This job had so much potential, but there were just too many roadblocks hampering our department's ability to get anything done there.

Specifically related to my job...
For one, the server which housed the all-important database was a dinosaur, and there was no rush to upgrade it at the time.

For two, the database itself was being maintained within a program that was full of bugs and "work-arounds" that stunted my creativity and energy level on a day-to-day basis.

Here, I called Jim to my office on a Saturday to help me solve a repeated problem trying to merge an external database file with our alumni database. What should've been a simple process, was in fact filled with a slew of "work-arounds" -- none of which ever worked two times in a row!