The Nest

I'm Your Ego, And I Approved This Message

Posted Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:08 PM

Argh, Office Politics!! Driving me up the wall recently. I wish I had something else to talk about, however, I have done nothing but work, think about work, lay awake at night worrying about work and complain about work for the last two weeks so I figured why stop now?

I'm not sure what it is. Is it the fact that there are less than 50 of us in the building so from lowest of the low (me) to the greatest of great (just ask 'em), everyone sees and interacts with everyone else everyday? Or is that we are all what you might call "creatives?" These are people with big ideas (we all get paid to estentially come up with someone else's big idea, right?) These are people who are loud about expressing their ideas. These are people who get very put off if they are not included in coming up with the idea and once they realize they were not included, will inevitably tell you in a round-about, possibly passive aggressive way that your idea sucks.

There are days that I just know, based on what I need to get done, that I am going to somehow upset this delicate balance. Sometimes I put things off just so for one day, I don't get caught up in having to stroke someones ego, or placate someone's dumb idea, or get railed because someone doesn't get their way. My day usually involves opening up a can of worms, dumping them in a big pot and stirring them around real good! Ugh! If someone ends up mad at someone else, it can usually be traced back to my department and if it can't, someone will find a way to bring us in.

I think I've decided it's the egos that lead to majority of the BS at the office. God forbid anyone disagree with all the creative geniuses around there. In spite of it all though, I really do love my job. 60 hour weeks...yeah, no problem. Stress like crazy...bring it on. It's a great environment and the people I work with really are creative geniuses. I'm so out of my league there, its a wonder I'm still employed. But I've get the best in the biz guiding me so I can put up with all the crap and just be happy!