Why I Hate Work Reason #548970
WARNING!!! ADULT CONTENT BELOW!!!
I've got time to kill so, I'll fill you on on this bullshit.
You know how my boss tasked me for this digital project where I am to get bids so that she can take that before M***** (CFO), right? I was pissed and reluctant to pursue that bullshit because I know that in the end, it is going to cost too much and M**** will reject it, anyhow. But, I do it anyways (despite my hatred at dealing with sales people). So then, this whole mass layoff bullshit happens (and the termination workflows for the locations are piling up - 45 terminations in past 30 days and counting) and we discuss it and my boss is all like, let's hold off on it. Which is fine by me except that I already contacted 15 vendors and they are harassing me every damned day. I have to tell them over and over, "the project is on hold...". But before that, remember I told you all the bullshit about finding out THAT WE WERE ALREADY USING ONE OF THE VENDORS FOR OUR COMPANY! And that sales rep tells me to clear it with our contact (Chief Legal Counsel, D***** ******r)....which I do, and my boss says, "okay...that makes sense, let's go with Iron Mountain." So, I'm like cool, I'll call this guy back up after all of this bullshit blows over. Then, yesterday....while I'm fixing her printer, she tells me to go ahead and get a quote so that we can get it in front of M****. Fucking-A, fine...shit. So, I call up the Iron Mountain rep and all of a sudden, he's got this real negative asshole bullshit attitude going! What the fuck?!? I'm thinking that he may have done some research into our company or something because all of a sudden, he's not even addressing some of the sales he was inititally. He's all like, "it wouldn't be finacially viable for your company...blah blah blah." But I'm like, no, tell me about the other pitch because that is what my boss is interested in (I even confirmed with her that she didn't like the path he was trying to lead us down). He just will not let it go and it gets kinda aggro on the phone and I finally tell him, "Fine. I understand....I'll call you, later." and hang up on him...freggin jerkoff. So, I'm thinking, maybe I need to get as complete a picture of our business requirements so that I can take it before Iron Mountain and they'll know EXACTLY what we need. I proceeded to create a form with 11 simple questions about our needs. The questions are like, "How many boxes of documents do we need archived?", "Do we need to be able to query the data or, do you need to retrieve the actual document?", "How often do we retrieve documents...daily...weekly...monthly?" I mean. real softball questions. Both K** and my boss give me some crap about how they are so busy writing PIN (Personal Improvement Needed) letters (which I required before terminations so, you draw the picture there, eh?) that they don't have time to answer these 11 measley questions. Half of the questions are answered with a number and the rest are 'yes' or. 'no' answers. So simple, a caveman could do it. But....nooooo, they can't be bothered to help me define the problem that they say they have! Jeesh-Louise. Fine. I'll put it on the back-burner, again. Then, this other rep calls up from Iron Mountain. Apparently, the first rep realized he was being a complete asshole and decided to get some help and not lose the sale. Fine. So, I talk to her and she is really cool and explains it and we are having decent dialogue and she pretty much knows what we need. However, she wants to come meet with us. Supberb. I already know that K** and my boss are going to nix that so, I tell her it'll have to be late next week or, the week after that. She says, "cool" and emails me her contact info. Going against my better judgement, I send the form to K** and my boss and ask if we can meet with the rep late next week or, the week after that. My boss emails me back, " as I told you. No We cannot do anything but we are. On hold." What the hell?? Do you want this crap or, not? The reason that she wants it is because she's cutting out some of our department personnel and the automation will ease the load on the remaining staff. Anyways, I cleaned up my desk and took down all my junk. I'm ready to roll should I need to. I am contemplating just asking for severence and we can part ways amicably but, I also realize that I have no future employment lined up! I realize that I am just mad and stressed because I wake up each morning not know if I am going to get terminated that day. I am tempted to just bring it to a head but at the same time, I have people depending on me. I have to stay focused and keep my emotions at bay. I just need to get to the weekend. In the meantime, I think I'm going to need a stiff drink and just keep my pissed off attitude to myself.
