I have been on vacation since December 24th. It has been a wonderful time of relaxation, spending time with family, friends and my partner and just general laziness.
I go back to work today. I am not looking forward to this event. I work in the shipping department of a Fortune 500 company's only US distribution center (the company shall remain nameless because I don't want to become another Heather Armstrong). I used to love my job. I worked in the receiving department. I dealt with people outside the company, I expedited orders, I made a difference. I was forced in October to move to the shipping department. Management wanted to shake things up a bit. . . and shake they did. Among other changes, the guy that worked in shipping is now in the position that I loved in receiving and I am in his spot. While the people that work under me are glad that I am their coordinator, the people that I used to work with outside the company are not very happy with my replacement. The one thing that I will say is that no matter how hard you try, you cannot train someone to have customer service skills, you either have them, or you don't. And he just doesn't have them.
I would prefer to stay here and surf the internet or work on my stained glass hobby or just veg in front of the TV watching shows on HGTV on how to decorate my space, but I WILL return to work today because of the work ethic that I have. This job also pays AMAZINGLY well, so, there is some incentive there.
Back to the old grind. . . fortunately, I work second shift so I don't have to leave until 2:30PM, because it will take me that long to work myself into leaving the house and going back to that place. . . ACKKKKKKKKK!
I go back to work today. I am not looking forward to this event. I work in the shipping department of a Fortune 500 company's only US distribution center (the company shall remain nameless because I don't want to become another Heather Armstrong). I used to love my job. I worked in the receiving department. I dealt with people outside the company, I expedited orders, I made a difference. I was forced in October to move to the shipping department. Management wanted to shake things up a bit. . . and shake they did. Among other changes, the guy that worked in shipping is now in the position that I loved in receiving and I am in his spot. While the people that work under me are glad that I am their coordinator, the people that I used to work with outside the company are not very happy with my replacement. The one thing that I will say is that no matter how hard you try, you cannot train someone to have customer service skills, you either have them, or you don't. And he just doesn't have them.
I would prefer to stay here and surf the internet or work on my stained glass hobby or just veg in front of the TV watching shows on HGTV on how to decorate my space, but I WILL return to work today because of the work ethic that I have. This job also pays AMAZINGLY well, so, there is some incentive there.
Back to the old grind. . . fortunately, I work second shift so I don't have to leave until 2:30PM, because it will take me that long to work myself into leaving the house and going back to that place. . . ACKKKKKKKKK!
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