So it's Monday, and Mondays generally suck, but whatever.

So I start the day with a senior leadership meeting, which is basically mostly a bunch of idiots talking about budgeting issues, and they're idiots making excuses for why we are in such a deficit. I brought up some relevant points, but it was also just budgeting for dummies time.

Then we had a departmental meeting, and the focus was to talk about our new department head who starts in April, that I could give a **** about, since I was overlooked to hire her (and it's not that I mind I didn't get the job, I mind that I didn't even get a no thank you letter after my interview-as an internal candidate). Well, her coming on board is going to do nothing to help us reach our impossible goals by the end of the year, so I try to be the realist and redirect the conversation to my colleague's plan that she has hatched to get us to meet our goals. And my idiot colleagues all keep going to discussions about future years, etc., and I keep saying "WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS YEAR." I swear the meeting is so frustrating talking to a bunch of dimwits who should never have been hired for their positions.

One of them is my boss's ex-girlfriend, whom he had an affair with and then hired and gave her a much higher salary and title than she deserved and reports to me, so I have to deal with her. His current girlfriend (mind you, he's married) isn't a total idiot but she's not trained to deal with the level of management she's been placed at, so she's failing miserably. The other two, were both hired because the board of directors know them a little, but neither have experience actually doing this job, so they're just sitting around, going to lunches, and making more money than me, while I bring in more money than them.

And then there's our useless consultant who talks down to me all the time like I'm so 20 year old entry level worker.

I get respect from very few other people at this place. Most of the ones who respect me are the ones who listen to me and see that what I predict actually happens because I know what I'm talking about and know that I am very experienced and deliver results.

Our CFO is a damn moron who can't put 2 + 2 together and know it's 4. And yet he condescends to tell me I'll be held accountable for my projections. Well, duh, that's why I'm a department head, because I know how to project accurate forecasts, duh!

I don't know how much longer I can stand working in this environment. It is so depressing and aggravating that I spent the whole weekend in bed.

I don't even want to work with this new VP because I'm not in a job that is leading to any growth. I don't need any mentoring or coaching for this job, I've been doing it for years and well. I need to be promoted to the next level.

I have many job prospects though. The LA job wants to check my references, which is close to the last step before an offer. I just had a great interview with a job in D.C., and I have some other opportunities that I'm applying for.

I just don't know how much longer I can not look at these people in their faces and tell them what idiots they are.

Lord, help me.

How do I keep my mouth shut?

Seesaw