#work vent

[flock-of-cassowaries]

It sure has been a fun day of finding out what services are back-ended by AWS!

[partsandservicemember9342]

So… something weird happened and I’m not sure what to do.

I tend to leave things be, but just in case, well…

I was mopping the main entrance (because the bot that normally does it got broken somehow), when Sun popped out of the tube. He asked if I could return something to the Glamrocks for him, but then ran off before I could say anything. And it’s been 30 minutes!

I know the daycare’s closed, but where the heck did he go?

If he’s malfunctioning or missing by daycare start tomorrow, I’ll be the first one blamed for not saying anything.

[stlamb]

i'm also the only gay person who works in the building (like confirmed like they are all in relationships so i'm not guessing based on vibe, its 90% women too) which if you knew my place of work uhhh makes no sense... also i stg she was ok with me for a min and she found out im gay it was like another reason to be uncomfortable around me and there was a suddenly switch in her demeanor towards me AGAIN she cannot make up her mind about me. she acts like she loves me one day then hates me the next. and idc either way atp i just want to get thru the job. it feels so personal even though it isnt and ik i'm projecting she just dislikes everything and everyone... but saying to the manager i make her uncomfortable and my performance is poor when she said the opposite to my face last shift is so confusing... i feel really singled out and humiliated. and the other coworkers all said they have no issues & enjoy working with me. and people such as herself who hate everything and are suspicious of everyone tend to like obsessively dislike me bc i'm like on some opposite end of the optimist-pessimist spectrum to an annoying degree but fuck i can't help who i am. its not like i talk much anyway. i don't know what she wants from me other than to quit

[autistic-avoidant]

My promotion keeps getting delayed at work and I'm really frustrated.

[Context: restaurant] I was originally told a six month timeline SIXTEEN months ago (in Promotion Manager 's defense, the training program was delayed by several months so three of us could train at once rather than run it separate three times). Since, I completed the multi month training program with two other people, and when they were told it would take 2 weeks to be promoted after finishing, it took management 7 weeks to actually follow through with them. Other current managers expressed that they weren't sure if Promotion Manager was actually going to follow through at all for our promotions or was just going to continue to string us along.

(more details and semi coherent rambling below)

I was told about a month for my promotion to go through (to work on assertiveness and being serious. My personality is naturally very goofy, but I do know when it's time to get things done and buckle down). It's been 2.5 months and going. I'm frustrated because I feel like I've more than met the goals they've set. When things come up, they think of me, and will recommend me for stuff. For example, I am going to a company sponsored event as one of the store representatives. I perform managerial duties like taking catering orders, being in charge of front of house when there's no manager up front, I open, I count the safe, I make sure things go smoothly.

I do a lot of manager shit without a manager's title or pay- which means on my resume, I'm Not A Manager. I'm only a trainer.

It's also a Known Thing for this manager to be slow about actually promoting ppl. I overheard another manager (who is roomies with Promotion Manager) say, "Yea, he just LOVES to dangle those promotions in front of you" with regards to another situation.

And I know part of this HAS to be me, because the other two people of my cohort have already been moved up. It's my fault too, but I wish Promotion Manager was more open about what that timeline may ACTUALLY be, rather than give a timeline he has no intention of following.

I know need to ask him about it, but I am scared that I will come across as pushy, or ungrateful, or that my frustration will come through and I will say something unprofessional and destroy any chance that the promotion may actually happen. I'm scared that by confronting him I'll destroy any chance of actually getting what I've been working for.

I would not be as frustrated if there weren't some managers that are actively awful at their jobs. Normally I have severe imposter syndrome - but there's one manager in PARTICULAR that has made sure I don't feel that way. He was apparently promoted when there was a severe manager shortage, but despite actively and VOCALLY complaining about his job all the time while doing only a quarter of it, he remains a manager. My trainees perform better than he does. Former trainees who quit a week in because they hated food service performed better than he does.

It wouldn't piss me off that I "need to improve" and not good enough if I and most of my coworkers weren't better employees than this guy. If he was demoted, or put on an improvement plan, or temporarily had his position suspended, I would be a lot less pissed! Because it means that there is actually a real standard that I am falling under! And that I'm not being strung along like a dumbass!

I'm just pissed and annoyed and tired and just... I'm tired of trying so hard for something I'm not going to get. I'm so tired of putting in the work for no result. I'm angry and resentful and I want to cry and scream but obviously I cannot express these feelings like that because it's immature and not productive.

Hence this sort of "journaling exercise"/call to the void of fellow Tumblr users. I just needed to get this all out for someone, anyone, to hear me. I need to complain and whine and bitch and moan and vent to another real human being while also not having to do it verbally. I needed to get the words down where I can go back and edit them into a semi coherent order when more relevant info pops in my head. I needed a space where I couldn't be interrupted, where I don't have to worry about monitoring my verbal tone, where I don't have to school my face and try not to cry. I needed a space to let it all out somewhere where no one and anyone can find it. Where no IRLs can see how much rage and resentment I have, how immature and emotional and angsty I can be.

I'm emotional. I'm sick of this, I'm angry, I'm full of rage, I'm tired of this, I'm DONE. SO fucking done. I hate it. I hate being strung along with empty promises.

FUCK!!!!

[gizmodoodles]

My take on the "Favorite character with your problems" trend

I work a movie theater and this is from that lol

[mythblossoms]

a little work vent

we had this big meeting today where we're supposed to fill out a 'what exactly do I do?' sheet and under each task we're supposed to list how AI can help or complete that task. and we're supposed to be using AI tools nearly exclusively now and it all just makes me so nauseous. like today we all apparently were supposed to sign up for this AI app making site and it's like...we have developers? that's part of their job? and paying for chatgpt? and they keep skewing it as investing in the future when it really feels like finding ways to cut labor. i feel so angry and frustrated by it all.

[n0xious-one]

My whole dept could lose our jobs cus of 3 idiots

Stellar.