If you are put on more difficult/strenuous tasks because you can do them better/faster than your peers than you deserve more money as compensation. I know it can be difficult to talk to your supervisors about this but I think it is what you should pursue if you intend on continuing to work there. I know the workplace is rarely "fair" and the argument you would have to pose would be that it is unfair that you work 50% faster yet get paid (I assume) similarly to your coworkers in unfair but I think if they value you as an employee they may be able to work something out to where you are either given a more equal workload or compensated justly for an increased workload.
See, I don't need the increased pay though. I mean, it would be nice (Everyone agrees), but I view my job more of as a workout I get paid to do; that's why I got as fast as I am in the first place. No matter what, I leave that building sweating. I even used to do the 90 minute job daily of my own volition, simply because I knew that if I did it 19 times no one would say "No" to me not wanting to do it the 20th. The problem I have isn't my workload, it's that I was already working above the bar and the Supp decided he wanted to raise the bar even further, but for no one else.
But anywho, my message was heard loud and clear; I went to work in another department today, my replacement was two(!) people, and I STILL had to be asked to return to my department in order for them to finish on time. Time will tell, however.
Thank you all for your advice, I'm glad I wasn't getting angry with it for nothing.
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So today I was allowed to take a 45 minute job and they sent someone else to do the 90 minute job. It took them two hours. We went on break and came back, only for the manager to look me dead in the face to say "And that's why you're doing the 90 minute jobs from now on".
Well, I get sent to another department and find my old manager out there helping out, and I strike up a conversation. Thinking about it, I ask if it would be possible for me to help out the other departments till the end of the week and then go back to my own next week. She flat out tells me she can't do that, especially with us bringing new people in on Friday. She kind of shot me a look and asked why I suddenly want to change departments, as she thought I liked being up there and had never brought up moving before, so I told her what he just told me.
She kind of chuckled and said "Yeah, I heard him say that too, and immediately told him he can't do that. We'll probably let you be the floater tomorrow, and I'll see what I can do."
From the managers perspective, it could simply be that you are a victim of your own success at the job. The manager recognizes that you are the hardest/best/most ORGANIZED worker and thusly views it as being the best way to allocate resources to have you continually put on the 90 minute jobs.
While I can appreciate that, I also must say that both as a Worker Drone and an old Manager In Training you don't de-insensitive people from working; If the bar is a 6/10, and all you're going to do is punish the guy working at a 9, why should he continue to work at a 9? That leads to increased worker irritability and reduced profits.
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I can move to any department I want in house (And have been told I'm quite the oddball for not doing so, as I have seniority over half the building and can kick someone out of anywhere should I choose), but the problem is that every other department in house is even more frustrating to me than the one I'm in.
As for other jobs, I could do that and it's crossed my mind more than once since I got here, especially since when I transfered I lost my weekly bonus ($120 just for showing up every day) because of the location and, I kid you not, "There are three colleges in the surrounding area so we don't need to worry about keeping people" (-Human Resources Manager for the STATE). Not to mention the hours are killer, but I always get weekends off. It's not really something I want to do though, because despite my takehome (Which is more of a problem of me being in a two bedroom apartment by myself than the jobs' hours/pay) I get free dental, medical, and local discounts :/
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Ok, so it's about work, and it's a new manager. I also really don't want to go into too great a detail, for reasons obvious and some less so. I will say that the job is highly physical, so much that I don't really see the need to go work out because of the amount of physicality there is to my job.
So, I don't want to brag, mostly because I hate bragging to begin with, but I'm the best person in my station, work related wise; If the target times are 45 minutes for one project and 90 minutes for another, I can get them done in 30 and 60, respectively. The people I work with in my team (As my department is broken down into teams, one of each station) love working with me because I do everything in my power to make things easier on them, which a lot of people who work in my particular station don't have the experience to do. It should also be addressed that the only reason I'm seen as being so good is because we chew through employees, so someone will spend maybe a month, a week, or many times even a day before leaving.
I've been with the company for two years, and barring the first month (In which I was working two jobs and failing miserably at both of them), and have gotten sterling reviews through out it all. So much so that the company actually broke the policy of "You must wait 1 year before you can transfer to another location, and only if you're going for college" and allowed me to do it at only 10 months when I told them I was moving for college, solely because they wanted me to keep working for them. I would like to say once again that I'm not trying to brag, merely trying to keep the story straight with the type of worker I am.
