Have you ever felt you're not good at your job?

[Geekbabe]

I start a new job in the morning... and am having major league performance anxiety rght now !

 

[Tallgeese]

Only my first job, thanks to an absolutely sh*tty boss.

Once she was removed from her position, and our group was put under the authority of someone else, who actually KNEW how to manage people effectively, it was like waking up one morning and finding yourself in Eden.

BTW, as I learned from him, effective management of people includes:

* Supporting them with the tools they need
* Supporting them with the knowledge/training they need
* Running interference for them (keeping the naysayers, backstabbers, and pinheads off their backs)
* Listening to their concerns
* SUPPORTING THEM WHEN THEY MAKE A MISTAKE

Incidentally, unlike my first boss, this person knew absolutely ZERO (his words) about the technical aspects of what our group was doing.
And you know what? He's still been head and shoulders THE BEST boss I have ever had.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: ohtwell

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
my gf always feels that she's not good at doing her job.. i always pat her head during her job to make her feel comfortable, that she's doing well.

I'm trying to drink here!!


: ) Amanda

Hehe, glad to see someone else here had the same thought I did

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: OmegaNauce

Originally posted by: ohtwell

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
my gf always feels that she's not good at doing her job.. i always pat her head during her job to make her feel comfortable, that she's doing well.

I'm trying to drink here!!


: ) Amanda

Isnt that what his g/f says?

ROFL!!!


: ) Amanda

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: TallGeese
Only my first job, thanks to an absolutely sh*tty boss.

Once she was removed from her position, and our group was put under the authority of someone else, who actually KNEW how to manage people effectively, it was like waking up one morning and finding yourself in Eden.

BTW, as I learned from him, effective management of people includes:

* Supporting them with the tools they need
* Supporting them with the knowledge/training they need
* Running interference for them (keeping the naysayers, backstabbers, and pinheads off their backs)
* Listening to their concerns
* SUPPORTING THEM WHEN THEY MAKE A MISTAKE

Incidentally, unlike my first boss, this person knew absolutely ZERO (his words) about the technical aspects of what our group was doing.
And you know what? He's still been head and shoulders THE BEST boss I have ever had.

Thats a huge part of it. I went from 2 bosses that were awesome to one that is great on the technical side but could not care less about the people working under him. Ill stop there before I post anything that could really get me in trouble

 

[Cyberian]

Have you ever felt you're not good at your job?

Nope!
I have never held a white collar job, but I was always the best I could be at what I did.

 

[y2kc]

Like when you got a job to do and you can't do it well enough because you feel a little dumb and like you don't know a thing

I had that feeling on Friday. Took a call from the call center to go to another building to troubleshoot a wireless connectivity problem. I walk into a conference room full of VPs (some from IT) and was totally lost because I hadn't ever worked with the systems before (IBM Thinkpads with internal wireless devices) and to make matters worse the VPs allready started to fiddle with the things. I felt useless after awhile and they were getting anxious... I took one of the laptops out of the conference room to "verify the signal strength" (and to prevent them from seeing me panic). Thank goodness for my Blackberry, I emailed an SOS to a few of my buddies and was out of there in about 25 minutes. the VPs were happy and I was ecstatic to leave the room with my reputation not completely destroyed....

 

[Squisher]

As an apprentice 20 years ago I was shackled to a journeyman who never let any move I made go unnoticed and commented negatively on everything. There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't feel like dragging him into the parking lot and beating the sh!t out of him. I felt that I was the worse thing that ever happened to diemaking. But, later I found out he talked rather highly of me behind my back(ugh!). I never worked harder, thought about the job more, yet learned as much as I did when I was working for him.

Now when I get introduced by my bosses they usually tell people that I'm the best they've got.

 

[SilverThief]

I did at my last job as well, and tortured myself for over 2 years. Finally, things came to a head and I left and am now happier than ever at my new job.
Believe me once you do find something you are good at and enjoy, the difference is like night and day.

 

[Liviathan]

I did at the beginning, after a while I got over it.

I am looking for a new job now and I sometimes feel dumb during phone interviews.

 

[Cyberian]

Now when I get introduced by my bosses they usually tell people that I'm the best they've got.

And isn't that a nice feeling??

 

[toant103]

i'm a student. I'm not doing a good job at it right now.