Somebody had a license plate that said "GOUDA" this morning, so we're having gouda.
How do people at your workplaces get along? At most of my other jobs, it's been generally good. There's always been one or two people that nobody likes, but we could all get along & have fun. There wasn't a ton of talking about others behind their backs.
At my current job it is HORRIBLE. There are many groups:
Faculty (PhD level instructors and researchers),
Academic Staff (researchers like me and people like advisors, communications staff, etc)
Instructional Staff (MS level instructors for entry courses),
Classified staff (admin. support personnel),
Administration (Dean, Business office staff)
The Faculty & Instructional staff have a long standing status issue. The Instructional feel mistreated and unimportant. The faculty feel they do all the important stuff and don't have time to collaborate with other staff. Not to mention faculty members can be odd folks with few social skills anyway.
The Classified Staff feel extremely persectuted by everyone (and there is some basis for that). However, they generally do little to earn respect and decide to complain to everyone OTHER than the person they have issues with. They aren't problem solvers and don't think before they speek.
Administration has filled itself with defensive, rule spewing, recluses. Everyone hates them, they hate everyone. They aren't friendly in the hallways, but rather hide in their offices. And never ever ask how you are doing. But when you ask them? They'll moan & complain for hours about how their life is awful or how awful other employees are behaving. They LOVE to come out with policies that make themselves sound like the police. They have no sense of "how can we help you work within the rules?" Instead it's this attitude of "You're all idiots that don't know the rules & just wait til we catch you." And decisions are made behind closed doors with no venue for feedback.
I'm in the Academic Staff group that just hangs out. We are on the fringe & have little power. It's easy to get sucked in by both sides of arguments because we are so powerless that everyone wants to vent to us.
It's just horrible & is creating a complete lack of any social or professionally sound atmosphere.
Anywhoooo, INXS is tomorrow-YAY!
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All profs are insane. The sooner you realise that, the happier you are. There is no real point in thinking of them as normal people. They are all stark, raving mad. Every last one of them.
My lab gets along well. I usually like everyone. In my old lab (which was larger-20 people) I was one of the few that hung out with just about every person. Some were not "friends" , but I respected what they did well and tried to ignore them being doorknobs.
Except one guy. He was useless. He was stupid, opionated, and destructive. He would shut down other peoples experiments to run his. He would steal other peoples equipment and chemicals and electrodes (which are time consuming to prepare) even after he was told not too. He couldn't talk to a female without hitting on them and had a collection of girlfriends who wore a lot of makeup and dressed in rather skimpy outfits.
He was pretty sure he was god's gift to women. One of my favorite memories was after he had gone to a tanning salon. He must have stayed in a little too long. He was a rather red colour.
Heee...hee...you mentioned "staff" a lot.
You are right, Bob. It is also a profession for the fashion challenged. I think they buy new clothes before starting their jobs & then never buy any ever again.
Zombie, as usual, you are a perv.
By the way, I think I came out a little snarky against his girlfriends in my post. I didn't mean to sound so bitchy about their clothes and make-up. It was kinda nice to see people someone unscruffified hanging around. I was more disturbed that they wanted to go out with such a jerk.
I hate "THAT" Guy. Pretty boys are not my thing. Well groomed is one thing, but a selfish pretty boy with women all over his arms does NOTHING for me.
I have seen a pattern of workplace where there is mostly women there is all gossip. I am the only woman now and work with all men. No gossips. Only person everyone thinks is stupid is the boss. LOL!
I love my job and all but one of my coworkers. And nobody likes her. I have another one who annoys the crap out of me but I don't really dislike him. Except for the time that I hurled a 5lb can of coffee at him. He really annoyed me that day.
Otherwise, I hope to never ever leave my job.
We are a workplace of 110 women and 5 men. That might be part of the problem.
Wow! That's a real imbalance. Kim. It would drive me nuts because I usually get along better with the men in a group than the women.
We are a very small group of people here. And, I have to say, the biggest gossip is a man. He's quite catty and bigoted. I would hate to think of what he says about me behind my back. DH & I aren't very social, more so because they often exclude us in group lunches etc. I think they don't like Canucks LOL.
Everyone pretty much gets along here. It's nice to have a friendly work environment but sometimes they are having too much fun and it's hard to concentrate on work. So, we shut our doors to block out the noise. I would suppose that would cause them to think we are anti-social.
We are very casual in this office. In Montreal, DH would wear a suit and tie and I would be dressed more business like. Here, nobody wears ties.
I think Nookie just called us slobs.
A long time ago when I worked terms (government jobs where you were hired for anywhere for 1/2 to a full year, depending on budgets)it was wonderful to be apart from politics. You could talk to everyone regardless of the structure in place, cause you weren't going to stay, so didn't have to match the office ladder. It was fun.
LOL Kim.
I actually prefer the casual atmosphere.
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