It has been a long 2 weeks
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darkfyre_museThe following is a random rant on company politics. I didn't edit so I won't make anyone read it. Unless you want
So the benefits of working for a large firm are now being paid for. Office politics blow. The new (2 months here?) head of construction is insistent that we (the architecture dept) are unnecessary. He feels that it would be more efficient to use outsourced architects and engineers. argghhh... The hysterical part is that the engineer he wants to use did the mech/electric/plumb drawings for the project I just got permitted. (Yes that was the high point of the week. I pulled my first building permit. Go career milestones. Too bad no one outside my dept really cared, except to say 'what the hell took so long?' grrr....) Anyway, to get a readable, complete set of documents from him is like pulling teeth. He actually cuts pages out of spec books and xeroxes them onto the documents. This would be fine except the plan checker couldn't read the specs because the xerox was so bad. Do they really think he can make building plans? I doubt it.
As for the outsourced architects. They started their 2 projects shortly after mine. I made my initial submittal 9/26. They are hoping to get theirs in this friday.
Very frustrating. The backstabbing started last week and has undermined the ability of the staff in both departments to function efficiently. I REALLY hate this kind of crap. I know that I can do my job but get queasy when people start throwing it in my face and testing me. Not looking at what I've done and judging from there but, doing things that are adversarial and basically saying 'I don't buy it, prove it'. I know that probably doesn't make sense, suffice to say I a great worker and good designer. I just have a lot of performance anxiety when people are breathing down my neck. Good with deadlines bad with scrutiny.
However other than the bullshit, I love my job. The architect I work under thinks I'm fabulous, my co-workers are cool and I am learn a ton of stuff that people with my amount of experience usually do not get to work on. (Like compiling full sets of construction docs on their own)
So the benefits of working for a large firm are now being paid for. Office politics blow. The new (2 months here?) head of construction is insistent that we (the architecture dept) are unnecessary. He feels that it would be more efficient to use outsourced architects and engineers. argghhh... The hysterical part is that the engineer he wants to use did the mech/electric/plumb drawings for the project I just got permitted. (Yes that was the high point of the week. I pulled my first building permit. Go career milestones. Too bad no one outside my dept really cared, except to say 'what the hell took so long?' grrr....) Anyway, to get a readable, complete set of documents from him is like pulling teeth. He actually cuts pages out of spec books and xeroxes them onto the documents. This would be fine except the plan checker couldn't read the specs because the xerox was so bad. Do they really think he can make building plans? I doubt it.
As for the outsourced architects. They started their 2 projects shortly after mine. I made my initial submittal 9/26. They are hoping to get theirs in this friday.
Very frustrating. The backstabbing started last week and has undermined the ability of the staff in both departments to function efficiently. I REALLY hate this kind of crap. I know that I can do my job but get queasy when people start throwing it in my face and testing me. Not looking at what I've done and judging from there but, doing things that are adversarial and basically saying 'I don't buy it, prove it'. I know that probably doesn't make sense, suffice to say I a great worker and good designer. I just have a lot of performance anxiety when people are breathing down my neck. Good with deadlines bad with scrutiny.
However other than the bullshit, I love my job. The architect I work under thinks I'm fabulous, my co-workers are cool and I am learn a ton of stuff that people with my amount of experience usually do not get to work on. (Like compiling full sets of construction docs on their own)
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