My Team Leader…..BTW when did your boss or your manager turn into your ‘Team Leader’…. when I worked in govt a gazillion years ago – there was no such thing as a Team Leader, which sounds all a bit too touchy feely for me. And let’s face it – they’re still your boss, telling you what to do and assessing you to see if you’re up to scratch, and they’re not exactly any more caring and sharing than they ever were. What a fuckin’ toss. It’s like backpacks! When did backpacks replace brief cases on the corporate landscape? Men in suits and ties used to carry smart briefcases, and now they all carry dirty looking uni student style backpacks. I missed that memo somewhere, but anyway I digress….
I’ll start again.
My Team Leader doesn’t work Wednesdays, she only works four days a week, and I vaguely remember hearing this and thinking – that’s good I’ll be able to head down and bum up while she’s away cos she’s constantly interrupting me with stuff …. either that or cruise for the day cos she’s not sitting behind me, watching my every move. SO MUCH FOR THAT! Today was Wednesday 😐 and when I got in this morning, she had left me a dozen emails relating to things she wanted me to chase up on HER jobs! I spent all of yesterday pfaffing around with proofs back and forth with her client and the IT guys trying to get one of her jobs out the door. Quite literally it was 1530 before I sat and looked to see what I’d been neglecting of my own work.
GRRRRRRR!
If this is a preface of what to expect on my average Wednesday, I foresee me and Miss Touchy Feely Team Leader are going to share a few choice words in the not too distant future.
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