i don't hate my specific bosses, but the management climate as a whole at the shipyard BLOWS. they don't give a single **** about quality of work life for employees; particularly in my division (out of the engineering divisions, i can't say what it's like for the shops/production side). we're woefully understaffed and yet keep committing some of our people to support other shipyards who OVER staff their projects. as a result, days off are an extremely precious thing and taking leave bones your co-workers. there's also the matter of being so slammed with **** to do (and no extra people to ease the burden) that you can't adequately prepare for what's ahead that we have to ****ing DIRECT.
Reminds me of where i last worked for a year and a half. Except my management didn't blow. They knew the jobs in the kitchen sucked. And they did whatever they could do to help, which usually wasn't much. But, they were thankful. We were understaffed because the facility i worked at was over budget, serving in a tiny community where there would not be many customers. So, they couldn't hire many people. I liked it when the last assistant manager quit. She had too much going on in her own life. But, the desk worker was promoted to assistant manager, and she was just awesome. She would actually hop into the kitchen to help us out whenever, she would listen, and try to make our jobs easier despite the fact that she was plenty busy with other stuff. I liked her hard work in compassion. She knew me and the rest of the few kitchen workers were working our balls and ovaries off.
For a time at a job like this if you stick with it, you get used to it and even like your job. And even bond with your coworkers on the same wave length which made working there the only positive factor. You will eventually end up depressed and burnt out though, that's when you need to quit after putting in your two weeks and gruel it out some more.
My assistant manager pulled me into her office. And it wasn't crap either. She talked to me about why i wanted to quit. I told her i was depressed and burnt out. She didn't want to lose me since i was the cement that really strove very hard for everyone to get along, work together, encouraged cross training no matter what, and get stuff done properly (too bad the supervisor position got eliminated 6 months before, i would've considered applying for that). She didn't do much trying to talk me out of quitting. However she did advise me that i should put in my two weeks since i really wanted to walk off the spot right as soon as i showed up for work. She offered much encouragement, and i put in my two last grueling weeks (and now i finally have my fabled third reference).
My coworkers were so surprised that i was somebody who actually did what i said i would do. I was the first person to officially quit that place.
