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I woke up at 2:00 this morning and cannot get back to sleep. Now, I've checked all the usual Internet web-sites and have nothing to do for an hour.
I'm very unhappy with the way many things have gone at work.
The senior engineer, who was supposed to leave months ago, has still not left. He keeps setting a leaving date, then doesn't leave at his proclaimed date. I've long since given up taking him seriously. I don't expect him to do what he says he will do, nor do I take his advice seriously. Instead, I pretend to listen to him, while making unofficial complaints to the engineering managers above him.
It makes no sense to me. The guy should have left months ago, but he hasn't. Furthermore, all my complaints have effectively destroyed his reputation. Almost no one will take any serious notice of him, anywhere. If he'd done what he said and left last October, his reputation would still be intact.
I actually feel sorry for the guy, despite how disastrous his management has been. He's caused my year to be hellish, yet I feel sorry for how his reputation has been destroyed.
Yesterday, I found myself sitting at my desk, mulling over the problem. I had to stop myself and force myself to think about work. I really don't like having to deal with this kind of problem. I hate having to waste my time thinking about how to deal with problems that someone else has created.
Afterwards, I got a phone call from our temporary direct manager. She's acting as a temporary manager, while our normal manager is in China. She's a lovely woman. Very easy to talk with and always very helpful. Amazingly, she actually wanted to talk about some things people had raised with her, about projects at Clandeboye.
Honestly, I couldn't believe it. I never get phone calls from the normal manager about projects at Clandeboye. Normally, I just get hassled about administration things; But, this temporary manager actually wanted to help and she advised me on how to make some progress.
The sad thing is, she's only got a week to go on her temporary position. After that, the old manager will be back and I'll have all the usual nonsense administration stuff thrown at me.
The important thing for me, is to somehow rise above all this nonsense. Somehow, I have to make myself a person that can lift other people and make them feel good. That way, all these annoying little problems will sort themselves out. In a lot of ways, I think it's been a good thing, to have to go through all this sh*t, so I can come out the other side in a better position.
Perhaps that is the correct way to view things. To learn from the problems and change myself, so I don't have these things happen again.
I'm very unhappy with the way many things have gone at work.
The senior engineer, who was supposed to leave months ago, has still not left. He keeps setting a leaving date, then doesn't leave at his proclaimed date. I've long since given up taking him seriously. I don't expect him to do what he says he will do, nor do I take his advice seriously. Instead, I pretend to listen to him, while making unofficial complaints to the engineering managers above him.
It makes no sense to me. The guy should have left months ago, but he hasn't. Furthermore, all my complaints have effectively destroyed his reputation. Almost no one will take any serious notice of him, anywhere. If he'd done what he said and left last October, his reputation would still be intact.
I actually feel sorry for the guy, despite how disastrous his management has been. He's caused my year to be hellish, yet I feel sorry for how his reputation has been destroyed.
Yesterday, I found myself sitting at my desk, mulling over the problem. I had to stop myself and force myself to think about work. I really don't like having to deal with this kind of problem. I hate having to waste my time thinking about how to deal with problems that someone else has created.
Afterwards, I got a phone call from our temporary direct manager. She's acting as a temporary manager, while our normal manager is in China. She's a lovely woman. Very easy to talk with and always very helpful. Amazingly, she actually wanted to talk about some things people had raised with her, about projects at Clandeboye.
Honestly, I couldn't believe it. I never get phone calls from the normal manager about projects at Clandeboye. Normally, I just get hassled about administration things; But, this temporary manager actually wanted to help and she advised me on how to make some progress.
The sad thing is, she's only got a week to go on her temporary position. After that, the old manager will be back and I'll have all the usual nonsense administration stuff thrown at me.
The important thing for me, is to somehow rise above all this nonsense. Somehow, I have to make myself a person that can lift other people and make them feel good. That way, all these annoying little problems will sort themselves out. In a lot of ways, I think it's been a good thing, to have to go through all this sh*t, so I can come out the other side in a better position.
Perhaps that is the correct way to view things. To learn from the problems and change myself, so I don't have these things happen again.