Stupider and stupider

[graculus]

So, apparently my last post a month ago didn't quite capture the depths of stupidity I am dealing with on a regular basis - if you visualise my part of local government as the former Soviet Union, I am about to get shipped off to the gulag for re-education. ("And you might even enjoy it!" chirped my boss, to which my response was "I think that's asking a little much"). When even my fellow managers are saying "Resistance is futile" then you know you're not alone in thinking that...

Yes, apparently my previous unsullied record of 21 years in this line of work and almost 3 in this current post avails me nothing when I don't get as much as physically possible and then some out of not very much at all. In other words, I am crap at ticking boxes and excel at getting the best out of people except that my definition of 'the best' isn't 'wringing every last drop of work and then some' so I am therefore a Bad Manager. That's basically what it's about, though it's being couched as being infinitely more esoteric than that.

Anyway, I shall do my time though I'm not sure what I'm going to actually be doing (not much by initial accounts which seems a bit daft but if they want to carry on paying for my trip to Sri Lanka who am I to complain?), amount yet to be finalised (it started off as "three months minimum" and then became "but it could be less than that" - this word 'minimum' it does not mean what you seem to think it means...) and then start looking for jobs elsewhere in 2013. This rampant asshattery shall not stand!

Comments

[katyabaturinsky.livejournal.com]

Ah, so Good Manager = miracle worker. That's completely fair and not at all ridiculous or unreasonable.

Good luck with the "re-education," and more importantly, even better luck with the job search in 2013!

[graculus.livejournal.com]

My manager is so far from being a good manager, but she is Good in the eyes of those above her so that's what counts. Seriously, I've been in tears because of her/this job more in the past couple of months than I think I have ever in my entire life - that, if nothing else, tells me that it's not a healthy place for me to be.