Have you ever spent a lot of time and energy on something for work, only for a client or boss to come behind you and tear thru your efforts? That, to me, is the biggest drain on energy and productivity.
I stayed over Friday to work on a settlement proposal. I outlined why and listed future cost projections. The client responds today and says, “I disagree with your assessments, I don't want to settle”.
No thank you for your hard work in getting this to me. No mention on how detailed it was. Nothing about the fact that I had the file 2 days and it was ready to settle when these take 2 years on average. Just, nope. Let's move on. Their account handling says to present opportunities to resolve. What is the point in that directive if they are just going to say no without being proactive? Just…nope. Poof.
I can handle rejection. It comes with this job. But what I can't handle is being given responsibilities to complete that are a waste of my time and energy. This is why I keep needing to call off. It took me days to get the energy to sit and focus to do it and now that just zapped what little I had left. I went to go lie down. I just keep getting up every few minutes to jiggle my mouse. There goes any productivity for the rest of the week. I feel like purposefully losing my job and just seeing how I fare not paying bills and not caring about a home or car or anything else.