Tears on the Job
In the vast world of marketing there are many different types of people. As one works their way up the ranks and subsequent increase in responsibility, it becomes quite apparent that many, glom into just two: 1) relatively normal and 2) beaten puppies.Yesterday at work was the pinnacle of seeing all the beaten puppies of the world come together in the name of stress and essentially lose all emotional control. My particular niche of marketing is made up of predominantly women, so you can imagine what estrogen overload at the workplace equates to…unadulterated hell.
Yesterday I saw more people cry at work than any other day in my professional career. I wasn’t exactly having a stellar day myself, however it was made worse by tensions rising throughout the day as all the beaten puppies in the office decided to tear up and lose it. Call it an overabundance of work in a time period that is notorious for new business, planning for next year and burn out from being under the gun for end of year results. It’s a bitch, but most of us manage to keep it together don’t we?
When the little ones tear up and cry, all of us middle-level plebes start to worry about what the top dogs think we’re doing to these girls. My co-workers and I are by NO MEANS slave drivers. Quite the contrary. We are the ones that turn beaten puppies back into normal people, but this process of serving as Dr. Freud on the job just adds to my stress level.
In conclusion of my little rant. I hope all the beaten puppies went home last night, had a glass or two of wine, kicked their feet up and watched Meg Ryan movies, because I don’t think I can take another week of tears. I might just be one of them if it comes to that.
posted by Lisa @ 11:57 AM
1 Comments:
i don't know if it's 'coz i haven't been stressed enough or something but i don't get the whole crying at work thing. in fact i just don't get the whole crying in public thing in general.
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