Dealing with stress from work.

Originally Posted by Dekoa

The great thing is though that my 3rd job is at school and it isn't the stressful one at all. They are very nice there, many of the customers that come in understand what is going on or they are tolerant and can wait to get their computers fixed. Also the atmosphere is somewhat relaxing. It's the school work that stresses me but that isn't much of a hassle either, My work puts school before them so if I need time off I don't worry bout that and when I am preassured by a deadline. I work and work all the way through it and once I'm done I usually sleep it off or I tend to hang out with friends and watch some TV. Then I can play video games without getting too stressed.

I have an identical occupation at my university. Our department as a whole is responsible for many things on the campus, such as network infrastructure and the email system, but the computer helpdesk I work at pretty much just keeps customers' computers running. The job itself is not really stressful, and I certainly couldn't ask for better supervisors. I can get time off whenever I need if I have a good reason.

However, because we are undermanned, it gets hectic at times. Since we are also responsible for the campus' internet access, when it goes down, that phone rings nonstop. Also, when the fall semester starts in August, our manpower will consist of 3 full time staff (who have other responsibilities so they rarely have the time to work on customer computers), myself, and one other student technician. The university has roughly 500 faculty and we are the main source of tech support for all of them. Thats not going to be a good situation, but the stress won't be too bad because of the people I work for, and the customers that I will be working with.

The only thing that is stressing me out at the moment is the fact I will probably divebomb an exam tomorrow. I have spent several hours tonight studying for it but I still do not feel adequately prepared. Oh well. If I do flunk the class, I can just take an easier course in the same category later.

Jam it back in, in the dark.