So I don’t have a great boss. I worked in an environment with a really decent boss for years so I probably just don’t know how to deal with the current one. Some recent highlights:
Sent an FYI email to the department letting us know a coworker died. He’s not obligated to show much emotion but this felt tacky.
Because of the loss of the coworker, (my friend), we’re very short handed. One manager is also out due to a car accident. While he’s out, I’m expected to take up his workload, while maintaining my duties & my deceased friend’s duties. Not so much as a word of “Do you need any help?” He micromanages to such a degree that I make a spreadsheet showing everything I did during the day. I’m always swamped.
I’m always at work 30 minutes to an hour early. It depends on how buried I am. I take no lunches so live off of one meal a day. Everyone in the department just planned their vacations. They have to take so much time before the end of the year or they lose it. Everyone will be taking off except me. I probably take 2 sick days a year. That’s it. If I was gone more than that, my work would just pile up.
I’ve lost my mother & been homeless in the last 3 years. Life isn’t great so I really don’t need a job I absolutely hate. I’m filled with so much rage. I don’t like feeling that. I’m not a huge complainer and like to think I can deal with a lot. I hate this place though.
I’ve posted about my boss a few times before. It’s my free therapy.