Which old witch? The witch I was working for. Well . . .she isn't exactly dead, but it is a nice song. It didn't sound so sinister when Dorothy sang it. Long story, but here's the short version:
I started this blog in 2008, just as I was leaving a position with my healthcare system for another internal position. Great job. Loved teaching. Loved the students. Loved my boss or so I thought. Then, boom. . . fast foward after several high profile successfull projects which had great outcomes. Praise from the powers that be. We had some turnover during that time, but our team survived it. However, Jan 2011 we have a management change. It was totally a WTF moment.
We had taught with this person, but to have her as manager? Um....tick box NO! The WTF moment came when as a team we realized that none of had even interviewed her. Superboss just made the decision all on her own. This chica had NO management experience. Nada. Thus transactional. Plus almost no academic experience. Oh dear. Well, you can imagine how this worked out. If you can't. . . think Atilla the Hun in polyester tops with earth shoes. Dutch boy haircut. No makeup. And best of all? Atilla thinks managing means discipline and poor evals. So starts her assasination of staff. Recipricolly, their resignations. Now we have lost two more staff. What a twatwaffle.
Um. . .to support the economy we are told, there will be no new hires. Just buck it up and absorb. And still get written up. Again, tick the box NO!! Productivity and morale went way South where the sun just don't shine. I survived the first round. But like clock work, it happened again. I was kicking myself all the way to HR. I had just turned down two faculty positions to work for this Medusa? Was I nuts.
Box YES. There was nothing to do. I resigned. Start job applications in a desert world of bleakness. Semester has already started. Uggh......so yeah. I can work night shift. Which is what I am doing while writing my blog. At least I can pay the bills.
Finally, after hundreds of hundreds of online applications through SimplyHired; HigherEdjobs; CareerBuilder; etc. . . .I got a few interviews. Then, yesterday. . . a hopeful offer. I am thankful. Honestly. But WeightWatchers? Hard to explain the 40 pound weight gain over the last year. Maybe it was the bottle of wine I drank everynight. That or the donuts and nachos.
Time to cut my losses. Refocus. And move on. Sorry students. You deserved so much better. But ding dong. . . .
3 comments:
It's amazing how one bad person can bring down a whole team. Happy for you that you've found some relief.
Isn't that the truth? Sometimes I don't understand our nurse management world. Why do we destroy our own?
i hope things get better.
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