Politics

so i am thinking i need a new label on the blog that says office-work and other such things.
when its your first job, there are a lot of apprehensions,in any job of course but more so with the first. will the boss be that man who you saw being abused everywhere, widely well hated. will people talk behind your back, will you figure out what to do..so on.
in my case, there was just one big big fear and that was is this what i want to do?
the rest where peripherial thoughts. its wonderful to have people like you, but if they dont? well thats ok too.
i rarely ever spend figuring it out and never any time sorting it out.
if you go on to read the next line am about to write you would think modesty isnt where il score big, but despite all that, i am a pretty decent person to have for a friend.
but going by outer demeanour if someone choses not to talk well. what can i say.
anyway, then there is the boss issue. i have a wonderful one. someone who asks me by 11 in the night if am tired and sleepy n tells me to go home, that i have his permission to punch in early.
who tells me about his one great love, gives me all the right books to read and promises to take me when he leaves to a better place.
so no trouble there.
what i am left with is office politics. faced with for the first time in my life, i am a lil confused.
there is really no taking sides cos fr one i dont know who is on what side. i can make a broad generalization though.
you see,
there are sub editors and there are page makers,ie the design guys.
in an ideal scenario which existed till i came in, (talk about luck) the sub eds would do all the copies bought in by the reporters, finish off by about 9 and stay jobless till 12, while the page guys made the page and send it of to print.
now.
the new big big boss, decides that since expansion plans are in the offing, we need a new system.
now i am all for expansion.it means more work.excellent.
but the only thing is i get the feel he hasnt thought it out.
now on the beat i am on there are three people including me and usualy we have about three pages to do.
he does one.subs and makes it. then there is two. i am just learning the art of page making, struggling through it rather, but i was told to get it right in another 2 months.
so that rules me out.
then the third guy: he wont make pages. long story that.
so basicaly, the rest 2 pages go to a page maker. who by now is given different duties.
the ego is here and there we have a clash.
so now the two pages are handed over to another beat but that guy says he isnt just a nobody so he needs the copies as they come cos otherwise he becomes a glorified page maker.
sigh.
to cut all that short: am less harassed. less to do.
story deadline looming with unfinished interviews. worry worry.
and the days are on a flying spree.