View Single Post
 
Old May 02, 2014, 03:13 PM
someusername someusername is offline
Member
 
Member Since: Apr 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 25
I am so frustrated with things at work. I'm starting to procrastinate heavily because I'm emotionally stuck on situations at work that I find hard to tolerate. First I get a review that is great, but then they give me a pay raise that I found low in a very abrupt way, and I have to keep asking for details and only get little bits at a time (do I get sick leave/vacation? .. yes. .... ok, now how much?) On top of that, since they fired a bunch of people, my supervisor who sets up contracts is now pulled in so many directions that he's not taking care of the necessary details, and now it's falling on me because I'm the one that deals with clients. Everything is being done half-***, and all my attempts to fix that are stonewalled. I ask for a price list for are services because I'm supposed to bring in new clients and that is the first thing they ask... and I STILL do not have one, despite asking upwards of 10 times over the last 2 months, and never getting a straight answer. I'm at the point where I'm just going to start making prices up myself, which being paid 14/hr and not in any sort of authoritative role, I don't think I should be doing... but they seem to want me to.

I'm working on a project that goes against my values because one of our clients is cheap and just wants to make money with snake oil, and I'm supposed to support him in that. That drags our company's reputation down, imo, but despite my protests I have to do it anyway because that is what the supervisor wants.

We have another client that is constantly pestering me for answers about a project we did for him, but I have no answers because it's not my call. I try to get my supervisor to sit down with me and tell me what's going on, help me develop a schedule for all these projects he's got me into, but it's like trying to hold onto an oiled pig!

I asked for a day off for mother's day weekend, and never heard back. Now he says, nochalantly, that he's out of town then meaning no one can cover for me, so I can't go anywhere. Of course I have to figure this out myself because no one gets back to me.

Equipment is breaking, but nothing is being done about it. I am frustrated because I wish I new more about electronics so I could just do everything myself. I wish I had a company card so I could just buy all the parts myself. I'm buying stuff we need with my own money. I don't know if I need to just take the bull by the horns myself or let my supervisor deal with the fallout. I just want this company to be better than it's being right now.