Reduced workloaf
Sep. 25th, 2012 10:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lighterthanairFeeling kind of apathetic today. Or rather, I'm feeling apathetic about having to go to work. Or go outside for anything. I'm in a mood where I'd much rather just stay in and work on other things.
At least I'm not feeling anxious about going to work, though. So that's an improvement.
And at least I only have a 6 hour shift today. They switched me to shorter shifts in an effort to improve my attendance. I suppose the motivation is twofold. Their reasoning is that I have more time away from work to get my health together, which I personally think isn't going to be as strong a motivator as they think because I still work the same number of days in a week. An extra day off with shifts the same length as they previously were would actually give me more time to rest.
But now if I do call in sick, the hit to my paycheque is larger. Previously, if I called in sick 1 day of the week, I would be reduced to 30 hours of pay. Now since I'm working on a 30-hour workweek by default for the next six weeks, if I call in sick, I'll be down to 24 hours of pay. Definitely more financial motivation to not get sick, anyway.
As though colds and migraines listen to my bank account.
But it's not as bad as it could be. Really, if I get up at the same time in the morning as I have been, I have an extra 2 hours in which to do, well, anything. I have enough time to go out to the grocery store and back before going to work, if I want. Or I can get some more reading time in, or sewing, or working on film projects, or whatever. I have about as much free time before work as I do time at work, and that actually makes the day seem a lot easier to handle. I'm hoping that the boost to my personal productivity will raise my mood enough to keep stress-related illnesses at bay a little more.
Really, if this works, and I can handle the financial loss (and I'm pretty sure I can), then I might ask to continue this even after the 6 weeks are done. No idea if they'll let me, but it can't hurt to ask. I worked it out that I should be able to afford things, and given that my sick time has been high anyway, I've been working on reduced pay practically since I went back and haven't suffered much financial hardship for it. I can make it work.
But we'll see how it all goes.
Another plus to this adjusted schedule is that I can actually make a doctor's appointment for the morning of a day on which I work. Which means it won't be as much of a pain in the butt to get my ultrasound results and start working on getting this whole uterus problem fixed.
Trying to find the positive even in a not-so-positive situation. I think that means my outlook on life has gotten better than it was even a year ago.
(Well, that goes without saying, really. A year ago, I was still experiencing massive anxiey, and worrying about whether I'd have more delusional states in which dead people were around me. A mental state that doesn't involve dead people is an improvement, by my way of thinking.)
And with that, I think I'll go make myself a couple of sandwiches and curl up with a book for a couple of hours before I have to leave. The weather's just a bit chilly today, so it makes reading while curling up under a blanket with a cup of tea nearby (and possibly some snuggly kitties) seem that much more enjoyable!
At least I'm not feeling anxious about going to work, though. So that's an improvement.
And at least I only have a 6 hour shift today. They switched me to shorter shifts in an effort to improve my attendance. I suppose the motivation is twofold. Their reasoning is that I have more time away from work to get my health together, which I personally think isn't going to be as strong a motivator as they think because I still work the same number of days in a week. An extra day off with shifts the same length as they previously were would actually give me more time to rest.
But now if I do call in sick, the hit to my paycheque is larger. Previously, if I called in sick 1 day of the week, I would be reduced to 30 hours of pay. Now since I'm working on a 30-hour workweek by default for the next six weeks, if I call in sick, I'll be down to 24 hours of pay. Definitely more financial motivation to not get sick, anyway.
As though colds and migraines listen to my bank account.
But it's not as bad as it could be. Really, if I get up at the same time in the morning as I have been, I have an extra 2 hours in which to do, well, anything. I have enough time to go out to the grocery store and back before going to work, if I want. Or I can get some more reading time in, or sewing, or working on film projects, or whatever. I have about as much free time before work as I do time at work, and that actually makes the day seem a lot easier to handle. I'm hoping that the boost to my personal productivity will raise my mood enough to keep stress-related illnesses at bay a little more.
Really, if this works, and I can handle the financial loss (and I'm pretty sure I can), then I might ask to continue this even after the 6 weeks are done. No idea if they'll let me, but it can't hurt to ask. I worked it out that I should be able to afford things, and given that my sick time has been high anyway, I've been working on reduced pay practically since I went back and haven't suffered much financial hardship for it. I can make it work.
But we'll see how it all goes.
Another plus to this adjusted schedule is that I can actually make a doctor's appointment for the morning of a day on which I work. Which means it won't be as much of a pain in the butt to get my ultrasound results and start working on getting this whole uterus problem fixed.
Trying to find the positive even in a not-so-positive situation. I think that means my outlook on life has gotten better than it was even a year ago.
(Well, that goes without saying, really. A year ago, I was still experiencing massive anxiey, and worrying about whether I'd have more delusional states in which dead people were around me. A mental state that doesn't involve dead people is an improvement, by my way of thinking.)
And with that, I think I'll go make myself a couple of sandwiches and curl up with a book for a couple of hours before I have to leave. The weather's just a bit chilly today, so it makes reading while curling up under a blanket with a cup of tea nearby (and possibly some snuggly kitties) seem that much more enjoyable!
