Comments on: Checked Out

By: ja

ja — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:23:51 +0000

let me assure you, your assistant isn’t working either

By: hannah cranford

hannah cranford — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:12:10 +0000

if there was one major place where those in consensus on such a perspective could publish, post, comment, blog or whichever, a national if not international picture could begin to form describing the true nature of how we as (fill in the blank…here, workers whose main tool is the computer..) perceive our contributions to the output of the companies we “work for”. i really like 400 words because many perspectives can be heard quickly. if it is made general knowledge that employees in any such line of work are feeling marginalized, workers are empowered by their published voices being considered, and the companies at hand come closer to being “graded”- both in the form of inside-procedure-reality-checks, and by others applying to work for them.

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:21:40 +0000

I hear ya…I am going through the exact same thing. I have a job which pays my bills…its a job that I should be very grateful for but I am not because I feel so stagnate. Maybe it is the computer. Maybe it is the sitting. All I know is that I want out, but I have nowhere to go because I don’t want to stay in the same field and I don’t have the skills/experience to switch fields and make the same amount of money I am making now. I can’t afford a paycut with the bills I have… It is an awful feeling…especially when you meet someone who needs a job and is thankful for even an interview. The guilt really eats me up. I don’t know how to make the day nicer…more meaningful? I don’t know how to snap out of this depression. Best wishes to you…Thanks for sharing. It made me feel not so alone…