my own private Idaho

[staxxy]

so work is frantic and stressed and busy. The "round file" method of filing paperwork has finally caught up and I am trying to recreate lost reciepts and stuff... wheee...

but the fucked up part is that there is a book I am editing/supposed to edit. The book is due Monday.
There are around 140 pages that are being redlined by other people... I just learned *today* that their people told them they had to get it to us *on* friday. So I am getting around 140 pages to edit sometime friday, and I am taking half the day for the wedding stuff (and I *am* taking it dammit). Even if I weren't taking half the day off, there is no way I can edit 100+ pages in *1* day, and the document is in In Design, just for that little push of extra difficulty. :(

and I will probably be blamed for this. Even tho it isn't actually my fault at all. :( Oh yeah, and speaking of things for which I have been getting blame. I found out why my coworker is always up my nose about *everything*... He's the Project Manager. Now if only they had *told* me that when I *started* this whole mess could have been avoided. How can I include him in the proper chain of command information loop if I don't know he actually *is* in it?



AAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHH

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Re: Don't panic.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I have actually already offered to come in this weekend but I was planning to follow up on that tomorrow.

and the Project Manager guy, well ... here is an example of how his brain works... this should explain it all...

(true tale: one week I had several things I was working on that were related directly to Client needs/requests or to Marketing (potential clients). I was very very busy getting these things done (all directed to be done by The Big Boss [partner in the company, principal at our office]. Thomas asked me at the beginning of the week to create file lables and content directories for the files of computer software/information that we have in our office [one drawer, about 15 files - enough that it will take at least a couple of hours to get it all done up]. So every day, twice each day, he asked me if I had it done yet. To which I responded that I would get it done when I was able to, but at the time I was working on *all of these other things in more detail than is important here*. On Wednesday, while I am *obviously* still working on these things for both our Big Boss and Clients, he gets up in my face about *when* will I get it done, and why don't I have it done yet? And I have been working steadily on this other stuff, including talking on the phone to the clients several times and the Big Boss several times and stuff...)

this is just an *example* of his priorities. He has also been known to get in my face about *when* I would accomplish tasks that he had asked me to do after the Big Boss asked him to do them with *me standing right there*.

I think he has a serious case of "that isn't my job so it has to be yours". And a total lack of understanding of how priorities actually work in the real world (ie, it brings money into our office is #1, it has a deadline soon #1 or #2, it is something for our own asthetics in the office, not that important - much further down the list).

Isn't prioritizing supposed to be like a required pre-course to get *into* project manager 101? ;)

Re: Don't panic.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Point taken. He's a total jerk! But he's just a peer, right? He can't technically tell you what to do and make it stick? It sounds like your boss needs to have a little chat with everybody and clarify your role and responsibilities, where he says clients' needs will always come first.

I'm so sorry that you've entered the "honeymoon's over" part of the job. I always hate getting through this part. But if you're really worried about losing your job, then document, document, document.

::hugs::

Re: Don't panic.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

yeah. that is a good point. :)

documentation is my friend. :D