Teary Eyed
I have the option to complete an exit interview before I leave my job. I decided that I was going to take advantage of that option and complete one. After finishing it I sent it to Mister and to Mere to read over it. They both were shocked at how honest I was in answering the questions. I included examples of incidents where I was being stabbed in the back and treated unfairly. After their initial reactions I decided to complete one that wasn't as harsh. In the updated interview I gave my supervisor the benefit of the doubt by stating that maybe there were misunderstandings going on and I just felt the way I felt because of the misunderstandings. However, as I'm working late this evening I see a clear example of being treated unfairly.
It is the secretaries duty to log hours into our computer system. I became lazy and only turned in my hours twice a month becuase it was easier for me to do them all at once instead of two or three a day. I liked my routine, however, the secretary didn't. She told my boss that she didn't like that I gave her all of my hours at once becuase it was too much for her to do at one time. My secretary plays games and does puzzles on the internet, yes I may have been messing up her schedule by giving her my hours to do all at once, but she could have just spread them out over a couple of days if it was too much to handle at once. So to appease her I decided to do them myself. Because it does take a little more than an hour for me to write up the logg and put it into the computer I would start to complete it one day and have to put my files back into the cabinet to finish them at a different date. This became cumbersome I would have to alphabetize the files and then take them all back out because I wouldn't remember who I've logged and who I didn't. Therefore, I started putting incomplete files in the back of the cabinet. My boss had a problem with taht because when she was looking for a file she couldnt got to the back of the cabinet to look for it and she made a rule that all files have to be alphabetized when they are put back into the cabinet. So, I needed to come up with another routine to finish my files without creating more work for myself. So I would leave them in my office and finish them in the morning. My boss didn't like that because she said that she didn't want to have to lookin my office for files if I happen to not come to work. So I said okay, I'll alphabetize the files. Not too much later I went into the cabinet and saw that there were files in the front of the cabinet that were left overnight unalphabetized. Because she wanted to be petty I decided to call her on it. I asked her if the rules had changed. She danced all around my question and then changed her own rule and said that files can be left if they are unfinished, but they must be immediately finished the next day. Okay, so I went back to my routine of putting the files in the back of the cabinet.
Everything was going cool until I had to go out of town for a few days. I left work on a Wednesday and had files that were uncomplete. These files I put in the back of the cabinet with the intention of finishing them on Monday when I got back. However, on Monday I didn't even remember that the files were there. Tuesday was a holiday and I didn't work on Wednesday, so on Thursday I guess the files were bothering her because she told me to make sure that I put them back in order that night before I left. Well unfortunately I didn't get to them because I had to tend to a student adn I decided that I'd come in early to put them in order. However, the next day, Friday, we had a student event planned off campus where I agreed to pick up a student for. The student didn't answer the door so I ended up getting to work with 10min. to spare. Because I didn't want to hear my boss complain bout the files being in the back of the cabinet I took them out and put them on my desk and figured that when we came back from the event I would alphabetize them and I did as such. However, my boss had a problem with them being on my desk and sent out a memo that files should not be left on the desk overnight. I guess she assumed that I left them the night before when in fact I hadn't. She then told her boss to have a meeting with us to tell us not to leave files on our desk overnight. Ugh!!!!
Now I tell this story to say that in my update of the exit interview I decided to give my boss the benefit of the doubt by saying that I felt that she treated me unfairly, but it may have been a misunderstanding. That was my thinking until tonight when I was putting files in the cabinet and I saw that the files that she mentioned to the secretary over a week ago that were out of order were still there out of order. Someone has left these files out of order all of this time and she hasn't said a word. My eyes teared up because she would nit pick and find things to scold me about, but when someone else does the exact same thing, she says nothing. I guess it really hit me in the face that she really doesn't like me. At first I was telling myself that this all was a misunderstanding, but I'm seeing that it's not. The sad this is that I cried over this fact. It's not fun when a person doesn't like you.
It is the secretaries duty to log hours into our computer system. I became lazy and only turned in my hours twice a month becuase it was easier for me to do them all at once instead of two or three a day. I liked my routine, however, the secretary didn't. She told my boss that she didn't like that I gave her all of my hours at once becuase it was too much for her to do at one time. My secretary plays games and does puzzles on the internet, yes I may have been messing up her schedule by giving her my hours to do all at once, but she could have just spread them out over a couple of days if it was too much to handle at once. So to appease her I decided to do them myself. Because it does take a little more than an hour for me to write up the logg and put it into the computer I would start to complete it one day and have to put my files back into the cabinet to finish them at a different date. This became cumbersome I would have to alphabetize the files and then take them all back out because I wouldn't remember who I've logged and who I didn't. Therefore, I started putting incomplete files in the back of the cabinet. My boss had a problem with taht because when she was looking for a file she couldnt got to the back of the cabinet to look for it and she made a rule that all files have to be alphabetized when they are put back into the cabinet. So, I needed to come up with another routine to finish my files without creating more work for myself. So I would leave them in my office and finish them in the morning. My boss didn't like that because she said that she didn't want to have to lookin my office for files if I happen to not come to work. So I said okay, I'll alphabetize the files. Not too much later I went into the cabinet and saw that there were files in the front of the cabinet that were left overnight unalphabetized. Because she wanted to be petty I decided to call her on it. I asked her if the rules had changed. She danced all around my question and then changed her own rule and said that files can be left if they are unfinished, but they must be immediately finished the next day. Okay, so I went back to my routine of putting the files in the back of the cabinet.
Everything was going cool until I had to go out of town for a few days. I left work on a Wednesday and had files that were uncomplete. These files I put in the back of the cabinet with the intention of finishing them on Monday when I got back. However, on Monday I didn't even remember that the files were there. Tuesday was a holiday and I didn't work on Wednesday, so on Thursday I guess the files were bothering her because she told me to make sure that I put them back in order that night before I left. Well unfortunately I didn't get to them because I had to tend to a student adn I decided that I'd come in early to put them in order. However, the next day, Friday, we had a student event planned off campus where I agreed to pick up a student for. The student didn't answer the door so I ended up getting to work with 10min. to spare. Because I didn't want to hear my boss complain bout the files being in the back of the cabinet I took them out and put them on my desk and figured that when we came back from the event I would alphabetize them and I did as such. However, my boss had a problem with them being on my desk and sent out a memo that files should not be left on the desk overnight. I guess she assumed that I left them the night before when in fact I hadn't. She then told her boss to have a meeting with us to tell us not to leave files on our desk overnight. Ugh!!!!
Now I tell this story to say that in my update of the exit interview I decided to give my boss the benefit of the doubt by saying that I felt that she treated me unfairly, but it may have been a misunderstanding. That was my thinking until tonight when I was putting files in the cabinet and I saw that the files that she mentioned to the secretary over a week ago that were out of order were still there out of order. Someone has left these files out of order all of this time and she hasn't said a word. My eyes teared up because she would nit pick and find things to scold me about, but when someone else does the exact same thing, she says nothing. I guess it really hit me in the face that she really doesn't like me. At first I was telling myself that this all was a misunderstanding, but I'm seeing that it's not. The sad this is that I cried over this fact. It's not fun when a person doesn't like you.
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