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stress argh
Jul. 14th, 2010 11:41 amNew job! Yay! I am very excited about that! I can hardly wait to start it!
But in the meantime, holy stressballs Batman. The past couple of days have topped the stress I've had in the 6 months, all due to my decision to leave.
My boss had me post an ad on Craigslist to find a replacement for me, the day after I gave him my notice, because he's almost totally computer illiterate. The resumes have trickled in ever since then, but they've pretty much all been total crap. My boss keeps wondering why, and doesn't seem to listen when I tell him that there are people out there who just send out a resume in response to every ad out there, hoping that eventually one will be a hit. That's really quite obvious what's going on here.
I have a week left here, and he is obviously stressing himself, and I don't blame him. I'm trying my damndest to not take this stress on myself, and to not give a crap, but because of the way I am, it's really difficult and not working very well.
Truth is, it's time for him to retire. He's 66 and his memory is total crap. I've seen his memory degrade in the year and a half I've been here - it used to not be so bad, he would get interrupted while dictating something and be able to pick up really close to where he left off, but I just typed out two letters where he dictated 75% of it, got interrupted, and then forgot he'd done any of it and redictated the entire thing.
If he continues to practice, he needs an assistant who can take care of him - look after everything, including his memory, and keep things going here. He can't train them in ANYTHING - not even the law stuff, because half the time he forgets the intricacies of the procedures, and the rules were just changed anyways so even I'm going to be learning new stuff at my new job on how to deal with the new rules and forms. He needs someone who's been doing family and wills & estates for at least 5-7 years, just like me. But he can't pay for it. He is paying me well, I guess it's not TOO bad of money, but he thinks that 30 hours a week is enough, which it isn't, plus he doesn't want to have to do payroll so he has his assistant on contract, which is a big pain in the butt. I took the job to get myself back on my feet, and I'm really thankful for that, but now it's time to move on to something better. But he's going to have a hard time finding someone else that can do this job the way he needs it to be done.
There's really nothing I can do but just stick it out for this last week, and I guess in the end, this entry is just venting my frustrations. But between this and the stress at home, I am just SO ready to tear my hair out!
But in the meantime, holy stressballs Batman. The past couple of days have topped the stress I've had in the 6 months, all due to my decision to leave.
My boss had me post an ad on Craigslist to find a replacement for me, the day after I gave him my notice, because he's almost totally computer illiterate. The resumes have trickled in ever since then, but they've pretty much all been total crap. My boss keeps wondering why, and doesn't seem to listen when I tell him that there are people out there who just send out a resume in response to every ad out there, hoping that eventually one will be a hit. That's really quite obvious what's going on here.
I have a week left here, and he is obviously stressing himself, and I don't blame him. I'm trying my damndest to not take this stress on myself, and to not give a crap, but because of the way I am, it's really difficult and not working very well.
Truth is, it's time for him to retire. He's 66 and his memory is total crap. I've seen his memory degrade in the year and a half I've been here - it used to not be so bad, he would get interrupted while dictating something and be able to pick up really close to where he left off, but I just typed out two letters where he dictated 75% of it, got interrupted, and then forgot he'd done any of it and redictated the entire thing.
If he continues to practice, he needs an assistant who can take care of him - look after everything, including his memory, and keep things going here. He can't train them in ANYTHING - not even the law stuff, because half the time he forgets the intricacies of the procedures, and the rules were just changed anyways so even I'm going to be learning new stuff at my new job on how to deal with the new rules and forms. He needs someone who's been doing family and wills & estates for at least 5-7 years, just like me. But he can't pay for it. He is paying me well, I guess it's not TOO bad of money, but he thinks that 30 hours a week is enough, which it isn't, plus he doesn't want to have to do payroll so he has his assistant on contract, which is a big pain in the butt. I took the job to get myself back on my feet, and I'm really thankful for that, but now it's time to move on to something better. But he's going to have a hard time finding someone else that can do this job the way he needs it to be done.
There's really nothing I can do but just stick it out for this last week, and I guess in the end, this entry is just venting my frustrations. But between this and the stress at home, I am just SO ready to tear my hair out!