Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Is it truly always business and never personal?
I have been working for the same company now for almost six years and I am now approaching the end of my time there. With every passing day it becomes more and more of a tangible reality. If I were not pursuing ordained ministry as a vocation then I could definitely see myself being able to make a career with the company since it is a great place with great people, however that will not be my direction. While most of my time with company has been great the dynamics of my location have shifted dramatically in the last few months. The first major change that occurred was the hiring of one of my best friends, and I mean I have known this guy since elementary school. Now before we even brought him into our operation I had to make sure that I was going to be able to handle separating our friendship from our "professional" work relationship. So often when friends work with each other, and most certainly in an authoritative situation, that line then becomes fuzzy and that is when chaos ensues. I believe that up until now I have done a good job at setting that apart and establishing good boundaries that have lasted longer than a year, but today something happened that caused me to pause and reexamine the situation for a different perspective. I was pissed at him for the way he reacted in a specific situation and felt that he had been childish when he should have been focusing on his work responsibilities. After caving in and allowing him to do what he "needed" to do, I put up a wall and was being a downright asshole, pardon my language. It wasn't until on my way home that I thought about it some more and realized that I was so worked up about something so minor and I thought about whether these feelings were being transferred from something else. I will look into this a little more in the days to come, because this really may a sign that the stress of work has finally worn me down and that this might be the right time for this adventure to begin and take me away. More to come....
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