Open Question: Are You Good To Work With?

23 Responses to “Open Question: Are You Good To Work With?”

1. wyrdling says on 4/18/08 at 2:08 pm:
   

   they seem to. but my saturn is all wonky. well, but there is the venus trine. there’s just also those two squares to mercury and uranus

   i have to be kinda’ picky about work environment. too much rigidity is bad for my mental health. but that’s also that 6th house aquarius moon, too, i imagine.

2. copperweaver says on 4/18/08 at 2:17 pm:
   

   Interesting question. Saturn Cancer 18°44′49 at the edge of the 5th house.. with saturn trining sun, moon, Venus, and mars. I have such a strange relationship with work. I have only had 2 jobs in my life(33 years) that actually took out taxes and ss. I struggle with work and career, because it has to be meaningful, good for the human race, and I demand(and earn) respect from people I work with. My extreme idealism(Neptune in the 10th) makes it hard for me to work most “real world jobs” People do go out of their way to work with me, picking me up(i don’t drive), housing me, feeding me, etc…. so I figure they enjoy working with me.

3. shell says on 4/18/08 at 2:40 pm:
   

   wyrdling….that is hilarious..”…my Saturn is all wonky.”

   Well, my Saturn is all wonky too…all kinds of squares and semi-squares. My bosses always seemed to like me….especially the ultra-responsible straight-edged kind. I was always the one they could count on. This was in the office-type job world though. I had one boss when I was a hairstylist who was a little “wonky”..hehe….we didn’t like eachother much.

   Saturn in Libra in the 11th

4. Gem says on 4/18/08 at 3:15 pm:
   

   My co-workers like me but I never get close to them…it’s the job. I need to be impartial and not give out info so I just keep my distance but also partake in office events.

   I have been thinking the last year or so about saturn as it is approaching my 7H cusp and how I am perceived by others - esp in the work sphere. I am wanting to be more ‘adult’ (at 36) and am today figuring out how to do that in the next week. I have a week to make an impact and be a grown up. I sometimes feel I am still a girl in woman’s clothing.

   Natal saturn in gemini is conjunct my moon, sextiles sun/mercury, trines uranus and squares asc. I consider myself distant but nice.

   Saturn!

5. Gem says on 4/18/08 at 3:19 pm:
   

   Oh and not quite 36…

   I am good to work with and good to work for. Jupiter in the 10H.

6. june says on 4/18/08 at 3:42 pm:
   

   saturn in libra in 1st, trine my mercury sun…

   most authority and responsible/capable ones love me. i get right to work, i know something about everything, i don’t need much help, i can be very helpful, i do more than what’s merely fair, i put effort into what i’m doing and how things look, etc. that’s saturn in libra and sun in gemini, so i’m obviously not the most focused person in the world and don’t intend to master anything, but what i do i do well.

   lazy and hyper-social/cliquey and sucking-the-boss-off coworkers generally hate me. i don’t work to make friends (would rather be the boss or work alone), so i can’t say i care that much.

7. Stacey says on 4/18/08 at 4:50 pm:
   

   I am seen as dependable and hard-working. Of course, it would be easy to say that this is mostly dy to my Capricorn Sun, but my Saturn is in the 10th house of career and ambition square my Cancer Ascendant making me practical and methodical (even to the detriment of my social life).

8. kashmiri says on 4/18/08 at 5:31 pm:
   

   My co-workers really love me…when I got moved into the office they rallied the boss for my raise. I try really, really hard to get along with everyone and I work as hard as I can.
   (10th House Scorpio/MC; Saturn square Sun/trine Neptune and Mars/Venus). I met my SO at work actually. And still get silly crushes on cute boys that work at our office

9. spinner says on 4/18/08 at 5:47 pm:
   

   It’s not Utopia. I hire and train and manage people as well as maitaining a client base. I report to one superior. She has very definite ideas about how things should be done. She is incredibly knowledgeable and experienced, but is also an emotional being. We all are, to one degree or another. I am forced out of my comfort zone in terms of expectaions around managing people. It is a very demanding position. I am honest to a fault and intent on doing my job well. This means that some of the people do not like me some of the time. But you know, I think this is normal. The difference is the degree to which you are involved in this kind of interaction. I am heavily involved, certainly much more than the average person. It mostly does not bother me what others think of me. For the most part, I believe that I am liked and respected. The interesting thing and maybe this is a truism…most of the people that I work with only have a glimpse of who I really am. On a soul to soul level I think that some of them get me, but that is part of the hidden cosmic soup that bubbles away in the unconscious.

