Stress level = 11
Posted by
CovingtonCat
Aug 2 '12, 12:35
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I came home early 3 hours ago and I'm still upset about some stuff that happened in a meeting this morning. (I left with my boss's blessing.)
Almost 4 years ago I went back to work at a large govt agency. I'd only worked for them for a short time many, many years ago in Boston. I left because the bureaucracy was insane. I'm older and, presumably, more patient so I thought I could deal better with the insanity (that still exists!). And I needed a job.
Well, it all caught up to me this morning.
How does a good worker who wants to continue doing good work accomplish that when forces seem to work against that happening? It is impossible for one person to know every policy, both national and local, to handle the vast number of situations I'm supposed to deal with. Part of it is the tax code is so big and has changed so frequently over time that one policy author doesn't know another has written something different. Training, such as it is, can't cover all we have to do so we have to rely on literally hundreds, if not thousands, of pages of references to do the job (it's all digital so I don't have an actual page count). Every time I've suggested an improvement to a written policy (with my boss's concurrence) I've been slapped down. So I don't suggest changes anymore. This is why government bureaucrats are the way they are. They cannot affect change from within so just go with the flow. I don't want to be one of "those people" but I fear I am becoming one. *sigh*
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