Why Do I Work Here?

 

 

I think it's gone, my faith in people.  I believe they are all nuts.  This stems primarily from work.  November is a horrible month for us.  I had 4 days of court, 3 training days, and 3 holidays.  Why is this bad you ask, well I still have the same amount of work to accomplish, but I lose most of those days.  Only 2 of the court days were full days, the other two I made it back to the office by lunch.  But that was 3 work days lost.  I had a full day of training, plus 2 half days, so I lost 2 more days.  That's a full work week lost.  Toss in the 3 holidays and I have 8 days I can't meet with clients, write warrants, do home visits, or any of the other job requirements.  That means that to get those 3 paid days off, I've had to put in several looooong days. 

The state provides us with a car to use.  One car for 32 people.  So they reimburse us for using our personal vehicle for any work purposes, but we have to file a report that runs from the 16th of one month to the 15th of the other.  We receive a reimbursement check.  They have 30 days to get this check to us.  It usually only takes them about 20 days, it usually arrives on the 10th.  The last one got here on the 29th, and I still haven't received the one from last month.  They have been getting really slow on them.