Blow Out
I had a little bit of a tiff with someone from work today. I’ve been having increasing negative feelings about this guy since he seems to try to control everyone and everything, and today he was once again trying to control things.
We were talking about sending out some letters and all of a sudden he told me he’d be sending out the letters… it was his job as [fill in the blank]. I got pissed off and said, “well, if it’s your job to send out these letters, then why did the ‘big boss’ ask me last week to write up a standard letter to send out to these people?”
We both ended up mad, and he ended up saying that the three of us had to sit down together to discuss all this stuff, to which I said I’m not going to discuss any of this stuff til I discuss – alone – my job with my boss. I know that this guy would like to define what it is I will and won’t be doing but I’d like to have a little discussion with the boss.
I’m finding myself more and more pissed off as efforts are duplicated and the boss asks me to do something, only to find that this other guy has also been asked to do the same thing and then both of us end up spending half a day on the same job. She’s a little busy, and I think she forgets who she’s asked to do what, but if the roles were defined, I don’t think that everybody would be doing everything.
Quite frankly, if the lack of funding continues at work, we won’t have to worry about this issue for much longer, but, for now, I’m pissed off.
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Lyndon, it means that twice we’ve been asked if we can wait for our paycheques. Funding ran out at the end of July, and we’ve only been paid due to raising some money from a special event. All of us could go, or one of us could go. We’re waiting to hear about funding from sources we’ve applied to.
Well that’s not good! So are you taking a more pro-active approach and looking for a job ahead of time or are you waiting to see if they get there act together?
I’ve been looking for other jobs while staying at this one. I’ve applied for one and there are a few more I can apply to and hopefully get something before I find myself without work again. The only consolation this time is that I’d be eligible for unemployment (unlike the last time), but who can live on that? I can hardly live on the money I’m making, never mind 45-55% of it.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
When you say lack of funding, does that mean one of you will have to go. Or does it mean that you’re going to have to find another job all together?