So, in the daily life of my workplace, we start the day having three projects of the 45 minute variety, and one of the 90 minute variety. Without going into too much detail, the 90 minute one sucks. Ass. The facility is not equipped to deal with it half the time (Using broken equipment or plain old not having it sometimes), and with the 45 minute ones you get a small 2ish minute break between them as you shuffle around or wait for the next one to show up. Not so much the 90 minute one; it's a straight shot all the way through, and when you're done with it you have that same break before starting on a 45 minute one.
Now, the old manager didn't care who did what; whoever showed up last was stuck doing whatever was left, which 90% of the time was the 90 minute one. Everyone was fine with it; we all did it some times and it got us there on time because no one wanted to be stuck with it. Heck, we weren't unreasonable about it either; if someone was feeling iffy or anything, we would let that person get out of it if they wanted to.
The new manager? Oh god, am I enraged at this, mostly because I'm getting stuck with the ******* 90 minute project simply because I can work so fast. I show up, set up my work area, and get told to go over and get started on the 90 minute "Long One". And it's not like people are being assigned to work at certain projects, or in certain teams, but I'm specifically the ONLY GOD DAMN ONE being told which project to work on. I'm not part of the union, and due to monetary issues I honestly can't be (After bills I take away $23 a week if I'm lucky, and union dues are $30 a month), but there's no reason I should have to put up with that kind of crap.
It's not like I haven't gone the extra mile; the old manager would specifically give me a 45-er with 20 minutes on the clock and ask me to do as much as I could, and I'd get it pretty close to done. Heck, I've gotten 5 projects done in the 2 hours we have before a 10 minute break before (Though to be fair two of those usually are only half as long).
Thinking about it, my problem is that I'm not being asked to step up to the plate and perform anymore, but that it's expected of me that stepping up to the plate is starting to become my bench under the new manager. Couple that with the other employee's being asked "What, is it time for your period?" whenever they complain about something. Couple that with him constantly switching people between projects (So you'll start one, start a second one, start a third one, then go back to the first one. I would like to point out that the way I work so fast is actually striking up a rhythm and keeping to it, so that's a huge deal to me and it's highly annoying). Couple THAT with him being a micro-managing douchebag who screws over EVERYONE by not knowing what he's doing. Couple THAT with the fact that he came from a different department, so if anything wrong happens in that department we have to drop what we are doing and help THEM out because "You guys don't know what it's like over there...."
I'm about ready to just flip out, tell him to sit down, shut up, and let me do my ******* job. My old manager moved above us on the executive chain, and while I have no illusions as to her siding with me I at the very least hope she'd know the dude ****ed up somewhere down the line, as myself and her got along great. I am literally one day away from telling him to "F off!", and this is two days after a week long vacation.
Am I being stupid here? I mean, I love my job for how physical it is, and it helps me work out a lot of pent up anger and frustration from daily life, but it's starting to cause more than it's helping me get rid of, and the urge to deck someone in the face is getting higher and higher daily.
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Oath of the Gatewatch; the set that caused the competitive community to freak out over Basic Lands.
See, I don't need the increased pay though. I mean, it would be nice (Everyone agrees), but I view my job more of as a workout I get paid to do; that's why I got as fast as I am in the first place. No matter what, I leave that building sweating. I even used to do the 90 minute job daily of my own volition, simply because I knew that if I did it 19 times no one would say "No" to me not wanting to do it the 20th. The problem I have isn't my workload, it's that I was already working above the bar and the Supp decided he wanted to raise the bar even further, but for no one else.
But anywho, my message was heard loud and clear; I went to work in another department today, my replacement was two(!) people, and I STILL had to be asked to return to my department in order for them to finish on time. Time will tell, however.
Thank you all for your advice, I'm glad I wasn't getting angry with it for nothing.
So today I was allowed to take a 45 minute job and they sent someone else to do the 90 minute job. It took them two hours. We went on break and came back, only for the manager to look me dead in the face to say "And that's why you're doing the 90 minute jobs from now on".
Well, I get sent to another department and find my old manager out there helping out, and I strike up a conversation. Thinking about it, I ask if it would be possible for me to help out the other departments till the end of the week and then go back to my own next week. She flat out tells me she can't do that, especially with us bringing new people in on Friday. She kind of shot me a look and asked why I suddenly want to change departments, as she thought I liked being up there and had never brought up moving before, so I told her what he just told me.
She kind of chuckled and said "Yeah, I heard him say that too, and immediately told him he can't do that. We'll probably let you be the floater tomorrow, and I'll see what I can do."
While I can appreciate that, I also must say that both as a Worker Drone and an old Manager In Training you don't de-insensitive people from working; If the bar is a 6/10, and all you're going to do is punish the guy working at a 9, why should he continue to work at a 9? That leads to increased worker irritability and reduced profits.
