I'll try to bullet list this: sorry for not proofing, posting at work while annoyed
1. I returned to the workplace to a job that I viewed as low stress - 15 minute commute, small business where all the workers claimed the boss was very flexible, etc. There are many compromises on my part - it's the same dollar amount as my last job but in the hood, has no real benefits, and has zero upward mobility - but I really like a 15 minute commute!
2. All 3 of my coworkers work from home occasionally, and my prior did so weekly (and he was horrible at his job, all of the clients I work with say so)
3. Since childcare's hella expensive in nyc, during the summer months when both the kids off my mom watches them - occasionally (once every 2 weeks or so), when my 70+ year old mom isnt' feeling up to it I've taken personal days. It's simply cheaper to take a day, pay or not, than hire a relatively short notice babysitter in nyc (my mom often 'calls out sick' literally the night before, and I don't blame her - she's getting up there in years).
4. My job is telephone support and my rig at home more powerful (remote connecting to clients systems on my works amd x2 and 19 inch monitor SUCKS). My job could 100% be done remotely My boss was previously ok with this until he needed me to fix his buddies computer from temple. Meaning he realized that I'm a tinkerer and started bringing in his friends computers, his grand kids computer, etc. I became his personal Geek Squad and, once he saw that I called out every 2 weeks, he reemed me then retroactively converted those days I worked at home into vacation days (meaning I wasn't paid for them after all).
5. When I called him on it - that my prior was taking personal days weekly his retort was "[your prior's] a drug addict! I demand better from you."
6. I've made myself fat, I'm not blaming the job - but since taking the job, which is much more sedentary than my prior profession in sales (not fun or easy, but boy do I miss it), the easy commute and working in the hood (I don't take walks during lunch because I don't want to get mugged) has padded the waistline, adding to my dismay about the job. Yes, I can hit the gym but I'm also itching for a more active gig
Now, I don't even mind not getting paid, just every time I take a personal day he bitches me out (and now I refuse to work at home, I take a personal day = i watch my kids, period). It's just needlessly dramatic and annoying that he feels like he has to ream me publicly to keep me in line, but I've already said numerous times "just fire me then!" Which he refuses to do. I'm completely indifferent - I've used the past year to really focus on my finances and wouldn't mind spending 2 weeks fixing up some coop remodels that have been dragging on..
I guess I'm mostly annoyed because my coworkers are allowed to work from home, my prior was able to work from home, and he just won't let me because I'm more useful to him for job functions that weren't part of my job description (fixing his buddies computers, which is a weekly thing now)
1. I returned to the workplace to a job that I viewed as low stress - 15 minute commute, small business where all the workers claimed the boss was very flexible, etc. There are many compromises on my part - it's the same dollar amount as my last job but in the hood, has no real benefits, and has zero upward mobility - but I really like a 15 minute commute!
2. All 3 of my coworkers work from home occasionally, and my prior did so weekly (and he was horrible at his job, all of the clients I work with say so)
3. Since childcare's hella expensive in nyc, during the summer months when both the kids off my mom watches them - occasionally (once every 2 weeks or so), when my 70+ year old mom isnt' feeling up to it I've taken personal days. It's simply cheaper to take a day, pay or not, than hire a relatively short notice babysitter in nyc (my mom often 'calls out sick' literally the night before, and I don't blame her - she's getting up there in years).
4. My job is telephone support and my rig at home more powerful (remote connecting to clients systems on my works amd x2 and 19 inch monitor SUCKS). My job could 100% be done remotely My boss was previously ok with this until he needed me to fix his buddies computer from temple. Meaning he realized that I'm a tinkerer and started bringing in his friends computers, his grand kids computer, etc. I became his personal Geek Squad and, once he saw that I called out every 2 weeks, he reemed me then retroactively converted those days I worked at home into vacation days (meaning I wasn't paid for them after all).
5. When I called him on it - that my prior was taking personal days weekly his retort was "[your prior's] a drug addict! I demand better from you."
6. I've made myself fat, I'm not blaming the job - but since taking the job, which is much more sedentary than my prior profession in sales (not fun or easy, but boy do I miss it), the easy commute and working in the hood (I don't take walks during lunch because I don't want to get mugged) has padded the waistline, adding to my dismay about the job. Yes, I can hit the gym but I'm also itching for a more active gig
Now, I don't even mind not getting paid, just every time I take a personal day he bitches me out (and now I refuse to work at home, I take a personal day = i watch my kids, period). It's just needlessly dramatic and annoying that he feels like he has to ream me publicly to keep me in line, but I've already said numerous times "just fire me then!" Which he refuses to do. I'm completely indifferent - I've used the past year to really focus on my finances and wouldn't mind spending 2 weeks fixing up some coop remodels that have been dragging on..
I guess I'm mostly annoyed because my coworkers are allowed to work from home, my prior was able to work from home, and he just won't let me because I'm more useful to him for job functions that weren't part of my job description (fixing his buddies computers, which is a weekly thing now)
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