{{Buffistas with awful work conditions}} I'm sorry that so much of your day is spent with such stress.

In the course of our little talk my boss called me volatile, said I came in too strong, and said I lacked soft skills. I wonder if he would think I’d say any of those things if I were a man.

I wonder if he'd say any of those things if I dropped a cartoon anvil on his head.

I mean, he spent February to May acting like he and his other direct report were having an affair (the whole workplace was appalled)

GROSS

In the course of our little talk my boss called me volatile, said I came in too strong, and said I lacked soft skills. I wonder if he would think I’d say any of those things if I were a man.

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING???

I can’t complain about the heat here because we are going to Burning Man next week and I will roast on the playa.

I did look up a few Japanese tricks for staying cool, including buying one of these.

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Dana's got a good plan.

Those neck rings are SO HELPFUL for keeping cool.

In the course of our little talk my boss called me volatile, said I came in too strong, and said I lacked soft skills. I wonder if he would think I’d say any of those things if I were a man.

So I'll just add him to the list of People To Set On Fire , okay?

Anything that cools your neck will be a huge benefit. The ones that are gel (not encapsulated) will last longer than the ones you freeze. That said, the frozen is more initial chill and water soaked last much longer.

Timelies all!

Hugs for those having manager problems. Work for me continues to be super busy. I feel guilty about the time I’ve had to take off, as that means more work for everyone else.

I'm lucky enough to genuinely like my manager and coworkers, but unlucky enough that my employer recently switched all our financials to Workday Finance. I knew it was going to go badly and be disruptive, but it has massively exceeded all my worst expectations for utter chaos. Basically, we pretty much can't issue invoices or pay the invoices other people issue to us. My office is currently operating at about 10% of its normal speed at which we can set up or modify awards--which is what makes the academic research world go around.

Meanwhile, one of the high mucky-mucks behind the financial transformation team sent out this newsletter a week or so ago touting how well the transition has gone! Employees were paid! PO's are being received, and maybe some invoices have been issued and paid here and there? The hospital and medical centers have reported no disruptions to patient care!

That last line has led to all sorts of gallows humor in our Teams chat.

I think I could use one of those for anxiety attacks and hot flashes.

My offspring hates when I show visible emotion, though. It's an eighteen thing, probably

BAH! 18?!? HOW? Though Noah is driving now, so aging does happen.

Remember being young and most of the tsuris you experienced was relationship. And now that I am middle aged, most of mine are work related. It's a fucking a lot right now and I have 9 years until retirement. That's a long time to figure out how to cope.