To attached to my Job

[Byte 2.0]

I just realized something. I am too attached to my job. It just hit me like 2 minutes ago reading some posts at dslreports and I have just starting typing.

I realized i am too attached to my job after reading some of the posts at dslreports and wanting to arguing what I know to be true verse what is being said in some posts.

Reading some of the negative, false and misleading comments about some providers made me want to jump right in and tell what I know. I had to force myself not too. Besided, I could get in serious trouble posting their if it go back as to who I am.

When I starting getting worked up over those posts, I realized I am far to attached to my work and that I am apparently not leaving it all at work.

For the past 3 years, I have been saying to myself and friends when I leave work I leave it and don't think about it until I go back. Well now I know that isn't as true as it once was. That bothers me, considering Just last month I took a 9 day vacation and just last week I took another 8 day vacation.

I started to post their anyways, but then I figured I am not getting paid to stand up for them. If they don't want an official presents on the board to shed light and correct false and misleading statements so be it. It is their business and if they are not taking a major interest in it by putting a strong present out on probably the most visited site by their customers what business is it of mine to do it for them.

Anyways, It is time I look for a better way to leave work at work when I leave.

[SonicVanguard]

I know of what you speak. Werecently did a major overhaul of the studio and I just couldn't leave well enough alone. Granted, I'm part owner, but the company we hired to do the work I know personally and have even referred most of old customers of mine from my installation days. But I had to have my nose in every little detail to the point I would be there after the crew left and I would check their wiring and re-measure the acoustics of the two main rooms. I'd be up nights thinking about it. Then I would justify it by saying "I'm the one cutting the check, it's my company anyway". The result was I didn't get enough sleep, I didn't pay attention to other things in my life that really matter and I almost lost my best friend - his fight with cancer really put my life into perspective. Now the studio's fun again.

I can't tell you how to make your job fun again (maybe it stil lis), but leaving work at work is a good start.

Dave.

[Byte 2.0]

SonicVanguard, major difference, the work you where having done your future business depended on it. So there was good reason to follow up and double check.

Mine, well I have no real steak in the company if it goes belly up or anything. guess I need to get out more.

[HAL9000]

Wish I liked my job.

[lil Jimmie]

Once I realized I only get paid for 8 hours of the day I left work at work and enjoyed the rest of my day :D

[Panama Red]

From what you've described, Byte, it's not that you're too consumed with your work. You were just offended by someone's comments and wanted to defend the position because you have inside knowledge. That's only natural. Allowing ignorant statements to go unchallenged only perpetuates the ignorance. It's kinda like the old saying "It's ok for me to bad mouth my family (wife, son, job, etc), but don't let me hear anyone else doing it!" We all complain about our employers from time to time for the things they do, but it's still the source of our income and most of us wouldn't work there unless we enjoyed it to a certain degree. We spend more time with our jobs than with our families for the most part. I think most of us would take a defensive stand if we heard biased and untrue statements being made about our employers or the services they offer. Only thing you have to remember is your last name isn't DSL. Don't take their comments personally.

[Byte 2.0]

Panama Red--you hit the nail on the head with that. That is it exactly.

[kittyfire]

Byte... just remember the days we had to do it all and support it all for no extra money, no glory, and lots of... heck from idiots who didn't know... errr... waste products from shinola. : ) And if that doesn't work, remember the days we tried to help that other department get their act together till it drove us nuts and we were begging to be let out of that.

That should cure you.

I have to admit, though, when I left there to move out to Las Vegas and started working for the cable internet side of things, I would get SO offended when they were trying to teach people about cable. They had no clue about DSL and while trying to teach them the differences in how cable and DSL work, they were spreading lots of what could only be described as lies. They said you have to have a separate phone line for DSL and it wasn't as fast as cable and blah blah blah. Righteous indignation flared to life.

Bah, now I'm huffy again and I have to go back and remind myself of all the things I just told you to remember to get over it.

::walks away, muttering::

[Byte 2.0]

Hey Kittyfire, long time to see. If you didn't know, I moved up to PS.

to everyone else, Kittyfire and I used to work together and even though we where Tier 1 at the time, the product we supported was so new there was a tier 2 above us, but we had all the info on the product they had. We actually had more knowledge of one of the products then some of the Tier2 in that case. If we didn't fix it, our Tier 2 hated to take a call from us.

[kittyfire]

We were actually tier 1.5. We had to take run off from 1 and put up with 2 not being able to support the product... at least 90% of 2. Fortunately we had the best boss in the world who gave us free reign to get the job done and backed us up 110%. I still miss Pat. : / Glad you're PS now. Grats!!

[TimPoet]

Hey Kittyfire, your pm box is full.
So, you're in Vegas now, huh?
That's where I hail from. And you got a tech job, eh? Hmmm, if their entry level pays more than $12/hr would you pm me? Maybe by then you'll have your pm box cleared out and we could communicate.
Thanks.

[Byte 2.0]

Fortunately we had the best boss in the world who gave us free reign to get the job done and backed us up 110%.

That is true. Just so you know, he is stil there and still the same. To do enjoy my job a bit more at tier 2, if a tier one calls, I just take the call no matter how little they have trouble shot.

To be honest, there is little done at tier 2 that most of the time tier 2 could not do.

However in most places tier 1 is so scripted and they have to follow guide lines so strick it can turn a good agent in to nothing. Like you said, the way our sup gave us free reign helped us. That is also why I made it to tier 2

Anyways, the PS sups are generally cool. I pretty much have free reign and once i got to tier 2, i relized their is no magic fix, it is totally thinking outside of the box to resolve issues.

[kittyfire]

Well, it wasn't more than $12 but it was close. I made more money in Nashville doing tech work, but I was the supervisor for software services and the network admin. Then when I moved to East TN I worked for Toshiba and they paid well. Then it began to spiral away from me. : /

I don't know if you're familiar with the hows and whos of Cox Cable tech in Vegas but that's what I was doing. I'm not doing that now. I finally just snapped. lol I gave my notice and now I'm waiting for something technical that fits to open up.

It's very hard doing tiered tech support when your background is beyond that. It's very frustrating. I mean... you have people who are very talented techs, like Byte... he's got multiple computers at home and projects going and he knows computers in and out... then they want to bring in people whose last job was at McDonalds and they don't have a computer at home and can't navigate through basic troubleshooting areas in Windows, much less do anything a little off the beaten path. It's hard to work side by side with people you want to smack in the back of their head with a toaster.

Oh no! I'm ranting!

::flees to clean out her box::

[TimPoet]

I thought it was a frying pan to the head. :) Oh well, it's the 21st century.