Response to Rhetorical Questions
Yes, I realize this post is a rant about my job...but i don't care...it makes me feel so much better after writing this...
Here's the real deal...answers to Puba's bullet point questions:
• yes. like the job.
• yes. don't like boss's methods.
• boss likes me...but she's two-faced. one minute she'll love you in front of your face. a minute later she's talking about you behind your back...call it gossip, whatever.
• yes. read above. she makes everyone look bad because of her lies. she's EXCEPTIONALLY good at lying. EVERYONE knows just how good at lying she is, people are catching on to her methods.
• do i like her as a person. truthfully, no. she's not good at being a good boss. she sucks at managment, and is truly lacking communication skills. let's put it this way, i TOLERATE her because i have to, because she's my 'boss.' that doesn't mean i respect her, her decisions, or any of her actions.
• i have spoken frankly to her...many times. she seems to take the conversations to heart, but in all honesty, they go in one ear and right out the other. it's a shame. we've all tried to talk to her. she doesn't listen. we tell her she should see a counselor, she lies about "seeing" one. we tell her she should find a hobby outside of work, she lies and says she has one. we tell her she should take a vacation, she lies and says she's got one booked. we tell her that she needs to spend time with her "dying mother" she lies and says she does. she tells me one thing and someone else a completely different story. bottom line: she's a manic depressive, compulsive liar.
Yes. we are ALL sick and tired of her lying. not only is it draining on us (because we have to hear about her problems all of the time) but people in the job world are starting to notice. i can't tell you how many phone calls and emails i get from people saying she promissed so and so this and that and never followed through on it. I'M the one who has to apologize for her actions because when i gently remind her of it (after these people have called me) again and again she says, "oh yeah, i already called her," or "i already paid her," yeah, OK...if you already paid this person for their duties why doesn't finance have a record of this? Why hasn't this irate person on MY voicemail recieved payment for their duties? Oh, yeah, it's because they know if they call me I'll make it happen. She has "forgotten" to pay our intern for services rendered from FOUR months ago! FOUR MONTHS. She told me she paid our intern weeks ago. Not so. I asked finance and no check requests were ever signed off by her. she never put them through. Meanwhile, poor intern is just trying to get paid for a big project she did for our company and she can’t get a hold of Boss because she NEVER answers her phone. She never returns emails, and she NEVER calls people back! That’s why I get all of these angry people calling me.
And believe me, like I’ve said before I’ve talked to her face to face, numerous times. ALL of us chicks in the department have. Nothing changes. I’ve even documented instances where I’ve tried to talk to her about certain things (like above) and have a paper trail of them (not like it will do any good, but just for my own peace of mind).
The sad thing in all of this is that the Big Boss has no clue. My Boss has Big Boss right where she wants him…wrapped around every little finger she has. And this all apparently stemmed from some sort of “affair” they had. (Fictional or true, who really knows, and frankly who cares) you can’t trust that anyone in this office tells the truth.
• working for a woman “boss” is a soap opera. Men tell it how it is. They certainly don’t bull shit around and they don’t try to sugar coat anything. The problem with the “Big (man) Boss” here is that he wants to be everyone’s friend. He found a vulnerable “work wife” (My Boss) and has taken advantage of her (to the point where she thinks she’s in love/lust with him. He tries hard to be everyone else’s friend because he’s insecure. However, this just makes him look like a dirty old man.
• HA! And work getting done on time…puhleeeese. When My Boss F*cks up, she just goes in and chats it up with the Big Boss. Two minutes later, after a closed-door meeting, everything’s fine and dandy.
And, what really pisses me off…My Boss says she hates micromanagers…though she’ll march right into Big Boss’s office and tell him the next greatest idea since sliced bread and now he’ll have his hands in everything our department does. She just bypasses my office and marches right into his…like she has to prove herself or something. And then again, when I get all these phone calls from people trying to get a hold of her (because she never answers her phone, email, nor does she call people back) I look like the jackass who doesn’t know what she’s doing. It’s irritating. And a lot more complicated than this.
It’s just sickening. I never thought a job would ever be this way. I could write forever on this subject because it irritates me so.
Oh, and…none of us in the office have had a “formal” job performance review in THREE years. Imagine that!? No wonder the “big boss” cut raises from the budget the last two years! What a joke. I only wish my company cared for its employees as much as it “cares” about the bottom line.
