Techies 'more unhappy than hairdressers'

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Complete understandable.

When you only get noticed when things go wrong doesn't make for a happy job.

Here's the rub. If things are going good then you are happy then you might get that pink slip. Since things are working so well, why do they need you around? After all they aren't noticing any of the work you might be doing. Now if things are going wrongs then people see you working because they aren't until you fix it. This makes for miserable working conditions if it persists due to too much overtime and stress. Now if you hate your job already this just makes it that much worse.

I've been in a job where we did our job well. We were very proactive and things were never down for the user. We did most of our work when the users was out of the office. So this gave us a lot opportunity to do things that need to be done. The users never so a blip but we worked hard to achieve this. Then Management decides they don't need us since the system never has any problems. The question is why pay us to be there for system that works so well. If a problem does arise they can pay a consultant to fix it, if that ever happens. Needless to say I lost my job and everything went to hell in hand basket because we were there doing our jobs anymore. 6 months later they scrambled to hire everyone back but of course I got higher paying job elsewhere. The same concerns are seen here too. I like my job but a fear to do it too well.

Posted by: voska   Posted on: 08/07/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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