Meeting BoyIn my place of work, the Christmas season is always the busiest. Our season typically lasts from December 1 to February 1, for whatever reasons.
In December, the boss was there for a total of 15 days. They worked no weekends and “used up leftover holiday days”. During the month, we ran into various shortages in products and are unable to order more without her authorization. We lost out on revenue because of it.
In January, the boss took another 10 days of “leftover” holidays. I was given a project to work on for an outside party, but was instructed not to communicate with the third party except through them. A ton of questions arose about the project that I had to continually call the boss to have answered when short emails with the third party would have sufficed. The boss came back to work for a few days announcing a trip they had received as a gift from their spouse. Another five “leftover holidays” used up.
In February, I was called into the bosses office and lectured how I wasnt being productive enough over the last two months to warrant having me scheduled so much; then my hours were cut by 2/3. Had I not been there for the past few months, nothing would have gotten done…because no one can make decisions without the bosses authorization.
Kind of reminds me of this in a sad way:
Four meetings today. And then later, no doubt, a meeting with my boss about how I’m not getting anything done.
