Life's Long Lessons

Life lessons are always present.  The becoming of age to discover that the world is nothing you expected.  It was supposed to work out in the fantasy world everyone set up. The world is soul-crushing with as many kicks as it wants to take.  As you take it, you want to escape to another place, thinking things could improve.  Yet even the new place has the same bad habits as the old one.  The same old politics practiced despite the location and affiliation of anything.   So, it is one of my worst years due to the awful changes that cheap management wants to make on a dime.  This is not the first place to do it, but studying properly run management is never done with buddy systems and bad practices. Despite stagnant issues, functioning areas seem to be the targets of wrecking change.  So, my revelation is that all the good intentions of trying to fix items in businesses and inefficiencies will reign in lazy management goons who want an easy paycheck. We need to hold these individuals accountable for their actions.

I have stayed in positions as long as possible to gain knowledge and not have a terrible employment record.  I have had good experiences in some places while making utterly horrible decisions in other areas. My current place, which I will not name, has been the worst.  It used to be the place to work, and there were some dissenting opinions in decision-making. As the years go by, the bosses do not get smarter about how to run the place properly, including in the workstation setups, to give the wrong bosses the power to yield the worst decisions.  They have fired several useless idiots, but their awful ideas still linger in the minds of the current ones.  

I worked in an area where I constantly worked with little to no supervision.  We accomplished our goals and did the tasks asked of us throughout many years.   Each person is hand-selected to be there, and we are one of the most minor groups in the building. We have been under different areas but are a hybrid section that does it all independently.  In the last few years, the higher management has made more control decisions over the area.  I am guessing to show non-existent relevance to looking better for the corporate bosses.  Each lousy idea adds extra time to my process with the delusion that it will make it efficient and faster.  They planned to move to a different building than the central area, which we needed to get to constantly because the new area was relatively cheap and easy.  I suggested removing some unused areas and placing us there for more space. My idea was ignored so many times, only to have the same idea implemented for another section.  

Last year, they moved my desk to a smaller location for efficiency. Still, they never looked at setting up the workstation correctly.  We had an efficient setup, and no one complained about it.  Still, some pressure and an oversimplified plan were what they thought would work. I have been miserable since they have overstepped in trying to control an area that is a variant of tasks in the work that is accomplished.  They never saw that all they did was never going to make anything better.  I have realized that it is easier to break a working thing than fix the plaguing problem of real issues.  Then they can remain yes men and not have to put any thought into their problems.  They simply complicate to compensate for their lack of ability to fix anything.  The area was great at once, with autonomy and now punishment, because people wanted to make a name for themselves.  I like bigger spaces, and with specific equipment, I need space to avoid hurting anyone. It is always stressful because of this bad decision, but there has been no change in their minds.  I have offered better alternatives, but my advice has not been taken seriously.  

People rarely change, and it is truly sad when they hurt others.  It takes a while, but it eventually runs workers out of any company. I have seen it so many times with some of the best qualified, leaving only to have a new clueless person in the position.  No matter how much one suggests some decent plans or brings up their plan's shortfalls, the wrong track is always taken. Even at the end of the year, we work longer despite the lack of work to do.   With the changing times, I hope that more accountability plans will hold the management plans to their effectiveness.  There is a new generation of workers; hopefully, businesses can improve their practices.  It seems impossible to the old history of turning humans into robots with rates and quotas. Some work, like my job, needs to be detailed instead of a rat race to make some fake look good. Yet many keep to their egocentric plans that seem to boost themselves. This is the biggest downfall in large companies since they seem to love those with egos.  Yet, their plans are somewhat predictable.  I have become a game of what they would do next, and sometimes I was right.  It is about studying to see the game unfold.  It is the only thing that makes it less crazy in the end.  Also, I want to identify their weaknesses and wait for the time to bring the house of cards down upon their heads.

A new system holds them accountable, identifies issues, and holds plans accountable.  I would love to see authentic relevancy in the corporations instead of the buddy system.  It would be a better company overall for both workers and management.  This year has been crazy with bringing up the old, awful ideas of those no longer there.   I have learned that unless some are forced to change course, they will never stop the madness.  It has been frustrating at times since not enough of the ineffective management has not been fired.  However, there is still hope for those ready for new ideas that take away ego and run a less chaotic system.  Until new theories from the old decrepit ones can be done. I can try to play the long game and observe the lack of skills in today's business world.  It is on the note that the world has always been this way.  Changes have been made throughout the business world, and I believe in the potential for positive change.  

This year is like the last; the changes never come fast enough.  It was nice somehow, but corporate made them cut the longer hours.  It was not as bad for some reasons. Still, others have become worse, and another department is taking over my space due to a horrible setup for a workspace on their side.  It has been another year of wishing for better, and maybe things will improve. I am ready for a new start; it is not the same place I started each year.  I have found better ways to cope and keep playing the long game.  It would be nice to see better jobs that treat people more like humans and have decent pay in the smaller areas.  Until the day comes, one must survive in the crazy mode of the plans. It was a long year, though, and many things happened.  The future is always uncertain and for those willing to risk the chance at something better.  It is through frustration that we work for a better life.