I truly hate the management at my job. Let me count the ways…
- My opinions aren’t important.
- Any issues that are brought up are either 1) ignored or 2) trivialized like I’m some horrible employee who loves to stir up the “drama”.
I could go on, but I’m sure you get the picture. It’s exhausting and it’s bullshit.
If recent events weren’t enough to cause me to want to leave, the combination of having to force myself to come to work (where today we have another pointless meeting to go to) and the email from my inept supervisor talking down to me like I’m some 2-year-old who made a mess in her pants.
If there ever was a time where internet acronym usage were appropriate, this is one of those times.
WTF!?!
But on the bright side, the interviewing has been going swimmingly. Job Prospect #1 (JP1) should be making a decision by tomorrow. I had two interviews (four if you count the impromptu coffee meeting I had with their HR department and the lunch I went on with one of the employees) and they went amazingly well. This one would be for a “Client Service Assistant” in a tax department. I’m not too excited about that part, but the company and the people in that department are SO laid back and not so much the “Type A Overachiever Squad!” that I have now.
I had an interview yesterday with JP2 and met with just about everyone I would need to meet in order to work there. I also had a typing test where I discovered that I can type 71 words per minute with a 99.7 percent accuracy. Dude!
Anyway, this position would be a “Legal Assistant” at a large law firm in a very small department within the firm. I think the two people who I would be working for were very excited about me as well. After meeting with them, I’m really excited about the position too. Then, about an hour after I got back to the office, the HR person from JP2 called wanting a copy of my references. That’s a really good sign, methinks!
So, keep your fingers crossed for the Blogkitten! She needs a little good job karma today!
So yeah, enough is enough with this place.
October 25, 2006 at 10:00 am
It sucks when you get disillusioned with your job…then every little thing that you normally would have just brushed off totally sticks in your craw. I hear ya, sister!
What law firm?
October 25, 2006 at 4:15 pm
I know what it’s like to hate where you work. I used to work as admin sales assistant for a mortgage company. My direct supervisor was a total bitch. She would purposely make extra busy-work; making me file faxes into a file-o-fax and then file them at the end of the day like 15 minutes before I was supposed to leave. It was GMAC Mortgage… and we were in the midst of a refinance boom. I ended up being there for an extra hour. Then she would refuse to approve my overtime. I really put up with a lot more crap than I’d want to admit.
Today I’m a lot more of an aggressive person than I used to be. (sometimes it comes off as too strong and I find myself apologizing when apology is due) I realized that I hate being treated as though my time and effort doesn’t matter, and decided that I wasn’t going to settle for anything less than what was going to make me happy. I hope whichever place you go to, that it makes you feel appreciated and compensated for the effort that you put in to it. … Sorry for being wordy today!
-T
October 25, 2006 at 9:20 pm
Best of luck on your JP’s! I know you will find work happiness soon!