell me to "Get back to work". Well shit boss, I ran out of product and my regular refill guy is helping you down there so I just figured I'd get it myself. I'm soooo friggin sorry that I asked how many pounds we've made it through so far. But "It doesn't matter, get back to work" is NOT the correct answer.
I'm not asking for "special treatment". I just want to be appreciated. And not with a slice of pizza once a year. I don't care about getting a raise or a promotion (although it'd be nice to be at least thought off, rather than the 19 year old girl who just started two weeks ago...oh wait she's the boss's daughter that's why). I just want some appreciation and a tiny bit of leeway that I feel like I've earned.
I used to like my job. Now the only bit of happiness I get is when I'm done with my particular stuff and I get to clean my area. I'm good at it and it's very soothing. I get to see real results, to see what looks like a murder scene turn back into a clean, pristine, shiny piece of machinery. And its only a matter of time before they take that away. Because I'm the only person on the production crew who is fully trained and certified in their SSOP's. It makes too much sense to have my doing something I'm good at!!!!
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