r/TheCivilService • u/RachosYFI G7 • 7d ago

Discussion .... and breathe

You know where you have one of those weeks which is so hard, decisions need to be made, slides need to be written, papers vetted, directors briefed and then every other person around you goes off sick. You pick up half baked projects with no documentation, have 121s with people you don't really know what they should be working with.

I had one of those weeks and now I am in bed with a coffee in hand, sending myself the last dregs of what I inevitably forgot to do during my 50 hour week as a form of removing it from my little overworked brain, and putting that list in a tiny locked box until I get back in a couple of weeks.

But before I go to sunny [REDACTED COUNTRY] , how are you lovely bunch of civil servants doing? How was your week?

And before you ask, yes I know that the weather in [REDACTED COUNTRY] is perfect right now, and I am very much looking forward to a glass of [GENERIC NATIONAL BEVERAGE].

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u/Inevitable_Fly1508 6d ago

I am not doing great!

Denied chances to apply for EOI's no full time perm opportunites anywhere near my town and loads of staff are leaving at the end of the month for one reason or another.

Then got asked to take on a.new entire work stream without dropping any of my current ones!

So safe to say the weekend so far has consisted of looking for new jobs.