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scrubjayspeaks) wrote2019-01-29 08:49 pm
scrubjayspeaks) wrote2019-01-29 08:49 pm
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Overtime, one of Shakespeare's little-known tragedies
My boss is on vacation for three weeks. We are on day two. And already, my boss's boss, who has only been in that position for a week or two, is so far up my ass, I'm gonna need to ask them to floss my back teeth for me.
I sent in what I thought might be the reasons for something being wrong the day before. (Which includes an entire evening shift on which I DO NOT WORK, so it's not like I'm the only or even the best person to explain this situation.) I received in response an email saying, this is unacceptable, there must be a reason, find it!
...hooooow much more explanation did you think I was going to come up with? Did you think that you could just...ask more aggressively, and I would magically know who fucked up and how on shifts I didn't work?
Also, I already told you that I was short one of my best people this morning, so I'm not exactly swimming in free time to investigate this issue. (I had to stay for two extra hours, off the clock, to finish all the work that was meant to be done by two people. But sure. I'll get right on that.)
And like, this is by no means the first such interaction. This is not a one-off or an unfortunate error in tone. This is, apparently, just what this person is like all the time.
I also really enjoyed the separate email I got informing me that we did a bad job on managing labor hours yesterday, including the astonishing outrage of my getting overtime. Wanna know how much BUDGET BREAKING OVERTIME I got?
Eleven minutes.
Truly, this was a tragedy for the ages. *eyeroll* Because I needed a few more minutes to finish the 832nd admin task that was added to my responsibilities for the duration of boss's vacation. Which my boss, before leaving, said would absolutely happen, because yes, I was horribly overloaded with tasks. And boss was fine with some reasonable overtime, because boss is not COCONUT BANANAS BONKERS.
So yeah, I've got that nonsense to look forward to until almost the end of February.
I know I've said many times before that I need to get out of here. I just keep sticking around because each boss, in turn, has been so desperate not to get fired themselves for the store's many failings. So they want me to stay when everyone else bails, because I am actually rather good at what I do, overtime outrages notwithstanding.
But my god, this new asshat might be more than even my martyr complex can justify.
I sent in what I thought might be the reasons for something being wrong the day before. (Which includes an entire evening shift on which I DO NOT WORK, so it's not like I'm the only or even the best person to explain this situation.) I received in response an email saying, this is unacceptable, there must be a reason, find it!
...hooooow much more explanation did you think I was going to come up with? Did you think that you could just...ask more aggressively, and I would magically know who fucked up and how on shifts I didn't work?
Also, I already told you that I was short one of my best people this morning, so I'm not exactly swimming in free time to investigate this issue. (I had to stay for two extra hours, off the clock, to finish all the work that was meant to be done by two people. But sure. I'll get right on that.)
And like, this is by no means the first such interaction. This is not a one-off or an unfortunate error in tone. This is, apparently, just what this person is like all the time.
I also really enjoyed the separate email I got informing me that we did a bad job on managing labor hours yesterday, including the astonishing outrage of my getting overtime. Wanna know how much BUDGET BREAKING OVERTIME I got?
Eleven minutes.
Truly, this was a tragedy for the ages. *eyeroll* Because I needed a few more minutes to finish the 832nd admin task that was added to my responsibilities for the duration of boss's vacation. Which my boss, before leaving, said would absolutely happen, because yes, I was horribly overloaded with tasks. And boss was fine with some reasonable overtime, because boss is not COCONUT BANANAS BONKERS.
So yeah, I've got that nonsense to look forward to until almost the end of February.
I know I've said many times before that I need to get out of here. I just keep sticking around because each boss, in turn, has been so desperate not to get fired themselves for the store's many failings. So they want me to stay when everyone else bails, because I am actually rather good at what I do, overtime outrages notwithstanding.
But my god, this new asshat might be more than even my martyr complex can justify.