yet another rant about work. my feelings will not be hurt if you don't continue... also, i do believe this may be my longest post ever. so seriously, it's more for me to vent than you to read.
i fucking hate my boss. for the past 3 years, i seem to ALWAYS be exactly one week behind in my work. If someone calls in an order, and we don't have that item in stock, the customer usually receives it after we have it produced. This NORMALLY takes 2 - 3 weeks (producing it then a few days in the mail).
Well, if I'm a week behind CONSTANTLY, that means the customers have to receive their stuff in like 3-4 weeks unless I place my job as a high priority order ("RUSH Job"). This puts pressure on all the other people in our building that have to work on my job. Plus, my co-workers' jobs that were put in ON TIME need to be pushed to the back burner. I feel bad about it but there's a BUNCH of reasons (NOT excuses, reasons) that I am always behind.
1. since i've been there the longest, i am constantly answering questions from the new people.
2. there are times when i'm helping someone find one of their jobs throughout our building to correct something ... that can take up to 30 minutes a pop.
3. if someone isn't in that day, other people come to me to check on their stuff cause they're more familiar with me and know i can help them out.
4. i talk very very much.
5. i spend A LOT of time coordinating stuff for our area (i.e. snack days, appreciation days, associate outings, United Way functions...)
6. aside from 45 minute lunches and two 15 minute breaks, this week I have a 45 minute meeting each morning. We also have 2 hours of training on Tuesdays, and an hour and a half meeting every other Thursday.
7. phone calls. tons and tons of phone calls. on top of all the orders i actually placed, i answered like 115 calls on MY phone line, and like 340 on the customer phone line last month. Many of the calls on my personal line are customers checking on stuff. Some are personal calls, but a LOT are work-related.
Anyway, so as I was saying, I am FOREVER a week behind. I always tell my bosses when I'm getting SUPER DUPER slammed and they have the new people handle some of the easy work. My bosses are (fake names) Monica and Brenda.
Monica is like the immediate supervisor and Brenda is her supervisor. The problem is, no one ever tells Monica how backed up they are! They play it cool like everything is running smoothly. Meanwhile, this makes it look like I'm the only one behind. And I KNOW that's not true!! so in our meetings every other Thursday with the other half of our department, I always look like a fuck up! There are 7 other people that work across the hall from us, and all they hear is "Oh, I'm pretty much caught up", "Oh, I'm good on my workload" then it gets to me and I'm like "yeah, I'm working on work from last Monday". So I look like a total fucking slacker. BUT, when some of those people started working there, I trained 4 out of 7 of them!. They should know how it REALLY is.
well, i'm very sick of being the one who looks like a jackass. i get all gung-ho about it and I'm like "Suck it up *Emelyn*, shut up and knock this shit out! I can totally fucking do this!". Seriously, I swear I fucking mumble to myself at work! I have all my work sorted in date order with the oldest on top. I leave at 4:45 but I was gonna sneak in some overtime so I could get some shit done while everyone was leaving for the day. Monica was still there but she usually leaves at 5. I don't like staying late when she does because we're really not supposed to stay without asking. But I figured I could just enter some jobs and leave after like 20 minutes. No big deal. Well, the fucking jobs I had to work on first were HUGE pains in the ass. I mean, it took me like and HOUR to do 3 jobs when it usually takes about 15 minutes, especially if I'm hauling ass. I had no idea what the fuck I was doing and was so damn confused that my eyes were welling up. I hadn't done this particular job since 2002 and our programs have changed since then. well, so not only did i NOT get hardly any shit done, fucking monica decides she's staying late today. if i was still there finishing the work I PLANNED to get done, I can guarantee she'd be over at my desk at like 6 going, "What date are you working on?" "Come on, *Emelyn* what's up with you? Why are you always so behind?" Trust me, i've heard it before in my evaluations. I told my other boss brenda (i like her better) that i guess i'm the only one who can't handle it. it's been almost 6 years and i still can't get my shit together.
