dreaming_in_colour
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I need to vent about work for a second. Let me begin with I know that with the economy being the way it is right now and a lot of people out of work, I should be grateful to have a job to complain about, and I am. But...
I have a new boss and while he seems like a good guy, between he and one of the directors running things, the place has become so disorganized, no communication and my workload has gotten out of control.
No one in the building knows the system like I do. I am not bragging, I am not being a snot, it is a fact. I am told that often and this makes me the "go to person" when anything goes down, gets slow or "has an issue". Since the upgrade most of the issues are not with the system or software but they are with the users. try telling the users that. Some of them listen, others argue and say procedure needs to be changed, blah blah blah. The management above me does not understand how the software or the things work so always make commitments we can't deliver or say we can do things that systematically are impossible so I am always butting heads with them.
Problem is, my title has nothing to do with tech, support or implementation but I spend 98% of my time doing so because I can and I have demonstrated I can. I cannot keep up with my own work, I am drowning and having panic attacks. I am feeling depressed and anxious at the same time. This of course is spilling over to home and everyone is tired of hearing about it and I can't blame them.
I would love to look for another job, possibly venturing into what I am currently doing (not my actual role) however I do not have a degree or title in any tech. related field. I have been a sys admin and set up/ran a unix server, migrated and tore down old servers for a company, and have even taught the programmers of our current software some things with their own program that they said could not be done! In fact one of the project managers said they would hire me as they were looking for someone with my skill set but it would mean relocating to Montreal and 90% of the job is travelling as you go to other companies to support the software during start up, developments, etc. That wouldn't work for my family, so that is not an option. It is difficult to get someone to look past a title on a resume and to actually look at what I have done.
I guess I am just feeling overwhelmed. I cannot keep up with my work. I am having to let people go, train newbies in and try to keep up with everything I have to do plus support others. I need to hire another person and they don't want to let me right now. They want to bring in someone from one of our other sites that the other site doesn't want. Great.
Sometimes I just want to quit.....
I have a new boss and while he seems like a good guy, between he and one of the directors running things, the place has become so disorganized, no communication and my workload has gotten out of control.
No one in the building knows the system like I do. I am not bragging, I am not being a snot, it is a fact. I am told that often and this makes me the "go to person" when anything goes down, gets slow or "has an issue". Since the upgrade most of the issues are not with the system or software but they are with the users. try telling the users that. Some of them listen, others argue and say procedure needs to be changed, blah blah blah. The management above me does not understand how the software or the things work so always make commitments we can't deliver or say we can do things that systematically are impossible so I am always butting heads with them.
Problem is, my title has nothing to do with tech, support or implementation but I spend 98% of my time doing so because I can and I have demonstrated I can. I cannot keep up with my own work, I am drowning and having panic attacks. I am feeling depressed and anxious at the same time. This of course is spilling over to home and everyone is tired of hearing about it and I can't blame them.
I would love to look for another job, possibly venturing into what I am currently doing (not my actual role) however I do not have a degree or title in any tech. related field. I have been a sys admin and set up/ran a unix server, migrated and tore down old servers for a company, and have even taught the programmers of our current software some things with their own program that they said could not be done! In fact one of the project managers said they would hire me as they were looking for someone with my skill set but it would mean relocating to Montreal and 90% of the job is travelling as you go to other companies to support the software during start up, developments, etc. That wouldn't work for my family, so that is not an option. It is difficult to get someone to look past a title on a resume and to actually look at what I have done.
I guess I am just feeling overwhelmed. I cannot keep up with my work. I am having to let people go, train newbies in and try to keep up with everything I have to do plus support others. I need to hire another person and they don't want to let me right now. They want to bring in someone from one of our other sites that the other site doesn't want. Great.
Sometimes I just want to quit.....