The last two days have been better. Yesterday when I got in, I was going over some things that needed to be done with our manager. When he asked about one item, I told him I had no information on it. My supervisor had yet to show up or call in and neither of us knew what she had done on this project or if she was going to be out so he called her. After that, I mentioned the other minor irritations. I remained as diplomatic as I could about them because I did understand that they had a very large project dumped in their lap last week and that took up most of their time because of the rush to get it up and running so quickly. My biggest "gripe" I guess was the expense reports because if they are submitted late, the employee gets hit with late charges that are next to impossible to have removed. When she finally did get here, I heard his door close so I can only assume he addressed the issues with her but I do know her coming in so late without calling to say she'd be late was the biggest issue because he was very annoyed about it when we were meeting. I expected some fallout but by early afternoon, she was in my office like normal taking a break from her work and visiting with me.
Today, I've made a point of taking back some of the tasks I would normally do that she has been doing. As they've come up, I asked her where they stand and then offered to take over from there (ie: you do part A like normally and I'll do B,C,D&E).
On the upside, I have a champion in one of our client managers who wants me to take on two large tasks and is pushing to have my bosses remove the part of my job I get most irritated by to make room for it. I'm crossing my fingers because if that happens, I will be doing fewer admin tasks and more of the tasks I can make a routine out of.
Michelle
