I had a manager who, I'm pretty sure, set me up to fail a lot.
My first job out of college, I had a manager who consistently threw me under the bus in staff meetings when something she was responsible for didn't get done (BigBoss: "Such-and-such problem;" Manager: "That was something Steph promised to handle"), and I was too shocked to try to reply.
Of course, this is the job where a co-worker threw an expensive camera at my head when I told him I needed it to shoot a ribbon-cutting, and when I told the HR manager I was concerned that not only could I have been hurt, company property would have been damaged, I ended up being fired a week later, with the explanation that I "just wasn't working out" in my position (after having that position for 18 months and getting a GIANT raise and an "exceeds expectations" review 6 months prior).
What I'm saying is that they sucked all the way around, HARD.
I'm terrible at looking for jobs because when I'm looking is usually when I feel bad about my job! After I got fired, I had two years of grad school and still needed some work therapy before I could effectively apply for a new one. NB: The lady I met with thought she was helping me work on my resume and how it could be tailored for different things. I used her for work therapy.
We went under contract on a house this morning! [link] It's a great location for us - we lived around the corner in 1996-2000 and used to walk on the street, which is a cul-de-sac, and admire it. It's a total grandma house - it literally has the same wallpaper in the kitchen that my grandparents did - but seems solid; it's built like a brick house, which it is. We settled on a price that is a LOT less than what was initially asked, which should let us do some renovations and/or deal with the teetering garage.
What beautiful windows, flea! And the sleeping porch/glassed-in section in the front!
What a lovely house, flea!
Nice, Flea! Now I want a solarium.
Congratulations! The house looks great.
The porches are awesome! And the stained glass, too. Adorable house, flea!