   How many of the people that you count as your friends, family and coworkers really understand you at the level of soul?

10. kashmiri says on 4/18/08 at 5:58 pm:
    

    spinner..that’s interesting. my workplace took a terrible loss some years ago when 6 co-workers died in an accident. even the new employees come in to find a pretty tight bunch. grief unified the old-timers and they joke about being sucked into a vortex. we have a lot of drivers who’ve been with us for over 20 years and as a result if someone is going through a bad time personally there’s no expectation to hide it, like in some places either (of course, this kind of incestuous environment has made for a few freak-outs and dents in the walls from flung coffee cups).

    I once did a head count of 10 of my co-workers, and was saddened to realize that we had dead dads, dads in prison, and a disproportionate amount of people who had suffered physical abuse as children (the things that come out at the after work happy hour haven’t always been pleasant). i think my co-workers understand me at soul-level. I’m assuming that’s why they like me

11. spinner says on 4/18/08 at 6:17 pm:
    

    kashmiri, that’s great! I do not think it’s that common. I think if I stepped down as a manager, people would look at me differently, but I am not worried. I will stay in as long as I like and do the best I can. I will remeber to treat people how I would like to be treated. One day, when I put on purple tie dye t-shirts and work from home it will be different. I will drop into the office once and a while and they might say to me as John Prine wrote in one of his songs…’ Hello in there hello.

12. shell says on 4/18/08 at 6:21 pm:
    

    Kashmiri-I usually loved 98% of my co-workers. There’s something beautiful about meeting people by default (work); and learning, little-by-little, and albeit during happy hour, something new and deep about them day after day. I took my role at work very seriously, but it is never just “business” to me. Every interaction with another human being is valuable, even when it’s on someone’s clock.

13. ewinbee says on 4/18/08 at 6:23 pm:
    

    I think this may be the first time I’ve ever realized how my Saturn in the 12th interacts with my Jupiter in the 10th. It’s at work.

    I’m the kind of employee who takes a great deal of pride in the small, quiet contributions I make. I don’t know if people love working with me. I do feel that people enjoy their own jobs more because of the constant small things I do. I’m a wheel-greaser.

    It shows up in the kind of work I’m best at: proofreading, programming scripts, documentation, graphic design. I’m a very happy underling.

    What sucks is that my value tends not to be quantifiable, so I tend to get laid off a lot by higher ups, to the dismay of the little people around me who were depending on the things I was getting done… that may just be life as a temp, though…

14. ewinbee says on 4/18/08 at 6:27 pm:
    

    Reading some of these comments, I have to wonder… I’ve noticed a really strong trend in my jobs. The WORST jobs… lowest paid, most stressful, most arduous… were the ones where I really developed almost sibling-like friendships with my coworkers. Seriously. Everything from hugs and tears to yelling at each other and then forgiveness ten minutes later. That was waitressing, and tech support.

    And the really nice well-paid, low-punishment jobs I’ve had, were sort of defined by these lukewarm relationships. Every so often I’ll make a friend, but it’s not the same kind of wartime comrade mentality.

15. Avery says on 4/18/08 at 6:43 pm:
    

    I’m consistently placed in positions in which I basically work independently but in the midst of others. Perfect for an Aquarius rising/Aries Sun. I keep my distance pretty much - no yakking around the copier or leaning on someone’s desk rehashing the weekend for half an hour. I have a great “hi there” relationship with basically everyone, but it goes beyond that with only a few. I’m closer to the faculty than staff, and this time around, I’ve been blessed with the best boss in the universe. She thinks I’m God’s gift and that’s all that matters to me.

