Can you tolerate redundant bureaucratic crap at work?

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DinoMongoosePenguin
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20 Dec 2016, 5:54 pm

I know that I got into an argument with my mother as, apparently, DORS wasn't happy that I wasn't both logging on a weekly timesheet all the jobs I was applying for PLUS logging all the jobs I apply for each month too. I was only doing one of them, the monthly one.

My mother said she is worried I might not be able to do well in employment environments if I'm not willing to put up with stuff like that. I don't have much tolerance for bureaucratic nonsense.



yoshiofdeath
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21 Dec 2016, 3:13 pm

workplace politicking (bureaucratic nonsense) is something that has escaped me for many years. I've never understood it nor wanted to get involved in it. I simply wanted to do my job to the best of my abilities and be done with it. A solid, consistent work ethic like that is what gets me through, and focusing on my obsessive strength(s) serves me well. That's what I project in the workplace---no matter how much the politicking may disgust me.



lidsmichelle
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21 Dec 2016, 4:24 pm

It drives me up the wall, but Walmart is full of that s**t so I deal with it. I wouldn't recommend a job with lots of paperwork to you if you don't like redundant beautocratic crap. Luckily my job has pretty much no paperwork, cuz that nonsense is already bad enough without it.


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21 Dec 2016, 6:26 pm

I find the tediousness of paperwork and what not calming and a way to escape co workers when I need some alone time. Maybe other little policies that I might find redundant, but I enjoy rigid rules and routine so I guess it doesn't bother me as much.