So from bad to worst here are the least pleasant times of 2019:
10. new mck program ridiculousness
At work my supervisor (more on her later) told us our jobs weren’t in danger, nothing was changing, she doesn’t want to see us taking our stuff home out of fear. I took my stuff home. Because as a temp, you have zero job security. You can always get the phone call that says you are no longer needed, don’t report to work… And sure enough that very evening I got a phone call from my temp agency–don’t report… I thought my assignment was over. Temp to hire is a carrot so they can use you when they need you. But then the lady continued–report to Scottdale (the palace). So unceremoniously, McKesson switched my program, switched my job duties, and switched my work location from one city to another–as of tomorrow (the day back in March? this occured).
And the new program was a relief–new people, better building, better seat where I could see out a window, good cube-neighbors. Easier tasks. But less tasks. So many less. I went from averaging 110 calls to doing 6 in a day. And calls were the only thing we did. Dramatically less work. And I found out even if you do the job properly, it’s not McKesson leadership’s job to be fair to employees under them–they must cater to these clients that hire McKesson as their middle-man. However stupid, disorganized, and redundant those clients are–and believe me this client was all those things. So between just uprooting me with no notice (DISLIKE) and then not supporting me even though I was doing everything outlined in the rules (you should see this email chain, it’s fucking ridiculous), I just didn’t want to do that anymore.
9. being cold in the new house
We got out of that mother-fucking horrible, tiny apartment-yay! Our new house is adorable and (nearly) perfect, but has no insulation to speak of. And AZ, which is supposed to be warm all the time, has been unseasonably cold now for 2 winters in a row. I was icy cold and uncomfortable last Jan-March, and now I’m freezing in Dec. I don’t like it. I don’t want to pay even more utilities since AZ had 96 days over 100 degrees in the summer and you have no choice but to pay 24/7 AC. And I can’t find a B-pair of cuddle-duds so these just keep getting bigger and bigger.
8. social problems at new job
So I get a new, better job where I did actually go permanent (eventually and finally!) but it’s all weird. Training is set up for extroverts so I was completely anxious, stressed, and as a result I shut-down. And my particular class had really super-fast learners, so I also felt like I didn’t want to slow anyone down with confusions or questions. And I just didn’t really interact, because I never really got to know anybody, and I was really uncomfortable the whole time. Nervous, stressed out, awkward…
Then my dink supervisor didn’t even introduce me to my new team. What?! And when I’m at my cube, I am legit trying and concentrating on the work (and still shy, awkward, uncomfortable) so I never got brave enough to introduce myself to anyone on my team. So now, it’s been a weirdly long time and it’s too late to introduce myself to my team–so I just literally don’t know most of them. Like their names or anything. And that is weird and terrible. And even though I never got to know anyone from my training class, some of them acted like we go way back, and were mad when I didn’t really engage with them (because I don’t know them either! We had never talked in training) so they seem disgruntled.
So that’s weird and unpleasant. And even at McKesson, I had some friends and some acquaintances, because they warmed up and initiated real conversations with me, then I didn’t feel uncomfortable so I felt like I could chat with them and stuff. Cause eventually I do open up to people, but only when it doesn’t feel forced or strained or superficial. But so far, no one has made any effort to really talk to me at all here, so it just keeps getting worse and worse socially… I hate it, but don’t know how to change it at this point either-I’ve been pigeonholed.
7. being fat
I lost my metabolic gift when I turned 34. And now I have to pay attention to eating and exercise in a way I never even had to think about before. So that’s a bummer. And all my size 2s are dead to me. And I put my suits in the give-away bag, and that sucked. And my Lucky jeans, which were my #1 staple jeans are a 4, and I’m out of that zone now too. And putting those in the bag, really hurt my feelings. So I don’t like anything about that.
