Category: Antiwork

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I work at a specialty outpatient clinic at a hospital. I work front desk. We have RNs, MAs and MDs working here. One MD is retiring after decades of working at the hospital. Our clinic supervisor is putting it on us, the overworked staff, to plan a “potluck” and pitch in for a gift. Nothing has been planned or will be paid for by the hospital. I'm not pitching in a single cent of my money to buy a gift for a doctor. But it's kind of sad, isn't it. The MD put in decades of work and now not even receiving so much as a going away party by the hospital. I hope she likes the deviled eggs(and whatever home made monstrosity that people will bring) and the $10 gift card to starbucks that our clinic will give her.

Very simple metric that has served me for years: If your workload doubles when a coworker or counterpart takes their PTO—which is their right as a human being—your company is understaffed. Working twice as hard to cover your coworkers is inappropriate and a clear-cut sign of poor management. Don't work harder, don't work faster, work at your pace. I'm slammed with about triple my usual workload this week because the other guy who does my same job is off all week. Just because he took his time off on a busy week means nothing—he deserves it. The real problem is the company being understaffed because profits and cutting costs are the priority—not you, not me, not any of us. For those of us working double today: Tell your manager when you are spread too thin, and don't pin the blame on anything or anyone but management. It's their fuckup, not…