Is it really that bad or just a matter of perspective and attitude?

 ”Top 10 reasons why constant complaining is so toxic in the workplace.”
 
1. “It makes things look worse than they are.” If your job is 80% positive and 20% negative but you spend most of the time complaining about the smaller 20%, things will look worse than they are.
2. “It becomes habit.” The more you focus [...]

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Submitted my packet for Expert Technican

I have to say most of my life I put my career above everything else except my kid….I always tried to juggle a balancing act of being a single mother and working, whether this was in the military, college or now working in the public sector. I always believed welfare is a good thing…when NOT [...]

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Milwaukee

My aunt who is a GS 11 for the Social Security Administration in Milwaukee turned in my resume to her head supervisor.  One of the guys on her team wondered why the hell I would want to move up there?  (Uhmmm….is it any of his business?)  My aunt kind of told him off also…..I take [...]

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Job loss worse in 34 years

This means the last time jobs were cut was back in 1975 when I was  only 7 years old:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Employers slashed another 598,000 jobs off of U.S. payrolls in January, taking the unemployment rate up to 7.6%, according to the latest government reading on the nation’s battered labor market.
The latest job loss [...]

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Expanding our horizens

Snowed in and not at work (yeahhhh) I decided to read about some of the stories of the American and unemployment.  Trust me, right now I wouldn’t trade my Federal job for anything in the private sector (knock on wood).  One of the benefits of being a civil servant which I discussed in the past [...]

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The American job market

One of my dearest of friends who knows the situation I am facing, sent me this MSN website which discusses what Americans need to do in order to gain fulfilling employment.
What shocked me, is that on average 70% of Americans seeking gainful employment is over four weeks or more to land a job.  If so many [...]

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Big ouch

I was at the airport in Orlando waiting for my flight back to Saint Louis when I heard the breaking news on CNN.
 
And yes I was yelling at the television:
 
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill immediately blamed each other today for the failure of a $700 billion bailout package in the House. The vote sent [...]

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Banking Leave

As a government worker I don’t get a predetermined amount of sick days or annual leave at the beginning of each year. Instead I earn my benefits every pay period. I can bank my leave for vacation or an emergency or use it as it comes which is not a good thing to do.
I am [...]

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American Worker: Most Productive? But At What Cost?

I was discussing with one of my fellow co-workers regarding vacation/sick leave here in the US compared to other industrialized nations. Seems to me that Americans are one of the most stressed out individuals.

The New York Times article, Always on the Job, Employees Pay With Health stated that: “American workers are stressed out, and [...]

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The missing piece

Sometimes in life we are faced with very difficult decisions, whether it be dealing with an ailing parent, finding a new job, leaving a bad relationship, earning a promotion, kid(s) off to college…basically everything that life throws at us creates a new dimension of thought.

Currently am trying to seek a higher paying position in [...]

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