Some days
I really want to kill the people I work with/around. Simple concepts, like getting training requests, roster changes, time&materials billables in on time eludes the majority of the people on my team, making me feel like a glorified babysitter rather then an Operations Co-ordinator. Add to this the fact that I get the strangest phone calls from engineers at the oddest hours, and it puts me in a good mood some days.
Thank the gods I'm working from home today. Already i've dealt with so-called crises from three of the engineers, and if they had come to my desk to tell me these things, I likely would have strangled them. Though that might be the lack of coffee...
As much as at moments like this I want to throw my hands up and say 'Engineers!!!*' and write it off to that, I know that it isn't why these guys are like that. They're like that becuase they've never had to not be. In the end it comes down to one thing, taking responsibility for yourself, and your own actions, in all that you do, whether it be work, regular life, etc. It's something that seems to elude more and more people these days, as we seem to have set up almost safety nets that allow people to not take any responsibility for themselves, and as a society, I think we tend to pat them on the back and tell them that it's okay when we don't. It's something that I so my best to recognise and avoid in my own life, and it frustrates me when I see it in my friends, though, I will find myself saying things to friends. When I see it in coworkers and in management, who's whole job is to deal with these small details, and to ensure that the people under them are perrforming what are required duties , it absolutely infuriates me. In fact, after a few nice nudges, I have a tendency to turn into psycho hose beast from the nth dimension. All in a very quiet calm and rational way, which, knowing me and my temper, is actually much scarier to deal with.
*Three of my very best friends are engineers. None of them have this horrible habit. Therby dispproving my otherwise attractive thesis that it is simply like this because they are engineers. A much more convenient way of putting it, but not very accurate.
Thank the gods I'm working from home today. Already i've dealt with so-called crises from three of the engineers, and if they had come to my desk to tell me these things, I likely would have strangled them. Though that might be the lack of coffee...
As much as at moments like this I want to throw my hands up and say 'Engineers!!!*' and write it off to that, I know that it isn't why these guys are like that. They're like that becuase they've never had to not be. In the end it comes down to one thing, taking responsibility for yourself, and your own actions, in all that you do, whether it be work, regular life, etc. It's something that seems to elude more and more people these days, as we seem to have set up almost safety nets that allow people to not take any responsibility for themselves, and as a society, I think we tend to pat them on the back and tell them that it's okay when we don't. It's something that I so my best to recognise and avoid in my own life, and it frustrates me when I see it in my friends, though, I will find myself saying things to friends. When I see it in coworkers and in management, who's whole job is to deal with these small details, and to ensure that the people under them are perrforming what are required duties , it absolutely infuriates me. In fact, after a few nice nudges, I have a tendency to turn into psycho hose beast from the nth dimension. All in a very quiet calm and rational way, which, knowing me and my temper, is actually much scarier to deal with.
*Three of my very best friends are engineers. None of them have this horrible habit. Therby dispproving my otherwise attractive thesis that it is simply like this because they are engineers. A much more convenient way of putting it, but not very accurate.
posted by deense @ 10:10 am
2 Comments:
At 29 June, 2006 10:45,
The Retro Seamstress said…
You've found the type of people who are diametrically opposed to your type.
For me, these are the "SJs". This is from the Myers-Briggs and Keirsey stuff. The SJ types (or "Guardians" as Keirsey calls them), represent the majority of the population.
Majority of engineers are ISTJs (hence why Mr B, as an ENFP is not your typical engineer). SJs do not cope well under stress and tend to go into "catastrophe" mode and become completely useless.
You may also have some INTPs, who will be those engineers who are incredibly intelligent and gifted, but have no common sense whatsoever. I have a soft spot for INTPs, must be an NT thing.
At 29 June, 2006 11:10,
deense said…
Interesting! What I think I need to do is to get these guys to take the test :) If only I could organise that. I think I'm going to have to go and read some of the other descriptions.
We definitely have some of the INTPs too. Those are the ones I don't mind as much, they just lose track of, well, everything, but do their jobs really well. They're the ones I find more amusing then anything, and frustrating sometimes, but not in the same way as the majority of the guys, possibly because when I tell them I need something they go and get it, but until I tell them I need it, they forget about it. But they do phone about scratchy towels...
And you're right, B is definitely not your typical engineer.
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