We recently had a good amount of turnover in my department (accounting.) This has left what’s left of the team scrambling and in a high stress environment. I, alone, am expected to complete month end journal entries, complete my recons, and create the financial statements in the matter of about 5 days. Which is difficult when your boss decides to make changes every time you publish the newest set of statements.
I have a job interview coming up, and I submitted my requested days a week in advance. He then immediately walked to my desk and told me “Your days are not approved until you finish the financials.” To which I pleasantly replied, with the fakest smile on my face, “the financials will be done.” And he immediately responded “well you’re going to have to work extra to get them done by then.” And I just repeated “the financials will be done.”
Financials, if without change, can be completed in about 3 hours. But, I’ve already turned in two drafts to him and he comes back with tiny changes of $30 here and $50 there. So I have to restart the process.
He has also begun talking to me in an insanely demeaning way. He makes me defend myself on everything I do, when I’ve been doing it the same way since I joined the company 3 years ago. If I explain something, he doesn’t believe me, but if my male coworker literally repeats me, he is suddenly speaking the word of God. He’s done this countless times with my coworkers, and the CEO. This man hasn’t been my boss more than two months and he’s already driving me out of the company. Yesterday, while he was questioning me on something else, he kept interrupting me by waving his hand in my face and saying “no, that’s wrong.” Why even ask me to explain then?
I don’t cry over things like this, but it has definitely choked me up a bit and is really hurting my mental well-being. According to my mom I’m “the unhappiest she’s ever seen me.” I hope this new job pulls through.