I am so shook. They fired someone yesterday who was awesome, right before Christmas, too. Nothing about it makes sense, but it never does until they are replaced by someone who knows the Executive Director. He was running two programs and had a shitty team. I felt so bad watching him do everything himself. He had a horrible incident recently, one of his youth tried to take their own lives while at his program. This is his reward for saving him.
I’m a sitting duck, I still feel like. We took a group photo at our Christmas staff party, where there was a booth set up. Amber and Shay started laughing and gave me a sign to hold that said “fired.” They know the score, too. It’s an inside joke now. I had to lie my ass off to save everyone else from that letter.
They can’t fire me unless they fire Cathy, and they absolutely cannot function without her at this time. So I survived that letter. In case we need the backstory, I work at a nonprofit. I wrote a letter about my concerns with the new Executive Director. It was addressed to the board. It was up to me whether I was going to send it or not. Virginia walked out of her job and showed them the letter on her way out. That backstabbing bitch. It was good-faith whistle-blowing that hadn’t happened yet. She revealed Cathy’s name, also, which is why we are a package deal.
Our programs can’t see our money, we can’t touch our money, and we can no longer talk to our funders, all of which is not compliant with the contracts all the coordinators signed. Everyone in a decision-making role has been terminated and replaced by someone who is close to the ED. I learned, since then, that half of the board has been replaced with people with whom the ED has personal relationships. Basically, she can start dipping into our program funds, and we can’t see her or stop her. She can push through any policy change she wants without much friction now that she has the board. We have two programs missing “unspent salaries.” One is missing 30k, and the other is missing 40k. Neither coordinator is given any answers.
Cathy helped me write the letter. So we are a packaged deal. She is in charge of the construction of the building, so they need her. I am just hanging in there for as long as I can because I don’t want to make this easy for them. I know I scared them. It was a very powerful letter. The comms director told me that she has 27 pages of documents to support my letter. I didn’t tell her about it; Cathy did. When she quits, she is going to forward them to me. If and when I get fired, I’m just going to send it off. Just for the plot, at this point. Scorpio Mars things.
I’m just sticking to my bubble at work for the most part. I’m very personable. I’m a big personality there. I have relationships with almost everyone. I’m a social creature, I can’t help it. Venus rules my chart. I am there for my boys. My program was nothing when I started; now it is the golden child. I was made fun of for being such a try-hard at first. That’s so demure. They would say. Now we just say I’m very polished. I just won my program a pizza lunch for having the best booth. At the open house, I’m the only program to receive a donation on the spot.
Anyway, I do love my job. I don’t drag my feet into work. The stuff happening at the top is not any of my business. I’m on a probation period and have to comply with the conditions they set, which are not bad at all.
Anyway, I wanted to go to the gym this morning, but I slept in. Am I the 40-year-old teenager now? It was a good sleep, though. No regrets. I have a grocery order coming soon, so I can’t leave until it gets here. If it shows up early enough, I have time for the gym before work.
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