I love my job (Part VI)

I can't do it alone, so I'm very thankful for my staff, who is willing to make suggestions, ask what they can do, take initiatives, etc.! It's very much appreciated knowing I have a TEAM rather than just a group of workers. Yes, there is a difference between "team" and "group."

So, reader, I am asking for your stories. What has your supervisor done to make you want to go above and beyond what's expected of you? If you are a supervisor, what do you do to inspire and motivate your employees?

As always, please keep it civil and relevant. I promise I will refrain from commenting on your experience, but I might be curious enough to ask questions to better understand your story.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is going to be a short post. I just want to wish everyone a safe, fun, and relaxing Thanksgiving.

So, reader, I am asking for your stories. What are you thankful for?

As always, please keep it civil and relevant. I promise I will refrain from commenting on your experience, but I might be curious enough to ask questions to better understand your story.

I love my job (Part V)

It's never dull. I love my job when it's not routine. Fortunately I've always had a job where there's no such thing as a "typical" day. Lately, though, I've been too busy to keep up with my news feed. I only have a few that I cannot miss, and I feel incomplete unless I've read them. Now I'm behind!

So, reader, I am asking for your stories. What keeps you sane? Routine or the unknown? Do you prefer to know what's ahead, or do you like to find out as it happens?

As always, please keep it civil and relevant. I promise I will refrain from commenting on your experience, but I might be curious enough to ask questions to better understand your story.

Too many choices, or not enough choices?

I worked downtown for many years. My biggest headache, believe it or not, had been, "Where shall I go for lunch?" I often stepped outside and pondered where to go, not because there were no choices, but because the choices weren't very appealing. A sit-down meal was time-consuming, so the only choices left were fast food or fast casual. I was never going to make chains a habit (my friends know how I feel about chains).

Fast forward to now. I work in Chinatown. I thought to myself, "Finally! Good, cheap, non-chain, non-fast food!" My friends were jealous! Guess what. It's still the same dilemma. Everyday, I step outside and ponder, "Where shall I go for lunch?" I try to go to a new place each time, but after a while, they are pretty much the same. Sigh!

So, reader, I am asking for your stories. How do you make lunch exciting? Or do you?

As always, please keep it civil and relevant. I promise I will refrain from commenting on your experience, but I might be curious enough to ask questions to better understand your story.

I love my job (Part IV)

It's been almost a month, and I'm still in the discovery phase. It is what I expected, but there is also a lot I didn't expect. I think I was hoping to ease in much faster, but I'm ever the optimist! Are there disappointments? In some ways, yes. More like, why am I finding this out now? But, having been down this road before, sometimes it does take a fresh pair of eyes to go, "Wait, hang on!"

I have a lot of support, which is reassuring and scary at the same time. I think it's the imposter syndrome kicking in (I think I had written about this before). All I can say is, what you see is real. I won't pretend to be what I'm not. If I don't know, you'll know. I think that's fair.

So, reader, I am asking for your stories. What has it been like to take over a new responsibility and take over from someone else?

As always, please keep it civil and relevant. I promise I will refrain from commenting on your experience, but I might be curious enough to ask questions to better understand your story.

It's been a while!

I've been pretty busy with my job. I'm not complaining. It's a lot of big pictures and little things. I've always been 24/7, so it's really not that big of a deal. I just need to get used to a different environment. Question: longer hours and fewer days, or shorter hours and more days?

So, reader, I am asking for your stories. What type of hours do you prefer? Flexibility to come and go knowing you might have to work long hours on certain days, or fixed hours regardless of amount of work?

As always, please keep it civil and relevant. I promise I will refrain from commenting on your experience, but I might be curious enough to ask questions to better understand your story.