Yesterday was a rough day.
One of the fundamental things that I expect from a boss is that s/he
will be a leader, a visionary who can guide the organization. But the
other is that s/he will be someone to whom I can take my questions and
concerns so that we can work towards solutions together. Yesterday I
went to the Boss with a major problem -- I have to present a program
tomorrow to 250 kids and as of this moment, still have nothing to
present. Today I’m stuck at the front desk taking admissions all day, so
I thought I came prepared -- I brought all of my notes and files up to
the front desk to work from the computer there all day.
No dice. On an average day, that 386 is so slow it’s ridiculous. But
today I can’t even get Word to load, and it can’t make a connection to
the network, which is a problem because the files I need are on the
server. I called the Boss (who is at home today, leaving me as the only
staff person on site) and her response?
“We have to do a better job taking care of the equipment we have. We
may not have the nicest computers or projectors or whatever, but we are
responsible for taking care of what we have. I can’t help it if you are
not taking care of the equipment you are provided. I’m not going to call
some computer repair company to come in and tell us that we are not
taking care of our stuff. You’ll have to make do with what you have.”
It’s through no fault of my own that the network cable is so frayed
that the wires have split and are spilling out of the casing all over
the place. And she expects me to man the front desk all day with no
resources to do my job, but still holds me accountable at the end of
every week for the work that I haven’t been able to accomplish. Guess I
can subtract several hours from my sleep tonight so I can type up what
I’m going to hand-write at the desk today.
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