My GM has many things going on at once. She'll make a rough schedule for me for example and the scheduler will tell her that she's given me way too many hours, what hours are absolutely necessary? The GM will give her a verbal list on things I must be present for (in addition to those duties that are mine alone). Then at the end of the week she'll ask me why I have so many hours. I say I show up when I'm scheduled to be here. She'll ask the scheduler why she didn't cut the hours in other places. The scheduler is clever, she now keeps the emails and memos to show her WHY I'm there so much. The person that held my position before me was salary, I am hourly.

It's almost become a running joke. Every week it's the same thing. The scheduler wants to know when to schedule someone to learn the lesser tasks that can be delegated. The GM does not approve of our choice (for reasons she will not disclose). She would rather another of my support staff take over. The GM's choice is herself being overwhelmed and does not want any more added responsibility. Her father is dying of cancer and her siblings have reverted to toddlers. She's struggling with the responsibilities that she has now. The GM's response (for the last several months): We'll discuss it again next week. In the meantime, why didn't I insist on leaving early etc etc etc. The GM established the priority list. When I broach the subject i.e. should I skip this meeting, training session etc. No, it's imperative that I attend this. We'll just make up the time later in the week. Well that day never comes. Every week the scheduler pulls out AAAAA's pink folder (containing memos and emails regarding my scheduler) and waves it around.

I do as much work as I can from home. I truly do not mind. I'm a smoker and I can do it in the comfort of my home office at my own pace. Ironically one such training was our mother corporations policy on NOT working off the clock. It is legal for me to access the virtual trainings at home, as long as that time has been logged in. We don't have time in my schedule to log it in yet, but we're keeping track .

Everything has been made even more complicated by our yearly audit, which we are currently dealing with. My schedule has become a problem there as well because to be qualified, I have to go through X training. X training takes Y hours. Y hours have not been logged in my file because there has not been time. It's exhausting! I'm on day 9 of a 13 day stretch without a day off.