December 12
From my brain
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2008
Me 12:17, 12 December 2008 (EST)
In the fourteen years I've worked for this company, VCS is hands-down the worst manager I've ever had. Hell, for the entirety of my employment life he's the worst, and that includes the guy I worked under at Darien Lake who never gave me breaks and had me work "unofficial overtime" at 17. I've just never worked for someone so condescending, demeaning, and otherwise disrespectful to his subordinates.
Yesterday, while working on the Project from Hell, he asked me about getting this particular new section done. I told him no, because I was working on the section I was told to get done first, then switching over to the other. "Well, that needs to be done too." I replied I know it did, but I can only work on one section at a time, and that this section was specifically stated by FFS to do first.
He then presses the point that this second section needs to be done. I told him I understand that, but again, I did things int he order of priority I was given. He said that it should have been handed off to someone else. This was a revelation to me as my understanding was that I was the only one working on this project. On top of that, I point out that the other guys have all been hammered with their own projects -- interrelated to this or not -- and I doubted any would be able to assist for that reason. "Priorities can be adjusted."
And I wasn't alone in that treatment lately. Phantom even commented to me that while he was working with a coworker, MEZ (another guy on our new extended team) on a new budget analysis to make sure they were both on the same page, he gets an IM from VCS. He was asked to do a few "quick pull downs", "nothing fancy, just grab the data" and do it in Excel only. Phantom then asked, "Should I do this before or after I talk with MEZ?" He received a one word response from VCS: "During." So, MEZ had to just sit there and wait while Phantom finished the pull-down.
The last time I checked, the entire team is buried under a mountain of crap that's come from VCS and FFS. It's been insane. When we worked for TheEvilOne, it was bad, but never this bad. He at least was considerate of us, offered openly to pay overtime, and offered ideas to help fix things. VCS is all about, "just get it done!". Working for BossMan was just a dream in comparison. We all knew it at the time. It's why we have been afraid of ever having to work for VCS from the day they brought him in here.
Anyway, between my incident and Phantom's had me shaking with rage. I haven't been that agitated since before I was properly medicated on the Testim and thyroid meds. I wasn't thinking straight to say the least.
It ended up affecting home too as we were going to see Santa at a local community center. Wifey said, "It's right by work, I don't think you'll make it home." I was insistent; I didn't want to have to drive to this place. Turns out it was literally five mins from the office, and traffic was nightmarish. We barely got to the place by the start.
I seriously can't take this any more. I sent a quick mail to AdeccoGirl about the positions as a result.
- Hi AdeccoGirl,
- I just wanted to touch base with you to see if there were any updates. The worst part of the job search process is this balance between, "Hi, I'm still interested in this opportunity", and just plain annoying the recruiter. I hope I'm sticking with the former rather than the latter.
- If you have any updates at all, please feel free to either call or email me.
I hope I don't sound too desperate...cuz I certainly am.
Me 12:19, 12 December 2008 (EST)
Oh well. *sigh* Update already.
- Hello,
- No worries. I definitely understand how it is to be on the candidate end of things. Nothing from the manager yet as he is still taking some time to review resumes. I will touch base with you no later than Monday- earlier if possible.
- Have a great weekend!
Again, I'll take a "no word yet" then an outright no.
2007
Me 08:15, 12 December 2007 (EST)
I'm not at the shear exhaustion state I was at previously, but I'm still waking up sore. The weirdest part is that while I'm not tired per se, I'm disoriented. Like I'm in a quasi-dream state and am only half here. Ceraun commented yesterday that I looked out of it, and someone else just told me in a friendly way, "Hey now, wake up! :)"
It's not even that I hate being here at ThePit. I'm just not here in general (wherever Here is).
2006
Me 06:56, 12 December 2006 (EST)
So, I think all the stuff with Wifey's job, my lackluster motiviation, finances in general, my libido, and whatever else is rolling through my head.....is getting to me.
I keep walking by friends of mine who keep asking, "Hey, what's up?" They're not asking in that random drive-by-stranger kind of way that you really don't care to have the answer on, but in a polite society, you are still expected to ask of someone. Instead, I can kinda hear the concern in their voice. Some even say, "Are you sure you're okay?" I laugh a bit and blow it off, but I'm getting it from at least one person a day.
Wifey asked me that same question last night. (Your wife is always expected to ask the concerned version, never the drive-by-stranger version.) I told her flat-out that I'm not dealing with this whole turn of events as well as she is. I'm happy that she's able to breathe a sigh of relief now that we know almost for certain her job function will be going away, but I'm not coping as well with it. Nothing got settled as a result of that conversation, but it was officially said at least.
Me 10:47, 12 December 2006 (EST)
Oh, and as I'm so un-PC as to do this without a Kwanzaa/Hanukkah related link, Merry Christmas.
2004
Me 01:16, 12, December 2004 (EDT)
Hello, my name is Wehbmaztyr...
...and I am a World of Warcrack addict.
Me 15:19, 12, December 2004 (EDT)
BitTorrent No Longer a Secret...at least for now though, they can't completely stop it however. :)
