Monday, August 27, 2007

So I've always been a hard worker, and I have the most seniority of the girls in the office (only 4 of us). When the owner sold the company and the last two girls quit at the same time, my boss and I worked alone together for a few months so I am a bit protective of her. Given that, and the fact that if I constantly think about work then I don't have to deal with my mother's death since I can't be sad at home because no one in the testosterone factory can handle a woman's tears, I am quite upset at the girls at work.

The first thing I will say is that they are both PART-TIME. One can't stand being away from her teen-aged kids a full five days a week, and the other just doesn't want to work full time.

My boss is out of the country for a week and a half, and as her assistant, I am in charge FOR REAL, for the first time. The girls have been with us 6 and 7 months. They took this opportunity to tell me that the company isn't growing enough, we don't have any goals and we don't follow thru on any that we do have, and they don't think the boss can focus enough to lead us to growth. Now, in the last 9 months, we've had our company sold, my boss was promoted to President, I was promoted to Admin and learning all new things (besides the fact that I was in the office ALONE for two months and doing EVERYBODY's job, we've had a price increase, we're setting up a new website (which I have to do myself because these lazy bitches won't help me), and we've had to start legal action on an ex-employee for libel. And in our kind of business, it's not like OfficeMax taking business from Staples, it's a much bigger deal for one of our prospects to switch over.

So what do I say? Because my first reaction is to tell them, "Listen biotches, I've done all this work myself before, I can do it again, get the f*ck out!" But I don't think I would be left in charge anymore. Do I just wait until she comes back and let her handle it? I told them to write down what goals we should have, what projects they are supposed to be working on but don't understand, and how they think we should get to where we need to be. Needless to say, I didn't see either of them writing.

But this is what bothers me the most, my boss doesn't hide anything. When we lose somebody, she shares, when we get someone, she shares, any victory - she celebrates with us. I've never been at a place like that. Maybe there is a reason for that, maybe you just shouldn't share all that with all of the employees. I know that I like to be included in the decision making, even when my idea isn't used, and I love that when my idea IS used, I am praised for it and I can work at it and watch it grow.

Grow up bitches, or go to McDonald's!