Thursday, September 11, 2008

Don't Micromanage.

It's odd how one day can be so great and the next so mediocre. I'd almost prefer terrible to mediocre. Mediocre is no fun at all. Maybe it's just today's kind of mediocre that bothers me. Knowing I can do all kinds of things, but my "higher ups" not letting me because they don't think I can or because they don't want to give up that tiny, eensey bit of control - never mind the fact that everything I do is reviewed and proofed and finalized by soooo many people I might as well not do it to begin with.

I shouldn't be so negative about all of it, but it's hard not to be when everything I do is undermined. I'm capable. Really. I am. And if and when I'm not - I'll be the first to let everyone know. Please just give me a freaking chance to do more than your grunt work. I don't have time for it... and really - I have zero interest in it.

Supposedly there are big changes in the pipeline. My boss was promoted, and I will supposedly be promoted soon. We will hire someone to take my position. My problem with all of it is the way the company is run and the way that certain people are micromanaged and how many micromanagers there are. I am underneath 3 of them. THREE of them. It's kind of disheartening to know that everyone thinks you are incapable of completing simple tasks... For instance - I have had one paragraph revised and rethought and reworded and rerevised 5 times this morning. For. A. Simple. Internal. Email. If they don't send it this time, I might throw a printer across the room.

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