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Not a team player?
I should preface this by saying that I have an excessive work ethic; I would definitely consider myself an over achiever. However, I work in a place where hard work - and more importantly, accuracy - don't seem to be very highly valued, regardless of what management claims.

I have no trouble making my own quotas, and I'll be the first to jump in and lend a hand when somebody else is swamped. I try to keep my breaks short, and my availabilty to a maximum, but despite all this, I find myself forever plagued with low-level guilt that I'm "not pulling my weight". I think has to do with the fact that time and time again, I find other people's mistakes - mistakes that could cost the company money.

It's not so much that I'm losing sleep over this, but I feel like I'm not doing enough. The truth is, I couldn't care less for this company, I work hard only because it's what I am expected to do, and because I genuinely care about my co-workers, but this place is only a temporary stepping stone for me, and I'm tired of the constant bickering and petty finger pointing that goes on here, so that I hardly care one way or another anymore.

I guess the question is this: am I bad employee for caring enough to do my job and help those around me, but not caring enough to fix other people's dumb mistakes?
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METHOSjr. (83)
2005-08-30 19:58:14
FeedTheMonkey
Dear Veronica,
I think you are a Twacker. Try to relax a second and put yourself in my shoes. I have trouble reading "windy discertation" about crap.
Here is my advice: do what you gotta do to feed the Monkey, make yourself look good (if possible i.e. the above Paragraphs)---> Your boss will cream his jeans.
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leobutrkurnel (810)
2006-09-15 21:21:30
METHane, I'm sure putting herself in your shoes would be a good idea but I'm betting she has an aversion to Stiletto heels.
As to the post, I talked with your company; they told me you were a great asset. I told them they were off by two letters.
There's a lot of finger pointing directed at me too, but not the finger you'd expect.
As for me, I barely even achieve, let alone over. For someone so attentive to detail, you spelled 'availability' wrong. I suppose this is the part where you scream 'Noooo!' and implode.
Be like everyone else in the world and only work well under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap.
Peace.
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sisophous (3738)
2006-10-25 16:18:00
You are not a bad employee for not fixing other people's mistakes if that is not part of your job duties. Focus on your responsibilities, if that includes fixing other people's mistakes then do so. If it is not your responsibility than let it roll off your shoulders and let it go. Employee morale suffers perpetually in corporations because of the disproportionate workloads, unfair treatment of employees, and insensitivity by management toward those below them. The term "team player" is often vaguely used by management to display dissatisfaction with performance levels from within and/or try to motivate employees. When pressures from meeting deadlines increases, the finger pointing and bickering will always take place, part of human nature and much easier to blame others than take responsibility and suffer the consequences.
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