Posted 2/26/2016 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
HW Family,
This week has been one of the busiest I've had in a while. At work, there are three of us-- the big boss, me, and another. The other is away in Australia for ten days, so it's been me and the big boss all week. Typically I work 4 days a week in the office and about 1 and a half from home as I am considered "part-time," and unable to exceed 35 hours per week. When asking big boss about how scheduling would work while other said associate was gone-- assuming I'd most likely pick up an extra day-- she proceeded to tell me I'd work all six days that we were open (Monday-Saturday). She then told me that our corporate offices if she had asked me if I was okay working all those days to which she told them "yes," without even asking me ahead of time. Normally, I wouldn't mind-- I would rise to the occasion (and am more than happy to make extra $$)-- but I would have appreciated being asked, considering it takes away form my other businesses that she knows I have. Big boss also happens to be a close friend of my family.
We threw a party Wednesday night for our brand in collaboration with another company, and the "to-do" list before the party was extremely extensive. Ordering rental furniture, putting together 100 gift bags, cleaning the space, unpacking product, etc. What is typically a three person job, became a one person job (me). While I put together each and every gift bag and facilitated each phone call for rentals and the like, she sat behind her computer and on her phone (the party was her idea to begin with). When someone from the corporate office called, she would answer and say something like "I just put together all the gift bags with no help and have so many paper cuts on my fingers, blah blah." She loves to play the martyr. Loves to make everyone think she does it all by herself so she can get an extra pat on the shoulders while putting down the people who actually put the thing together. I don't like recognition and I don't thrive on praise, but a little acknowledgment would help considering I am pausing all other commitments this week to help her.
Despite the party, she has shown up 45 min- 1 hour late every morning, and leaves during the day to run personal errands, leaving me at the store by myself. And somehow continues to complain.
I'm just exhausted and disgruntled and am trying not to hold a grudge but I have two days left with her and am not sure how I'm going to make it at this point....
Thanks for listening <3