Do you really understand your job?

Nocaster · 05-07-2011 7:04pm #1

In work today i got cleaved out of it over something which i didnt do (because i didnt know about it-ever) and i was cringing, thinking, i really dont understand this ****!!

Probably sjould post in the i'll admit it threat - but have you ever had a similar moment in your job??

05-07-2011 7:05pm

Yeah, kinda have to...

Esoteric_ · 05-07-2011 7:05pm

Nope 'cause I made sure they trained me properly :cool: Maybe ask for training if there's something you don't know?

Sweatynutsack · 05-07-2011 7:05pm

What is cleaved ?? It sounds violent

PseudoFamous · 05-07-2011 7:07pm

Nocaster wrote: »

...and i was cringing, thinking, i really dont understand this ****!!

Sounds exactly like maths paper one, all over again.

wolf moon · 05-07-2011 7:08pm

i do understand it and i'm damn good at it.
that is what they pay me for. :cool:

05-07-2011 7:09pm

The technical end of it, very much so. The social end of it, not very well.

easyeason3 · 05-07-2011 7:09pm

Yeah, it doesn't make me like it more though knowing that I understand what I'm doing every day.

Meh, it pays the bills.

PK2008 · 05-07-2011 7:10pm

If you fully understand your job, you've been passed over for promotion

Agricola · 05-07-2011 7:13pm

Very few people really understand their jobs fully. Its all about looking smart, running around to important meetings that nobody else knows about and telling the boss that that tie really behooves him.

Phill Ewinn · 05-07-2011 7:17pm

At least you admit it OP. Plenty wouldn't. Only have to look at a lot of the infastructure of this country to see what I mean. 1 billion for luas for example. A fvcking laugh!

knird evol · 05-07-2011 7:19pm

Eh. its happened again Mr Barlow

Mr Benevolent · 05-07-2011 7:30pm

No-one knows what I do.

ilovelamp2000 · 05-07-2011 7:32pm

Karsini wrote: »

The technical end of it, very much so. The social end of it, not very well.

I'm similar - I do my job well but I just can't get to grip with the politics of it

stovelid · 05-07-2011 7:35pm

Most of the time but have to learn new things a lot so often temporarily lost but never for long.

Loopie · 05-07-2011 7:39pm

Part of my job has me doing something I'm not qualified for... Scabby fcukers won't get someone qualified as I'm "getting by so far". I've been vocal enough about it so should it go tits up on me in the future I'm covered...ish. I hope.

ICE HOUSE · 05-07-2011 7:40pm

Do you really understand your job?
Of Course. Put figs in the fig roll, put figs in the fig roll, put figs in the fig roll, put figs in the fig roll. Put fig rolls in packet.
Put figs in the fig roll, put figs in the fig roll............

FranSansisco · 05-07-2011 7:54pm

i didn't when i started, the joys of a new company, but i do now

though sometimes as i move slightly further up the ladder it is a V steep learning curve

stick with it though dude (i assume dude soz if not)

Caoimhín · 05-07-2011 7:55pm

5 years university, 5 years as a junior and 4 years as a consultant. So yes, yes i do.

stovelid · 05-07-2011 8:06pm

Nocaster wrote: »

In work today i got cleaved out of it

I hope you don't work in a butchers.

Solnskaya · 05-07-2011 8:09pm

Caoimhín wrote: »

5 years university, 5 years as a junior and 4 years as a consultant. So yes, yes i do.

and when you don't, they're not around to complain anymore!:D

Caoimhín · 05-07-2011 8:16pm

Solnskaya wrote: »

and when you don't, they're not around to complain anymore!:D

Im not a doctor.

Kevin Duffy · 05-07-2011 8:22pm

Caoimhín wrote: »

5 years university, 5 years as a junior and 4 years as a consultant. So yes, yes i do.

That's the sort of high standards that will keep McDonald's on top for a long time to come.

