I'm a happier Maus today...

[msfledermaus]

I'm very glad I took a day off from work today--it's a kind of early birthday present. I slept in a bit, cleaned up the apartment, made a nice big breakfast. I've got some jasmine tea with honey, and today I'm going to plug my resume into the U of M website for a couple of openings. I dropped another copy of it off at the MIA last night as well. (I emailed them a copy a while back...I think I forgot to add my phone number to it. D'ohhhhh... hopefully this will be a better idea.)

I feel a lot better now that I've got something in motion. and if things get a little tight with the money, I can cope. I keep juggling plans and needs and possibilites around to see how they fit in various "What if" scenarion.--What if I find something right away, what if I don't, what if I can't hang on for a while longer at the Inferno....

And my posts won't be so panicked and serious once I get over this thing. I'll be a better Maus for it, I think...

Comments

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Good for you ... you will certainly feel better for it, I think. It's a teeny bit easier to tolerate the situation when you know you are actively trying to get out and therefore have a finite amount of time to go.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Yeah...though the pressure is definitely on from my boss, no matter what the bastard says...

Plus, they have exactly *one* person to cover for me, who hates my job even worse than I do, and won't do anything complex at all. If I jump ship, they're in big trouble. There's a lot of specialized in-house informationand a lot of things I do that most mailrooms don't...like washing their stupid coffee cups. That's not going to be an easy job for them to fill right away...

[fleur.livejournal.com]

What do you mean the pressure is on from the boss? He wants you to leave?

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

yeah. That's why I'm stepping up my search...

He can't fire me right off, because I haven't done anything worth firing me for. I'm conscientious, (too conscientious, probably) and I know what needs to be done. But on Monday he told me that my morale was a problem and that at the end of the month he wanted to talk to me about whether I wanted to resign or not...and not to talk to it about anybody. I guess my old boss, Mr Squishy, heard me and a few building ops people talking about my job, and called Sta-Puft asking why I was so unhappy with my new job description.

And when I was asking a couple of coworkers later in the week either for references or for information about whether I could retrieve my penison early if I didn't have another account to transfer it to and if it was possible to cash out my vacation time, I got into trouble again, for "making people think I'm the bad guy".

I'm sorry, but when your boss says loaded statements like "talking about your resignation" your job is in jeopardy no matter what he sugar-coats it with.

I'm talking to his boss this next week...In confidence. And I'm looking for ANYTHING so that I don't get any unhappy er..."suprises" at the end of January.

so that's the deal.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Telling you not to tell anyone about what he said is a big problem. He knows he's in the wrong and can't legally do anything to you.

What he can do is suddenly start coming up with things to write you up on, or start giving you very substandard performance evaluations so he has some documentation to fall back on in any event. Be on the lookout for that ... sounds like bizarre write - ups and PIPs are in your future.

Truly, you're vastly overqualified for that job anyway, so it won't be a big loss for you.

Do you have someone in hr you can go to? Are they cool?

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

He's already been doing that--my last performance review was an unmitigated disaster.
It's why I've been so paranoid about my job, and trying so hard to do well in it.

As for someone in hr...he's the hr director. I'll be talking to his boss, our Administrative Director when she gets back next week. It's my last resort. I have no idea whether this will help me or not, but she's always been kind to me. And among other things, If things get really bad I'll tell her that they're lucky I'm not suing for sexual harrasment to boot. Yes, sexual harrasment. It seems unlikey becuase he's gay--but occasionally he shows me some artwork that a former coworker sends us sometimes, and they're S & M erotica artwork.
I was polite about it...I had to be, he was not just my boss, but the HR director too!!!


At least it looks like the job market's perking up a mite...maybe I can find something good and full-time, even if I have to take part-time stuff for a while first.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Definitely go to her and definitely tell her about the explicit artwork!!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

I will...even if it doesn't help, I think I should log a complaint or something. She already knows me and the other person who works for Sta puft are having trouble with him.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Yep ... do it! If he's saying things about you, you need to get your side of the story in.

I never did that at the hospital and I regretted it a little bit after I left. I could have submitted plenty of incidents to hr on several different people but I really went with the 'fuck it, it's not worth my time and energy' route.

However if you think he really is gearing up to fire you .. and you think it's a real possibility .. I'd report everything.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

yeah, I remember the hospital...that's why I was thinking of talking to *his* boss and whatnot. I remember how badly your old job treated you, and how much better you seemed to feel after getting out.

It's all I can do not to egg your old workplace. I have eggs, you know!!1

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Someone egged a bunch of cars on my street the other day come to think of it. I need to go wash it this weekend. I doubt it did any damage to the paint since it froze on contact.

Certainly go to his boss. I knew I wanted to leave and I decided that it wasn't worth it for me, but that's me. If other people have trouble with him too, then it's not just you and his boss should hear about it.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

I've been seeing that in my neighborhood too...what's up with this, anyway? i hope your car didn't get hurt:(

My director's assistant has been carefully letting her know that not only is there trouble, but that we're afraid for our jobs if we complain about it. i've heard she may not be too happy with him anyway because of various things. And his behavior is getting more and more erratic and hostile, now that I think about it. At our health benefits meeting he tried to blame the price hike on the pregnant women, and was speedily corrected by the rep they sent...


that's why I'm giving it a go. If it was my old boss, like you, I wouldn't really have much recourse. I can definitely understand why you probably felt like it wouldn't help anything...

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Hmmm ... yeah, if I were you I'd definitely give things a go ... sounds like you're not alone so there's a good chance he's not being taken very seriously.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also, I knew that our hr department was useless and there really wasn't anywhere else for me to go, so that impacted my decision a lot. You at least have someone to talk to.

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

I think a certain Maus has a birfdee tomorrow. :D

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

hippo birfdee to meeee:D

Ya wanna party streamer? I bet I can make confetti:)

[bingman.livejournal.com]

Hey Mausi!
Haven't had a lot of time to for lj lately. Sorry to hear of your problems at work, hope that you find a new less stressful, more appreciative job real soon.
Hope you have a very happy birthday!

Hey, bada-Bingman!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Good to seeya, man!!!

I'm hoping the job thing will get resolved soon too...It scares me:(
but I will do my best...and will enjoy my tiki-party:)