strugglingsocialworker

Today I struggle with the duties of my position interfering with my personal life. You see, it is a Saturday and I have to spend 16 hours working due to lack of adequate staffing.  As a manager in this field, you have to give up your personal time for the sake of providing the appropriate care for the people that you support.  The problem that I have in this situation is that I cannot convince the human resources department to provide strong enough candidates during the interview process in order for me to hire people that can perform the job.  There exist a disconnect between people that work in the office behind the desk and myself who performs more than paper work and am hands on.  Today I fell overburdened with having to give up another Saturday where I could have met up with some alumni to watch a PITT football game.  I have been advised in previous meetings by directors in my company to find a better life to work balance, to which I laugh internally. It is always easy to come up with the solution when you are not responsible for the outcome.  So today I struggle with balancing work and my personal life.

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