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08:43, 2007-Nov-22 .. 3 comments .. Link

I usually start all of my posts with an adjoinder like "So,...blah blah blah" implying that you and I have never actually stopped talking...but really it is more of a way for me to put down the thoughts in my own head. I seldom stop thinking and it is usually where I start a thought process...

Anyway, I digress.

Things have been a little stressful of late, both at home and at work.

Work is manageable, though frustrating at the moment. I am flying now without the SIC safety net...or at least less of a safety net, and I am finding myself in some real doozy repair situations. The kind of nightmare repair that just as you think you're all done and things are going to be ok, the machine barfs out it's own asshole and you are stuck trying to figure out why.

It really isn't anything new for me, I ran into this shit all the time when I was working on cars....but cars have better manners and will tell you what is wrong with them. These machines...not so much.

It has also been extra busy at the shop lately, people getting all excited about Chri--... *sigh*...the 'Holidays'. Our customers like to wait until the last minute then freak out--: "Omigodomigodomigod....need the machine fixed, I have 9-trillion units to put out tomorrow....aiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeee!!!"

So...you know...when it was dead all summer, and we were looking for things to do, and you were sipping Mai-Tai's without a care in the world...whatever.

Things at home however are a little different.

R has been working at this great place where they make play-stations for kids. These stations are just little modules, where the kids are challenged with little puzzles and games, that help the parents cool off for a little bit, and everyone is happy. The malls around here have them in kids play areas and there are a pile of the modules in the local children's hospital.

Cool right??

Well, no, not really. The guy who is running the show is apparently running into financial issues...and the money matters just don't add up. So much so, that he is looking at moving the whole operation down into Mexico, leaving just a distribution center here in Canada. They have asked R to stay on, promising a management position. But that position really means that she is going to be the head of the shipping department.

Here's the way it shakes out:

The production side of the company moves south, taking several key employees with it. The logistics have not been sorted out....Visa's, Passports, locations...or even where they will be getting the supplies that they need from....let alone the capital required to do so.

The Boss has been firing people left and right, seemingly on a whim. People who he sees as a liability, people who he figures he is paying to much...he also has been fighting with his wife, there is a cot set up in the shop for him to sleep on...and he has taken out a personal loan against his home equity to help pay for materials in the fabrication area.

The shop here in town, becomes a Distribution Center, with accounting, and upper management types. There will be approximately 5 people that work there...The Boss, the Boss' assistant. The Vice Boss. The accountant. And my R.

So they say.

They haven't really come out and said what her duties would be...but doing the math says that she would be single-handedly doing all of the shipping/receiving and product assembly.

The keep shuffling her around to various departments in the meantime and she winds up coming home upset and unhappy.

This past weekend, we had some friends over...one of the guys who was fired and his family.

He told R about a job opening at a kitchen cabinet place...she applied and got the job, but she is still feeling morally obligated to the first place, because she hasd made some good friends there and learned a lot. She is fiercely loyal, but sometimes she just needs to let go...

The new place sounds pretty promising, but, it is also a new company...and there are some issues that go along with that...I guess we will see how it goes. The other side of it is, is that, if it DOESN'T work out, there are so many jobs open in this town, that she wouldn't have an issue finding new work.

SO, yeah, there is a lot of unrest at home, I come home frustrated, and annoyed, she comes home upset, and feeling insecure about work, and man, we are just the happiest couple.

We try not to let our work lives interfere with home life. It is hards some days when you walk in the door with a black cloud over your head...but we are both trying to let it all go.

I don't think I am doing a very good job of letting go though...I am starting to lose sleep, and my boss has noticed. The lack of sleep is affecting my work too...I had to drive just a short distance yesterday...about 75 miles...and caught myself almost falling asleep at the wheel about 4 times.

Thats just scary.

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11:09, 2007-Nov-22 .. Posted by ben
It's so shitty that everything always has to be so complicated. And really how can you not bring those kinds of issues home?! The good thing about where you live is that there are so many job opportunities and that R will never be out of work for long (if it comes down to that). But wouldn't it be nice to not have to stress over all of it all the time?! We are in a constant state of fear that my husband will lose his job...and there is nothing else here that has the kind of wage and benefits he is getting now which means moving...and more stress.
It sucks and I totally hear you my friend.

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12:13, 2007-Nov-22 .. Posted by heidiland
That really sucks... No matter how hard you try, sometimes it's just impossible not to internalize the stress from your workday, and bring it home with you. I hope that stuff gets better for the both of you soon!

When we lived back east, Kurtz was in the army, and I worked for Bank of Assholes. We had the same thing going on. Our jobs sucked the life out of both of us, and things were none to pleasant for either of us at home. I've been there. No fun! :(

Dude.

05:56, 2007-Nov-22 .. Posted by sic
Both of you have to figure out how to leave work at work.

I was talking to the wife about this stuff the other day, how you let work shit get to you so much. I postulated that, when you were working on cars, if you didn't get things done exactly right, people's lives were at stake, and that's a lot to have on your conscience at the end of the day.

These machines are nowhere near that category of importance. If you can't get it today, you'll get it tomorrow. Some machines you'll fix on the first try, and some will be more complicated. Everything gets fixed in the time it takes to get them fixed.

Back when I was completely flying solo for those couple of years, if I'd taken the bad shit home with me every day, I would've gone absolutely fucking insane. When you walk out the door, or leave the customer site, you've got to leave the job there, otherwise you'll just make yourself sick, and no job, and none of our customers are worth that shit.

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