What is a good way to have control over and in your workplace?

For me, A lack of control over what I am doing causes stress and lower stamina, making what I am doing exashting and unbearable, thus I finally wear down to a point where I can no longer work effectively. This of course causes problems with enjoying work and leads to money problems. I do not currently have a job but am seeking one again. As I am willing to work and want to be able to maintain my job this time, I pose these questions.





1.) What is a good way(s) to ensure better control on what you are going to be doing BEFORE you get a job?





2.) What is a good way(s) to maintain control while you are working?





3.) As I am sure I will need it, what are some good ways to reduce work related stress?





Just a note, I do not like getting stuck doing the same thing every day so factor that into your answer if you can please. Thank you in advance for your time as this question is important to me.

What is a good way to have control over and in your workplace?
1) A good way to ensure better control on what you are doing is to ask your prospective employer if staffs are given flexibility and ownership responsibility.





2.) A good way to maintain control while you are working is to concentrate on quality deliverables.





3.) Some good ways to destress is to think positive, take a walk down the stairs, walk away from your work desk to get a breather, etc..





4) If you one who get easily mundane on jobs assigned, you may consider working in an advertising firm where creative is no boundary and you'll be faced with different scenarios daily.
Reply:I am a person who does NOT mind mundane tasks over and over again and doing the same set of duties every night; example stocking the same shelf to replenish the supply of merchandise on the shelf that was sold during the previous shift.





You seem to spiral out of control when you carry out a duty schedule like the one I just described in the above paragraph. I think that means that you need variety of duties so that you do not wear out your stamina from mundane same-ness day-after-day-after-day because that apparently drains your stamina reducing your ability to maintain a consistent level of productive performance.





Being unable to maintain a consistent level of productive work output is guaranteed to cause problems of communication with your boss and coworkers. It also leads you to be at the top of the boss's list when layoff/firing season starts.





I think this means you need a middle management type of position in wherever you end up working.





An example of what you need would be a postion where you can walk around the job site and randomly cleanup this mess or stock that item or move the pallet out of the way just because you felt like doing it; and be allowed the freedom to wander around the site to carryout various duties while doing "your own" thing during the performance of said job site duties. An example of this would be stocking the box of hardware department hammers, then cleaning up the cardboard box mess in toys during the heavy grunt job crew went to lunch. and moving the pallet of televisions out of a customers path so they can buy a cd in the electronics department.





That senario is just a single work shift with the store so what was going on would always be in a state of being changed. This is what you need and crave for the well being of your mental health.


Getting this position will not be easy but once you have it you will do well in whatever level of midmanagement capacity you endup listed as on the payroll department paperwork.





You are not qualified for grunt work. You need a way to bypass the the being a runt worker and go straight to being a midmanagement position. You are not built to be a grunt work level of worker you are also not built to be A top of the company C.E.O. you are the kind of personality who is the one that tells a grunt like me to stock the merchandise while you fill out some paper work then later to take the leftover box to the compactor-dumpster. The grunt like me would then reply yes I will start doing that immediately.
Reply:1. Time management. Every evening make a list of things you need to do tomorrow. Then list them in order of priority.





2. Plan your work. Work the plan.
Reply:Change your attitude about control at work or get professional help to examine why you need so much control.





My wife struggled with this through several jobs. Watching lazy coworkers and recognizing needless mistakes were driving her nuts.





I am a former Manager and I gave her this advice - "If they have no impact on your work, ignore them and let the boss deal with them. You are not the boss."





She followed my advice and has been a contented worker. Her new attitude towards her own work created some nice side benefits. She is recognized as one of the best employees. She now advises management on better ways to doing things. They ask her!





She is part of the solution - not part of the problem.


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