Oh, AND, last week's meeting all the fucking associates who took some of my easier work mentioned that in the meeting. So everyone heard "I'm done with all my stuff and took some of *Emelyn's* stuff" and "I'm caught up and I'm helping *Emelyn* with some of HER work". I told the guy sitting next to me in response to THAT comment "She did TWELVE jobs out of 160, she wants a fucking medal". hahah. that was funny.
ugh. anyway, i'm just pissed off. out of all the fucking days monica decided to stay late, and out of all the orders i had to do, it has to be the most confusing, fucked up one. i always feel like they won't fire me cause i put through a SHIT load of work, i mean I placed close to 4,000 orders the last 6 months compared to my co-workers' like 3,000 (some as low as like 2,300!!). But now, i'm thinking, well, who knows? they can always train someone. my BIGGEST flaws are my bad attitude ("being unapproachable for the new people to ask questions" funny, they still manage to fucking ask away...) and me constantly being backed up. Other than that, i'm great. I know a lot about what i do, and i can be counted on to do things right and not be second guessed. for the most part anyway.
i don't know. i'm so fucking stuck. i make too much to leave and start somewhere else for minimum wage, especially since we're trying to buy a house (trailer). My biggest fantasy, is walking in to work and saying to certain people in particular:
1. here you go, fatass. YOU do all these fucking jobs. maybe if you sat with me that day like I asked, you'd fucking see why I was so backed up. you are a horrible, horrible leader.
2. shut ... the fuck ... up! you're NOT funny and you're so fucking loud, i've had to start keeping tylenol at work. i don't know why in God's name someone would WILLINGLY marry you!! your hairstyle is straight from the fucking 80's and you have WAYYYY too much cellulite to be wearing spandex every damn day.
3. you are the biggest fucking two-face. don't be nice to my face then make fun of me and make up bullshit stories (like I flashed someone in the breakroom at work ... which could get me fucking FIRED, asshole!) and spread them around about me.
4. you're a fucking cry-baby and are too scared of me to call me on my shit so you have to fucking run to monica and complain for every little fucking thing "Oh, *Emelyn* told me I need to write in RED pen, but I really like BLACK." stupid fucker.
5.you're a bitch and just because you wasted your whole life working here, you still don't fucking run the place and never will
6.your eyes are too fucking squinty, and you look more and more like a bull dyke the shorter you cut your hair. are you TRYING to look gay??
7.i've seen people that were deaf AND dumb learn faster than you. and your son is fucking GAY. always hanging out and coming over with his "room mate", no girlfriend, and not even STORIES about girlfriends. 23 years old, yeah, he's fucking gay.
out of our area, there's about 3 people I have nothing bad to say about. the other 7 i could do with or without, and the rest are addressed above.
ahhh. ok, i'm done. hahaa, this could be published as a 300 page book!
-em-
i fucking hate my boss. for the past 3 years, i seem to ALWAYS be exactly one week behind in my work. If someone calls in an order, and we don't have that item in stock, the customer usually receives it after we have it produced. This NORMALLY takes 2 - 3 weeks (producing it then a few days in the mail).
Well, if I'm a week behind CONSTANTLY, that means the customers have to receive their stuff in like 3-4 weeks unless I place my job as a high priority order ("RUSH Job"). This puts pressure on all the other people in our building that have to work on my job. Plus, my co-workers' jobs that were put in ON TIME need to be pushed to the back burner. I feel bad about it but there's a BUNCH of reasons (NOT excuses, reasons) that I am always behind.
1. since i've been there the longest, i am constantly answering questions from the new people.
2. there are times when i'm helping someone find one of their jobs throughout our building to correct something ... that can take up to 30 minutes a pop.
3. if someone isn't in that day, other people come to me to check on their stuff cause they're more familiar with me and know i can help them out.
4. i talk very very much.
5. i spend A LOT of time coordinating stuff for our area (i.e. snack days, appreciation days, associate outings, United Way functions...)
6. aside from 45 minute lunches and two 15 minute breaks, this week I have a 45 minute meeting each morning. We also have 2 hours of training on Tuesdays, and an hour and a half meeting every other Thursday.
7. phone calls. tons and tons of phone calls. on top of all the orders i actually placed, i answered like 115 calls on MY phone line, and like 340 on the customer phone line last month. Many of the calls on my personal line are customers checking on stuff. Some are personal calls, but a LOT are work-related.
Anyway, so as I was saying, I am FOREVER a week behind. I always tell my bosses when I'm getting SUPER DUPER slammed and they have the new people handle some of the easy work. My bosses are (fake names) Monica and Brenda.
