Don't worry about it. If you've already committed to leaving, take a 3 week mental vacation! 
Would you guys permit me a rant thread?
- Thread starter Sakrysta
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So today, the 13th, she did the bills that are due at the end of the month. 
Just because she was doing other bills, and wanted to get as many as possible out of the way. And she only did half of them. And one of them she had to re-do, because she did it for the late-penalty amount rather than the on-time amount. And she had to go back and re-categorize a bunch of checks yesterday that she had just recorded in the same categories as the last time we wrote checks to those payees, rather than looking at what the check was for and finding the appropriate category.
I've got to get typing. I don't think 16 days is going to be long enough.
Just because she was doing other bills, and wanted to get as many as possible out of the way. And she only did half of them. And one of them she had to re-do, because she did it for the late-penalty amount rather than the on-time amount. And she had to go back and re-categorize a bunch of checks yesterday that she had just recorded in the same categories as the last time we wrote checks to those payees, rather than looking at what the check was for and finding the appropriate category.I've got to get typing. I don't think 16 days is going to be long enough.
Four more days, and it can't come fast enough. Today he asked her to do a job that could have waited until after I'm gone, but instead we had another training session on it. It wasn't a bad thing for her to go through it again, but it meant we didn't train on things we haven't even touched yet.
And then tonight I get this email asking why payroll isn't pending in his bank account yet, when it's supposed to go in on the 25th. We have a payroll service. I handled the call on the 20th, and we got the reports the next day, so I have no idea why he's not seeing a pending transaction in his bank account. And like I can do anything about it from home at 6:30 in the evening anyway. I mean, if there's a problem, I'll gladly call the payroll service in the morning and check on it. But why email me tonight with this accusatory tone implying that I didn't do my part of the job?
Aaaargh! He just has this tone in his emails that drives me crazy. It was an email like this back in the fall that finally convinced me I'd had enough. We had another conversation today about his emails - a GOOD one, or so I thought - about how he will need to explain more in his emails to my replacement, instead of just making statements out of the blue that she will have no reference to understand.
*sigh*
And then tonight I get this email asking why payroll isn't pending in his bank account yet, when it's supposed to go in on the 25th. We have a payroll service. I handled the call on the 20th, and we got the reports the next day, so I have no idea why he's not seeing a pending transaction in his bank account. And like I can do anything about it from home at 6:30 in the evening anyway. I mean, if there's a problem, I'll gladly call the payroll service in the morning and check on it. But why email me tonight with this accusatory tone implying that I didn't do my part of the job?
Aaaargh! He just has this tone in his emails that drives me crazy. It was an email like this back in the fall that finally convinced me I'd had enough. We had another conversation today about his emails - a GOOD one, or so I thought - about how he will need to explain more in his emails to my replacement, instead of just making statements out of the blue that she will have no reference to understand.
*sigh*
Sakrysta, when this is all over, you should print out all those emails that have been making you want to poke your eyes out, go out to the countryside, and burn them in a glorious heap as you dance the dance of freedom. Trust me on this, it feels good.
Thanks guys.I woke up this morning in a panic thinking I knew the problem, and that it was my fault. I thought there hadn't been enough money in the checking account to cover payroll. See, we have a money market that earns interest that we keep most of our funds in for most of the year, and then pull some out in the summer to cover payroll when we're not getting much income. I knew I hadn't done a transfer, so I spent all morning getting more and more stressed and anxious, thinking I'd made this huge mistake, and that I was going to have to take care of it first thing when I got to the office.
Turns out, my replacement had talked to my boss about the transfer the other day and did it, and she just forgot to mention it to me. I was so relieved! I'm not even mad - it wasn't her fault I forgot about it. Yes, I wish she'd told me, but I didn't think to ask, and I DID forget to check on it.
So, three hours later, after a minor cry and a lot of deep breaths, I think I've come down from my faux panic attack. Of course, none of it would have happened if my boss hadn't been hovering over his bank account last night and sending me accusatory emails about why his moneh wasn't in his bank's belleh.
*sigh*
K'riq Sa
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I am in the process of finishing up at my job of the past 11.5 years. I'm training my replacement. EVERYTHING is driving me crazy right now. Can I just unload here and ask you guys to make sympathetic noises?Don't worry - I have 23 days left. The thread won't last much beyond that - I'm going on vacation afterward!
Okay, so first, a little background. I work for a small private education organization. My boss and my replacement both are members of the same church I'm a member of. So I'm trying my best to not bring my frustration with me into the church environment, which means I'm not venting to my friends and family, because it would just be gossipy unkindness that would cause bad feelings, and I don't really want to do that.
BUT...
My replacement is a 60-year-old lady. She's nice enough. But she is NOT qualified for this job, plain and simple. She was hired on at the absolute busiest time of the year for me, which meant I was suddenly training in addition to getting all the work done. Her computer skills are about what you'd expect of a lady her age who has done medical transcription and knows how to check her hotmail. *headdesk* So, for the first two months she was here, I've focused on just giving her things to do that will help me get jobs done on time, with the occasional training session thrown in when I could spare a few hours. It doesn't help that she doesn't understand when to click and when to double-click, or how email accounts really work (the difference between Thunderbird and Gmail, for example), and has to be told things multiple times before she remembers them. Add to that the fact that she leaves things scattered around the office and forgets to do the things I've told her to.
THEN, a couple days ago, I get this email from my boss saying that he's given me three months for training to happen, and that he doesn't want to come to the end of May without the new lady knowing everything she needs to know. I just ignored the email, because I couldn't answer it kindly. He is one of the main reasons I'm leaving. Overall, he is a nice man, but he is not a good boss. He has almost zero inter-personal communication skills. He can't write a letter to save his life. His emails are always terse to the point of rudeness. And I know him - he doesn't mean to come across that way, but I just can't take it anymore.
SO, I have 23 days left. I am increasingly eager to get out of Dodge. I do want to give my replacement as much training as possible, but other than that, I pretty much don't care anymore.
Oh, and today, my boss has a nurse up in the office with him doing some kind of medical tests. He's already been downstairs to be weighed and (apparently) produce a urine sample.
Is this a trick question? If not, it's pretty obvious he plans on tapping the till, and doesn't want a competent person there who would recognize what he's up too. Just going to church doesn't make him a Christan, and even if it did, everybody has the conclivity to get weak, and succumb to the devils plans.
k'riq
I don't think it's the obvious conclusion at all. You are certainly welcome to your opinion, but I seriously doubt that is an issue.
As for me, yesterday threw a couple curves at us. My replacement's husband was taken to the hospital with heart problems last night and is scheduled for a cathertization first thing this morning. And I got a call last night that my 91-year-old grandmother is back in the hospital with congestive heart failure, gunk in her lungs, and kidneys that aren't working so good. My parents and I are already planning a trip up to see her leaving next Wednesday, but now we may be leaving early. While I would love to finish up early, I'd hate it to be for that reason.
As for me, yesterday threw a couple curves at us. My replacement's husband was taken to the hospital with heart problems last night and is scheduled for a cathertization first thing this morning. And I got a call last night that my 91-year-old grandmother is back in the hospital with congestive heart failure, gunk in her lungs, and kidneys that aren't working so good. My parents and I are already planning a trip up to see her leaving next Wednesday, but now we may be leaving early. While I would love to finish up early, I'd hate it to be for that reason.
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