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12 April 2006

I hate days like this: there's very little for me to do at my job right now, but that's because in a few days there will be huge amounts of stuff to get through in a short period of time. In the meanwhile, I have to look busy. Anybody feeling me?
Anybody feeling me?

Buy me a drink first.
posted by jonmc 12 April | 10:04
Today I've finally got to face a item of work I've been avoiding. An item of work so boring it may actually kill me. Kill me dead. From boredom.
posted by Capn 12 April | 10:17
My last job was like this; they'd make you feel like shit for "having nothing to do", and keep you on a 45–50 hour-a-week schedule, instead of letting you relax a bit before a flood of work came in, justifying all the extra hours.
posted by interrobang 12 April | 10:18
They got the same thing going on here. 18 of us are being sent packing in two months (myself included), but we've been subtly warned that if we slack off too much, we'll be summarily dismissed and lose our severance packages and ability to file for unemployment. Fuckers never quit grinding you down. Although, a coworker told me that the Vice Big Cheese of the company showed her his friendster and myspace pages where he self identifies as a 'swinger.' But he takes home high six figures annualy so he's merely 'colorful,' rather than just a pervert.
posted by jonmc 12 April | 10:22
My job is nice. They don't make me pretend.
posted by dame 12 April | 10:22
I lucked out and ended up in a cubicle that makes me less visible than most of my peers here. When I was upstairs, people were always asking me why I spent so much time on that blue website and Wikipedia.
posted by mullacc 12 April | 10:25
Well, I was able to finish up a nomination for an internal award for a stellar co-worker. So that was nice.

I lucked out and ended up in a cubicle that makes me less visible than most of my peers here.

I used to have that cube! Currently I work in a bullpen type setup, which is nice and convivial and all that, but it does make websurfing a little less easy to cover. But hooray for minimized windows and my big old head for providing a certain amount of cover.
posted by PinkStainlessTail 12 April | 10:32
Would you like some of my work? I have enough to go around for all of you.

::starts parceling out projects::
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 12 April | 10:45
I'm trying to get a product working that is poorly documented, has virtually no diagnostics, and I feel like I've already tried everything sensible to get it working three days ago when I started.

I * SLAM! * AM * SLAM! * BEATING * SLAM! * MY * SLAM! * HEAD * SLAM! * AGAINST * SLAM! * THE * SLAM! * WALL!

AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!

* SLAM! *

And not getting it working isn't an option

* whimper *
posted by dodgygeezer 12 April | 10:59
I used to keep a copy of Lynx on a floppy disk. Then I could read Web sites but people would think I was reading a boring system file.

Links is similar. There are other readers like eLinks and w3m but they have colors and pictures. That will give it away. :)

On preview: Aw, dodgy.
posted by halonine 12 April | 11:12
I worked from home today.

Yesterday the manager was away, and the assistant manager (who is the most laid-back guy imaginable anyway) was on a course.

The new issue of our industry journal was released yesterday, available on the net and in print, and this time there's a button you can press in the online version to hear it read out.

So we started taking the piss out of it - we want it read by Tom Baker in his 'Little Britain' voice, and when they do case studies, we want them acted out, badly. At least if they did that we might actually find out what's in the damn journal. For sure nobody reads it.

So yesterday was a bit of a silly day. Today, as I'm at home, I've done very little work. But my output when I'm in the office more than makes up for it.
posted by essexjan 12 April | 11:23
They make me pretend. They don't give me enough work. And I'm not supposed to be online. The combination is not great, but I'm grateful to be employed.
posted by Specklet 12 April | 11:30
This happens to me all the time... the producer and/or reporter will take forever on their script, or on getting all their video to me, as the deadline looms closer, and closer, and CLOSER... and then I have to pull a 12 hour shift (or more) to slam the piece together, when I should have had a week to work on it. I've never found a solution to this problem- it seems to be the inevitable result of being the last step in the process, so everyone's delays accumulate before the story reaches my edit room. I feel you, TPS.

posted by BoringPostcards 12 April | 11:31
Oh God yes. I constantly wait for people in CT (I'm in CA) to do stuff, and just sit here hating life and myself.

The bonus part is, one of my co-workers just "quit" and I could be next, for absolutely no real reason. It's like being in the army over here- long periods of excruciating boredom, followed by something blowing up.
posted by drjimmy11 12 April | 11:46
We have this all the time at my job. I don't sweat it...oddly, neither does my boss.
There were a couple of weeks last summer where all I did was come in and surf the web for 8 hours.
Then, there are the times I've stayed until 9PM or worked weekends trying to get something done.
posted by black8 12 April | 11:54
I know how you feel, one and all. My last job was a total mess in this regard... not nearly enough to do and suits walking around who had no idea what your job was yet decided to give you crap if you were reading the news.

My current position seems to be much more practical in this regard, though. Thank god.
posted by selfnoise 12 April | 11:59
My last job was just that as well. They sent me home to work there, then gave me little to nothing to do. Corporate welfare, it was...when they laid me off finally, they paid every dime of my COBRA expense. Pretty decent of them altho it made me feel about as useful as teats on a boar hog.
posted by bunnyfire 12 April | 13:27
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