Lose the battle, lose the war?

[omg-teh-funnay.livejournal.com]

I've made some posts recently, both here and in my blog, about some of the absurdity of my job. I'm a fairly experienced technician, I've done deskside and call center work, client systems and servers for the last decade. My current gig is mainly routing tickets to technicians and queues, and wrangling said techs. It's WAY beneath my skillz, but it a) pays more than my last job, and b) is a good path into management, which is where I wanna be.

I often say I'm more like an admin assistant than anything else, and though it started as a joke, it's getting weird.

Last week, I won a victory when the secure cabinets for hard drives came in, the drives are no longer stored in my cube and the walk-though traffic has plummeted.

One of my two direct bosses just put a shredder in my cube. And delivered about 1700 software CDs that need to be shredded. Not snapped, not microwaved (I asked), they have to be shredded. SHREDDED. INDIVIDUALLY

I have been promoted from technical coordinator to office bitch, I'm pretty sure. I'll have to check my next pay stub.

Comments

[captpackrat.livejournal.com]

Try running the shredder until the motor overheats and catches fire.

[omg-teh-funnay.livejournal.com]

I just won a victory on this one... it makes a LOT of noise

I don't need to shred documentation/device driver disks, just applications and data disks.

Which saves me about 10%.

Happy shredding!

[kizayaen.livejournal.com]

You sure that's a fast path to management?

Cause it sounds like a fast path to the dark corner in the basement where they can conveniently forget about you.

[redqueenmeg.livejournal.com]

Agreed; I work a similar job and was told a similar thing. Four and a half years ago.

[tecie.livejournal.com]

When they start dumping all the unrelated extra crap on you, it's a signal that they think you're part of the furniture.
Begin looking for a new employer before you end up mysteriously not getting paychecks anymore.

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

Design a funnel type of input to the shredder.

Play frisbee for 3 days straight.

[fuzzyr.livejournal.com]

I know this doesn't help, but I _LOVE_ shredding things. I would enjoy shredding thousands of CDs. Perhaps I should talk to someone about that.

[sigurther.livejournal.com]

The easy answer to this is: Just take a day off from work while you are at work. Get a nice big picnic lunch and an iPod with 8-9 hours worth of music in it. Set aside all other tasks and ignore all people who walk into your cubicle. Proceed to shred every single one of those fuckers. If anyone complains, let 'em know it's top priority and you can not possibly be disturbed. Enjoy your day off. I find monotonous tasks are the best way to slack off at work ;) Once you have the rythmn down, you can go on autonomic. Space out and think cosmic thoughts. Eat every once in a while and wear an adult diaper if you are so inclined.