Pardon the length. My job is such a shit show, I just have to vent.
I took Monday and Tuesday off to travel for the holiday. I don't get paid time off. This has been scheduled for weeks, and I let the entire office know that I will be off. I sent a mass Teams message saying if they need anything, to let the other marketing associate know between 9a-2p on Monday. After that, they're SOL. (Side note – I am NOT a manager, but my boss seems to think this new guy in my department is my responsibility. I didn't hire him, and wouldn't have based on his experience, but she keeps calling him my 'marketing assistant'. We have the same job title, same job code, etc. He's so sweet and eager to learn, but I am drowning and don't have time to teach someone the basics. Boss knew that, and completely ignored it. I am the only marketing person and practically am the manager, but until I get paid a manager salary and get the manager title, I'm not managing anyone.)
What do you know, at 4:30 p.m. on Monday my boss starts texting and emailing me that she can't figure out our email software. The other marketer knows how to work this software, and was supposed to send an email out that morning. Why in gods name would you wait until 4:30 to try and figure this out? Why wouldn't you try this while there is someone in the office that knows the software??? I was pissed, so I ignored it. I'm off, I'm already pissed because I had to cancel my vacation due to having double pink eye and a cold, I am not saving your boomer ass from an issue that could be solved by going to the help section on the software's website.
The fact that this email didn't get done gets me worrying. I left a task list for the other marketer to schedule some posts and emails for our Black Friday sale. I just checked, and nothing has been scheduled or sent out. As it stands, no one knows or will know about it. At first I panicked. Now I have to clock in remotely on my personal computer or go to work while barely being able to see to get the files off my desktop. But now, I'm thinking fuck it, let us go dark for the next week. The marketing to do list I made was sent to my boss and the new marketer, so as far as I'm concerned it was her responsibility to make sure that everything got done. The fact that I even have to spend my time planning projects and delegating tasks is crazy as that is NOT in my job description. Let them implode – I have the paper trail that I did everything that was required of me.
This is the straw that broke the camels back. I'm the only person at my job that didn't get to hire their own assistant. Everyone else got to do the hiring process on their own. I had absolutely 0 input, I didn't even get to see the candidates. It took my boss 2 months to go through the applicants, and at that point no one responded to the call back for an interview. I knew exactly where I needed help and the gaps that needed to be filled, but my boss hired someone with 0 skills or experience that I now have to train from the ground up because my boss is too stubborn and arrogant to listen to me. She somehow micromanages everything I do, but can't even manage the new hire well enough to do the tasks that I already went through the work of assigning him! I'm at my wits end. Been looking for a new job for months with no luck. Wish me luck