You know how my boss tasked me for this digital project where I am to get bids so that she can take that before M***** (CFO), right? I was pissed and reluctant to pursue that bullshit because I know that in the end, it is going to cost too much and M**** will reject it, anyhow. But, I do it anyways (despite my hatred at dealing with sales people). So then, this whole mass layoff bullshit happens (and the termination workflows for the locations are piling up - 45 terminations in past 30 days and counting) and we discuss it and my boss is all like, let's hold off on it. Which is fine by me except that I already contacted 15 vendors and they are harassing me every damned day. I have to tell them over and over, "the project is on hold...". But before that, remember I told you all the bullshit about finding out THAT WE WERE ALREADY USING ONE OF THE VENDORS FOR OUR COMPANY! And that sales rep tells me to clear it with our contact (Chief Legal Counsel, D***** ******r)....which I do, and my boss says, "okay...that makes sense, let's go with Iron Mountain." So, I'm like cool, I'll call this guy back up after all of this bullshit blows over. Then, yesterday....while I'm fixing her printer, she tells me to go ahead and get a quote so that we can get it in front of M****. Fucking-A, fine...shit. So, I call up the Iron Mountain rep and all of a sudden, he's got this real negative asshole bullshit attitude going! What the fuck?!? I'm thinking that he may have done some research into our company or something because all of a sudden, he's not even addressing some of the sales he was inititally. He's all like, "it wouldn't be finacially viable for your company...blah blah blah." But I'm like, no, tell me about the other pitch because that is what my boss is interested in (I even confirmed with her that she didn't like the path he was trying to lead us down). He just will not let it go and it gets kinda aggro on the phone and I finally tell him, "Fine. I understand....I'll call you, later." and hang up on him...freggin jerkoff. So, I'm thinking, maybe I need to get as complete a picture of our business requirements so that I can take it before Iron Mountain and they'll know EXACTLY what we need. I proceeded to create a form with 11 simple questions about our needs. The questions are like, "How many boxes of documents do we need archived?", "Do we need to be able to query the data or, do you need to retrieve the actual document?", "How often do we retrieve documents...daily...weekly...monthly?" I mean. real softball questions. Both K** and my boss give me some crap about how they are so busy writing PIN (Personal Improvement Needed) letters (which I required before terminations so, you draw the picture there, eh?) that they don't have time to answer these 11 measley questions. Half of the questions are answered with a number and the rest are 'yes' or. 'no' answers. So simple, a caveman could do it. But....nooooo, they can't be bothered to help me define the problem that they say they have! Jeesh-Louise. Fine. I'll put it on the back-burner, again. Then, this other rep calls up from Iron Mountain. Apparently, the first rep realized he was being a complete asshole and decided to get some help and not lose the sale. Fine. So, I talk to her and she is really cool and explains it and we are having decent dialogue and she pretty much knows what we need. However, she wants to come meet with us. Supberb. I already know that K** and my boss are going to nix that so, I tell her it'll have to be late next week or, the week after that. She says, "cool" and emails me her contact info. Going against my better judgement, I send the form to K** and my boss and ask if we can meet with the rep late next week or, the week after that. My boss emails me back, " as I told you. No We cannot do anything but we are. On hold." What the hell?? Do you want this crap or, not? The reason that she wants it is because she's cutting out some of our department personnel and the automation will ease the load on the remaining staff. Anyways, I cleaned up my desk and took down all my junk. I'm ready to roll should I need to. I am contemplating just asking for severence and we can part ways amicably but, I also realize that I have no future employment lined up! I realize that I am just mad and stressed because I wake up each morning not know if I am going to get terminated that day. I am tempted to just bring it to a head but at the same time, I have people depending on me. I have to stay focused and keep my emotions at bay. I just need to get to the weekend. In the meantime, I think I'm going to need a stiff drink and just keep my pissed off attitude to myself.
Update: Now, my freggin' app is crashing! The cherry on the poopoo sundae.
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