Tuesday, November 20, 2007

work

So I am pissed off at my work. It seems that our place of business is not welcoming to new coming employees, and a few have quit. We got a nasty email from one of the bosses at which time she said to us she would provide us with examples if we chose. I asked for some, but instead of an example she cited my personality. I know she didn't mean for it to be bad, but it really pissed me off. Everyone who is new is going to feel new. I did. When I started everyone I worked with had been working together FOR YEARS! Theses guys don't have to deal with that, there are only three people left who have been there for more than a year. In any case while I want to make new people feel welcome I also don't feel like i should have to change my personality. part of the allure of my work is that we are all happily our individual special perfect selves and when you get to be your special self without putting a mask on like in a corporate environment you also have to accept others for their individual selves. this is what i like about my job. but i don't like that all of a sudden there is an assumption that we are treating people poorly and when I inquire about I am not given a time when I have ever done such a thing, because i have not, but i am told all the ways that i might "come across" or "appear abrupt" to a new person. i already know that about myself, and while it is not always ideal i am not sorry for it anymore. for all the ways that it can be a disadvantage it is also and advantage. not to fucking forget to mention that the person who told me this is just the same. she has her moments just like we all do. new people and old people alike. lets buck up here. we are here to help and love each other and make our place a cool place to work, not to be afraid of each other. i know that it is hard to be new, but that is part of the uptown test, not for us to make it hard for new people but for them to find their own way, not my way, not her way, but their own way. can they say what they think? it takes awhile to feel comfortable doing this but it is necessary and nobody held my hand until i figured it out and I personally like where I work because everyone is capable of communicating for themselves.

i am additionally pissed that the owner seems to be inquiring into how things are for the new people but not with us older staff. seems to me like there is a lot of one sided review happening. i will be interested to see how it turns out when they decide to share with us. until then, venting over.

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