May 4, 2004

• Just when I thought things were calming down a bit…

  
  

  Wait…who am I kidding?  Things will never calm down at my work! 

  
  

  I was informed this morning that I will be taking on even more in the Personnel department.  So, I told my boss that the only way that I would even consider doing it is if they give me a minimum of $10k annual increase in pay.  He agreed…although I won’t believe anything until I see it on my bank deposit slip and in my account!

  
  

  I can’t believe that I’m still being dumped on.  I guess that’s the hazard of being very good at what you do eh?  I guess…but it’s annoying as hell at times.  See, the main reason that they are transferring all of this H/R related work onto me is that they don’t want the old Payroll Clerk (who is currently out on maternity leave) to have a job to come back to.  So they are making it so that the only thing that she would still have to do is actually process people’s hours and cut the checks.  However, considering her current salary is about $40k, this would also give them a good reason to re-evaluate her position and cut her pay considerably.  She won’t go for that…she’ll quit I’m sure, but if she does stay…she’ll be making a great deal less that what she is currently.

  
  

  Sound harsh? I’m sure it does.  However, she hasn’t been doing her job and has created more problems that she has good while working here.  She is very controlling and is also a very nasty person…nasty meaning that she won’t hesitate to go off on anyone who she feels is in the wrong…whether it’s regarding anything that directly effects her or not.  She sends out insulting emails to people and has an attitude about everything.  Not a good working environment.  So, the management has just devised a way to accomplish what they want….getting rid of her or taking control away from her…and finally getting done what they need to have done.  Hence forth turning over the majority of the workload to me.  They justified this by stating that since I already take care of all of the personnel files, that it would only seem right that I take care of all of the related personnel records.  This includes entering the new employees into the system and labeling their skill levels and departments.

  
  

  It’s all related…which is why they can do it.  However, she is going to be beyond angry when she returns.  When I first took over personnel, I made immediate changes as to how all of our forms are issued and handled.  More convenience to our field offices and less maintenance for me to upkeep.  It seemed only logical.  Although, it’s not the way things have been done before…so, some people don’t like change and fight it every step of the way.  She is one of those people….unfortunately.

  
  

  Anyway, this whole thing wasn’t my idea and to be honest…I don’t know if I even feel that it’s ethical, but…considering I’m not management and I don’t make those decisions, all I can do is my job…and that’s whatever they make it out to be.  Besides, the way I see this is that if they are willing to meet my demands pay wise…then I can certainly do what they need to be done.  That’s the whole point right?

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