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How do you deal with stress? Help? |
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I see |
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01/25/2002 |
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Oh my goodness,grow up! As I read this thread I get nausea. So excuse the seemingly disjointed response.
Consultants come in two flavors: those that augment current staff, and those that bring an expertise to the client that otherwise does not exist. If you are the former -- don't expect to be a policy maker.
- You were brought on to complete a series of tasks. Many tasks have no glamour. Stay focused. Complete the assignment to the best of your ability. Deal with it. Remember, the "self-serving jackass" is your client. The person paying your freight.
- I realize that with a massive couple of years experience, you feel you are ready to join the board of directors. Wake up. You may know the task -- but do you understand the business?
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Slow down there Workerbee, no need to become unglued.
One thing I want to clarify is that the "self serving jackass" that I mentioned earlier is my supervisor whom I work for within my firm, not the client "who is paying my freight". If I have a difficult client who holds tons of potential contracts, then I would bend over backwards for them without complaint. But it is my co-worker/supervisor that is making things a nightmare.
Another thing, I don't think I've inferred that I am looking for glamour or recognition. If I have then that certainly is not the case.
My central message when I started all of this was that I do not enjoy my job mainly because I am left doing grunt work for a self-serving supervisor, am not given the opportunity to use the knowledge that I was supposedly hired for, and am generally treated poorly. As a result, I do not enjoy my job, which is stressful by nature anyways, the job becomes laborious and I quickly become super-stressed and unhappy.
I do understand that being the low man on the totem pole that I'm going to get some crap, but there are limits and I've given it more than it's fair share of time.
How long would you roll over when you're being treated poorly in a job that is offering no real intellectual, professional or personal stimulation/growth/opportunity?
I do not recall ever inferring that I feel I deserve rapid advancement after a few years of experience. I know that I certainly didn't explicitly state that. As a matter of fact, I believe I inferred that I wanted to quit and start over. Once again Workerbee76, I think you have missed the entire point of my posting.
I know I do not possess the many years of experience and wisdom that you are inferring that you possess. I wish I could handle things as calmly, rationally and professionally as yourself. I guess, as evident in my unfounded excessive bitching, I just don't "understand the business".
Lastly, I do not believe that "consultants come in two flavors". It is apparent from my experience that consultants come in all different shapes, sizes, backgrounds, abilities and professions. I've seen consultants that can't do anything to super-consultants that can consistently hit the bullseye in many ways. I think every consultant should strive to be, and can most definitely become, one that can simultaneously augment a staff, bring an expertise and recommend effective policies based on experience and common sense. I really don't think you can put the multi-faceted, multi-skilled, multi-dimensional 21st century consultant into one of two "flavors".
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