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Hey all.
Sorry for my recent absences from the site/community, but things have pretty much gone to hell over here.
The reason I haven't posted more stories about the CEO From Hell isn't because she isn't doing crazy stuff. Trust me, with her, the crazy never stops. It's just that...well, it's not funny anymore. I used to be able to just laugh at a lot of it and move on, but I just can't do it anymore.
We busted our asses to finish this project--a project that should have been started much earlier, and would have been done MUCH sooner, had she not decided to turn all artistic control over to this Marketing consulting team. This team produces CRAP work--which shouldn't be too surprising, since they're MARKETERS, not designers or writers!
so basically, all of our control got taken away, our work got sent to them for re-doing, they crapped all over it, sent it back, and we had to live with it. Even that, we could sort of deal with...until CEO scrapped the entire project. Three months of work, for absolutely nothing. I don't know about ya'll, but I can't work when I know that everything I'm killing myself for is going to be tossed out the window on a whim. I'm doing the bare minimum to keep my job, but that's it. No risk is worth it right now.
Plus, one of my few close friends is applying for a job out of state--if she gets it, she'll be the third friend of mine to move in less than a year. I have a *very* hard time making friends and tend to panic when the ones I've got start to leave. i'm the only one of my circle who actually likes living in southern California, and it's finally dawning on me that this means that in the next few years, all of my best friends will probably move. I HATE THAT. When I was 5, the same thing happened--all my friends moved away and left me.
Added to all of that is the stuff I've been realizing about myself over the past year or so; the insecurities, warped perceptions, etc. I honestly spend a lot of time thinking that i shouldn't be so surprised that my friends are so eager to move, and that if they knew the person I am deep down inside, they'd run even quicker to get away. Part of me knows that this is just silly, but most of me is just completely heartsick at the moment.
The one bright spot is that I decided to use up all of my current vacation time at once--when my last big project at work is finished, I'm going up to Santa Barbara for a week to visit an old friend. We're going to veg in front of the tv, go shopping, do some cooking, and not think about work the whole time. Hopefully that will help me even things out a little bit...
So...yeah. Sorry for not being around more. Could use your prayers and positive thoughts, if you have time...
Sorry for my recent absences from the site/community, but things have pretty much gone to hell over here.
The reason I haven't posted more stories about the CEO From Hell isn't because she isn't doing crazy stuff. Trust me, with her, the crazy never stops. It's just that...well, it's not funny anymore. I used to be able to just laugh at a lot of it and move on, but I just can't do it anymore.
We busted our asses to finish this project--a project that should have been started much earlier, and would have been done MUCH sooner, had she not decided to turn all artistic control over to this Marketing consulting team. This team produces CRAP work--which shouldn't be too surprising, since they're MARKETERS, not designers or writers!
so basically, all of our control got taken away, our work got sent to them for re-doing, they crapped all over it, sent it back, and we had to live with it. Even that, we could sort of deal with...until CEO scrapped the entire project. Three months of work, for absolutely nothing. I don't know about ya'll, but I can't work when I know that everything I'm killing myself for is going to be tossed out the window on a whim. I'm doing the bare minimum to keep my job, but that's it. No risk is worth it right now.
Plus, one of my few close friends is applying for a job out of state--if she gets it, she'll be the third friend of mine to move in less than a year. I have a *very* hard time making friends and tend to panic when the ones I've got start to leave. i'm the only one of my circle who actually likes living in southern California, and it's finally dawning on me that this means that in the next few years, all of my best friends will probably move. I HATE THAT. When I was 5, the same thing happened--all my friends moved away and left me.
Added to all of that is the stuff I've been realizing about myself over the past year or so; the insecurities, warped perceptions, etc. I honestly spend a lot of time thinking that i shouldn't be so surprised that my friends are so eager to move, and that if they knew the person I am deep down inside, they'd run even quicker to get away. Part of me knows that this is just silly, but most of me is just completely heartsick at the moment.
The one bright spot is that I decided to use up all of my current vacation time at once--when my last big project at work is finished, I'm going up to Santa Barbara for a week to visit an old friend. We're going to veg in front of the tv, go shopping, do some cooking, and not think about work the whole time. Hopefully that will help me even things out a little bit...
So...yeah. Sorry for not being around more. Could use your prayers and positive thoughts, if you have time...
Need a glass of something or a pep talk? Sounds like it's the right time for a vacation, enjoy the hell out of it!
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