…of hating everybody. What’s wrong with me?
Work has really brought me down this week. Everybody is in a scramble because of what the head of sales has decided he wants to do for a big trade show that we all need to pull together at the last second. Guys, it’s like something impossible to pull off, considering the whole booth has been planned and detailed out for six months. And not only that, the idea won’t even physically FIT into our giant trade show booth in the first place! Think: stuffing a turkey with a cow, but make sure that start with a calf that you can feed and mature into a full-grown cow in three weeks.
Something as ridiculous as that.
And today at 1PM, I have to go in to talk to the CEO about how I’m coming along with all that. I found out about this on Tuesday afternoon, and it’s been nothing but PANIC since then.
The CEO has decided that New Boss is not delegating enough stuff (I guess - at least that’s how he’s put it to me), so he’s doing this thing that he does a lot - he doesn’t trust anyone to do anything, so he sends my WHOLE staff the same request, (including me) unbeknownst to any of us. We all then scramble to get whatever he wants, and when we find his solution, he tells us that someone else has already done it.
This happens over and over and over again. What can you do about this? I’ve talked to him about this before, but that was about eight months ago. I guess it’s time to have our little chat again.
Luckily, he’s out on vacation today. Unluckily, it’s when I have to give a status report to HIS boss because he’s not here. The dude absolutely does not have my back - EVER. He hangs me out to dry on a daily basis.
I’m wondering if this is just another plan to get rid of me. I realize that I’ve known that I’ve needed to leave for a long time now - you’ve heard it time and time again. I’m actually surprised that I’m still here!
But it’s really funny, and I’ve written it before, there are days when I think that everything is working out well and that it’s not so bad here and I am so lucky that I can bring my dog to work every day and I do have a lot of power and I make decent $$$. And those are the days when I think about how the grass is not always greener…
Still. I can’t wait for this day to be O.V.E.R.
I better get on with my hatred of everyone.
…except YOU, of course!
Love,
GS
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