A working weekend
Mr. Tldz is in the middle of a big release at work, so he had to put some hours in this weekend. It wouldn’t have been a big deal, but his boss is being a total a%$ about a lot of things, so the weekend felt like a huge saga.
Yesterday, was a floating holiday for him, which given their current work requirement, he’ll schedule for another time. But MARTA treated it as a holiday, so the bus that gets him to his office wasn’t running. At least being able to work from home made it feel a little like a holiday.
There was supposed to be a meeting this morning with Mr. Tldz, his boss, and his boss’s boss to (hopefully) resolve the issues he’s been having with his boss. But the boss’s boss came down with food poisoning and isn’t coming in today. Hopefully the meeting will be rescheduled soon.
January 20th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
This sounds just awful. I applaud Mr. Tldz for having the self-confidence, organizational skills, and communication skills to approach his boss with ongoing problems. I have had far too many problems with this sort of thing, and the best course of action would have been to work it out. I have to hope that the goal of any good employer is to keep everyone employed and happy as much as possible.
My boss of 3 years had his last day last Friday as he departed for a less-stressful environment. Wouldn’t you know that the head hunter who placed both myself and this boss at this job emailed me that very day to ask how things were going? Not good, I say. They are not good.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I’m sorry. It’s amazing what a difference a boss can make. Do you know yet who your new boss is?
January 21st, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I have an interim boss while they go through a hiring process. We met with the interim boss and the new boss today and we were told that we were valued and that there were great plans for our future, but they couldn’t answer any of my questions without being snippy. I must be *terribly* hard to please.
January 21st, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Oh boy. Well, Mr. Tldz’s big meeting has been rescheduled for tomorrow morning at 7:30, so we’re hoping for the best.