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re: How do you handle being overwhelmed at work?
Posted on 2/16/17 at 12:03 am to athenslife101
Posted on 2/16/17 at 12:03 am to athenslife101
Don't worry, you go numb at some point.
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Posted on 2/16/17 at 12:13 am to Rize
Ditto. My solution was always to do what it took to get it done. Hours on the job don't mean anything if you get everything completed. Complaining doesn't fix anything
Posted on 2/16/17 at 12:22 am to Hammertime
I'm a big fan of my folks getting the job done in under 40 hrs. At the end of the day if your responsibilities and numbers are met then work a half day every Friday. Being properly staffed goes a long way towards that and if staffing is your responsibility and you have no restrictions on hiring then shame on you.
This post was edited on 2/16/17 at 12:24 am
Posted on 2/16/17 at 12:28 am to athenslife101
It sucks but I know the rush for everyone to drop-off / pick up their meds is coming at 5 ish so I tell myself hey lets get through this and safely get their medicine to them and it will be ok. And if they don't like it, they can go to a different pharmacy
Posted on 2/16/17 at 6:30 am to athenslife101
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How do you handle being overwhelmed at work?
It's simple; how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Prioritize & organize your workload and then stick to the plan.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 6:34 am to athenslife101
Time management.
Learning to prioritize tasks.
Communication is the main key. Learning to communicate said tasks and prioritize with those expecting results.
Learning to prioritize tasks.
Communication is the main key. Learning to communicate said tasks and prioritize with those expecting results.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 7:21 am to athenslife101
Prioritize, and work late
Posted on 2/16/17 at 7:24 am to Rize
quote:give it 10 yrs. or so...you will hate people
I moved to sales and have loved every minute of it.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 7:34 am to doubleb
Almost 98% of the people I work with are watching the clock as soon as it hits 4:30 so they can be out of the door at 5:00.01
Posted on 2/16/17 at 9:59 am to Hammertime
I am in the process of reading Get Things Done and trying to start a Bullet Journal. Part of my issue is a combination of many things going on at once, interruptions all day along with every day being different. Ohh and meetings.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 10:02 am to athenslife101
I listen to music while I'm at work. And I drink when I'm off.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 10:41 am to Marty McFrat
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I make a list of everything I need to do from most important to least important. I cross them off as I go. Crossing them off gives me small victories and I keep chugging along.
This. I do the same exact thing. Break down your workload into easily manageable chunks. List things out task by task.
Take your bigger projects and break those into the smaller tasks that are involved with them.
Like the poster I quoted said, that will give you momentum as you can visually process the progress you're making.
It will take some time to put the list together, but once you do, it will make you feel much better about what you need to get done.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 10:50 am to UGATiger26
Pomedoro Technique is handy. 25 minutes of work and a 5 minute break, rinse, repeat.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 2:55 pm to Huey Lewis
quote:The most lucid, salient, and applicable post I have seen on the OT in forever.
1. You are taking work too seriously and mistakenly believe bad things will happen if all the work doesn't get done. This typically isn't the case which is evident by the fact that your place of work is able to function with other workers being absent. It stands to reason that it will function in your absence too. The days that you're gone, work will still exist. There was work to do before you started there and there will be work to do after you're gone. So relax a bit and shite on the boss's time.
2. Bad things will actually happen if you don't do all the work, which means you aren't properly valued by your place of work. If other workers are able to leave without their absence having any impact, but the same can't be said for you, then you are outworking your compensation to the company's benefit and not your own. This may be expected of someone in your position, in which case it's a shitty position, or you may have caused your place of work to feel entitled to this paradigm by outworking your compensation for so long. If so, you need to stop giving so many fricks. At most, you should give like half a frick more than your coworkers, and that's if you're really trying to climb the ladder or whatever.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:03 pm to athenslife101
Prioritize your tasks and try not to over multi task. Set a time to leave work and exercise an hour each day to relieve stress. Put in a short half hour of work at home then start the day fresh.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:07 pm to SATNIGHTS
Meetings are the worst. I have days where I will spend up to 6 hours in online meetings.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:14 pm to redstick13
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Set a time to leave work and exercise an hour each day to relieve stress. Put in a short half hour of work at home then start the day fresh.
That's nice if your job allows it. I work in advertising, and when we're running up to a launch it often means 15 hour days, sometimes leading to things like a 20 hour day followed by an 18 hour day. It's basically, work from 8:30 or so until whenever you're able to leave, head home and log on and then work until you're unable to keep your eyes open, try and get some sleep and then do it again.
Saying "oh well, not my problem" isn't really an option. You prioritize as best you can, and you keep working your arse off until it gets done whatever time of night (or next morning) it is. Being able to take a non-working lunch longer than 20 minutes, away from your desk, is often a rare luxury.
That being said, coping/managing it is helped by keeping a list so you can see everything that needs to get done, and then when time allows exercising. Going for a run and zoning out does wonders.
This post was edited on 2/16/17 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:20 pm to athenslife101
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When people miss work (often) it comes back on me.
Today, several people took off work and and several of their time sensitive responsibilities fell to me
Have you talked with your boss about how your co-workers missing work so often and you having to do their work too is affecting the quality of your own work?
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:54 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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15 hour days, sometimes leading to things like a 20 hour day followed by an 18 hour day
A 15, 18, & 20 hr day ??? The day my boss let me know I needed to do that would have been my last
This post was edited on 2/16/17 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 2/16/17 at 4:05 pm to Howyouluhdat
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A 15, 18, & 20 hr day ??? The day my boss let me know I needed to do that would have been my last
15s during a launch can be pretty standard (every day during the week and then weekend work too).
The last major launch I worked on, I worked from 9 am through until 6 am one time, then went home and grabbed a couple hours of sleep, came back in, and worked 18 hours straight that day. The days that followed were in the teens.
It's not great.
This post was edited on 2/16/17 at 4:06 pm
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