A day late and a dollar short, coping with a stressful job

What are your strategies for coping with a stressful job
Your Rant: The stress at work is really starting to get to me. Any advice on how to just survive today’s workplace?
911 Repair:
Just when you thought the workplace was overstressed, comes word from Microsoft that it’s going to get worse. Microsoft’s British division announced [...]

Working yourself to death, literally

What is your strategy for not working yourself to death?
911 Repair: It’s time to look back on the year to identify the workplace911 person of the year. We search worldwide for nominees, and some years it can be a very tough call. But not this year.
Meet our person of the year, Kenichi Uchino. Unfortunately Mr. [...]

How to be less cynical

What’s your strategy for being less cynical?
Your Rant: Recently I was having lunch with some coworkers and I realized that every word coming out of my mouth was negative. What can I do to become less cynical?
911 Repair:
Your email reminded me of the school board election in Mississippi County, Arkansas, earlier this fall. There [...]

Help quick! I HATE my job!

What’s your strategy for job hatred? 
Your Rant: I hate my job. But I’ve got a mortgage and braces to pay for. Should I just suck it up and accept that a paycheck requires a certain amount of pain?
911 Repair:
Your e-mail reminded me of Richard Arrendondo. He’s an 18-year-old Californian who recently got lost [...]

Work is hard! Where is resilience?

What’s your strategy for building resilience at work?
Your Rant: I remember when work was really easy. These days everything seems like it’s a pain. The problem is that I feel like I’m becoming less resilient. Any thoughts on how I can become better able to handle all the garbage at work?
911 Repair:
One of [...]

Passion reducers and what you can do about them

DEAR WW: I’m starting to notice that I’m having trouble waking up in the morning to go to work. I’ve never had this problem before. What do you do when the passion disappears? PASSIONLESS
DEAR PASSIONLESS:
Your e-mail reminded me of a supermarket cashier in Oakland, Calif. This cashier was so popular that people would line up [...]

How to be happier at work

Dear WW: Work is a grind. This sounds really dumb, but is there something that I can do to make work less painful? SORE SPORT
Dear SORE,
I’ll admit, I’m a big fan of Peter O’Toole. From Lawrence of Arabia to The Stunt Man, I think he’s one of the greatest actors of all time. Recently I [...]

How to survive a micromanager

Dear WW: My boss is a micromanager and is driving me totally nuts. How can you deal with someone who is constantly looking over your shoulder? HENPECKED
Dear HENPECKED,
According to a recent study of the National Association of Home Builders, builders and architects predict that more than 60 percent of custom houses will have dual master [...]

What if you are stuck in a rut at work?

 What are your strategies for getting out of a rut at work?
Your Rant: I just realized that I’m in a rut. I’ve become cynical and I’d rather complain than do anything to fix my situation.
911 Repair,
Your email reminded me of the school board election in Mississippi County, Arkansas, earlier this fall. There was no [...]

Bland Bland Bland-My creativity is gone from work.

What’s your strategy for stirring creativity?
Your Rant: I heard someone say the only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. He was right. I’ve been doing my job for over ten years and it’s tough to get your juices flowing after that long. I don’t ever know where to begin. NOT JUICED
Dear [...]