I turned on my cell phone once I got to DFW, only to find a voicemail message from work. Apparently, my cracked staff (no, not "crack staff"--I did mean cracked) was entirely incapable of keeping things together in my absence. While it's nice to be needed, this bunch makes me feel way too needed.
A contractual increase was scheduled to take effect this week. So, before I left, I checked with them, repeatedly, to make sure they'd done everything necessary to get it entered. So what happened? Well, either they're even more incompetent than I realized or they know what they're doing but blew it off.
So, gentle reader, why don't I fire them all? Believe me, the thought has occurred. Thing is, I tend to give people as many chances to succeed as I can. I don't like firing anyone.
On the other hand, I have trained them, I have helped them, I have gotten them outside help. It's to the point that my boss, who helped place some of these people in HR before I ever started there, is seeing my point that there is a time to cut one's losses.
See? I told you my blog would be more fun while I was on vacation! sigh Anyhow, I'm already doing damage control, and I'm not even within a thousand miles of New York yet. It's not that I can't fix this mess. It's just infuriating that I have to, after having hand-held these people for so long.
Okay, time to go for more airborne torture now.
Argh! How annoying! It's like that whole contradictory mess about delegating vs. "if you want something done right...." Sorry, Jess. Give 'em a good thrashing when you return.
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