Damn, I hadn’t realized it’s been that long since I updated. Time flies when you’re on vacation then get thrown under the bus for it at work.
The vacation was good. I have to go into more detail about it, but you can see the pictures on Flickr (I didn’t get to take much because a) I forgot my camera half the time and b) the volunteers were super anal about having anyone take pictures in the concerts). Speaking of concerts, I got to catch some great acts — Stephanie McKay, Catherine Russell, Beady Belle, Jake Shimabikuro, Slide Hampton, Al Green, Soulive, and the Soul Rebels Brass Band, get some great food, and catch up with Twin, Triplet and their friends.
Coming back was some bullshit, since my boss forgot that she signed my time off, wrote me up, and I come back to work with a cardboard box on my desk. On top of that, I still had work assigned to me when I was off which went late, even though I wasn’t at work. So I come off a weekend of pleasure to some straight-up work drama. So because of this, I not only got put on an earlier work shift (6:00am – 3:00pm), but they moved my desk right across the hall from Office Creeper, our department Krusty the Klown director. A few days after the incident, everything was cleared when it turns out my manager didn’t even check her e-mail or the shared calendar everyone posts their time off to, so she immediately jumped to the worst conclusion.
I will say this though — since the new shift, I’ve been blowing the other designers out of the water with my production numbers and accuracy, with no acknowledgment. I spent this past weekend not doing a damn thing but playing video games and eating wings.
Oh yeah, and my double courseload with school starts tomorrow. And the Black Weblog Awards go through all of August.
Hell, I think I need another vacation!
I’m beginning to wonder what kind of jobs are you getting?
You take vacation leave. I assume you followed the appropriate procedures. When you return to work you find that your supervisor “didn’t know” you had taken vacation time and wrote you up and packed up your stuff!
Things like that ought to encourage you to work even harder to get your graduate degree so you can at least work with some sane people.
Knew you were on vacation, but missed checking out your witticisms and viewpoints via BGB. Glad you’re back (and glad you got all that work ish taken care of…)
@elg: This is a corporate job with a Fortune 500 Company that’s a leader in the telecommunications field. Thing is, they hire nutjobs, and this is hardly this first manager’s offense. Word is she’s on the way out.