Oh, Suzi, I have so been there, and I'm with Windsparrow in suggesting that (I know, it's more time spent on *not* getting the job done. Still) you document everything. Get a cheap hour-by-hour daily planner, and keep it assiduously. The next time someone attempts to scold you for not delegating or for working OT to get your work done, haul out the calendar and show them the times you asked, when you got the help you asked for, and when you didn't, and when you had to work OT. They won't like it, but them seeing it in black and white may prove your point.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Beverly - Apr 18, 2006 8:32:56 am PDT #9881 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
SuziQ - Apr 18, 2006 8:34:03 am PDT #9882 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Oh WindSparrow - they will approve the OT, that really isn't an issue. It is just that they keep telling me that I should be able to offload work to the group in Boise (who I visited last month) and trust that they can help - but even with forewarning, they have not helped with either of my last two requests.
The OT thing is only a sore subject cause I SHOULD be salaried and not hourly. But that was the result of a different group of people being difficult. If I didn't like my job and have such fantastic flexibility in the hours I work....
Pix - Apr 18, 2006 8:34:37 am PDT #9883 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Oh, and I can't see any of the pics on my phone, but am eagerly looking forward to it later.
t waves back at Raq
Raq, so when I opened the trunk of my car the other day, I noticed a nondescript box. hm I thought' what on earth could that be?
Um. So. Should I just give you your Chucks in SF, or would you like me to mail them tomorrow?
t /sheepish
Nicole - Apr 18, 2006 8:35:21 am PDT #9884 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
Aw! Lovely photos, billytea!
Suzi, very much nodding along to your rant and very grouchy with your co-workers, and mine. How many days until vacation starts?
She justs prepping you for caring for the egg while she goes galavanting off.
Cutest image EVAH!
Volans - Apr 18, 2006 8:43:30 am PDT #9885 of 10001
move out and draw fire
LOL...SF is fine.
Although you had me worried for a second. "There's no way the car I hid the body in could turn out to be Kristin's!"
Something for billytea: [link] And anyone else who wants to make their own Wolpertinger.
WindSparrow - Apr 18, 2006 8:43:51 am PDT #9886 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
It is just that they keep telling me that I should be able to offload work to the group in Boise (who I visited last month) and trust that they can help - but even with forewarning, they have not helped with either of my last two requests.
And the next time they tell you to get the Boise people to help, you pull out your calendar, say, "I asked them to help with X at Y time, and nada. I asked for Z at A time, nada. I asked them to do B, for C deadline, and nada. So if you would find a way please to make it clear to them that they should actually do something instead of just making pretty noises about doing something, that would be marvellous. Thanks."
-t - Apr 18, 2006 8:44:28 am PDT #9887 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy Beth Day!
And a very merry unbirthday to Raq and the rest of us.
Move~ma and apt~ma for sj
More cute pictures, but of grownups!
It's a worthy rant, Suzi. I guess delegating work to Boise and then just assuming it will get done because you requested it so you are perfectly justofied in going home would be wrong?
Ginger - Apr 18, 2006 8:44:40 am PDT #9888 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It is just that they keep telling me that I should be able to offload work to the group in Boise (who I visited last month) and trust that they can help - but even with forewarning, they have not helped with either of my last two requests.
It sounds like it's time to start CCing the known world when you make requests.
My Work Rant:
Dear Client:
Rather than e-mailing me and four other people the question, "Did X tell you we need to change this web page?" try clicking on the link you're sending me to see that the change has already been made.
juliana - Apr 18, 2006 8:46:37 am PDT #9889 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
See, I just watched Madagascar again the other night (my version is just the lemurs and the penguins), so now I'm envisioning bt and Wallybee hijacking a cargo ship. Which is hella cute in its own right.
SuziQ - Apr 18, 2006 8:54:50 am PDT #9890 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Oh Ginger - cc and bcc and I are good friends. I'm just not sure how far I want to push it right now. If they can't be arsed to help - fine, I don't want their help. I'll figure something out here. It might not be pretty - but I WILL get it done.
I tried the delegate and leave thing. Yesterday. Sent work off as I was leaving (remember I leave at 2:30 which is early for most) and came in today to find that not only had nothing been done but my designated "delegees" both said they were too busy to help before the end of the week.
I've been short handed for 10 out of the last 12 months - with another 3 months to go (at least). I adore my assistant and I want her in good health, but this "can't hire to fill a disability leave void" thing is a PIA.