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Mar. 16th, 2009 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
loracsStaff meeting this morning was very, very uncomfortable. After the normal stuff, co-worker K decides to read a list of issues he (and by extension we) have with our manager, R. From my POV, some of the criticism (but not all) was on target, but delivered in a very confrontational language and tone. There were 7 people in the room and 3 are lawyers and 2 are analysts - there was much back and forth, questions delivered as statements with no room for a response, one or two apologies (from R), but overall I don't think K got what he wanted - he left before we finished because he was called to the front for a client. I don't know if anyone else knew he was going to do this, but it took me by surprise. He seemed hurt that we all didn't immediately jump in with our own complaints against R. Eventually everyone (except me) spoke up with their own issues. I've not been impressed with my manager's people skills up to now, but he handled himself pretty well under what had to feel like an attack.
I wish I could afford to quit, but I need at least 3 more years (more if I can manage it) before that can happen. I don't even hold out the dream of transferring elsewhere in the city because more layoffs are planned for April or May. First they cut empty positions, of which there are very few because they pulled most of them last November, then they cut real people. Maybe the budget whirlwind will pick me up and crashed me some place else, as it did last November. I don't even know what to hope for, mostly I just feel hopeless.
I wish I could afford to quit, but I need at least 3 more years (more if I can manage it) before that can happen. I don't even hold out the dream of transferring elsewhere in the city because more layoffs are planned for April or May. First they cut empty positions, of which there are very few because they pulled most of them last November, then they cut real people. Maybe the budget whirlwind will pick me up and crashed me some place else, as it did last November. I don't even know what to hope for, mostly I just feel hopeless.
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Date: 2009-03-16 08:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-16 08:46 pm (UTC)You played it smart. Politics, stress and overall poor management has unleashed a chaotic state of affairs. It's no better at my workplace and we're a bunch of therapists but it doesn't help much.
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Date: 2009-03-16 09:41 pm (UTC)*hugs*
Date: 2009-03-17 02:30 am (UTC)Re: *hugs*
Date: 2009-03-18 10:03 pm (UTC)