Ditto with what atlantaz3 said. I can so relate to your posting. I try to be as helpful as possible, and it can only burn in the long run cuz they will take advantage of it to some degree. I was in a similar situation not long ago, and, to date, I try to have as little communication with that department as possible. I do have to as I do the purchasing and they need copies of some of the stuff I do, and they have a bad tendancy to loose things that I give them and need extra copies of what I KNOW they have already received, and mysteriously disappears. I waste more of my time on that now than doing their work so they can leave early. I refuse to do that anymore unless their boss asks me to help in a time crunch, and that is kept to a minimum. I don't mind HELPING, but DOING is an entirely different thing, and this was on a weekly basis for many years. It's much better now than it was, but, personalities sure have changed since then too. And that suits me just fine. As long as they are the ones doing their own work and not dipping into my time too.
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