I just want to share a post that I read this morning. It's about how squeezed we all feel at work. Well, specifically it is about squeezed architects, but I think it could apply to other fields as well. And it didn't cover those of us who are UNDERemployed, but it helps with that a little.
Here in my office I feel simultaneously over and underwhelmed. I am putting in a lot of time networking and trying to drum up business. It's overwhelming because I wasn't trained for this, but it is slowly starting to pay off. We are getting more things in the door lately. This is also overwhelming in a way because I know if I let up on the networking this whole thing is going to flop like bad whole grain pancakes. And the work itself is very small projects, so I'm having a hard time immersing myself into them and getting the good results we are used to. The bottom line is I wish I had 30 hours in every day to get all this stuff done. So I guess I am feeling squeezed like Randy's lemons. (Thank you, Mr. Deutsch for such an apt description of work today)
I have been in touch with former employers and coworkers over the last few months, and I think they are feeling the squeeze in a lot of ways too. That is where the Architects 2Zebras post comes in. I feel like I need to send it to each of my friends in the business in hopes of cheering them up somehow. I'm not sure if they'll take it the way I intend. But do have a read and let me know what you think. Thanks.
Here in my office I feel simultaneously over and underwhelmed. I am putting in a lot of time networking and trying to drum up business. It's overwhelming because I wasn't trained for this, but it is slowly starting to pay off. We are getting more things in the door lately. This is also overwhelming in a way because I know if I let up on the networking this whole thing is going to flop like bad whole grain pancakes. And the work itself is very small projects, so I'm having a hard time immersing myself into them and getting the good results we are used to. The bottom line is I wish I had 30 hours in every day to get all this stuff done. So I guess I am feeling squeezed like Randy's lemons. (Thank you, Mr. Deutsch for such an apt description of work today)
I have been in touch with former employers and coworkers over the last few months, and I think they are feeling the squeeze in a lot of ways too. That is where the Architects 2Zebras post comes in. I feel like I need to send it to each of my friends in the business in hopes of cheering them up somehow. I'm not sure if they'll take it the way I intend. But do have a read and let me know what you think. Thanks.
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