And I thought I was having a bad week.Ain't working just a thrill??!!
Just remember you could have had person in your workplace barking, making farting noises, and calling you and everyone in the room stupid.
We took an Uber to Epcot, 4th bus stop on our rsesort loop. Our stop had at least 2 bus loads just at that stop. Get to Epcot and they had added additional bag checks. and the lines were a half a block long each. Then they were having magic band tech isues and the lines to get in were a sea of guests.
That was only some of what was going wrong today. I've had two different people email me and say that they couldn't call us. And the other manager, who is supposed to check the HR email when I'm not there, has not been checking it, so the email hadn't gotten checked since Monday when I left the office at noon.And I thought I was having a bad week.
I was supposed to have an intern in today, but she called in sick. We had a computer that was set up, and then we realized that it needed to use the Ethernet connection, not the WiFi, and we had to set it up again in another corner that reached the ethernet line. And to top it all off, the printer wasn't working, so we had to fix that. This was all between 9 am and 12 pm. I was so glad I was not there the whole day.
I have to bring the grill over. The bonfire gets a bit too hot, usually we have to sit 15-20 feet away from it. We'll probably cook up burgers, brats, and dogs....
That was only some of what was going wrong today. I've had two different people email me and say that they couldn't call us. And the other manager, who is supposed to check the HR email when I'm not there, has not been checking it, so the email hadn't gotten checked since Monday when I left the office at noon.
Oh, and the owner will be working out of this office on Friday for most of the day. When I'm there all day.
I only agreed to stay with this job through December. At this rate, I don't think I will be asking to come back if my job continues to be this hectic and the owner doesn't learn to trust that I'm handling everything and he doesn't need to micromanage. I did all this stuff as an intern over the summer, before that I did this exact same job with another insurance company. My next door neighbor, the one who I've house sat for, is a head hunter, and she's told me if I'm not happy at my current job, she can help place me. Or maybe I'll think about moving to Florida. Maybe.
The thing is that I'm not the only one he tends to micromanage, which is why I'm kind of concerned. Hopefully time will tell, though.Sounds like you're doing a really good job. Regardless, it still takes time to build up your cred with a new boss; and that's pretty much the rule, no matter where you work, or who you work for. Give it time.
I don't want to sound disparaging, but, you are talking about life. The firms owner has everything on the line, you have a single job. He/She may have life savings, home mortgages, debt up the tutu and people putting pressure on him/her to produce. Might even be something as simple as a bank that wants to see better returns. So, yes, he/she will be a royal pain in the butt when around. They will micro-manage because, frankly, it is their business. If they don't have the right to want to see it their way, who does? One mistake that employees make quite often is the idea that because you are a "manager" means you are completely in-charge, that is not true. What a business owner hires a manager for is to operate his/her company the way he/she wants to see it running. Unless, they come right out and say... do whatever you want, that is what is expected. They want you to make sure it is run the way they want it run. You, as management, are there to stand in for the involved owner, not take over unless that is specifically in your job description. A manager has to work within the confines of the wishes of the owner. The only one in any company that can do things exactly like they want to, would be the owner, no one else. Everyone else works under the directions and philosophy of the owner.
Can you imagine being the parents of a kid like that? If you're exhausted just dealing with him after an hour, imagine how the parents must feel having to live with that behavior and dealing with it on a daily basis.
