Sunday, September 18, 2011

Life, no work balance right now…

Right now, work has taken over.  I’m not sure yet how long this is going to be like this.  The prior company I worked (company R for privacy) before we were assumed by a larger company (company M) discouraged overtime, staffed appropriately, and did not ‘bite off more than they could chew.’  Company M is short staffed and is too departmentalized, not unlike any other large company. 

We do have a crew of customer service reps in training so hopefully after this batch hits the floor we’ll be in a better spot.  They should be done training soon, then I’ll retrain them.  October is a big client’s open enrollment season and I’m a key player in troubleshooting and calling customer’s back.  I love what I do – I love making sure member’s know their insurance benefits so they can make the most of it and I love helping on the back end when something did not go as planned.  But I have to say, I’m tired of having more work than I can do.

My best friend’s Mom used to change jobs every 5 years or so, now I understand why.  It’s easy to get burned out.  I guess I need to find that place in side myself where I can leave work at work, work be damned, and be home when I’m home.  It’s why I left teaching, so I could have a home life. 

2 comments:

Becki said...

Hope things are back under control soon!

siteseer said...

I can totally forget one or the other. When I'm at work I forget everything about home.... including calls that I should have made for something.... when I'm at home I couldn't tell you how to do anything on the computer at work. lol funny I know, but it sure keeps them seperate. Oh, and I've been at the same office for over 20 years!