Monica is like the immediate supervisor and Brenda is her supervisor. The problem is, no one ever tells Monica how backed up they are! They play it cool like everything is running smoothly. Meanwhile, this makes it look like I'm the only one behind. And I KNOW that's not true!! so in our meetings every other Thursday with the other half of our department, I always look like a fuck up! There are 7 other people that work across the hall from us, and all they hear is "Oh, I'm pretty much caught up", "Oh, I'm good on my workload" then it gets to me and I'm like "yeah, I'm working on work from last Monday". So I look like a total fucking slacker. BUT, when some of those people started working there, I trained 4 out of 7 of them!. They should know how it REALLY is.
well, i'm very sick of being the one who looks like a jackass. i get all gung-ho about it and I'm like "Suck it up *Emelyn*, shut up and knock this shit out! I can totally fucking do this!". Seriously, I swear I fucking mumble to myself at work! I have all my work sorted in date order with the oldest on top. I leave at 4:45 but I was gonna sneak in some overtime so I could get some shit done while everyone was leaving for the day. Monica was still there but she usually leaves at 5. I don't like staying late when she does because we're really not supposed to stay without asking. But I figured I could just enter some jobs and leave after like 20 minutes. No big deal. Well, the fucking jobs I had to work on first were HUGE pains in the ass. I mean, it took me like and HOUR to do 3 jobs when it usually takes about 15 minutes, especially if I'm hauling ass. I had no idea what the fuck I was doing and was so damn confused that my eyes were welling up. I hadn't done this particular job since 2002 and our programs have changed since then. well, so not only did i NOT get hardly any shit done, fucking monica decides she's staying late today. if i was still there finishing the work I PLANNED to get done, I can guarantee she'd be over at my desk at like 6 going, "What date are you working on?" "Come on, *Emelyn* what's up with you? Why are you always so behind?" Trust me, i've heard it before in my evaluations. I told my other boss brenda (i like her better) that i guess i'm the only one who can't handle it. it's been almost 6 years and i still can't get my shit together.
Oh, AND, last week's meeting all the fucking associates who took some of my easier work mentioned that in the meeting. So everyone heard "I'm done with all my stuff and took some of *Emelyn's* stuff" and "I'm caught up and I'm helping *Emelyn* with some of HER work". I told the guy sitting next to me in response to THAT comment "She did TWELVE jobs out of 160, she wants a fucking medal". hahah. that was funny.
ugh. anyway, i'm just pissed off. out of all the fucking days monica decided to stay late, and out of all the orders i had to do, it has to be the most confusing, fucked up one. i always feel like they won't fire me cause i put through a SHIT load of work, i mean I placed close to 4,000 orders the last 6 months compared to my co-workers' like 3,000 (some as low as like 2,300!!). But now, i'm thinking, well, who knows? they can always train someone. my BIGGEST flaws are my bad attitude ("being unapproachable for the new people to ask questions" funny, they still manage to fucking ask away...) and me constantly being backed up. Other than that, i'm great. I know a lot about what i do, and i can be counted on to do things right and not be second guessed. for the most part anyway.
i don't know. i'm so fucking stuck. i make too much to leave and start somewhere else for minimum wage, especially since we're trying to buy a house (trailer). My biggest fantasy, is walking in to work and saying to certain people in particular:
1. here you go, fatass. YOU do all these fucking jobs. maybe if you sat with me that day like I asked, you'd fucking see why I was so backed up. you are a horrible, horrible leader.
2. shut ... the fuck ... up! you're NOT funny and you're so fucking loud, i've had to start keeping tylenol at work. i don't know why in God's name someone would WILLINGLY marry you!! your hairstyle is straight from the fucking 80's and you have WAYYYY too much cellulite to be wearing spandex every damn day.
3. you are the biggest fucking two-face. don't be nice to my face then make fun of me and make up bullshit stories (like I flashed someone in the breakroom at work ... which could get me fucking FIRED, asshole!) and spread them around about me.
4. you're a fucking cry-baby and are too scared of me to call me on my shit so you have to fucking run to monica and complain for every little fucking thing "Oh, *Emelyn* told me I need to write in RED pen, but I really like BLACK." stupid fucker.
5.you're a bitch and just because you wasted your whole life working here, you still don't fucking run the place and never will
6.your eyes are too fucking squinty, and you look more and more like a bull dyke the shorter you cut your hair. are you TRYING to look gay??
7.i've seen people that were deaf AND dumb learn faster than you. and your son is fucking GAY. always hanging out and coming over with his "room mate", no girlfriend, and not even STORIES about girlfriends. 23 years old, yeah, he's fucking gay.
out of our area, there's about 3 people I have nothing bad to say about. the other 7 i could do with or without, and the rest are addressed above.
ahhh. ok, i'm done. hahaa, this could be published as a 300 page book!
-em-
djdragyn:
you got crazy drunk too last weekend???
emelyn:
no, no. i did 'e' like 7 years ago or something, and that was my experience (the stuff i was saying)