01.13.07
Feeling of unease
Just days after writing a positive post about the work I have been given to get on with while I wait to be offered something meaningful to apply for, so it starts to become apparent that things might not be quite so easy. For anyone who works in an office environment, or even comes into contact with one, it will be no surprise if I say that administrative staff need to be treated with extreme care. They can be the difference between a smooth running efficient department, and one where you can’t get so much as a letter sent out without a major battle. If you are planning on bringing together a group of admin staff currently based around the county, perhaps you would be best placed not to upset several of them before you actually do it. What is more, perhaps if you ask someone else to identify how best to create a new structure in the admin team, you don’t start telling people how it will look before the work has been started by that person.
So there I was on thursday afternoon, calming down two very good administrators, and receiveing apologies from the new manager of the service. I know that I can resolve the problems, I know that we can probably avert the potential for a slight crisis, but once bad feeling has been created it becomes more difficult to do the job in hand. It also provides a valuable lesson in management (I hope).
Trouble is we haven’t even got started with this yet and this small but significant problem fills me with a slight sense of doom. I will reserve judgement for the moment, but I am beginning to wonder if when I do have a job or two to apply for, whether that job shouldn’t be doing something outside this education and training department and maybe even this organisation?
Lesly said,
January 14, 2007 at 1:03 am
Julie
whatever you decide I wish you all the best. But I would strongly urge you to look outside the NHS … there are many good jobs out there that pay better and don’t stress you out of your mind!
take care
Julie said,
January 14, 2007 at 8:49 am
Thank you Lesly, don’t worry that is exactly what I am doing!
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