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stopwatch emotions In addition to the email that I received yesterday, a couple of unprofessional comments from two different managers at work also got me worked up. Neither of them has any real authority over me yet they both like to pass judgement on my job performance. It seems that I am neither enthusiastic or busy enough for them when I am at work. Well, it isn't any secret that I don't say how high when someone tells me to jump. Instead I usually tell them to do it themselves or I ask them why should I bother. Management does strange things to people and very seldom do the right people end up in those kinds of positions. I am also reminded of that famous psychology experiment where certain people were chosen to be guards and the rest of the group were deemed the prisoners. In no time at all the guards had no problems with being hostile towards the so called prisoners. People always like to abuse power no matter how small a portion of it they may or may not have in their possession. Now that I have a little better perspective on what they said, I would have to say that they both caught me at a low point. With the beginning of the year behind us, work has slowed down again and I should start teaching myself more than I do. I know by now that work is not going to go out of their way to advance my career. I have to do it by myself. Besides with the experience that I have gained at my current company, I might be able to go work for another company after I get back from Europe.
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