Responsibility at work.

Responsibility - What does responsibility feel like to you?
@MarkyB21 (1545)
October 24, 2007 5:48am CST
I work in a team of three people who are responsible for the health and safety of about 450 people. The head of my department is on leave and my supervisor has called in - unable to come in today. This leaves me responsible for the health and safety of a lot of people. I'm surprised how calm I am about this. What sort of responsibilities do you have where you work? How do you feel about having such responsiblities or not having any particular responsibilities?
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5 responses
24 Oct 07
At one time I have been responsible for around 300 people, and that was more than enough responsibility for me. I felt like I was *herding cats* during that time and was very glad when the manager returned to work. Having said that, at the time I felt fairly calm and practical about it all.
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@MarkyB21 (1545)
24 Oct 07
I feel calm now but I'll wait and see if anything happens - then see how calm I am! Herding cats? I have an odd image in my head now ;-)
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24 Oct 07
LOL herding cats is almost impossible, there were times when my late Dad used that term to describe a situation when it could so easily get out of control.
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29 Oct 07
Thank you for the best response hun, I hope everything went well
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@MarkyB21 (1545)
29 Oct 07
You're welcome! I managed to deal with everything that happened!
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@creationhub (3066)
• Malaysia
24 Oct 07
Responsibility starts with us first and not someone else. I feel great when I carry out my responsibility in my work while on a job. It does not matter to me if others shirk or not. What matters is the inner sense of satisfaction.
@MarkyB21 (1545)
24 Oct 07
I'm not sure you really answered my question but thanks for posting anyway!
@tholitz (1127)
• Philippines
25 Oct 07
Here in our company, I'm part of the Quality Control Department which is responsible not only in the quality of the produced products but also to ensure that the proper working processes are being implemented and done in the production line. It's really hard sometimes because we are usually blame or the accusing finger always point to us whenever we received complaints from our customer. But I do like it because my work is not monotonous and there's always something different to do every time.
@MarkyB21 (1545)
25 Oct 07
It's good that your work's not monotonous but I hope you don't get the blame for too many problems!
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
25 Oct 07
Everyone at my work as the same responsibilities minus a few details. Mine are to open or close the store depending on my shift and customer service.
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@MarkyB21 (1545)
25 Oct 07
I hope you make sure it's all locked up whan you close it! Thanks for posting.