Stress

Currently, life at the office (this is a genuine blog not just a category :-d ) is so stressful and draining – physically, mentally and emotionally.  Frankly, I knew the moment I this job 2 years ago that stress will become a big part of my office life.  What I didn’t know though is that it will one day eat me alive!  Hmmm… that came out too dramatic LOL.  Seriously, I can now confidently say that my stress level has surpassed its limit and it is definitely spilling over and showing to people :-). 

Okay before we delve into that emotional crap, let me share with you first why I’m physically drained. 

Location… location… location.  Yep, this is one of the major contributors why I always feel tired lately.  From a place surrounded by beautiful views like Emirates Palace, Corniche and Marina Mall, we have been transferred to this dusty, isolated and generator operated electricity – equipment yard.  Yes, we are now located in a yard in an island somewhere.

Aside from this, L O N G E R working hours is also partly to blame for our tiredness.  From 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Sunday to Thursday, it was unfortunately changed to 8:00 am – 6:30 pm Saturday to Thursday with alternate Saturday off.  Our merger even consider us lucky because they didn’t make it 7:30 am *yeah, right!*  Fine, it’s just a matter of 30 minutes and an alternate Saturday off difference still that’s a huge adjustments for us you know.  When you come to think of it, by 6:30 we are already at home but now, nope… we are still working our butts off.  Now, we only have Friday to do all house chores from doing the laundry to cleaning.  *Sigh* we really don’t have a rest day at all! 😦

Anyhow, on a lighter note, our work area is nice because only 2 people shares the room.  Also, the A/C is attached separately so we can turn it on or off anytime we want.  And lastly, we have our own printers.  Yey! The joy of developing Lumbago hahahaha  (knock on wood).

As stated earlier, life at the office is also mentally draining.  Why?  Well, let’s just say that I’m currently doing everything at once.   When I say at once… I mean it literally. I’m revising all our personnel records manually and electronically – thanks to our very user-unfriendly system which is now considered obsolete so I have to redo everything from scratch.  Apart from this, we are now renewing some residence visa and labour card so I need to prepare everything from raw documents to application forms to medical test.  As if it’s not enough, I was also doing the timekeeping and finalizing my payroll summary because it is payroll week and I don’t want to be the reason for its delay 😉 .  Then, there’s the unending inquiry and to-do list from the new management. 

But the most stressful of them all is my 3 unreliable, irritating, unethical, I’m-your-boss-wannabe colleagues (this needs to be in a different paragraph because this will be lengthy 😀 ).  Somehow, it seems like the moment I stepped foot into this new location, I am doing more than my own work.  Basically, I’m already doing more than they are paying me for but that’s fine with me because now I know how to do the payroll.  What I didn’t sign up for is to do the work of these 3 idiots.  Not just their work but they have officially considered me as their human planner – REMINDER is now a way of life – remind the PRO of his work, remind the HR Coordinator of things that he should remember, and remind the Admin Supervisor regarding the documents I have entrusted to him.  If they fail to do their job because I forgot to remind them then they’ll blame it on me.  They’ll sometimes shouts at me or even slam their fist on my table just so that I’ll be scared of them or do their work for them.  Poor me, right? WRONG!

They thought they have what it takes to scare me?  They don’t.  NADA.  I’m not scared even a tiniest bit.  In case they want to know, I only get scared with people who are more intelligent than I am, those who gained my highest respect because of their (job) know-how, and those who has the power and authority to kick me out of my job 😀 .  They don’t even come close to any of these 3 categories.  They are just frustrated “boss” wannabes who thought that by changing their position title everyone will admire and praise them.  They don’t impress me AT ALL.

And because they are the major players of my stress, they get the most attention 😉

The transfer and overloaded workload already lowered my tolerance and patience to zero and here they are b*tch*ng and getting into my nerves.  I used to just ignore them but now I had enough.  So when they shout at me, we end up in a shouting bout.  Gone is the goody-goody-abby.  It’s time to stand up, prove my point even if it means I have to shout it aloud so that it will get into their thick head, and defend myself.   They thought that everything that comes out of their mouth is right and true but they’re wrong.  Most often than not, as what I have discovered, they confidently say things as if they are knowledgeable and 100% sure of what they are saying.  However, the moment you try to question their ideas, they slowly crumble and end up as an idiot.  Hence, the name 3 idiots 😀 ha ha ha. 

Well, I’m glad that they are who they are because they are doing me a big favor.  They are giving me the authority to vent my stress and my frustrations on them.  That’s why whenever they shout at me, I’ll also shout back.  I know this isn’t the right way to solve a problem but somehow, with them, this is the only way.  After standing up to them, they are now less irritating and less “I’m-your-boss” wannabes. 

Life at the office may be stressful and draining but it sure is never dull 😉