Job stuff. Ugh.
Nov. 10th, 2004 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
levertovfanEvery day this workweek, I've come out of work in a mood best described as "kill, pussycat, kill, kill." I've been making about a mistake or two every day at work because there are so many things going on and organizational details to fix and my boss is a terrible communicator who often doesn't specifiy exactly what I'm supposed to do and when I question him about it so as to prevent future mistakes, he acts like I'm dumb. My boss uses my mistakes on these details to call my entire job into question. So I'm wondering (a) if he's going to fire me, (b) whether I can quit before he fires me, and (c) if he's going to be willing to be a reference. Regarding (c), and even my doubts about(a), he's hard to read because he's beligerent with everyone and difficult with all his employees. In many ways he's such a steriotypical lawyer (sorry Kathy and Matt and any other pre-law types reading this).
I started this job optimistically thinking that I could succeed where other employees before me had failed by just being that much more organized, direct, and patient with him. It didn't work out, obviously.
If I leave for any reason (firing or quitting), I'll apply for a job as telefundraiser at the Guthrie. It's telefundraising, but telefundraising isn't so difficult and the schedule (nights) and location (four blocks away) are right.
I started this job optimistically thinking that I could succeed where other employees before me had failed by just being that much more organized, direct, and patient with him. It didn't work out, obviously.
If I leave for any reason (firing or quitting), I'll apply for a job as telefundraiser at the Guthrie. It's telefundraising, but telefundraising isn't so difficult and the schedule (nights) and location (four blocks away) are right.
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Date: 2004-11-10 11:05 pm (UTC)Sorry to hear it's not working out for you though. I understand how icky it feels. On the one hand, job and all the good stuff like money that entails. On the other hand, job and the fact that you don't like it. I ended up quitting mine, but still, I wonder if it was the right decision.
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Date: 2004-11-10 11:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-11 06:56 am (UTC)Good luck hun. AS long as you're with it enough to know it's *his* problem, and not yours.
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Date: 2004-11-11 04:19 pm (UTC)On the other hand, today I hardly had to interact with him and I came out of work perfectly calm. On yet another hand, that's clearly not a permanent solution.