Isn’t it amazing, it doesn’t matter how long we sit in our small grey cubicle; there seems to be more than one “busy body” or boss that finds their way in to tell us something new to do. It never fails, that one boss’s request is ALWAYS more important than the previous boss that just exited the cubicle or desk. To me, it is really hard and confusing at times to distinguish on who has the most important task to perform or to review. It almost falls into that old “catch 22” category or list.
I do know that many of us employees have only one top supervisor that falls in the chain of command or on the company organizational chart. But there are some of us that were hired to perform more than one task. There are also the people that were hired and on their “job description” it stated - all other job duties as assigned by management. Which to some of us, that is pretty well broad.
I know from my position of Special Projects Coordinator at my old employer, the realm of bosses was too many to count. I remember one day when a boss came into my cubicle, he had a task he said was due at the end of the day. Which I could have done in 3-5 hours on Excel or Access. but it was no sooner than he left when the Operations Manager walked in and said he had a task that was due yesterday. Yesterday? And I just now got it? What planet was he on or what planet did he zoom down from. If it was “yesterday” then why bring it now? And if that didn't make matters worse, someone else came in before lunch and asked why I didn’t have their project done that was due that day.
At first, I thought of getting a dart board with all my boss’s pictures on it. And then I would takes random throws to see who would get their project first then decided against it due to someone seeing their faces on a dart board. So I went to that famous man, Franklin Covey. His books and Day-Timers were just what I needed to manage my time. And the time of all my bosses, whether they knew they were getting “managed” or not. With a little effort and planning, I am able to do what ever task is given me, no matter how many bosses I have. They thought I would break, but – HA on them.
That is why I am the – Ultimate Cubicle Warrior. I will prevail in this Corporate Cubicle Jungle.
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