| Forget everything I said yesterday. My boss met with me today and things just went downhill from there. He categorized my To Do list into “early week, mid week, late week, next week and next month”. Of course all of the Big Boss’s priorities are NEXT MONTH!!! And the attorneys? Fuck ‘em. He says I should tell them to come back later and report them to him if they come to me so he can redirect them. He also says they should take on a lot of my duties themselves. Nice… And I shouldn’t work more than 8 hours a day. So basically I’m being demoted, disregarded and screwed.
THEN he comes into my colleague’s office where we are meeting to review a project and drags in our third coworker. Announces he is setting schedules for all of us. Wants us to tell him where we are at all times, when we will be back, etc., so that he can ensure the attorneys have coverage. Um, what did you just tell me?!? Says he wants to know if we take time off when we will make it up.
Then, when I ask him about the professional development exam Big Boss said they would cover, he said “Maybe we can consider it next year.” I asked him about our conversation back in February in which he asked me to travel to promote our program’s initiatives. He basically denied it (again) and said he can’t really speak to the future.
FINALLY, he told me Big Boss’s big project would have to be done when I can “fit it in”. Which, considering my workload which, fuck him, is NOT going to fit into 8-hour days, means “do it on your own time, sucka!”
I am so fucking depressed. Big Boss said to give it a few weeks. I will. But damn. 
You are one patient person, hope it all turns around soon and you reap the rewards of your hard work and sacrifice that you have given to this company.
No calming yet. Just waiting it out. Things are happening but I’m hoping this is a case of “it has to get worse before it gets better” and, quite frankly, there isn’t much out there than won’t keep me in a lower position than I’d like to be. My one shot at career advancement right now lies in staying put and being patient. Very patient…
Did things calm down at work or did you find a new job?
What! How is that possible that you can’t include things from 2008? Maybe it’s time to tell Big Boss exactly what is going on? After all – this boss is undermining work Big Boss gives you by telling you it’s last priority. You really can’t be expected to put up with this much longer.
Hahahahaha. Yeah, no on the promotion. Actually one of my colleagues did that. She started two weeks before me in 2008 and has recently left for another continent to do the same job there (far, far away from our boss). I, on the other hand, am stuck here. He announced reviews today but said I cannot include anything I did in 2008. Gee thanks…
Can you make him really good and then recommend him for a promotion — overseas?
shit, sorry hun. Lousy boss
Seriously, karma is going to bite him in the ass. It’s good to know big boss in on board, and I really hope you document the hell out of little boss!
Enough is enough, time to find a new job…doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different results is what’s called “insanity.” Best wishes