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this is why working with/for family is a sticky issue
i was not at work yesterday due to my friend's father's funeral. an entire day of non-bushiiitedness bliss.
on tuesday nights my family has dinner with my sister and her kids. you may recall that my sister is also my boss (and is, in fact, the owner of the company). in the month since our receptionist left, no one wanted to take any initiative in hiring a replacement. they put an ad out before she actually left (she'd given 2 weeks) and the resumes have been sitting in an email inbox ever since. in the meantime they hired a temp from an agency who is a complete mess. she spends hours on her phone (loudly) talking to her family members, her doctor, the vet, people at her kids' schools, basically anyone in order to keep talking. it drives me f*cking crazy but it's been made abundantly clear to me on multiple occasions that i am not in a position of authority so i say nothing except to those who consider themselves in a position of authority. she also comes in late, leaves early and takes 1.5 hour lunches.
no one will say anything to her. i'm not "allowed" to say anything other than, "did you hit traffic again?" and to that i get the stink eye.
so last night at dinner my sister brought up the temp and how she'd taken yet another lengthy lunch and i just let loose. i said, "i hope you take this in the least offensive way possible but i have never, in all of my life, dealt with more passive-aggressive people. no one will say anything because they're too afraid to do something, it's really frusturating and frankly, it's rediculous." (at this point i realized that there was no possible way for her not to take offense to it but whatever.) she tried insisting thawt it wasn't her but considering she's the boss and won't say anything to, much less actually reprimand, the guy in the back who is supposed to be working in the back but instead spends 60% of his day in his office on ebay, she knew she had no credibility on this issue.
she completly clammed up. this wasn't my intention but i felt so much better. usually i feel a little guilt about hurting someone's feelings but not this time.
i hope i find another job soon. really.
Re: this is why working with/for family is a sticky issue
i kind of feel like a broken record about work. i'm sure i hear peoples eyes rolling out of their heads whenever i post about it but that's ok. i like that at the very least i have a place to release. i'd do it on FB but i'm too afraid that i haven't mastered the filters yet. lol.
I also knew it would be you. How's the job hunt going?
Get out ASAP!!!!!!
my read shelf:
Hey I hear ya, I was on repeat forever about my horrible job. We're here to commiserate and offer you 'net drinks!
my read shelf: