Work In Regress

I happened to be chitchatting with one of the supervisors at work today and it seems that I’m not the only one thinking what I had been thinking.

Yes, the current landscape of the office features a lot of mediocrity and even substandard workers amongst our ranks. It’s continued proof that the department is hiring more for quantity over quality. Actually, it’s been like that for a while. I just don’t know if many of us had been talking about it, as much as we have been lately, but there’s definitely some grumbling taking place.

Maybe it’s just more glaring than it had been before? Maybe it’s looking more and more obvious now? Maybe it’s because of the continued exodus of the quality workers that we’ve had, that we’re now seeing the leftovers and it’s hardly appetizing? I don’t know.

What I do know is that management is seeing what’s left and they’re pessimistic about the future. I suppose I am too, but I still have an opportunity to transfer elsewhere. I know that some of our management team can’t just readily up and leave, due to a limited number of available spaces in other offices, so many of them are stuck and are left to deal with what’s left.

I had always called it a lack of pride, at least more so than a lack of ability, although maybe it also is a lack of ability as well? Again, I don’t really know what it is, but there is definitely a significant downgrade in the quality of work that is being produced. I see it on a regular and ongoing basis.

I suppose that I’m just glad that I’ve carved out quite the reputation for myself to where my name is not synonymous with mediocrity or that I’m being lumped in with the subpar folks that currently infest the office. I’ll be damned with I’m handing in poor work, because in the end, my name is on it and I’m not trying to sully my reputation.

I don’t know where I was going with this. I guess there’s a chance that I’m nervous about what the future holds in the office because as it stands, things are not looking as good as they once did years ago and from what I’m understanding, it’s now starting to show.

I’d hate to transfer out, but I don’t how I’ll be able to tolerate what’s going on there now, in the event that I decide to stay.

Indeed, 2025 is going to be a lot of fun, the kind of fun that comes with headaches and a lot of misery.