So, this is my first time participating in Girl Talk Thursday. I’ve read some of the older posts and it sounds wicked fun, so I thought, hey, why not! Especially cause this weeks topic is Work Sucks!

All in all I work for a great company. We are mid-sized and I am in their Human Resources department. But I feel that I should mention, we can use the term HR loosely. I don’t deal with corproate HR stuff. You know, the good stuffs. I deal with field staff HR. Which is a whole load of crap.

Some days I feel like a complete and utter dump receptacle. All I do all day long is field calls from people that are whiney and irate. Most of the questions they have are common sense type questions that they should know the answer to. It gets kind of frustrating to go over the same information over and over and over and over and over again. No one ever calls me with the good stuff. Hey, I had a great day today. I got engaged today. I found out I’m having a baby today. These things are important for me to know. Not only do they keep me sane and in a good mood, but um, there’s actually HR procedures that need to take place when these things pop up. No, they think I am a mind-reader and know all of this already.

Oh and did I mention that when I actually do get some of the real HR stuff, the kind that should only be discussed behind closed doors, that I have to field those calls right smack dab in the middle of the fucking office? No where to go. No where to hide. No where to have a private conversation. Everyone can hear everything I say.

The company itself is awesome. I’ve been here for a while and adore my  most of my co-workers. We have great core values and really appreciate our employees.

 Too bad our employees don’t appreciate us.

OK, so now I want to hear why YOUR job sucks. I’m willing to bet it sucks more than  mine, which means you’ll only make me feel better. And don’t you want to make me feel better?