As for other jobs, I could do that and it's crossed my mind more than once since I got here, especially since when I transfered I lost my weekly bonus ($120 just for showing up every day) because of the location and, I kid you not, "There are three colleges in the surrounding area so we don't need to worry about keeping people" (-Human Resources Manager for the STATE). Not to mention the hours are killer, but I always get weekends off. It's not really something I want to do though, because despite my takehome (Which is more of a problem of me being in a two bedroom apartment by myself than the jobs' hours/pay) I get free dental, medical, and local discounts :/
So, I don't want to brag, mostly because I hate bragging to begin with, but I'm the best person in my station, work related wise; If the target times are 45 minutes for one project and 90 minutes for another, I can get them done in 30 and 60, respectively. The people I work with in my team (As my department is broken down into teams, one of each station) love working with me because I do everything in my power to make things easier on them, which a lot of people who work in my particular station don't have the experience to do. It should also be addressed that the only reason I'm seen as being so good is because we chew through employees, so someone will spend maybe a month, a week, or many times even a day before leaving.
I've been with the company for two years, and barring the first month (In which I was working two jobs and failing miserably at both of them), and have gotten sterling reviews through out it all. So much so that the company actually broke the policy of "You must wait 1 year before you can transfer to another location, and only if you're going for college" and allowed me to do it at only 10 months when I told them I was moving for college, solely because they wanted me to keep working for them. I would like to say once again that I'm not trying to brag, merely trying to keep the story straight with the type of worker I am.
So, in the daily life of my workplace, we start the day having three projects of the 45 minute variety, and one of the 90 minute variety. Without going into too much detail, the 90 minute one sucks. Ass. The facility is not equipped to deal with it half the time (Using broken equipment or plain old not having it sometimes), and with the 45 minute ones you get a small 2ish minute break between them as you shuffle around or wait for the next one to show up. Not so much the 90 minute one; it's a straight shot all the way through, and when you're done with it you have that same break before starting on a 45 minute one.
Now, the old manager didn't care who did what; whoever showed up last was stuck doing whatever was left, which 90% of the time was the 90 minute one. Everyone was fine with it; we all did it some times and it got us there on time because no one wanted to be stuck with it. Heck, we weren't unreasonable about it either; if someone was feeling iffy or anything, we would let that person get out of it if they wanted to.
The new manager? Oh god, am I enraged at this, mostly because I'm getting stuck with the ******* 90 minute project simply because I can work so fast. I show up, set up my work area, and get told to go over and get started on the 90 minute "Long One". And it's not like people are being assigned to work at certain projects, or in certain teams, but I'm specifically the ONLY GOD DAMN ONE being told which project to work on. I'm not part of the union, and due to monetary issues I honestly can't be (After bills I take away $23 a week if I'm lucky, and union dues are $30 a month), but there's no reason I should have to put up with that kind of crap.
It's not like I haven't gone the extra mile; the old manager would specifically give me a 45-er with 20 minutes on the clock and ask me to do as much as I could, and I'd get it pretty close to done. Heck, I've gotten 5 projects done in the 2 hours we have before a 10 minute break before (Though to be fair two of those usually are only half as long).
Thinking about it, my problem is that I'm not being asked to step up to the plate and perform anymore, but that it's expected of me that stepping up to the plate is starting to become my bench under the new manager. Couple that with the other employee's being asked "What, is it time for your period?" whenever they complain about something. Couple that with him constantly switching people between projects (So you'll start one, start a second one, start a third one, then go back to the first one. I would like to point out that the way I work so fast is actually striking up a rhythm and keeping to it, so that's a huge deal to me and it's highly annoying). Couple THAT with him being a micro-managing douchebag who screws over EVERYONE by not knowing what he's doing. Couple THAT with the fact that he came from a different department, so if anything wrong happens in that department we have to drop what we are doing and help THEM out because "You guys don't know what it's like over there...."
I'm about ready to just flip out, tell him to sit down, shut up, and let me do my ******* job. My old manager moved above us on the executive chain, and while I have no illusions as to her siding with me I at the very least hope she'd know the dude ****ed up somewhere down the line, as myself and her got along great. I am literally one day away from telling him to "F off!", and this is two days after a week long vacation.
Am I being stupid here? I mean, I love my job for how physical it is, and it helps me work out a lot of pent up anger and frustration from daily life, but it's starting to cause more than it's helping me get rid of, and the urge to deck someone in the face is getting higher and higher daily.