3/16/06

Should I stay or should I go
                                    – Clash

It is getting to the point with this job where I am  starting to wonder how much longer I can do this. There is nothing wrong with the job as such, especially if you are a mindless monkey who can cut and paste, but for an intelligent woman this is soul breaking work. The bordem is killing me.

Basically all I am meant to do for 8 hours a day is to:

1. Cut and paste emails into client files on a data base
2. Occasionally I will be given a resume and a set of answered questions. I have to cut and past the resume onto a cover sheet, remove the contact details and then put the answers to the questions into something readable
3. Occasionally Click a button and print invoice requests
4. Occasionally put html code into ads and then ut them on the internet
5. Occasionally start a new client record.
6. Occasionally do a reference check
7. Occasionally email a client or candidate and ask them something
8. Cut and paste any of the above into the data base once I have done it.

Basically what I am doing is basic data entry.

The other problem is there really isn’t enough work to keep me busy. I spend a lot of time at the moment doing jigsaws at http://www.jigzone.com I have now done all of the jigsaws there in the 67 piece classic cut, the 80 piece classic cut and I am now working on the 100 piece classic cut.

When I am not doing jigsaws I am checking OD 50 times a day. Seriouly the excitement that I feel when one of you updates and I have something different to read for 5 minutes, it is immesurable! A lot of the time I am the first note on a diary and considering a lot of my favs live in very different time zones to me that is pretty amazing!

I am also very up to date with all my friends LF friends.

At the moment I am getting paid 35k a year to do all of this. So I guess my question is, do I get paid 35k a year to sit on my ass and do nothing and feel like i am going insane, or do I quit and find a job that maybe doesn’t pay as much but keeps me amused during the day. This job is pretty much stress free, but the bordem is a real kicker.

What I really want is a job I love. I keep saying this I know and I still don’t know what I would love to do. I actually have applied for some help desk work simply bedcause it would be something completely differnt and they would teach me about ISP stuff and I thought maybe learning something new might inspire me and motivate me a bit.

I just hate waking upof a morning and spending the first 30 seconds thinking if I can find a good enough excuse to call in sick or not turn up. I was 15 minutes late today and I didn’t bat an eyelash when I walked in and didn’t appologise for being late. For me that is unheard of. Normally I am half an hour early and if I am going to be late in even by 5 minutes I call and let them know. I really just don’t give a shit in this job and that’s not a place I like being at.

So – should I stay or should I go?

Just another little piece of me…..