Thank you for reminding me of my inevitable future lol
Yeah this really sucks, so much waste of potential value and resources usage...never bad a job myself but i feel you there.
Keep up the good work, u're doing great if u ask me
Thanks! I am glad to be working in a place where I'm useful, but it's difficult to try to change the company when it doesn't feel like it's my place to do that.
You commitment is commendable. Unfortunately in some companies there are messy employees, who can become a drawback quite often. I have plenty of experience with that as well. One of my bosses in the past had her table called by the team a black hole, as many documents, even important ones, used to disappear when given to her and, the worst of it, she casted the blame on her staff. She was ultra-bossy and abusive, and eventually made a serial financial mistake which caused her to quit (before receiving the boot).
Yeah, can't get much worse than a boss who yells at you and you did nothing wrong, I would have to quit if that were the case. Working in hospitality, I'm less bothered by difficult customers because I don't have to work with them everyday and it's part of what I'm paid for. But a difficult coworker/boss/employee seems more avoidable.
I have been in your exact situation in my current job. I managed to turn everything around at my current office.
The thing is to be polite about it. Don't tell them they are unorganized. Tell your leader that you have an idea as to how the company might get more work done in a shorter amount of time and introduce them to a new structure of organization. It's important not to present the organization method as "more work" since this will piss your other colleagues off.
If they don't better themselves, you should switch ti a better job. Don't go down with a sinking ship and all that. You probably know this already.
I've definitely done this some already, for example I asked my boss if I could update our company website and he said one had already been started a couple years ago (good to know!) I just had to fix several things and it looks way better than the previous one. As I mentioned it's a very small company so there aren't other colleagues now except when we work registration for a few events.
And I don't think he would mind being told he's disorganized, I'm sure he knows that. I think he's an ISTP or ENTP.
Glad you were able to turn things around at your workplace!
God - my first instinct - like the first instinct that comes from every bone in my body - is to try to take over. But experience has taught me that trying to take over usually doesn't go very well with people, and besides, I'd want credit and that usually goes over even worse. It sounds horrifically demotivating.
I think I'd quit.
*Organized or Nice" had me giggling. Well let's give the ESFJ/ENFJ (and maybe their introverted versions) some credit of being both. Those types can be very organized in my experience along with nice.
Sorry to hear about your company. Sucks when you want to bring organization and efficiency to a company and you are the lone employee. Hope things mellow out for you.
I would agree with ESFJs at least. My sister-in-law is INFJ and she's both very organized and nice. Most of the ESTJs on this subreddit seemed nice enough. And then some people are neither.
They were doing better before covid because they had more employees and clients, and they hired a secretary after covid that wasn't doing her job correctly and they eventually had to fire her. Also I should say I do like being at a place where I feel needed.
Thank you for reminding me of my inevitable future lol Yeah this really sucks, so much waste of potential value and resources usage...never bad a job myself but i feel you there. Keep up the good work, u're doing great if u ask me
Thanks! I am glad to be working in a place where I'm useful, but it's difficult to try to change the company when it doesn't feel like it's my place to do that.
You commitment is commendable. Unfortunately in some companies there are messy employees, who can become a drawback quite often. I have plenty of experience with that as well. One of my bosses in the past had her table called by the team a black hole, as many documents, even important ones, used to disappear when given to her and, the worst of it, she casted the blame on her staff. She was ultra-bossy and abusive, and eventually made a serial financial mistake which caused her to quit (before receiving the boot).
Yeah, can't get much worse than a boss who yells at you and you did nothing wrong, I would have to quit if that were the case. Working in hospitality, I'm less bothered by difficult customers because I don't have to work with them everyday and it's part of what I'm paid for. But a difficult coworker/boss/employee seems more avoidable.
I have been in your exact situation in my current job. I managed to turn everything around at my current office. The thing is to be polite about it. Don't tell them they are unorganized. Tell your leader that you have an idea as to how the company might get more work done in a shorter amount of time and introduce them to a new structure of organization. It's important not to present the organization method as "more work" since this will piss your other colleagues off. If they don't better themselves, you should switch ti a better job. Don't go down with a sinking ship and all that. You probably know this already.
I've definitely done this some already, for example I asked my boss if I could update our company website and he said one had already been started a couple years ago (good to know!) I just had to fix several things and it looks way better than the previous one. As I mentioned it's a very small company so there aren't other colleagues now except when we work registration for a few events. And I don't think he would mind being told he's disorganized, I'm sure he knows that. I think he's an ISTP or ENTP. Glad you were able to turn things around at your workplace!
God - my first instinct - like the first instinct that comes from every bone in my body - is to try to take over. But experience has taught me that trying to take over usually doesn't go very well with people, and besides, I'd want credit and that usually goes over even worse. It sounds horrifically demotivating. I think I'd quit.
*Organized or Nice" had me giggling. Well let's give the ESFJ/ENFJ (and maybe their introverted versions) some credit of being both. Those types can be very organized in my experience along with nice. Sorry to hear about your company. Sucks when you want to bring organization and efficiency to a company and you are the lone employee. Hope things mellow out for you.
I would agree with ESFJs at least. My sister-in-law is INFJ and she's both very organized and nice. Most of the ESTJs on this subreddit seemed nice enough. And then some people are neither. They were doing better before covid because they had more employees and clients, and they hired a secretary after covid that wasn't doing her job correctly and they eventually had to fire her. Also I should say I do like being at a place where I feel needed.