My S.O., after six months or so on the job, finally understands the details and has become totally engrossed in his work. He comes home every night around 7:30, quickly eats, and, while he is eating, logs into his work account. He speaks maybe two sentences to each of us and we are not allowed to speak to him as he is too engrossed in his work. He makes phone calls, reads his email and types voraciously on his PC. He works Saturdays and Sundays.
Everyone at the S.O.'s work is afraid of being let go. They are aware that this happens with unhappy frequency. With more than a third missing already, they feverishly work to take up the slack left by those who were dropped. The ones let go come from every level of performance. Its just an unhappy coincidence of connections (or lack thereof) and where you are at the time.
Now one might ask, why dont they look for another job? And the answer, in many cases, is these people actually like this.
In my husband's case, I'm not exactly sure. I think now that he is managing people again, and understands the details of what he is doing, he is really getting into it. And he seems to be enjoying it.
Is his obsessive personality obsessing again?
Hard to tell. I dont mind much - I want him to hold tight to that job as long as possible. And its not like he has other interests he is dropping.