What a joke.
Here's the real deal...answers to Puba's bullet point questions:
• yes. like the job.
• yes. don't like boss's methods.
• boss likes me...but she's two-faced. one minute she'll love you in front of your face. a minute later she's talking about you behind your back...call it gossip, whatever.
• yes. read above. she makes everyone look bad because of her lies. she's EXCEPTIONALLY good at lying. EVERYONE knows just how good at lying she is, people are catching on to her methods.
• do i like her as a person. truthfully, no. she's not good at being a good boss. she sucks at managment, and is truly lacking communication skills. let's put it this way, i TOLERATE her because i have to, because she's my 'boss.' that doesn't mean i respect her, her decisions, or any of her actions.
• i have spoken frankly to her...many times. she seems to take the conversations to heart, but in all honesty, they go in one ear and right out the other. it's a shame. we've all tried to talk to her. she doesn't listen. we tell her she should see a counselor, she lies about "seeing" one. we tell her she should find a hobby outside of work, she lies and says she has one. we tell her she should take a vacation, she lies and says she's got one booked. we tell her that she needs to spend time with her "dying mother" she lies and says she does. she tells me one thing and someone else a completely different story. bottom line: she's a manic depressive, compulsive liar.
Yes. we are ALL sick and tired of her lying. not only is it draining on us (because we have to hear about her problems all of the time) but people in the job world are starting to notice. i can't tell you how many phone calls and emails i get from people saying she promissed so and so this and that and never followed through on it. I'M the one who has to apologize for her actions because when i gently remind her of it (after these people have called me) again and again she says, "oh yeah, i already called her," or "i already paid her," yeah, OK...if you already paid this person for their duties why doesn't finance have a record of this? Why hasn't this irate person on MY voicemail recieved payment for their duties? Oh, yeah, it's because they know if they call me I'll make it happen. She has "forgotten" to pay our intern for services rendered from FOUR months ago! FOUR MONTHS. She told me she paid our intern weeks ago. Not so. I asked finance and no check requests were ever signed off by her. she never put them through. Meanwhile, poor intern is just trying to get paid for a big project she did for our company and she can’t get a hold of Boss because she NEVER answers her phone. She never returns emails, and she NEVER calls people back! That’s why I get all of these angry people calling me.
And believe me, like I’ve said before I’ve talked to her face to face, numerous times. ALL of us chicks in the department have. Nothing changes. I’ve even documented instances where I’ve tried to talk to her about certain things (like above) and have a paper trail of them (not like it will do any good, but just for my own peace of mind).
The sad thing in all of this is that the Big Boss has no clue. My Boss has Big Boss right where she wants him…wrapped around every little finger she has. And this all apparently stemmed from some sort of “affair” they had. (Fictional or true, who really knows, and frankly who cares) you can’t trust that anyone in this office tells the truth.
• working for a woman “boss” is a soap opera. Men tell it how it is. They certainly don’t bull shit around and they don’t try to sugar coat anything. The problem with the “Big (man) Boss” here is that he wants to be everyone’s friend. He found a vulnerable “work wife” (My Boss) and has taken advantage of her (to the point where she thinks she’s in love/lust with him. He tries hard to be everyone else’s friend because he’s insecure. However, this just makes him look like a dirty old man.
• HA! And work getting done on time…puhleeeese. When My Boss F*cks up, she just goes in and chats it up with the Big Boss. Two minutes later, after a closed-door meeting, everything’s fine and dandy.
And, what really pisses me off…My Boss says she hates micromanagers…though she’ll march right into Big Boss’s office and tell him the next greatest idea since sliced bread and now he’ll have his hands in everything our department does. She just bypasses my office and marches right into his…like she has to prove herself or something. And then again, when I get all these phone calls from people trying to get a hold of her (because she never answers her phone, email, nor does she call people back) I look like the jackass who doesn’t know what she’s doing. It’s irritating. And a lot more complicated than this.
It’s just sickening. I never thought a job would ever be this way. I could write forever on this subject because it irritates me so.
Oh, and…none of us in the office have had a “formal” job performance review in THREE years. Imagine that!? No wonder the “big boss” cut raises from the budget the last two years! What a joke. I only wish my company cared for its employees as much as it “cares” about the bottom line.
What a joke.
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