I'm nervous and excited: boss lady got offered a job somewhere else. They specifically requested her and she's one of the finalists, and she said that if she gets it, she'll try to stick around until August so we have time to do our own search. She has done so so much good for the organisation, but, man, it would also be a relief.
Today she was barely at work, yet I'm sure I'll still have pissed her off. We had planned to do a deer drive, but our rather dumb intern didn't remember to wear long pants or a long sleeved shirt to trek through the thorny, poison-ivy riddled woods. She gave several strong suggestions for what to do instead. I did not a one of them. What we did was totally on the general and immediate to-do list, though. I can't help myself. (It was also something she had suggested to do after the deer drive, so it's not like she didn't want it attended to).
I wish I had the aptitude for the director position, but I am sadly just too flaky for that. The amount of juggling and coordinating one has to do (that she does very well) is so beyond my abilities. Money would be good.
Hmm . . . maybe I could buy her house from her . . . (I came to the realization that I can't afford to own a home with what I make now).
There's a great horror magazine on the web, msbelle, called Nightmare. If you like to read horror, anyway. They're almost a year old now, so there would be plenty to catch up on.
Timelies all!
Houseguests have arrived. We are waiting for Gary to get home so we can go to dinner.
I've been meaning to check out this [link]
It looks like it could have a good, sciency approach to cooking.
Oh, yes, I
t heart
Ratio! It's science-y and creatively empowering.
Day 2 as a permanent employee: met the big boss (well,
a
big boss, there are people above her but she's over everyone else who is usually in the building) and got generally announced as a new member of the team (and welcomed by various employees, which was nice) over e-mail.
Still looking forward to: getting my real employee badge instead of the Visitors Pass I'm still using, an ergonomic audit of my workstation, and I
think
some changes to my IT access. Will this all get done before I go on vacation? Maybe.
Tomorrow I'm going to start treating the intern like she has some form of Asperger's.
I understand you're frustrated having to oversee an intern who is difficult to work with -- it sounds maddening, and I sympathize.
But what you're saying here is fairly offensive, both to people with Asperger's, and to the intern.
I don't know how to express it or explain it or ask for advice without further inserting my foot into my mouth. But, redacted.
Address the intern's behavior very specifically -- what she does, versus what is expected. You mentioned that a previous intern was "suspected" of having Asperger's. But absent a diagnosis, and with a pattern of 2 (not a huge pattern, but 2 makes it less random), I'm wondering how the intern position is described/advertised. Are these interns not adequately prepared for the position because they don't know fully what it entails?
I guess that might be step 1 -- how thoroughly was/is the position explained to prospective interns? If it's not explained thoroughly, it sounds like it's time to back up and explain the expectations of position to the intern.
If it was explained thoroughly, then you're back to just addressing her behavior, rather than trying to pin it on a diagnosis.