I understand my job. On the occasions I'm not sure, I ask for guidance.

kippy · 05-07-2011 8:28pm

I work in IT support - IT where I work includes, Mobile Phones, Phone Systems, Projectors, TV's and AV equipment, CCTV, Access Control Systems, Photocopiers, Printers, Computer/Server hardware, Software of all description, network support, desktop architecture and a whole heap of other stuff.
Do I understand all of this? Not a notion. I have a broad idea of most stuff but a lot of it is really whinging it, using google where possible, looking like I know what I do and using my intelligence to get past tricky situations.

While I understand the role of my job, there are vast tracts of it that you cannot realistically understand from top to bottom - like a lot of stuff in IT I suspect.

highgiant1985 · 05-07-2011 8:53pm

Loopie wrote: »

Part of my job has me doing something I'm not qualified for... Scabby fcukers won't get someone qualified as I'm "getting by so far". I've been vocal enough about it so should it go tits up on me in the future I'm covered...ish. I hope.

advance warning if its not in writing/e-mail it ant worth ****. A lot of people will lie to cover there own ass.

Tilt Gone · 05-07-2011 9:02pm

I understand it enough to get by, but what really helps is, I fully understand the politics of the place. This I've found has helped me get more pay and more holidays than understanding my actual job ever would.

opinion guy · 05-07-2011 9:26pm

Loopie wrote: »

Part of my job has me doing something I'm not qualified for... Scabby fcukers won't get someone qualified as I'm "getting by so far". I've been vocal enough about it so should it go tits up on me in the future I'm covered...ish. I hope.

Vocal is no good. Put it in writing or it didn't happen

Aoifey! · 05-07-2011 9:37pm

OP, please tell me you're not a doctor?

Needler · 05-07-2011 9:39pm

Aoifey! wrote: »

OP, please tell me you're not a doctor?

I think he's a gynaecologist.

05-07-2011 9:46pm

Aoifey! wrote: »

OP, please tell me you're not a doctor?

I see he's site-banned.

Loopie · 05-07-2011 9:47pm

highgiant1985 wrote: »

advance warning if its not in writing/e-mail it ant worth ****. A lot of people will lie to cover there own ass.

I moan about it enough, it's in email and it's in my objectives notes - I'm only short of scratching it into the back of the toilet doors

Pherekydes · 05-07-2011 9:48pm

Yes, I do. It's not rocket science, but it's close...

Crazy Horse 6 · 05-07-2011 9:53pm

Nocaster wrote: »

In work today i got cleaved out of it over something which i didnt do (because i didnt know about it-ever) and i was cringing, thinking, i really dont understand this ****!!

Probably sjould post in the i'll admit it threat - but have you ever had a similar moment in your job??

Dravokivich · 05-07-2011 10:00pm

My manager has most of my work automated. I don't understand the stuff behind the automation because it's all scripted in various batch files, .net programs and Excel Macros.

Hell I only learned how to use the Vlookup function last week.

Don't miss what I did before my transfer to this. Feckers still ring me to complain :mad:

Solnskaya · 05-07-2011 10:03pm

Caoimhín wrote: »

Im not a doctor.

Ok, I fail the riddle test, what do you do?? Intrigueing, Intrigeuing, Intriguing, Interesting

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 05-07-2011 10:04pm

Still learning, and will be for some time so ifthere is something I don't understand I ASK.

orourkeda · 05-07-2011 10:21pm

I understandmy Job.

I dont have one

orourkeda · 05-07-2011 10:22pm

Phillip Gifted Armada wrote: »

Still learning, and will be for some time so ifthere is something I don't understand I ASK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMY4W0l4peY

Standard Toaster · 05-07-2011 10:26pm

I understand what I'm doing.....rm -rf /

Be||e · 05-07-2011 10:43pm

In my job, I start off learning what to do, but it takes a hell of a lot longer to understand why I'm doing it.

I understand most of what I do at this stage, but there are some complicated transactions I can never seem to get my head around.

Damn you debits and credits! :mad:

Do you really understand your job?

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