The world is exploding (well.... at least my brain is)
I don't know if this is necessarily the forum .. but I have been very careful to to disclose at work that I have a blog, much less include enough personal information to really make it identifying. So here's the story.... and if you keep up with my blog you'll know even more info.
So, this manager guy that I hate (I've written a few letters to him in this blog in the past) -- has taken the last few days off work saying that he "threw his back out". Okay that's fine, whatever -- he's kinda old so that's easy to understand. SO lalal everyone goes on with their normal life. Today, he comes in during the morning for a few hours, promptly loads a printer into his car, apparently he brought a personal printer to have for use in the office ... weird but whatever. Weirder that he supposively threw his back out and is not lifting a heavy duty printer.... He then pullings the Customer Service Reps into his office and tells him that he has decided to leave. Appartently he had just given his letter of resignation to the ONLY memeber of the managment who's actually in Rochester today -- Tomorrow they'll all be here and he would have been able to talk to them in person. So, he's both quit a job that he's only been in for less than two months, and did it in a very cowardly way, first by faking a back ailment to take time off and still get paid for it, and second for submitting his letter of resignation before the whole management team was here and could talk to him in person. This in it's self is both a source of joy... but here comes the pain.
Less than an hour after he left I get called into the sole management person's office, they basically proceed to tell me that CS Manager has decided to leave, effective today, and they go on to say that they would like me to take on his responsiblities. Two huge shocks in a matter of minutes. We discuss a little bit, it becomes rather apparent that they are more concerned about making sure their asses are covered than actually thinking the problem through. Right away I express my need for time to think about it, I try to get more details, but they don't really seem to know what they want, much less what they need. We talk a little bit more, they offer an actual office, but nothing is really forth coming -- I hang up with the two out of town manager members. I talk to the in town member a bit -- I ask him what kind of compensation change I could expect -- at least for the tempary basis. He basically tells me they don't plan on changing my salary at all, and that what they really want is that I will do a trail run as the CS Manager, and eventually promote me to that, and once I got promoted my salary might change then, but they hadn't planned on pay me any more in the tempary basis.
Who offers someone a change in position, responsibility, and title, even on an ad interim basis with no additional compensation? Especially when it's a huge change in responsiblity, I can barely get my job done now without doing extra hours -- much less the added responsiblity and work that would be needed to complete the CS Manager position plus my own position. I actually a little offended that they didn't mention any change in compensation for the additional responsiblity. Let's not even mention the fact that the job responsiblities of the CS Manager is everything that I hate about my job. I hate administrivia and I hate dealing with Customers; which is not the direction I want my career to take. I like things that are a challenge, not things that are an annoyance.
I talked to my mom and she reminded my why I changed my mind in high school about why I didn't want to be a Doctor -- I didn't want to deal with people -- they annoy me too much. She was rather upset on my behalf that they assumed that the switch would not merrit any additonal compensation.
I talked to Turan later and he was a little less presumptious that I would jump at this chance. I think he's better understood me and my personal interests/tastes and knows that this position is by no means my dream job -- and that even now that I get really annoyed when I have to deal with customers a lot.
I have so many concerns and I can't even concentrate to think. It's really frusterating. I need to do a lot of additonal research tonight -- and a lot of sole searching to figure out if I would be willing to do the job, and what price they would need to pay to get me to do it. But there is also the additional what happens if I decline how would that effect me, and to what extent would I still end up with the CS Manager responsibilites.
I'm so frusterated right now and am thinking of leaving early to go to the gym b/c I'm so frusterated with the situation and can't even think enough to do anything this afternoon.
So, this manager guy that I hate (I've written a few letters to him in this blog in the past) -- has taken the last few days off work saying that he "threw his back out". Okay that's fine, whatever -- he's kinda old so that's easy to understand. SO lalal everyone goes on with their normal life. Today, he comes in during the morning for a few hours, promptly loads a printer into his car, apparently he brought a personal printer to have for use in the office ... weird but whatever. Weirder that he supposively threw his back out and is not lifting a heavy duty printer.... He then pullings the Customer Service Reps into his office and tells him that he has decided to leave. Appartently he had just given his letter of resignation to the ONLY memeber of the managment who's actually in Rochester today -- Tomorrow they'll all be here and he would have been able to talk to them in person. So, he's both quit a job that he's only been in for less than two months, and did it in a very cowardly way, first by faking a back ailment to take time off and still get paid for it, and second for submitting his letter of resignation before the whole management team was here and could talk to him in person. This in it's self is both a source of joy... but here comes the pain.
Less than an hour after he left I get called into the sole management person's office, they basically proceed to tell me that CS Manager has decided to leave, effective today, and they go on to say that they would like me to take on his responsiblities. Two huge shocks in a matter of minutes. We discuss a little bit, it becomes rather apparent that they are more concerned about making sure their asses are covered than actually thinking the problem through. Right away I express my need for time to think about it, I try to get more details, but they don't really seem to know what they want, much less what they need. We talk a little bit more, they offer an actual office, but nothing is really forth coming -- I hang up with the two out of town manager members. I talk to the in town member a bit -- I ask him what kind of compensation change I could expect -- at least for the tempary basis. He basically tells me they don't plan on changing my salary at all, and that what they really want is that I will do a trail run as the CS Manager, and eventually promote me to that, and once I got promoted my salary might change then, but they hadn't planned on pay me any more in the tempary basis.
Who offers someone a change in position, responsibility, and title, even on an ad interim basis with no additional compensation? Especially when it's a huge change in responsiblity, I can barely get my job done now without doing extra hours -- much less the added responsiblity and work that would be needed to complete the CS Manager position plus my own position. I actually a little offended that they didn't mention any change in compensation for the additional responsiblity. Let's not even mention the fact that the job responsiblities of the CS Manager is everything that I hate about my job. I hate administrivia and I hate dealing with Customers; which is not the direction I want my career to take. I like things that are a challenge, not things that are an annoyance.
I talked to my mom and she reminded my why I changed my mind in high school about why I didn't want to be a Doctor -- I didn't want to deal with people -- they annoy me too much. She was rather upset on my behalf that they assumed that the switch would not merrit any additonal compensation.
I talked to Turan later and he was a little less presumptious that I would jump at this chance. I think he's better understood me and my personal interests/tastes and knows that this position is by no means my dream job -- and that even now that I get really annoyed when I have to deal with customers a lot.
I have so many concerns and I can't even concentrate to think. It's really frusterating. I need to do a lot of additonal research tonight -- and a lot of sole searching to figure out if I would be willing to do the job, and what price they would need to pay to get me to do it. But there is also the additional what happens if I decline how would that effect me, and to what extent would I still end up with the CS Manager responsibilites.
I'm so frusterated right now and am thinking of leaving early to go to the gym b/c I'm so frusterated with the situation and can't even think enough to do anything this afternoon.
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