This is not the job I signed up for

Published by Americunt in the blog Wtf am I doing here?. Views: 702

So here I am, just shy of a week from the day that my senile coworker got mad at our boss and quit. I've been having such a wonderful time of it all- from the dirty looks, to the people spying on me through the lab windows.
I am Wondergirl, the only person left in the plant that knows how to fully run this lab, and yet instead of accepting the obvious fact that our company won't stop production while they find a replacement, my lovely coworkers instead choose to focus on the fact that I am a salaried employee, while the lab is a union job.
Meanwhile, I'm training my boss' mom (a union worker with a different boss) as a lab back-up, and that's being received about as well as you think it would be.
Sigh. This all happened because the original lab tech (that I trained to replace me) went out on medical leave due to a botched surgery.
The cherry on top of this shit-show is that I was informed today that I will also start training the most annoying person in the world next week. A foul-mouthed, obnoxiously loud girl from the packaging department.
I am also disastrously behind on the work from my actual job.
Obviously, I have angered ye, gods.
Feb 1, 2018
  • Eric!
    Eric! Feb 1, 2018
    Hang in there girl, you will get through this. Focus on what you need to do which is get the obnoxious one trained, and ultimately meet the needs of the job, not the drama going on around you. You don't need to concern yourself with it at all.
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  • Americunt
    Americunt Feb 1, 2018
    That's true, and it's not like me to be unprofessional when dealing with people I don't like here. They'll never know how I feel. I'm feeling a bit stressed though, the lab workload is a bit higher than usual, plus my guy is going through a rough semester in college, and the boy's swim practice and meets take up a lot of time. The silver lining is that I've been getting overtime by the truckload.
  • Eric!
    Eric! Feb 1, 2018
    Yeah, you got a lot going on, but it's just a temporary rut right now. And your spirits are still up. Extra money is always nice, make sure you do something to reward yourself with it, after the storm settles.
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