odorimasen ka?

[kaitou]

I'm taking Monday and Tuesday off next week, I need a break. Nothing exciting (I scoped out tickets to Boston but the super deal I found hasn't actually kicked in yet) just to visit parents and hopefully hit a few good restauraunts. Work has sucked lately, but I'll try not to bother those of you I've made sick of hearing about it by
I think I screwed up my tenative promotion. In January they told me I had six months to prove myself and then I'd be given the rank of Assistant Manager and a raise. But things have been so crazy since then with the ISO audit and other things that I haven't had time to do anything with my department. I talked to my boss about it yesterday, telling him how he never said what it was he wanted me to do. And he just said, "What do you think you should have been doing?"

See, my boss likes to sit back and see what you do with a situation, instead of giving you guidance. He wants to see if you'll reach the same conclusions that he does. And I knew that, I knew that, but I thought that what with this and that that the whole evaluation thing had gotten pushed back. And then I opened my mouth and said that until the guy who's supposed to take over some of my job does, that there's no way I can do anything.

So yeah, shot myself in the foot there I think. I'm glad that I actually delayed getting the title (they said I could have the title now, and after I proved myself I'd get to keep the title and get a raise) so that now I won't actually be losing it. blarg.

I'm almost done watching Kare Kano, and every night it does wonders to improve my mood. Last night I watched one of the really romantic episodes. And I must say that they really have some of the best lines, they ought to be terribly hokey and trite, but they're sold perfectly. So I watched that and ate chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven with some milk and it was pretty much perfect happiness right there. I wish I could project that somehow into work, besides walking around the plant singing half-remembered lyrics to 'yume no naka e.'

Comments

[twigcollins.livejournal.com]

I know how hard you work and how much you care and man does it seem to me like they are doing everything they can to keep you from getting any more money.

I don't think you could have said anything that would have changed it - I think they were being unfair and knew it and still thought they could take advantage of your work ethic.

: (

Use this job for whatever you need it for but for god's sake, cut and run to something better when you have the chance. I didn't realize it when I was working for WaMu but I could have been dealing with so much less crap for a paycheck, and so can you, no matter what it is you're doing or want to do.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

My boss himself is a really nice guy. I hate his kind of 'hands off, let's see if you figure it out' approach, but I can kind of understand it. I know that he appreciates what I do now. He's said so before.

As far as the money goes, it's not my boss or HR that's against the promotion. It's the chairman who doesn't know me from adam, and just knows I'm a girl. (They said I was too young to be asst. manager. My manager is 28)

*blarg*

[soranokumo.livejournal.com]

Mou... I agree with Twig, here - definitely see about looking into other venues, depending on how things go...

...and what the hell are they doing implying that you're not fit to be an assistant manager because you're "too young" and female?

Worse comes to worse, I've got a blunt katana you can borrow.

*HUG* It'll get better. Kare Kano and cookies.