6. parents visit fighting
My dad was shaving his face with an electric razor on my living room couch-what the fuck?! And I said, “Are you getting whiskers everywhere????” And he said, “Yeah, so.” And I went ballistic (of course! nobody wants stubble all over their living room couch and floor) and told him not to do that-go in the bathroom over the sink–probably with some curse words peppered in. And then my mom said his shaver collects the hair, it doesn’t make a mess. So why didn’t he proactively tell me that or answer no when I asked about hair? Who knows (turns out he hadn’t actually heard what I asked, but bluffed and pretended he had).
Then we went about our business. I had painstakingly created an itinerary so everyone would have fun and be comfortable and that day was casino and buffet (my dad’s favorites). And after eating, Dad went to gamble. And Cool of course had sick belly. Leaving my mom and I alone at the table. And that’s always a risk because fights can touch off pretty quickly. Cool is supposed to be my buffer… And in 1 min my mom wanted to tell me something. And I was like, “Don’t whatever it is, you’re going to make me mad.” But she just has to go there-like always. And she said whatever it was–I actually can’t remember, but I ended up storming out of the buffet, pissed off. And there was some loud family arguing on the casino floor (ghetto) and anger all around. Threats on the way home they would fly out early, and I had had enough so I was actually for it. And it generally just escalated into an ugly thing that let resentments, grudges, animosities, tiredness, control-issues, and everything negative out from just under the surface, into the open. Not optimal.
Come to find out, the shaver incident had hurt my dad’s feelings and made him mad. But instead of telling me, he whined to my mom. And she has to get in the middle of everything so she confronted me. But that’s kind of been her thing ever since I was a kid: Telling me that both of them felt this or thought that as a way to give legitimacy and weight to whatever was her gripe. Because she always felt I liked my dad more, and listened to him over her–neither of which is true. Anyway, since she had used this tactic a lot, I just made an assumption she was doing that and blew up at her. Turns out it was actually my dad this time. So the whole incident was bad. I felt bad. I was upset that my dad would do that knowing my mom and my history, and I’d say it put a major damper on their whole trip. They’ll never come back.
5. worrying about no stability as a temp
Really the worry and insecurity with this is an understatement. It really impacts your whole life and finances. Knowing you could be told not to come back at any time is terrible. Having your work location change cities with hours of notice is awful. Having to try to be perfect in performance and quality for fear of being let go is stressful. Not having any sick days, vacation, or time off is exhausting. No/bad benefits adds insult to injury. I hope I never have to live this way again.
4. my supervisor (secretly) hating on me
I thought I was having another situation with the big boss. Things kept happening at work to make me uncomfortable, and undermine my progress and upward mobility. Pointed comments were made to groups that I was certain were directed at me. But my supervisor was kind of a dink-bimbo. So I didn’t think it was her. And I had been sent home early by the big boss when I made it known I thought he was sexist toward my work. I just assumed some sort of retaliation was happening. I was producing numbers DOUBLE of what they were asking of us. And I got FIVE 100% quality scores in a row. The quality guy loved me, because I took pride in my work and made an effort to hit every expectation on all of my calls. But I was passed up for a promotion. They picked the top 30 (I don’t remember the exact number now, I think 30) out of like 200 of us in the program for a special project/recognition. I was not chosen. But I know I belonged in that group. And I know for a fact that my work was better than at least 2 people chosen over me. Not to sound arrogant (and the quantitative data backs this up), but I was absolutely safely in the top 5 of my whole team, and probably if not THE top performer definitely the 2nd best. But I wasn’t included in this top 30 group.
So I asked my supervisor why. And she said it wasn’t the ‘top’ people. But the big boss had said in front of all of us that it was, and I reminded her that. She said it was productivity. And I pointed to my numbers that she had just provided me of my performance–and said these are over expectation by a lot. And she mentions quality. So I reminded her mine was great. I really pressed her as to why I wasn’t in the group, because I thought I had been blacklisted by the big-boss, because I accused him of sexism (I was sure this was the reason). And she told me the people were chosen for their critical thinking skills. I asked why leadership was doubtful about my critical thinking skills–after all just that week, she had put 4 different people with me as a side-by-side to teach them the job. If they didn’t believe in me, why the fuck would they have me training people???
