Work Related

Although I told myself not to write about work related incidents, it's really hard not to when you spend 40 plus hours at a place and not to have some stories to tell or lessons to learn. This week I'd say I learned that appearaces can be decieving and I've got a story about my previous job at the nonprofit agency I used to work at, which in itself is another lesson. Did I lose you LOL.

Anyway, Earlier this year, I was really strugling with my current job. I was getting very stressed out because I was just not catching on as fast as my peers and I guess I just really wasn't confident in myself/knew what I was doing. There came a point in February where I really just wanted to throw in the towell and just quit, but one of my coworkers helped me through things and she convinced me to stick things out. She was an older lady in my section and she had worked there for two years and had extensive experience working in the social services field. She was very friendly and was always available to give me advice/assistance when I felt my superviors weren't being patient. She always seemed to be on top of her cases and was well liked/respected by her peers, but I'd find out that was not the case last week. Last week, she just quits without notice. Although I was able to say goodbye to her and write her a sappy message in a good-bye card, I didn't quite understand why a woman who seemed to on top of things would just quit all of a sudden? Anyway, I'd come to find out that she really wansn't on top of things and her caseload was screwed. For example, many of her cases had not been touched/worked on in over 21 plus days, things were poorly organized, and she just made some poor development decisions. I'd was assinged one of her many cases and I literally have to start things over again. I felt so embrassed calling the claimant to intorduce myself and to say that the previous case worker had fouled things up and I've got to fix things. etc.... I also feel very duped. I had a LOT of respect for this woman and aspired to be like her because she appeared to have everything together. Anyway, I truly did learn that appearances can be very decieving.

As for my previous job, I'd get an e-mail from a former co-worker stating that an individual got fired for theft. I'd find out it was one of the women who about a year ago I caught talking trash/gossping about me in the lunchroom. I can't say that I'm too shocekd because she was a very shady person and she had a very two faced/shitty attitude about her, but I will admit I'm kinda happy to learn she did get fired. I'd really love to just gloat about it and call UCP to say "I told you so" because I did file greivances about her prior to quitting. Anyway, I figure I'll be the bigger person and after this blog I'll let things go, but it just goes to show that when a person does/says nasty things, it really does come back at them.

All in all, I figure I'll try not to look up to other people and just try to find the strength within myself as I've learned a person may appear to have it all together, but in reality be worse of then yourself and I'm gonna make a point not to say or do horrible things because it really will come back to get me in some way shape or form and I'll end up as the subject in someone else's blog.