Been training my replacement for a week now. Most of that has been normal and I think she'll be a good replacement.

BUT (tl:dr - shit is bubbling up I do not like and I need to get gone from this place)

She knows my boss / her new boss outside of work and in these 7 days - we have been taken to lunch by him 3 days - a little background: he is the boss of 2 locations - 1 near where he works and then the one I normally work at. When he is in town, he usually is only at the one I work at about 1 a month - that's been true for at least a year. When he is at my office he usually takes the 2 managers out for lunch, sometimes a guy who is a mngr in training, but me and the other non-exempt office guy stay in the office and they sometimes ask us what we want and they bring it back. There is a whole history of why this is how it goes, our phones are super busy, someone has to be answering them - I used to REALLY not like the person who was my boss so it became a thing that I would bow out of joining them for lunch, so then it is just that I stay at the office. - so anyway - being around my boss so little for the last year I did not realize that he takes out the people at the other location almost everyday for lunch I guess. That SUCKS. I mean, I could use having the company pay for my lunch even 1 day a week every GD week. So it was not something I got, but now seems to be something that she will.

I saw her salary and they started her out the same as I make now.

I've heard my boss say a couple of things this week that led me to believe he was leaving his position, so today I just confronted him on it (he is not a fast reactor and he is also a bad liar). He is set to leave this position for a new one with the company in 4 days. - why this is a thing - the person who is likely to be promoted to his position (my boss) is not someone I want to work for and is someone that I do not think likes me, he TOLERATES me as a co-worker, but resents my opinion being taken and my world outlook (that is what I believe, nothing he has actually said) - ALSO means that my boss and his boss have probably been pretty busy working on this move for him (his boss would need to be onboard) and so I doubt they have actually done any feet on the ground work for finding me something new within the company.

SO all of this is to say - I am really wanting to get out sooner rather than later.

RUN AWAY!

(seriously, succession planning shit when you're NOT ACTUALLY THE BOSS is a total no-win. do the least you need to do, but we all get sucked into spending way too much time and energy on companies that know we're out the door.)

The issue is having nothing to run to. I'd still love to get a job in another department, just really hate seeing all the inconsistencies of treatment come to the forefront when it is something I pushed back on so hard and thought that my boss had more integrity than that.

That all sounds angrifying and kind of icky, msbelle. I'm sorry.

((Zen)) Those sound like normal things to be feeling given what life has been tossing your way. And as much as I like a drink, whiskey wouldn't exactly make any of those feelings less. I hope some good stuff turns up soon

Laura, I'm so sorry for your loss. How fucking awful.

Our health system is insane. I'd write more but it's too exhausting.

I will happily organize a holiday card exchange, msbelle, unless it's stepping on your toes? I figure I'd just google form it, create lists, and send those out. If we wnated to match people up, I could have people opt to send 1, 5, 10, 15 cards and I'll match people up. The send deadline would be three kings day for those of us who are late? Does that all sound manageable?

I could have people opt to send 1, 5, 10, 15 cards and I'll match people up. The send deadline would be three kings day for those of us who are late? Does that all sound manageable?

Oh! I could do cards if it was 5 or 10! Somehow I convinced myself it would be a lot more. I should've asked instead of assuming. Duh, Steph.

Totally on board for this Kat and msbelle.

That sounds great. Like Steph, I was imagining like 100 cards! Too much for me. I mean five might end up being too much for me, but it is a reasonable goal!