we had a LOT of June 30th deliverables that required us to seek the assistance of not 1, but 2 outside sources to get over the finish line. Firm 1 was fantastic but firm 2, with whom we've had a decades long relationship with was simply atrocious. their work product was fine, but they delayed so many aspects unnecessarily because they were simply deadline oriented. except in their minds, June 30 was the deadline for it all...but that's not what was communicated to them multiple times.
for me, the 4th couldn't come soon enough, plus hubby and i took Monday and Tuesday off to delay the break so we could do some Fun Stuff. unfortunately, we were both SO burnt out by work that we didn't do ANYTHING for 4th of July which in hindsight is such a bummer because the weather was great!
and it got me to wondering about that old input/output thing when it comes to work. No, i am not compensated for the effort that i put in and neither is hubby. but damn, we work like we are responsible for the employment of 100,000 people. we need to seriously re-examine the amount of extra effort we are putting into our jobs. not the USUAL effort nor the unexpected overages that happen from time to time, but ALL THAT OTHER STUFF we do.
we are exhausted, and we shouldn't be marking time until we retire so we can enjoy life.
