One large part of my job is scheduling for my boss. Most of the time I give him the courtsey of asking before I go ahead and do it. But I have been working in this position for 14+ years. I know intimately the reaction I will receive and what are the best time to do things. It appears often that I know the people he will be dealing with and he doesn't.

Regularly he will set something down and immediately people will ask to move it. Even though I know he is making a mistake I do it. Extra work for me but... you would think he would learn. No skin off my back if I am there.

But Friday we were scheduling something and I was looking at an extended two week period where nothing was happening. I have literally nothing scheduled for two weeks. Except for Thursdays which I have taken off. I took these days because he told me HE was taking them off but he went back on them.

And in this extended two week period he wanted to schedule this thing on the day I was off. I gently told him that and he said oh well you don't have to be there. I didn't really answer because I could feel myself getting angry. Of all the days he could pick... so he goes... do you want to be there? I said I don't understand why in an extended two week period where we have nothing happening you choose a day that I am not in?

He then picked a day way out (3 weeks or so) and seemed pissy about it.

It has bothered me all weekend. When I take a day off.. and give everyone notice of that... I don't see why it can't be respected.

I am having a medical issue and I have put off getting a test twice because I didn't want to take more time off in a situation where there seems to be tension over it.

You wouldn't mind but when I am in I am bored out of my mind. He is just incapable of planning appropriately and sticking to it.

Another issue is that if I am not in someone else will have to cover for me. And I know that he is an extrovert and enjoys getting to meet and see different people but it gets ME into trouble. I should not be asking for coverage all the time or relying on it -- unless absolutely necessary. And it isn't necessary if you can schedule it on the many days I am in.

Yeh it is a just a rant.

I am going to rant some more.. I hate my job. I don't know how I am going to make it 10 years to retirement.

- My boss has been on the job for 2 years and I am sick of him. He cannot seem to remember the slightest thing. We have time pressure things and I have asked in the past for him to decide them ahead of time but he can't. So we end up when the clock is ticking having long conversations on the meaning of life. He is the boss... so I defer to him but then he says, you tell me. Well if I am telling you what to do.. why are we even having a conversation? Plus a lot of times he turns around and acts like I am bossing him around when he asks me. But obviously he just doesn't really understand. He will raise issues that aren't relevant so he can seem like he knows stuff.

- I am beyond tired of dumb questions. People call me constantly with stupid questions. And they never get the hint. If they call with a dumb question and I don't call them back, don't call again... also, the bain of my existence is phone tag. My e-mail is publicly available but they refuse to write the question because they want to have a conversation I cannot refute.

- I am tired of my day being ruined by other people who refuse to do theirs. Yesterday I received a call at 4:10; no message. I received another at 4:15. Same number. No message. Next thing I know all my bosses are in my office telling me someone has been trying to reach me. Errr.. not too hard. No message left no e-mail. I am told I have two urgent things... but no one has checked any of it for accuracy. When I discover the facts of the matter none of it is true. Is it really so much to ask that people be accurate before losing their minds like chicken little?

- I am tried of my boss doing things like this... I am about to enter something that says *blah blah blah* and he wants to check it. So I send it to him after drafting it... and he returns it to me with like one change which is stupid anyway... such as adding a date to the line but the date was listed earlier in the memo. He is a control freak with nothing to add.

- after two years I thought I would get MORE freedom. Even though he says I do a good job, and I get good reviews and frankly I am just as qualified as him, he is becoming a crazy control freak as to me while the rest of the team needs the discipline. I suspect it is because my job by and large is easier and thus it is easier to make comments.

And I feel bad about saying any of this because he is a generally nice fellow, but I am already annoyed.

[hvert]

I hope you feel better after getting that all out I also am tired of stupid questions, people who refuse to use email, explaining the same things over and over again, and bosses who change the requirements after a completed project is delivered and can't be modified as needed.

Thank you Hvert. Sometimes you just need to get it out. I really don't know how I am going to make it to retirement. I feel like I need to be in charge. I have been a minion for 14+ years and I just need a change.