    Two gals think I’m an absolute witch, though, and I am FINE with that. I don’t lift a finger to change their minds. Thing is, they don’t possess a work ethic and I’ve been called on a few occasions to do their jobs for them. I refused and told their bosses that they’re setting the example within the department that you can shirk your responsibilities and someone else will pick up the slack. One shot me go-to-hell looks every chance she got and aggressively “bumped” into me in the hall. I went to the department manager with the complaint that she was creating a hostile work environment. She was written up and I haven’t had any problems with her since. Word got around, and perhaps people are polite to me because they think I’m a stool pigeon, or maybe they know I don’t put up with crap. Either way, they leave me alone to do my job and I ultimately win. Let them eat their Moon Pies and gossip all day long; I’m getting shit done and giving the taxpayers their money’s worth.

16. Skye says on 4/18/08 at 6:46 pm:
    

    Saturn conjunct Venus, Sun & Pluto as apart of my stellium and trine Neptune. Yeah people like working with me. However I have Neptune in the 10th so I cant be sure and im pretty sure they dont see me the way I see myself in the workplace. I consider myself a responsible hard worker but in the workplace people think Im chilled, that I dont take things to seriously and have no worries. Its highly amusing

17. kashmiri says on 4/18/08 at 8:04 pm:
    

    Ewinbee i find your experience really interesting…I’ve known a few 12th House Saturn people and their contributions by all accounts are exactly as you describe: quiet, behind the scenes, and lasting.

    My Saturn is in my 8th; maybe that (and the Scorpio MC) is why my contribution seems to be entirely psychological to my work place. I think I like it, I really do. The connection is made. (I relate to the ‘wartime mentality’ metaphor so. much.)

    I agree with you shell, and spinner too…My 1st House Moon has ensured one of my life’s lessons is to enjoy the connections I can readily make with people (respect it…not be eaten by it! )

18. Jessica says on 4/18/08 at 8:15 pm:
    

    I think people respect me but they maybe would rather work with someone else. My Saturn is exactly square my Uranus and I feel like I’m a hard worker but kind of unreliable sometimes. I make up the slow spots with brilliance, but still, when people like me are working with Capricorns…tough turf.

19. Avery says on 4/18/08 at 8:34 pm:
    

    Gem! Fear not! This is a good thing… it’s a little scary, but really, Saturn coming up on the 7th is what really, finally, gave me my due cred in the workplace. All you have to do is keep track of what you’re supposed to do and do that, consistently; don’t be afraid to speak your mind (wait until your opinion is solicited, and it will be); and if you come across obstacles, and you will, in the form of other people, just keep your cool. Really, that’s it.

    Why do you have only a week to make an impact and be a grown-up? This is kind of a process and not a deadline.

20. Lupa says on 4/18/08 at 8:40 pm:
    

    I think I can be a bit difficult to work with. Saturn in the 4th in Pisces part of a t-square opposing Mars, Pluto and Uranus in the 10th in Virgo. I’m a dog groomer and have chronic pain issues that crop up and make me less efficient than I would like to be. When the pain issues come up, I am less reliable than I’d like to be and more cranky with my co-workers.

21. Avery says on 4/18/08 at 9:15 pm:
    

    Oh, and Gem? Iron your clothes. It’ll make all the difference.

22. kashmiri says on 4/18/08 at 9:52 pm:
    

    Lupa I’ve had weird pain issues that crop up too…I have a Mercury/ Uranus/Saturn T-square.

    I think for me it was Uranus–all nerve based twinges and aches.
    Not fun.

23. Alma says on 4/19/08 at 11:09 am:
    

    My superiors like to work with me because I work fast and accurately and I LOVE deadlines. I love when someone tells me “this has to be perfect and I need it in an hour.” I work in the legal field.
    Also,I’m seen as a team-player and shockingly, as having a “bubbly personality.” That is not how I see myself. I feel like I am seething with resentments and hidden rage. When I smile people tend to like me. I can be too abrupt when giving instruction, but I just hate wasting words. Oh, and I hate fucking compulsory meetings where we go over to-do lists. I’ve pretty much arranged it so I don’t have to attend. I work hard, am allowed to come and go as I please, as long as I work 8 hours. People always tell me that I’m the only one they trust to do the work - but that is a double-edged sword, meaning I get burdened with a lot.
    Saturn in Cancer, conjunct midheaven. Center of T-Square between Uranus in 1st and Moon/Jupiter in 7th.

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