not liking my new boss very well
i need to rant about my new boss. i just got a job 3 weeks ago working on a local farm. the people who run it have a bunch of dogs and cats that they've rescued off the street, and they're getting older, so they need help around the farm. they have 11 dogs, 12 cats, 2 horses, and 1 goat. the work is fine - i don't mind it...pretty basic stuff - cleaning, etc. the only thing is that they don't give me set hours...i just sort of come in when they ask me to.
so, last week, i was really sick (and probably should have gotten the day off), but i got yelled at for not filling up the water storage jugs in the kennel room...like, really, sorry i forgot, but it's not as big of a deal as my boss made it out to be. and then he starts yakking to me about a million non-job-related things, and i wasn't feeling well, so my mind was fuzzy, and i had to ask him a few questions over again -- and he starts yelling to me that i'm not listening! it nearly made me cry. b/c i was always taught to ask a lot of questions if you're not sure about something, and it's better to ask a question twice than to assume something and do the job wrong. so anyway, i just kind of mentally kicked myself and tried to move on.
so then i was at work yesterday, and i asked what time he wanted me to come out the next day. basically his exact words were "well you can come out anytime you like in the afternoon, as long as you get your chores done". and i asked if he wanted me at noon, and he said "well, whatever works for you." so i planned to come out at 3:30 today (i was busy this morning, and took a nap in the early afternoon b/c i was exhausted). then, at 3:00, my boss called and was like "WHERE ARE YOU??? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT!! THE DOGS HAVEN'T BEEN OUT SINCE 6 AM!!! I ASSUMED WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING".
so i went straight down there, and tried to explain that it was just a misunderstanding. and then my boss launched into this huge spiel about how being a veterinarian is not a 9 to5 job, and you have to come out even when you're tired, and made it seem like this one mistake is representative of my future career as a veterinarian...and i just feel like i can't win when it comes to jobs. in my previous jobs, i got yelled at a lot for making assumptions and not asking enough questions -- and here i have my boss making assumptions and yelling at me for asking questions!!! i hate how i know that he will never come to me and say "i'm sorry for making an assumption about your work time, and i'm sorry for getting mad at you"...i hate how no one outside of my family will ever step up to the plate and apologize for yelling at me or being nasty to me. and it's not like i can go to my boss's superior and get some vindication...he IS my only boss!! he's the highest and i'm the lowest.
i just wish i could be a bum someday...i'm sick of being pulled in so many different directions by different employers. i'd rather not work at all - ever! but you know what they say - "the only consistent feature in all of your dissatisfying relationships is you".
and i'm effing sick of my boss on the farm acting like i don't know a thing about animals. he's telling me all this stuff like "you gotta watch out for colic, and this and that" -- and i just want to be like, buddy, i've been working with animals since i was 15 years old, and i have a bachelor's degree in zoology, and i've taken preveterinary courses. but the man talks so much i can barely get a word in...and everytime i try to make it clear that i know exactly what he's talking about (and i probably know more than he knows about it), he just keeps yakking like he doesn't care or doesn't hear me. i'm just a lowly ant on the totem pole of life to him.
maybe i'll take a sick day tomorrow. i just want to go, get my chores done, and leave. but he's such a talker- omggggggg........
so, last week, i was really sick (and probably should have gotten the day off), but i got yelled at for not filling up the water storage jugs in the kennel room...like, really, sorry i forgot, but it's not as big of a deal as my boss made it out to be. and then he starts yakking to me about a million non-job-related things, and i wasn't feeling well, so my mind was fuzzy, and i had to ask him a few questions over again -- and he starts yelling to me that i'm not listening! it nearly made me cry. b/c i was always taught to ask a lot of questions if you're not sure about something, and it's better to ask a question twice than to assume something and do the job wrong. so anyway, i just kind of mentally kicked myself and tried to move on.
so then i was at work yesterday, and i asked what time he wanted me to come out the next day. basically his exact words were "well you can come out anytime you like in the afternoon, as long as you get your chores done". and i asked if he wanted me at noon, and he said "well, whatever works for you." so i planned to come out at 3:30 today (i was busy this morning, and took a nap in the early afternoon b/c i was exhausted). then, at 3:00, my boss called and was like "WHERE ARE YOU??? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT!! THE DOGS HAVEN'T BEEN OUT SINCE 6 AM!!! I ASSUMED WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING".
so i went straight down there, and tried to explain that it was just a misunderstanding. and then my boss launched into this huge spiel about how being a veterinarian is not a 9 to5 job, and you have to come out even when you're tired, and made it seem like this one mistake is representative of my future career as a veterinarian...and i just feel like i can't win when it comes to jobs. in my previous jobs, i got yelled at a lot for making assumptions and not asking enough questions -- and here i have my boss making assumptions and yelling at me for asking questions!!! i hate how i know that he will never come to me and say "i'm sorry for making an assumption about your work time, and i'm sorry for getting mad at you"...i hate how no one outside of my family will ever step up to the plate and apologize for yelling at me or being nasty to me. and it's not like i can go to my boss's superior and get some vindication...he IS my only boss!! he's the highest and i'm the lowest.
i just wish i could be a bum someday...i'm sick of being pulled in so many different directions by different employers. i'd rather not work at all - ever! but you know what they say - "the only consistent feature in all of your dissatisfying relationships is you".
and i'm effing sick of my boss on the farm acting like i don't know a thing about animals. he's telling me all this stuff like "you gotta watch out for colic, and this and that" -- and i just want to be like, buddy, i've been working with animals since i was 15 years old, and i have a bachelor's degree in zoology, and i've taken preveterinary courses. but the man talks so much i can barely get a word in...and everytime i try to make it clear that i know exactly what he's talking about (and i probably know more than he knows about it), he just keeps yakking like he doesn't care or doesn't hear me. i'm just a lowly ant on the totem pole of life to him.
maybe i'll take a sick day tomorrow. i just want to go, get my chores done, and leave. but he's such a talker- omggggggg........