Friday, March 8, 2013

Task vs. Time Oriented

Social workers do not get paid well.  That is just a fact.

I have been a salaried employee in every social work job I have ever had.  In all of them, I have to say, I have not been able to confine myself to a 40 hour week.  I am not time oriented.  I am task oriented. So, I set myself an expectation task list, which is flexible and adjustable, but I plan my work day to try to accomplish my task list.

My thought is, if I am doing what I am suppose to be doing, I will be taking care of my patients, and working enough time to satisfy my obligations to my employer.  But, I seem to always set my expectations too high, as I almost always work overtime.

When I was bottle feeding Taki, I had to go home during the day and after a certain time, to feed her.  I think that has been the first time in years that I was close to working 40 hours a week. When I worked at the Texas Department of Health, we were discouraged from working overtime. I worked 40 hours, but I got to work early, and did not always leave at 5 PM. 

But I have a hard time leaving early. I have a hard time going in late. And, I always seem to expect I can do more in the allotted time than I really can.

I am just task oriented.

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