I really need to stop being a copier technician. I'm tired of it. Tired of the same stuff over and over again. Tired of working for a company that thinks it's perfectly acceptable to send us out on gear we've never seen with no hope of getting anything but the most basic of service info and expecting everything to be just fine.
Imagine this if you will. You get a job as a receptionist in some hypothetical company. You've done this before, so you know the drill. Answer phones and route calls or take messages. Direct visitors to the correct locations. Do it all in a professional manner.
Now imagine that you arrive for your first day of work. You great your boss who shows you to your desk and then disappears. On your desk are the typical items: phone, computer, maps, company policies, etc. The phone rings and you motion to pick it up only to find that nothing on the phone is labeled. No problem right, just find the phone manual. You look around, phone still ringing, and you find nothing but a post-it note saying "1. Pick up handset, 2. Say hello." You try this and nothing happens. Things are blinking, things are ringing and you have no clue what to do.
This is essentially what my day is like. It has been five years since I have had classroom training. Two generations of machines have come out since then. I've done all I can to stay up on my new equipment but without training materials you can only go so far.
I'm complaining I know. And I also know that complaining was one of the first things coach said we needed to stop but after the week I've had I needed to vent a bit. I'm just so amazingly frustrated that I can barely hold it in. Frustrated because my managers are oblivious to the needs of the company and the needs of the employees. Frustrated because I am the best at what I do and have been recognized and awarded by my peers in the industry in the past. Frustrated because it's been so long since I've actually communicated with my peers that nobody knows who the hell I am anymore. Including me.
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Frustrated
It sounds like you are disappointed and frustrated with yourself more than anything else. You can't seem to figure out why you take this type of treatment from your job. If you have taken all of your issues to the powers that be and nothing has been changed, than you have your answer. You look for another job with a better company OR you do something else with your life. If you are no longer happy as a copier technician than you must pursue what does make you happy. I was in your space about six months ago and the best thing that happened to me was I was fired. The company did not want to fire me, but I rigged it in such a way they had to. I was that unhappy with my life and job at the time. I stayed at that job out of fear. I was afraid of working as a writer exclusively and I gave myself a ton of excuses to stay. The sad part was how my frustration affected others. We do not live in bubbles and our frustrations spill out into all levels of our lives. You owe to yourself and ones that love you to be happy and pursue happiness at all costs.
Quit!
Time to move on to a new career I'd say...you don't deserve to be treated this way and you do deserve to find fulfillment and happiness in your work. Time to quit!