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So, Boss Man's last day was Saturday. Due to a long, complex list of reasons, most of which I'm not allowed to mention outside the company, we're not getting a new boss. It's just myself and Other MOD for the foreseeable future. Long-term I may get promoted to GM. 
Maybe. Area Manager has considered the possibility, but like I said....reasons mean no decisions currently. But for now, it's just us two, and so, we have the power! So yesterday I started cleaning out the office
The thing about Boss Man is that he's a total file hoarder. Seriously. He'll save files in five different and completely redundant places. He won't delete any old files that have been superseded, either. I don't know what I'm going to do with W4 forms from 2009; I'm pretty sure those can go. I spent much of Thursday clearing out and organizing the computer files, and I'm maybe halfway done. Maybe.
The other thing Boss Man likes to do is print out hard copies of anything and everything. Often, something will get buried, and he'll print it again at least once more. These aren't always things that are only one or two pages. They're things like general ledgers (which are small books), operating manuals, handbooks...that sort of thing. I think Boss Man is significantly responsible for much of the deforestation in the world, with the way he prints things out. Many of these things are emails and memos that don't need to be printed at all, let alone five times!
And Boss Man's file hoarding is hoarding in a true sense of the word. I'd tried tackling the mess in the past, and I'd get in trouble, because suddenly Boss Man claimed he couldn't find anything, even though I filed papers away in the filing system that he himself came up with. (It's actually a good filing system, if he ever bothered to use it.
) He would freak out that I maybe possibly tossed something important. He's gone now, though, so I'm free to shred to my heart's content. 
In the past, I'd try and semi-organize it, and when I got back the next day, I literally couldn't see the desk because he'd gotten to it overnight. It will be so nice to actually be able to clear the desk, and have it stay cleared! I can't stand working at a cluttered desk.
I shredded old company newsletters that were months old. I shredded wake-up call logs and calendar pages that Boss Man was saving for who-knows-what-reason...there's nothing on there that needed to be saved. I tossed his collection of what must have been literally thousands of business cards, stacks of which were stuffed here and there and everywhere and coated with a nice layer of dust. I threw out old, obsolete business directories, which he seemed to like to collect from year to year, and kept only the current ones.
I found an old gift certificate from January that should have been sent to Accounts Payable, but wasn't. I'll try to send it to them, but it might be too late for us to get credit for that.
The desk is now clean! I still have to go through all the file cabinets, though, since I know there are lots of old files in there that either need to be destroyed, or put into long-term storage. That's going to take another two days minimum. Fortunately like I said, the basic system he has set up is actually pretty good; I've finally put everything that was lying loose away and just need to actually get in there to cut out the crap.
I can't wait to be done. I could never stand working in that office...it drove me nuts that I couldn't find anything and didn't have any space to work in. With the desk clean, I felt like I could finally breath. It feels bigger in there now, too, and brighter. Most importantly, I'm going to finally have space to work in! SPACE!
Maybe. Area Manager has considered the possibility, but like I said....reasons mean no decisions currently. But for now, it's just us two, and so, we have the power! So yesterday I started cleaning out the officeThe thing about Boss Man is that he's a total file hoarder. Seriously. He'll save files in five different and completely redundant places. He won't delete any old files that have been superseded, either. I don't know what I'm going to do with W4 forms from 2009; I'm pretty sure those can go. I spent much of Thursday clearing out and organizing the computer files, and I'm maybe halfway done. Maybe.
The other thing Boss Man likes to do is print out hard copies of anything and everything. Often, something will get buried, and he'll print it again at least once more. These aren't always things that are only one or two pages. They're things like general ledgers (which are small books), operating manuals, handbooks...that sort of thing. I think Boss Man is significantly responsible for much of the deforestation in the world, with the way he prints things out. Many of these things are emails and memos that don't need to be printed at all, let alone five times!
And Boss Man's file hoarding is hoarding in a true sense of the word. I'd tried tackling the mess in the past, and I'd get in trouble, because suddenly Boss Man claimed he couldn't find anything, even though I filed papers away in the filing system that he himself came up with. (It's actually a good filing system, if he ever bothered to use it.
) He would freak out that I maybe possibly tossed something important. He's gone now, though, so I'm free to shred to my heart's content. In the past, I'd try and semi-organize it, and when I got back the next day, I literally couldn't see the desk because he'd gotten to it overnight. It will be so nice to actually be able to clear the desk, and have it stay cleared! I can't stand working at a cluttered desk.I shredded old company newsletters that were months old. I shredded wake-up call logs and calendar pages that Boss Man was saving for who-knows-what-reason...there's nothing on there that needed to be saved. I tossed his collection of what must have been literally thousands of business cards, stacks of which were stuffed here and there and everywhere and coated with a nice layer of dust. I threw out old, obsolete business directories, which he seemed to like to collect from year to year, and kept only the current ones.
I found an old gift certificate from January that should have been sent to Accounts Payable, but wasn't. I'll try to send it to them, but it might be too late for us to get credit for that.
The desk is now clean! I still have to go through all the file cabinets, though, since I know there are lots of old files in there that either need to be destroyed, or put into long-term storage. That's going to take another two days minimum. Fortunately like I said, the basic system he has set up is actually pretty good; I've finally put everything that was lying loose away and just need to actually get in there to cut out the crap.
I can't wait to be done. I could never stand working in that office...it drove me nuts that I couldn't find anything and didn't have any space to work in. With the desk clean, I felt like I could finally breath. It feels bigger in there now, too, and brighter. Most importantly, I'm going to finally have space to work in! SPACE!
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