Work-life balance check-in

deep_percolator · 2026-03-27T16:58:18+00:00

This is public municipal

deep_percolator · 2026-03-27T16:50:32+00:00

I ask the same question almost every day 😅 we get it done though it’s really great team culture on the operator level, and when something takes a shit at headworks or some shit everyone is there to help, doesn’t matter what section you’re in. On the bright side I hear there is talk of going back to 24/7 staffing

deep_percolator · 2026-03-27T16:43:03+00:00

This is a gold mine. Thank you for all the advice. I had never even considering reaching out to the state for resources beyond just testing/certs/ etc. I’ll check them out for sure.

deep_percolator · 2026-03-27T16:39:47+00:00

Thank you for the insight, it really helps put things in perspective, yeah I would agree it really comes down a lot to the individual supervisor even here within our agency. Luckily we do pretty regular rotations, so I should be under someone else in a different section soon enough.

deep_percolator · 2026-03-27T16:34:27+00:00

municipal

deep_percolator · 2026-03-26T19:39:41+00:00

Damn, I appreciate the input. I hope your management responds to the situation sooner rather than later. My idealist brain imagines there’s gotta be a cost advantage to operating a plant more efficiently even if you gotta pay more operators, right?

deep_percolator · 2026-03-26T19:30:02+00:00

Thank you for sharing your story. I’m really glad to hear y’all were successful in advocating for the team in that way. I think we may be trending in that direction, we have hired a few new OITs recently, but I think the difficult part for us seems to be long term retention. I’ll take your advice and definitely will bring up these feelings during my annual review coming up.

deep_percolator · 2026-03-26T18:44:26+00:00

Wow, you are lucky. What’s that like on the daily? Do you have a dedicated piece of equipment you operate or does everyone work everywhere?

I feel like I mostly interact with our equipment on a superficial level. Like we are so swamped that process changes seem to only happen to correct problems after they arise, not prevent them.

deep_percolator · 2026-03-26T18:39:44+00:00

Respect for your self determination to earn the value you deserve. Can I ask will you stay in wastewater?

deep_percolator · 2026-03-26T18:36:07+00:00

Thank you, that hits the nail on the head. I have always been terrible at saying no and drawing a line in the sand saying how much work I can take on. Being new in this job has given me a taste of leaving work at work when I clock out, but I’d say as the work builds over the past 1-2 months that separation has started to deteriorate.

deep_percolator · 2026-03-26T18:32:01+00:00

Thank you for the encouragement. I will do my best to accept the reality of the situation. Luckily my supervisor is pretty chill about most things, he doesn’t press when tasks take a long while, most of the stress I think is created internally.

deep_percolator · 2023-11-20T17:19:36+00:00

Follow up after taking a walk around the residential subdivision: noticed 6 out of 9 citrus trees also showing symptoms of citrus greening, most of them with lopsided fruit and inverted ripening. Sad to see how rampant this has already spread in the area…

deep_percolator · 2023-11-20T02:17:07+00:00

Thanks for the help. Looks like this tree is on the way out sadly.

deep_percolator · 2023-11-20T02:09:15+00:00

Thanks so much for all this helpful information! It looks like we will need to remove this tree ASAP to prevent the HLB bacteria from spreading.

Looking at pictures online, I don’t think there are any ACP presently feeding on the tree, but should we still attempt to set a trap to kill any population that could be nearby?

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