November 14, 2007
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it is entirely too early in the day to already be irritated at work.
that being said, the part about being an assistant that i dislike the most is the idea that your boss is always right. this is true of most jobs, but when part of your actual job description is anticipating what your boss could conceivably need and/or the office needs - that becomes a little tricky.
see, part of what i get paid to do involves using a crystal ball and being a mind reader. the problem exists when, after about 3 years, i notice that my boss, at any given time, thinks in opposition.
case in point - i'll bring up an idea of something i think is important to do. it is vetoed, saying we would not ever be interested in doing that. six months pass. i then get a message saying that she had an idea that we should do the aforementioned thing, and that she would really appreciate if i would bring ideas like that up, because that's something that i should really be looking out for.
and, if i ever fight back on it, or mention that indeed, i DID bring it up 6 months ago, i get on my annual performance review that "i need to work on not being defensive".
interesting.
the irritating problem, which i encountered this morning, is when we disagree on how something should be done.
small example: when submitting a reimbursement request for 6 different staff members, i note on the authorization for our accountant that he should write individual checks for $XX apiece to each of the 6 staff members, and send them to this office.
my boss, after reading this, feels that i should really tell our accountant to make the checks out to each individual, and tells me that she adds "make checks out to individuals" ALONG with my comment on the authorization.
no acknowledgement that
a) i was in fact telling our accountant that
b) that i was quite clear, actually and
c) her comment was completely redundant and
d) that she should bite me.
because, really, i'm glad she has so much time to double check everything i do, otherwise this office would probably SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST. i'm just that bad!
i know this is small and you're reading this going - so, get over it, it's your job. and it's true. but i'm just saying, working 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, when something like this happens almost daily, in small and large forms..you find yourself on a wednesday about to chuck this glass jar full of jelly beans at someone's head.
Comments (4)
Completely feel your pain. Pretty much everybody I ever worked for did stuff like that. Why?
I love it when my boss tells me I should interact with our clients one way and then when I do it that way I get yelled at. Super fun!
my boss told me yesterday 'i don't want to micro-manage you but, could you make a list of all the things you are working on and then give me a daily report of what you have completed?'
after being my own boss for 2 1/2 years and telling everyone else what to do, this is not an easy task to accomplish.
i feel your pain.
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