Work By Yourself?

Cherokeekid88

Cherokeekid88

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Anyone here used to working with other employees and then switched to working by yourself with noone around you to talk to? Just wondering how you guys like it? I am a teller at a bank and have been for almost a year now. Last week, I was told that I would be alternating with a drive thru teller which works across the street in a booth all by yourself. This rotation would happen monthly...I am the only one who is being put in this rotation. I know that this is not a big deal to alot of you....but I do not cope with change well, unless I am inviting it. Usually, when I am forced into something that I don't wanna do..it is harder for me to cope with it. There are alot of upsides to being out in the drive thru by yourself, like listening to the radio, internet, no boss looking over your shoulders, etc, but being by myself all day with noone to talk to except customers and when I got to lunch...is gonna be hard for me....anyone work by themselves and used to a much different environment and have was to deal with it and not let it consume you?
 
welcome to my world.

our company has over 20 employees. mostly located in bristol Va. I work in winston, i have a manager here, a satellite tech and a couple of salesmen, but mostly just me here or running around doin service calls.

It can get lonely, lol.
 
Don't get me wrong, I am blessed to say that I have a Job, but I just hate being put into situations where I don't feel comfortable. I was getting along fine inside and able to talk to people...now I just feel as if I have back tracked. I know this is only temp, but I just have an uneasy feeling about being by self in a small place for the whole day...
 
Who knows, this may be one of those tests to see what you're made of. Throughout my career I've learned the most when I was put out of my comfort zone and am better because of it.
 
Similar situation for me. I work around people, but not directly with any of them. All of my co-workers are remote. It's not so bad, but I have found my people skills tend to dwindle and I experience a bit of performance anxiety since I don't have anyone to compare myself to. It's not all that bad though. You get used to it I suppose. Try interacting more with your customers. That should help pass the time.
 
I think a electronic book, wheelin magazines, radio, customers, INTERNET should be able to occupy your time.
Has upsides, you can fart and not worry who smells it.
Good luck!
 
I prefer working by myself...no one to bug you. No one you have to listen to droning on and on about something you could care less about. No one there nagging you and interrupting you so you can help them do something they should already know how to do, because you've already shown them 10 times. And in my case, it would mean I could eliminate at least 2 hours of meetings off my daily schedule.
 
I am in my first day of being alone and while I can do all the work and deal with the customers....It sucks out here....I am just a people person, even if I am not talking, I like being able to hear people talk around me and just know that there are others around. I had a job for like 2 weeks where I worked as a picker, getting parts to be shipped out and I was all on my own, noone to talk to at all and did I mention I was only there 2 weeks? :) I know I should just suck it up, but I refuse to come to work miserable everyday...Luckily, my boss is really cool and told me that if I had any problems, to come to her and she would figure it out.

Yes, I can surf the net and play on my phone and read...but the minutes are like hours...when I can sit at my desk inside and actually work while waiting on customers...days go by so much faster and I am happy....out here....not so much.
 
So in my heart, I believe that me working out here by myself is not for me, I know its only been one day, I am gonna finish out this weeks and re evaluate how I feel this weekend. I refuse to let something bother me with work when I am at home or on the weekends, My boss comes back from vacation on Monday and I am sure she is gonna ask me how everything is going and I do not want to sugar coat anything and make them think that I am ok with being out here. I really did enjoy being inside and should have never really agreed to do this in the first place, but I wanted to give it a shot and help them out. My question is, if anyone (that isn't my boss) asks how I like it, should I tell them how I really feel? or keep it hush hush? And honestly, it's not that I just don't want to be at here, its that I don't think I can handle is mentally....This goes back to when I was in 4th grade and has stayed with me since...its just hard for me to be alone for a long period of time.
 
Don't discuss it with anyone but your boss. Keep ypur chin up. Explain the situation in a way she understands and can relate to. Explain to her the benefit TO HER of you coming back "inside".
 
GotLime? said:
Don't discuss it with anyone but your boss. Keep ypur chin up. Explain the situation in a way she understands and can relate to. Explain to her the benefit TO HER of you coming back "inside".
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I'll Try...it is just really hard to keep my chin up especially since I have to go inside in the mornings to punch in and hang around for 10-15 min and see my old window there and not be able to work in it. I really think once I get back inside, I will have a new found appreciation for it, since I know what its like to have it taken from me.
Also, whenever my anxiety kicks in, it makes me physically sick, like nauseous in the mornings and makes me lose my appetite. I can't continue to feel this way every morning.
I know that I probably seem crazy and I'm not, but thats what I feel like people think of me when I tell someone how I feel. I can't control the way I feel. Up until this happened last week, I was perfectly happy. Just got back from NYC, job was going well, getting ready to move out with my girlfriend...and then this happens as soon as I get back...

My boss seems to be very understanding, I am just nervous about how to go about the conversation....I get a little emotional when I have to talk about my feelings alot of times. I am usually good at holding back my feelings enough to explain things, but I also feel that letting your emotions show a bit helps the person your talking to know you are genuine....
 
wow.....not minutes after I posted this...I get a call from my branch manager and tells me to come to her office. I walk in and there are 2 other people with her and they start talking about how they want to reduce staffing and add more part time people during peak hours....she told me that my job was not going to be lost, but that I would be full time at a different branch....a branch that is located in an area that I love, also about 1 minute from the apartment that my girlfriend and I will be living at, and only about a 10 min. drive from my parents house now, and the best part is that it is going to get me out of working in this box outside by myself. It is so weird how things work out, I mean, I am going to be nervous being around new people and getting to know new customers, but it sure beats being out here every other month. Hopefully this is gods way of telling me that he is looking after my best interest and that things happen for a reason.

WOW..what a week!
 
With the exception of my wife and son I prefer to be by myself.I worked for a lot in years in a factory listening to others peoples problems and stories from their disfunctional lifes.Some people just cant figure out why they cant get a man to commit to them, when they have 3 illegitamite (sp)kids from three different men. :shaking:
 
Just remember this, there will never be anything that happens in your life that you can't handle. Things always have a unique way of working themselves out. :)

Congrats!
 
cltdba said:
Just remember this, there will never be anything that happens in your life that you can't handle. Things always have a unique way of working themselves out. :)
Congrats!
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Thanks guys, believe it or not, you all have helped me see things differently. Sometimes you just need an outside POV to realize things. Now I just need to figure out how to make myself not feel weird being at a different location and getting use to new people...

thanks again!
 
I'm a firm believer in things happen for a reason, sometimes things seem out of control and yet it's a planned situation (you just wern't in the know) Slow down and take one day at a time, sounds like again you are getting yourself worked up and that usually causes more problems than the change itself.:beer:
 
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