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Originally Posted by DianaB
Lindsey, you may need to get blunt with your pushy friend. Just let her know that you're not interested because your job keeps you busy enough and that you're not willing to take on any more at this time......which is true.
As for how you're treated at work......Can you tell them when you're called into the office as you're leaving that you need to be home at a certain time and that you'll finish it first thing in the morning? You should be entitled to your time off at the end of the day!!
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I finally just said to her "I'm sorry, it's just not right for me" and she finally wrote back and said "Okay, fair enough" so she wasn't happy, but probably more unhappy with herself for not being able to recruit me. The more people she gets working under her, the more money she makes
Unfortunately, that's not how my company works. When they come in with work at the last minute, they expect it done immediately. Especially when it was due a few days prior. They are so disorganized! Work is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing for everyone who works there, and I don't want my life to turn out like that. I guess I already feel like it's turning out like that because I feel guilty for taking time at home to get over being sick. I miss so much of my life for it, I've missed family gatherings, nights out with friends, I even missed my birthday last year (on a SUNDAY!) and Scott ended up bringing take-out Chinese food to the office to eat with me that night, so I wouldn't be totally missing out on my birthday.
The thing that amazes me is that Scott got sent to Vancouver for two weeks because they had TONS of work for him to do out there. Every day he's been there, he has not worked more than one hour after work hours. Sometimes he'll get two hours overtime if he works over his lunch break. But for other companies, "TONS" of work means maybe an hour of overtime every day. For us, "normal" work is 3 or 4 hours of overtime every night, and at least a couple of weeks a year where we work anywhere from midnight to 6 am before we are allowed to go home
That's just expected. I'm sick of it! I'm counting down until we're back from Europe and I can really start looking for a new place to work.
Sorry I started to rant there!