Thank God its Saturday
Its been a tough week getting back into the groove of work. Not only has my body been so sore, but pms came a week earlier than expected. So this weekend, its all about vegging out! The week could not go by fast enough, thats for sure. And to top it off, I got really grouchy yesterday at work over something & now regret my anger. Sometimes I fly off the handle too quickly, and then regret my words & hate that I got that angry in front of Erin & this woman Chris.
The temp in my office is a very sweet, sweet person. We give her a lot of credit coming from India & working & learning the language. Well sometimes we dont think she understands certain things, sometimes she tries to be helpful & you can tell she tries very hard to do the job. However, she does the job wrong (not all the time) and she seems to always need to have her hands in my invoices. I have repeatedly told her, if you have one of my invoices, please give it to me. I've even said: "why should you do more, you have enough to do" or "Someone was looking for this & I told them I didnt have it (it was true) so please give me my invoices just in case this happens again" But every now & then she does mine. Maybe she doesnt even realize until she's working on it, so she finishes it.
Well yesterday (thank God the temp was out) Chris comes by my desk to find out why some po's for a Sams credit card were still open. Searching the files we found: its because the temp processed this invoice back in May & did not pull all 7 po#s, she only pulled 2 & somehow, only paid for one. There are 7 receipts attached to this with a paper clip...how could you not look at this & say this looks strange to me?? Granted, I dont know if she's ever paid her own bills, but she didnt look at this & say mmmm what are all these for & notice the different po#s???? That would explain the last time we processed this in June there was such a huge amount we still owed! I've been meaning to see someone about this so we could sit down & figure out whats wrong.
Im sure she meant well, but it just set me off yesterday that she even touched this & coudnt even do it remotely right. And the girl who brought the open po's to my attention says the temp always goes to her & asks her how to do something. Well she doesnt know! She's not in AP... why isnt she asking us??? Well its clear, she doesnt want anyone to know she doesnt know what she's doing.
But then you feel bad because she'll be close to tears or nervous about something when you bring to her attention what she's done wrong. Its definitly mixed feelings - you like her, you feel bad for her.. but yet you get angry because she's not doing things right. She'll ask kind of stupid questions, but doesnt bother to ask you when something is important. Or she tries to hide something. She's also been caught in a lie here & there. And if she cant find an invoice, either on her desk or in the files, she's always claiming: "someone must have taken it" One day I got a little mad at her & said no one is stealing your invoices! It just has to be misfiled somewhere. SO she said well i think i should start locking the file cabiniet..do you lock yours? I was like NOOoooooo you cant lock the file cabinet. Now maybe someone might be pulling stuff to make copies of something - but thats it - no one is stealing her stuff. What we've noticed: when she cant find an invoice on her desk, its because she's put it in her draw & has forgotten about it for some time.
Then you feel bad for her because she is a nice person. She's been temping for 4 months or so & it hasnt dawned on her that she's not being made permanent. A couple of weeks ago she started to say a few things to me since she saw Erin & Liz interviewing some people. So I just told her that she should really be looking for another job & try to find one on your own & not thru the temp agency.. that way you can have sick & vaca. time . But this last week it just seems like she's feeling more at home there then ever. Growing plants... cleaning her desk because she loves it. Unfortulately what she doesnt know, is that the girl whos taking her position permanently starts on 9/5.
It will be sad to see her go thats for sure. You do feel bad. But her husband is rich (so she says) and he makes her work so she knows how to contribute to the household or something like that.
I wish her well with everything in her life though. She is a very nice person, but its been somewhat frustrating on a professional level.
The temp in my office is a very sweet, sweet person. We give her a lot of credit coming from India & working & learning the language. Well sometimes we dont think she understands certain things, sometimes she tries to be helpful & you can tell she tries very hard to do the job. However, she does the job wrong (not all the time) and she seems to always need to have her hands in my invoices. I have repeatedly told her, if you have one of my invoices, please give it to me. I've even said: "why should you do more, you have enough to do" or "Someone was looking for this & I told them I didnt have it (it was true) so please give me my invoices just in case this happens again" But every now & then she does mine. Maybe she doesnt even realize until she's working on it, so she finishes it.
Well yesterday (thank God the temp was out) Chris comes by my desk to find out why some po's for a Sams credit card were still open. Searching the files we found: its because the temp processed this invoice back in May & did not pull all 7 po#s, she only pulled 2 & somehow, only paid for one. There are 7 receipts attached to this with a paper clip...how could you not look at this & say this looks strange to me?? Granted, I dont know if she's ever paid her own bills, but she didnt look at this & say mmmm what are all these for & notice the different po#s???? That would explain the last time we processed this in June there was such a huge amount we still owed! I've been meaning to see someone about this so we could sit down & figure out whats wrong.
Im sure she meant well, but it just set me off yesterday that she even touched this & coudnt even do it remotely right. And the girl who brought the open po's to my attention says the temp always goes to her & asks her how to do something. Well she doesnt know! She's not in AP... why isnt she asking us??? Well its clear, she doesnt want anyone to know she doesnt know what she's doing.
But then you feel bad because she'll be close to tears or nervous about something when you bring to her attention what she's done wrong. Its definitly mixed feelings - you like her, you feel bad for her.. but yet you get angry because she's not doing things right. She'll ask kind of stupid questions, but doesnt bother to ask you when something is important. Or she tries to hide something. She's also been caught in a lie here & there. And if she cant find an invoice, either on her desk or in the files, she's always claiming: "someone must have taken it" One day I got a little mad at her & said no one is stealing your invoices! It just has to be misfiled somewhere. SO she said well i think i should start locking the file cabiniet..do you lock yours? I was like NOOoooooo you cant lock the file cabinet. Now maybe someone might be pulling stuff to make copies of something - but thats it - no one is stealing her stuff. What we've noticed: when she cant find an invoice on her desk, its because she's put it in her draw & has forgotten about it for some time.
Then you feel bad for her because she is a nice person. She's been temping for 4 months or so & it hasnt dawned on her that she's not being made permanent. A couple of weeks ago she started to say a few things to me since she saw Erin & Liz interviewing some people. So I just told her that she should really be looking for another job & try to find one on your own & not thru the temp agency.. that way you can have sick & vaca. time . But this last week it just seems like she's feeling more at home there then ever. Growing plants... cleaning her desk because she loves it. Unfortulately what she doesnt know, is that the girl whos taking her position permanently starts on 9/5.
It will be sad to see her go thats for sure. You do feel bad. But her husband is rich (so she says) and he makes her work so she knows how to contribute to the household or something like that.
I wish her well with everything in her life though. She is a very nice person, but its been somewhat frustrating on a professional level.
posted by littlejj at
8:45 AM
2 Comments:
Hang in there, I know it's tough to clean up after someone else. I still do it. As nice as she is, it's still frustrating to have to clean up after someone.
Hopefully you will have better luck training this new person. Good Luck!
I know it's tough when people don't do their work or pull their weight.
Like Lauren said, hang in there.
Sounds like help is on the way -
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