Notes from the madness
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:27 am
Greetings and Salivations...
Just passing through to let all of you know I have not forgotten about you. Been something like a month since my last post, which is just too damn long. Some of you probably have figured out that work has not yet subsided up here. It has been something like two months since the insanity entered "the next...die...men...sion...", to quote Regis' SuperBAM line. One of the things that has been keeping me going is the knowledge that this is a temporary phase, and that once we muddle through this things will return to merely crazy-busy.
Last week our location manager interviewed two admin candidates, confidsent that TPTB will allow him to hire them both, thus reducing the pressure on the rest of our office staff. (I have been working in-house myself for the last two months thanks to the situation and have not taken so much as one call in the field; TPTB would not allow us to hire any more office staff.) So there seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel.
Except.
Making a long story short, I found out yesterday that the manager - my direct supervisor - had a stroke over the weekend. I stopped by the hospital last night to visit; thank God the stroke was "minor" as far as these things go. He was fully articulate; he was regaining his vision and was regaining movement in the arm that was affected. There is still the issue of walking, although he seemed confident that this will also come around as well. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
In the meantime - on top of everything else that I have had to take care of - I now have to step up and do what I can to help execute my boss' day-to-day responsibilities. This is just plain nuts, for lack of a better term. As in, I cannot begin to describe just how bad.
Any temptation in my mind over the past couple of months to just walk away has been quickly squelched as I remind myself that I need this job for my family (it is challenging enough making ends meet with the salary I am pulling now; if I would have to start over - assuming I could find a job that would accept what I have to offer - things would be much worse as there would be a significant cut in pay...yes, I have been looking). Also, I am here to do a job, and even before my boss went down I had no inclination to jump ship and leave him and the guys at our shop hanging at a difficult time. (Please note that I make no mention of TPTB in that last sentence.)
Maybe I am crazy (or at least a fool). Lord only knows that the situation is crazy. In addition to the good vibes for my boss, please save a couple for me if you will.
Back to lurking as I can; I will keep you posted.
Thanks, all.
Just passing through to let all of you know I have not forgotten about you. Been something like a month since my last post, which is just too damn long. Some of you probably have figured out that work has not yet subsided up here. It has been something like two months since the insanity entered "the next...die...men...sion...", to quote Regis' SuperBAM line. One of the things that has been keeping me going is the knowledge that this is a temporary phase, and that once we muddle through this things will return to merely crazy-busy.
Last week our location manager interviewed two admin candidates, confidsent that TPTB will allow him to hire them both, thus reducing the pressure on the rest of our office staff. (I have been working in-house myself for the last two months thanks to the situation and have not taken so much as one call in the field; TPTB would not allow us to hire any more office staff.) So there seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel.
Except.
Making a long story short, I found out yesterday that the manager - my direct supervisor - had a stroke over the weekend. I stopped by the hospital last night to visit; thank God the stroke was "minor" as far as these things go. He was fully articulate; he was regaining his vision and was regaining movement in the arm that was affected. There is still the issue of walking, although he seemed confident that this will also come around as well. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
In the meantime - on top of everything else that I have had to take care of - I now have to step up and do what I can to help execute my boss' day-to-day responsibilities. This is just plain nuts, for lack of a better term. As in, I cannot begin to describe just how bad.
Any temptation in my mind over the past couple of months to just walk away has been quickly squelched as I remind myself that I need this job for my family (it is challenging enough making ends meet with the salary I am pulling now; if I would have to start over - assuming I could find a job that would accept what I have to offer - things would be much worse as there would be a significant cut in pay...yes, I have been looking). Also, I am here to do a job, and even before my boss went down I had no inclination to jump ship and leave him and the guys at our shop hanging at a difficult time. (Please note that I make no mention of TPTB in that last sentence.)
Maybe I am crazy (or at least a fool). Lord only knows that the situation is crazy. In addition to the good vibes for my boss, please save a couple for me if you will.
Back to lurking as I can; I will keep you posted.
Thanks, all.