the biggest stressor in this job is that we are treated like a three year old by the “Clearly, bosses. We are micro-managed to death. They forget what it was like to do this job and then yet given the chance to get in the trenches with us refuse to do what we do She goes on to daily!” vent, am given the authority to have every key in this building, to carry a loaded gun, yet I “I must ask permission to go to the bathroom. I must justify my every move and thought. It is beyond There is little autonomy and TR is smart enough to realize it. ridiculous.” I spent the first part of my career jumping through hoops to stay ahead of inmates and “ now its management that has me jumping through hoops for How does the stress affect them” you and how do you handle it all? TR responds, am so tired. I am mentally worn out from “I being micro-managed. I am weary. I am tired a lot of the time. When I am at work there is the constant adrenaline of being tuned in to the moment. I get home and I am just weary of it all.” There were tears in her eyes and we both allowed it to be explained as allergies and we moved on with nothing more spoken of it. No words were needed. I know all too well what she felt. It is a moment of indulgence when we can let our guard down in the safety of one who understands without accusation. When asked how well she sleeps she openly laughed and said, and “Sleep? What sleep?” she openly admits can fall off to sleep in a matter of seconds if I hold still. It has happened in “I court during a boring you have a magic chair at home? You sit in it and sleep divorce. Don’t comes over you like a warm blanket. But I dream anymore when I sleep and I miss that. I don’t sleep light and wake up easy. If I get six hours of sleep a night a good it’s night.” Financial situations of a single mom allow for room to date. don’t “The lawyer couldn’t handle that I had a kid. Kids, even one, cost a fortune. I have anyone to count on to share don’t the load. Even during the marriage, her father hold a job. He jeopardized mine by couldn’t
“Clearly, the biggest stressor in this job is that we are treated like a three year old by the bosses. We are micro-managed to death. They forget what it was like to do this job and then yet given the chance to get in the trenches with us refuse to do what we do daily!” She goes on to vent, “I am given the authority to have every key in this building, to carry a loaded gun, yet I must ask permission to go to the bathroom. I must justify my every move and thought. It is beyond ridiculous.” There is little autonomy and TR is smart enough to realize it. “ I spent the first part of my career jumping through hoops to stay ahead of inmates and now its management that has me jumping through hoops for them” How does the stress affect you and how do you handle it all? TR responds, “I am so tired. I am mentally worn out from being micro-managed. I am weary. I am tired a lot of the time. When I am at work there is the constant adrenaline of being tuned in to the moment. I get home and I am just weary of it all.” There were tears in her eyes and we both allowed it to be explained as allergies and we moved on with nothing more spoken of it. No words were needed. I know all too well what she felt. It is a moment of indulgence when we can let our guard down in the safety of one who understands without accusation. When asked how well she sleeps she openly laughed and said, “Sleep? What sleep?” and she openly admits “I can fall off to sleep in a matter of seconds if I hold still. It has happened in court during a boring divorce. Don’t you have a magic chair at home? You sit in it and sleep comes over you like a warm blanket. But I don’t dream anymore when I sleep and I miss that. I sleep light and wake up easy. If I get six hours of sleep a night it’s a good night.” Financial situations of a single mom don’t allow for room to date. “The lawyer couldn’t handle that I had a kid. Kids, even one, cost a fortune. I don’t have anyone to count on to share the load. Even during the marriage, her father couldn’t hold a job. He jeopardized mine by
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