Friday's Snap Shot

Everyone around here works 4 tens, with the exception of me. I could work 4 tens if I wanted to, but I feel like there is something wrong with taking a three day weekend every week. This 4 tens mentality means there is absolutely no one around on Fridays. On the surface this sounds like a great time to be at work; it is not. There is no one here! I am working numerous projects with dozens of different people and not a single one of them is here today.

Here is a snap shot of my workday today.

1. Start working on project x (that I neglected due the emergency early in the week). Realize the engineer has not sent me the things he promised so I can finish project x today. Email engineer x requesting necessary material, and hear nothing back.
2. Move to project y, which I specifically told this team I would be working on today. Need a model number to finish this project. Call and email the engineer no response yet.
3. Move to project z, a time constrained project, not near completion. Work for a few hours on project z, periodically sending emails to engineers requesting various materials, no responses. Finish all I can do on project z without receiving necessary information.
   

I am almost afraid to start another project given what a waste of time today has been. I try to manage the rest of my week such that I can work all day Friday without needing information from other people, but this week was so crazy around here that I did not manage to do that today.