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No work equals stressful day - mom22

Posted: Dec 26, 2014

With work just barely trickling in, it was enough to keep me from OOW status but the outcome has been a lot of stress.

I was stuck doing an account I've never seen, reviewing a ton of specs, going over the report many, many times to clean up any blanks/issues, and looked up so many old notes to get the right wording and format that literally my right hand is numb from mouse use.

My effort to still provide the best quality I can resulted in barely anything completed in that time, a laughable line count, and a lower tier for the week because it just killed my line count/hours worked ratio.

It is quite defeating to want to do your best when the cards are stacked against you. Next week will be a very telltale week to see if things are back to normal or even semi-normal. How about a pay scale that rewards those who go the extra mile and penalizes the ones who do consistently crappy work??? Well, at least I'm guaranteed minimum wage today. These changes are just soooo exciting I can barely contain myself!

I hear ya. What other job is there where - the more effort you

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you put in to making sure everything is correct, the less you get paid? Sickening.

stressful day - shrugger

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So why do you do it? Why do you continue to put up with the stress? Bad files, bad dictators, bad companies, they are the soup de jour in this profession.

The why is complicated - mom22

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I've asked myself this a lot lately. Maybe I'm hopeful that things really will get better. Maybe I'm afraid of starting over or afraid of failure. Maybe I'm worried about any kind of income in a difficult situation. Maybe I'm loyal to a fault, no matter how misplaced.

It's Christmas, and work is always crazy - feast or famine - at that time. I'm holding out to see what today's paycheck is and if next week evens out a little.

And if it doesn't work out, then I guess I tackle loss of hope, tackling my fear, and staying up all night worrying. I won't worry about the loyalty at that point!

No work - ask to work on UP - Way behind NM

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