Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Slow Days
Slow days at work are rough. Monday and Tuesday were great, with enough orders coming in that I knew I'd have stuff to do the next morning, but today things petered out around lunchtime, and it was a struggle to find things to do until it was time to go home. I swept, I restocked, I did some production, I cleaned one of the bathrooms, I packed orders that don't ship until next week... and I was thankful to have a job where occasionally not having enough to do is the biggest problem.
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If this happens regularly tell them - that you like to keep busy and ask what other work needs to be done when things get slow. You are a rarity - many people seem to be happy to be paid to do nothing.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you - I get bored. I hated the jobs I had where there was nothing constructive I could do.
We've already had that conversation, and I have a list of things I can do when I don't have orders to pack, but there's only so much that can be done in our small building.
Deletecan you knit? or maybe have a corner to repair old windows in your spare time? Invent new recipes for them?
ReplyDeleteAll of that can be done on my own time and in my own space, and isn't a reason for me to stay on-site and on the clock. If I'm at work, I need to be doing something that directly benefits the business (like the two hours of sweeping and dusting that I did Thursday morning). I have so much work to do at home that I don't mind a little time off during the slow period. I would have been doing production at work if one of our suppliers hadn't been late on an order, leaving us lacking bags to put new product in.
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