And then I was moved to a different program without warning. No word. But when I got to the new program a gal from my former program, that had been on my exact team was there too. But the supervisor had discussed the move with her the week before. My supervisor told 1 gal–“in a week you will go to a new program.” And that same supervisor had a team meeting and said–“I don’t wanna see you guys taking your stuff home, nothing is changing nobody is moving or getting fired.” And that day my recruiter told me–tomorrow you move to a new program/city. Bitch, please!
It had been my supervisor working against me the entire time, but because she seemed like a damn flake, I had underestimated her and didn’t even realize everything was because of her.
3. commuting from scottsdale to here
Having new people around was great, as was working in a palace of a building. But I had specifically signed a one year lease to be close to work (the former building). It was within walking distance. And now I had to drive diagonally through one entire city, and from the very south to the very north end of a 2nd city to get to and from work. I hate commuting and I know that about me. Driving through a college town with bad drivers and crazy pedestrians OR taking the freeway that gets bogged down right when I get off work = 2 bad choices. The drive was eating up a lot of my day. I was tired all the time. I started getting road rage from dealing with constant shit-driving shenanigans. Meanwhile, my new house was right next to a work building that I no longer worked at.
2nd. awkwardness at cmm
I made a pretty awesome training power point. I gave it to every leader in my program. Nothing came of it. Despite people liking it and the fact it was a useful tool, the thing went nowhere. Fine. But then a co-worker boy saw the power point. He loved it. He said it would have been super helpful if he’s had it when he was starting out. He asked why it wasn’t in use. I said I’d given it to leadership but nothing came of it. He asked if he could show it to them again. After he showed it to them, my power point was used to help train people THAT day.
I felt like it was discrimination. It was the exact same power point. Only difference was that a boy presented it. I made it known that I was unhappy about it. And the big boss called me in a private meeting. He was not happy with my accusation. He even sent me home from work midway through the day. I was convinced I wouldn’t be invited back (temp, remember). It didn’t happen that day. I became paranoid it was only a matter of time. Nobody talked to me about it, but it was the holidays so people were on vacation, and things were not running as usual. I was waiting for a meeting… No meeting occurred. But I knew the big boss was unhappy with me, so I figured he was just waiting for me to mess up, so he could site that as the reason for letting me go. So I became hyper-paranoid about not making any mistake on anything. And that’s a lot of pressure, paranoia, and fear. And it lasted for two-ish months. Every day. Miserable.
1. worst ever: thinking Goose (my beloved maine coon buddy) might die
Last winter, we moved. It was also cold. Goose lost weight, and I know that’s bad. I’ve seen it over and over, they start losing weight and that’s the beginning of the end. He was lethargic. Stopped playing. Didn’t groom C.L. like he always had. But when he stopped grooming himself I knew he was about to die. He has always taken great pride in his coat. It was so greasy, it became matted, and I had to give him a scraggle lion cut so he had less to maintain. I was so scared and sad. We went to the feline exclusive vet. They suggested a $500+ diagnostic. I love Goose, but when both you and your mate could get a call any time saying you don’t have a job tomorrow–well, you have to save every penny. $500 is a lot any time, but when it might be your cushion in unemployment–I just couldn’t spend that much. Not on anything. Also, the vet didn’t call with the in-house lab results for 6 days. Deal breaker. We went to a 2nd vet for a 2nd opinion. Except he pretty much reiterated what the first vet said. And even though we had mentioned the slow communication on lab results as the primary reason for changing vets–the 2nd vet didn’t tell us lab results for 6 days! I didn’t wanna be that client, but I know better. So we went to a 3rd vet. Which seems ridiculous. And we didn’t tell her about the other 2 vets. And she put him on blood pressure medication and arthritis injections. No expensive diagnostics–and he’s doing awesome, I’m happy to report! So false alarm, but I still felt horrible.
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