No matter what industry you're in, there's a moment when you have some downtime at work while all of your colleagues appear to be quite busy. That's a nervous feeling, don't cha think?
If you work at a firm, you're thinking of meeting your quota for billable hours. Or, you start questioning if you forgot about something that you should be working on. Perhaps you missed a step in one of your projects and you only appear to be further along than others. Or (here's the extreme logic), are you seeing the result of a gradual shift in workload, and you're now about to receive "that talk" from management? Talk about paranoia ... haha.
At times I can learn to appreciate the slow periods at work and the natural ebb and flow, however for the most part I absolutely despise extended downtime at work. I'd rather be up to my ears with a project. For some reason I also think better and I'm more efficient when I have a heavy workload. Haha ... am I alone with this?
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I LOVE downtime! ha. It's only because I am between jobs now.
I work at a mortgage firm, referring foreclosures to attorneys across the country. There are hardly any FCs to refer so I am relegated to having downtime. The downtime allows me to look for jobs within my desired industry - tv/film...argh, so hard.
And it allows me the opportunity to think of other ways to make money. :)
Downtime = good time.
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