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RE: Difficult...with a touch of gratitude

in Reflections23 days ago

Congrats on a job well done! I don't think I would probably get must stuff like that if I was in the private sector. I have become kind of jaded and stuck in my ways. It's not something I am proud of, but I do the best I can. It's actually a series of long stories that I likely will never get into here :) My wife is much better at dealing with stuff like that than I am!

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I think a lot of people become like that for various reasons so you're not alone there. I have too but I fight against it because I don't like feeling that way; I'm also not afraid of change so if I realise it's the job causing the issue I look to leave or make changes so that I can shake it off.

That makes a lot of sense. I think my biggest problem is when I decided to go into tech I didn't realize how much of a service position it is. People take and take take and you never get much back. It grinds you down. Most of the time it is good though :)

I get it. People want their shit fixed and then just move on when it is. I still think gratitude should be shown, but it's often the first thing people neglect when caught up in their own moments.

Very true! I was telling someone the other day, people never come to us because they just want to talk, they only come when they need something and it hurts a little. I used to do performance surveys each year to see how people felt about the job I was doing, but I eventually stopped because people are just mean. Not constructive, just mean.