Working in an office...

Ming · DOOM! Gender: Joined: 13 Jan 2003

...is the most boring thing on the face of the Earth.

Those of you who work in offices (and I know that there are at least a few here), how do you get through your day? My company claims that it's busy and has all this work to do, and yet I sit here spinning in my chair for hours a day because I'm done with all my work. And then I wonder how I'm actually getting paid for this. Honestly, I'm a pretty lazy person in general, but this is too much even for me. Never in my life have I ever hoped...no, prayed for more work to do.

I don't understand how people can say that office jobs are "stressful". Unless stress can be a result of having nothing to do all day. I think it's just the corporate world trying to justify that it's more important than it actually is.

"No physical laborers of the world....don't laugh at us because we wear funny clothes and sit on our asses all day staring at computer screens. We have job related danger just like you! I mean, with all the paper that we have to file, there are impending paper cuts of DOOM around every corner! Not to mention stapler-related accidents and coffee burns! And don't get me started about office-related depression!"

Seriously...WTF?

Jaena · Senior Otaku Gender: Joined: 09 Jan 2007

Depends on the type of office. I work for a telephone company, so we ARE busy all the time. Plus, I have built in entertainment in the funny girl in the cube next to me. I have discovered that feeding her jellybeans will make her hyper and spacy, and she just jabbers on and on. It's great. On top of jellybeans, she had coffee this morning too, so I'm not exactly doing her a favor.

She can't drink Red Bull becaus she's extremely sensitive to the caffeine. She was shaking one day because she had had a Red Bull for the first time ever. Then, she had another one a few days later. IT's great. Plus the whole entertaining thing regarding the team lead, and the report guy.

We've just gone insane.

underpants · awesome sauce! Age: 41 Gender: Joined: 07 Jul 2004

Dubcee · Senior Otaku Joined: 25 Aug 2003

I worked in a government office for 8 months, very laid back. I passed the time with digg, fark, a ds, a psp, and occasionally making a zombie plan.

FawkesFyre · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:54 am Post subject:

My job's boring as all hell. But at least in this one, the boss isn't right around the corner so I can basically do whatever I want.

My last job with the same company was busy and boring hell where they'd find you more work to do and the boss was just a few strolls away from you.

I've been in corporate for nearly 5 years now (2 departments, same company)...I don't think its nearly as busy as its cracked up to be...but then again, some ppl do a lot more running around than I do. I write proposals, and I'm efficient about doing it. I can crank my part out in a day or 2 that takes my coworkers 2 weeks. I seriously don't know what they stress over all day.

That's why I have so much time to be on PO...and to "work from home" to where I don't even ask for time off except for holidays.

RivaOni · Full English! Age: 41 Gender: Joined: 24 Sep 2002

Al the DLOE · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:04 am Post subject: Re: Working in an office...

Shino · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:22 am Post subject:

It really depends on the office.

For me, I have enough work to last me a while. Just about all the time.
Merge that with being the most senior developer on our team, many come to me with questions. Especially when we get new contractors in. I probably spend 1/2 my day helping other people with stuff.

Sciler · Mistress Age: 46 Gender: Joined: 15 Sep 2002

Ming · DOOM! Gender: Joined: 13 Jan 2003

I was going to try to explain what I do, but I don't think that I'll be able to do that without writing a novel. Just know that I work for Rupert Murdoch. But basically the problem lies in the fact that, with the exception of several daily tasks that have to take place on specific days, my work is caught up and done for the next 2 weeks. Oh yeah, and there are a few things sitting on my desk to do that I can't complete until either people get back to me or something is fixed (which I don't do). But once I can address them, they'll encompass about 5 minutes of work each. I ask around periodically if there is anything that I can do for anyone, but we're all pretty much in the same boat.

When I worked for Pepsi, it was much of the same thing. People complained "oh how stressful work is!" but I could walk through the halls and see people sitting at their desks spinning in their chairs, seemingly bored of the lack of things to do. The only people there that I really saw doing anything consistently were the scientists and the warehouse staff.