'early close' my ass

[floatingleaf]

You know, I think I'm beginning to understand why some people at my workplace seem to find it so gratifying to constantly grouse about the boss. It used to annoy me, because compared to some of my other bosses, she seemed nearly perfect, lol. But she does have her exasperation-inducing moments, and this week was an extremely good example of that. First, she came in to work really sick - as in barely able to speak through the soreness in her throat, looking pained, bleary-eyed and generally ready to topple over any moment. It wasn't absolutely necessary for her to be there - in fact, it would have been more considerate of her to stay home and keep her germs to herself - but apparently she can't handle being out of the office for more than 2-3 days at a time. As if that wasn't enough, instead of taking it easy due to her condition, she started rushing everyone to do this and that and some other thing like our lives depended on it. And I HATE feeling rushed. I hate sudden changes of plans and having stuff thrown at me when I am already busy trying to finish something else. Especially if I don't see a plausible reason for the urgency (other than perhaps she was feverish and couldn't sit still or focus on a single project, lol). So I was already a bit off-balance yesterday... and then I found out that I have to start at 8:00 this morning. See, I normally start at 9:00. We have flexible hours, which means that everyone pretty much sets up their own schedule - as long as it follows the general guidelines (for example, you can't start later than 9:00 a.m. and you have to leave the building by 6:00 p.m., you can't do more than 10 hours a day or less than 4 hours on a Friday etc.). Most people choose to start early - some as early as 6:00 a.m. (freaks!!!...:P), some at 7:00 and some at 8:00. I am one of the very few who start at 9:00. Now, every once in a while, before some holidays, the company closes early - usually at 1:00 p.m. When that happens, everyone still gets paid for 8 hours. So, naturally, those who start earlier began complaining at some point that it wasn't fair, because the ones who come later end up working less for the same amount of money. They were right, of course. So then it was decided that 'early close' meant everyone had to do five hours - no matter what time they started. Which was perfectly reasonable. So, in my case, it would mean coming in at 9:00 and leaving at 2:00. Fine. Fair is fair. Except my boss decided that since the company officially closes at 1:00, no one should still be in the building after that time - so in order to do my 5 hours, I have to start at 8:00. Just because she doesn't want me there 'all by myself' for one hour. What makes it sublimely ironic is the fact that two weeks ago, I came in for overtime on a Saturday, and I swear I was the only person in the entire office - 'all by myself' for five hours. And somehow the sky didn't fall because of that. Why it would be a problem today, I couldn't fathom - but I'm not the kind of person to give my boss an attitude, so I just said OK. Now, perhaps to most people this wouldn't even be an issue worth complaining or getting upset about - but I am NOT a morning person, and it IS an issue to me. Getting up at 7:00 is bad enough on some days - believe it or not. But my body has adjusted to it over the years, and if I manage to drag myself into bed by midnight, I am usually fine. But whenever I have to get up earlier that that, I just end up not sleeping much at all, because I neurotically wake up every hour or so to look at the clock, obsessed that I am going to oversleep (even though that happened perhaps once or twice in my entire existence). And then I feel tired and grumpy all day. Which, of course, has a negative effect on my productivity. But there's no use explaining that to all those early birds at my workplace, I guess.:|

Not much else going on here, btw. I just needed to rant a bit.:P I even found an angry Sinead O'Connor icon to go with that, LOL.

And now I'm going to go catch up on my sleep. *yawns*

Comments

[dissonant-dream.livejournal.com]

Ugh. *hugs* I hate how people make things into a big deal that just aren't. Also? Awesome icon. :)

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

I hate how people make things into a big deal that just aren't.

Yeah. My boss is good at that.:/

And I found a whole bunch of gorgeous icons at a Sinead LJ comm. This one is my favorite. *swoons*