She had it coming

I really had to let my boss have it today.

We have this project form that the department’s directors, who act as “project managers,” fill out before assigning the work. I use the term “project manager” loosely, because none of the directors really have any project or time management skills.

A majority of the work is generated by the advancement and alumni relations departments. The directors responsible for those communications rarely fill out the form properly. For example, sometimes there are intermediate deadlines or delivery dates scheduled for Saturdays or even holidays. Last I checked, I don’t work weekends or on holidays and the printers don’t either.

After the form is filled out, it goes to my boss. This is where the bigger problem happens. Even though there is another designer in my department, the bitch has a habit of blindly sending me every single new job. No discussion. No follow-up. Just “here, you do it.”

The bitch won’t review the form for errors or discrepancies, nor monitor my workload, nor track the completion of jobs despite me pleading with her to do so. She’s afraid of the other designer and that’s why I get assigned all the work. Today I had enough. I’ve been too nice and too accommodating and I’m not doing it any more. So, I wrote her a stern e-mail giving her a piece of my mind.

Of course, she didn’t respond, because she’s nothing but a big coward. Instead, she sends the other designer, my “supervisor,” in to diffuse the situation, who was nothing but condescending to me.

“Well, you’re the one creating the stress,” this bitch tells me. I’m the one creating the stress… So, because people can’t manage and they expect me to do everything, I’M THE ONE creating the stress?

I gave her a piece of my mind too with two projects I couldn’t get to. She pushed back, but I wasn’t having it.

I really hate people’s dismissive attitudes, but I now know where I stand with them.

And it’s going to be a new day starting on Monday.