So yesterday I started my new job. I got there at around eight o'clock and ended up waiting till nine in order to get into the offices as they all start working late. Then my new boss called to say he would be in very late as his child is sick and the other person that was supposed to train me didn't show up either! Then, the computer guy who was supposed to give me a password and all, decided he was coming in late and some other guy that tried to help me ended up working for about an hour on my computer to get it working. So I ended up spending all morning reviewing files that were left for me and some nice girl ordered lunch for me and at twelve o'clock I joined the employees for lunch on the ping pong table... The lunch I ordered was awful, I ordered chinese chicken with sauce that ended up being very spicey and the chicken had like very hard chunky parts, anyway, it was gross.

The rest of the day seemed to be going well, my boss showed up and gave me a list of things he wanted me to take care of, and then about an hour later he introduced me to another group of people and said that they were from a different company that sat in their offices and that I would be given them administrative assistant too. Not really keen on giving admin assistance to two different companies, things always end up clashing and projects end up not getting done. I probably wouldnt have taken the job had I known that to begin with (bad pointer for me new boss for not sharing the information during the interview). But anyway, I decided for the time being to give it a try and see how things work out. It's not my ideal job, but I need the money so it'll have to do, the only problem is that I'm sick with fever now and it's really going to reflect poorly on me, not showing up on my second day of employment... I hope the rest of the week proves to be a bit more positive.

G'night.

TODAY WAS MY LAST DAY AT MY OLD JOB AND ON MONDAY I START MY NEW JOB!!!

Today was my last day of employment at my old job. All the employees, except for my x-boss who was away, took me to lunch and it was great, we had a blast. We ate at this BBQ joint and had a good laugh (and a couple of beers). Rhonda came with us, but you know what, she sat on the far end of our table and didn't bother me at all. I kinda feel sorry for her now because she's going to have work with my weird boss, which I'm sure won't be easy, even for her.

I left work early so that I could begin my weekend a tiny bit earlier. Tomorrow we're off to my mother for the traditional Schnitzels, Sunday it's to the pool and Monday my new job with a nice boss who called yesterday to check if all was well with me and if I will be starting my new employment on Sunday.

Thank you for your kind words and support throughout the past weeks.

Peace!

A few highlights from yesterday...

Rhonda sent the whole company an email saying that anyone that sent me an email over the passed 24 hours should resend it to her and avoid sending me emails from now on.

I left early and so called her a few hours later to see that everything was OK (why? I don't know, cause I'm stupid I guess) Her answer was (instead of thanking me) "why would anything be wrong and, don't I trust her after working with her for over a week". (in short NO).

And last but not least, She actually thinks she's invited to my farewell party, which I haven't even decided if I'm having and well, if I'll have one she won't be participating, that's for sure.

And now for the main topic...A farewell Party.

My friends here, which is everyone except for my new boss, Rhonda and the CEO, really want to have a farewell party for me (you know the basic gig: a cakes, a toast etc.) and I told them already at the beginning of the week that I'm not interested seeing that I'm not leaving under happy circumstances. So they're answer was that they're my friends and that they want a chance to say goodbye and, that my boss is out of the office and therefore won't be able participate. However, the CEO is here and Rhonda, is here too. I have till tomorrow morning to make up my mind. On the one hand it could be nice, but on the other hand, I'm very annoyed with this whole situation which has been dragging on for so long and I've reached the end of my rope, all I want is out of here.

Your thoughts are appreciated!

So, I sat with Ronda, my replacement at work, yesterday all day long and boy was it a long day! Basically I found out that she's actually not such an unpleasant person as I thought she was to begin with, or maybe I've just gotten used to her. If you recall, last week I was pretty surprised that there were some regular administrative duties that Ronda didn't know how to do, well yesterday I was shocked to discover that the situation was even worse that I had assumed at the beginning. Apparently she felt comfortable enough yesterday to discuss other administrative related things that she doesn't know how to do, which is very surprising seeing that she's worked in the administrative field before and, frankly, I'm quite surprised my boss hired her for the job, seeing that she's totally under qualified and, the job description I prepared for him to use when recruiting my replacement, included all the issues she lacks experience in.

What I didn't state in the job description is that whoever is hired should know to use the office package and especially Outlook (email, calendar, contacts etc.). Now anyone that's ever worked in an administrative position knows that the basic administrative tools include sending emails, sometimes arranging meetings etc. Granted, until my new and very weird boss arrived, I never had to schedule a meeting for anyone as the people in my company do most everything on their own, as it should be, but he's more primitive and requires more basic administrative help, so yesterday I ended up explaining how to use Outlook (more than once). But my biggest surprise was yet to come... and actually not related to her skills at all.

I got talking with her and she told me, she was very surprised that I was so nice to her given the fact that my employment was terminated. So I asked her what exactly was she told and she said that my boss told her that my employment was terminated because of the merge with the other company, but then they regretted it, asked me to stay on, but I refused to stay on as I had already found a job!!! Now those of you that have read my previous job related blogs know that this is totally completely and utterly untrue. My boss was a liar! I was so shocked from what she had said that for a second I thought to myself maybe I'm loosing it and I don't remember that he actually asked me to stay on, but after a quick reality check I came back to the same conclusion, my boss is a liar on top of many other things. I have know idea what made him say that, I suppose it could be that he wanted Ronda to think he's a considerate boss, or something like that and I suppose he didn't think I'd actually have a conversation with her which was not related to the things I had to teach her, but still, he should have realized this would happen. The truth always comes out at some point.

Anyway, I need to think how and what to do with this information. I'd love to make him feel very uncomfortable, but first of all he's on vacation all week so I'm not going to see him again before I leave and second I'm fresh out of creative ideas after spending half the night awake with my baby, so any creative ideas would be appreciated.

One thing that did happen relating to what my boss told Ronda, is that even Ronda is now aware of the fact that our boss is a difficult person who she should try to keep her distance from, as much as possible.

As for today, once at work, I intend to leave Ronda on her own and go sit somewhere else and work on my novel. She's supposed to be able to do everything by now, at least to some degree and this will be her test.

I'm going to sleep now, if my baby lets me... so goodnight to y'all.

Later!

I had a meeting with my boss today and once again asked to be let go today. I told him that Ronda would be fine on her own as I had taught her everything she needs to know and that I would be available by phone if she had any questions. My boss refused to let me go. He said that as he was on vacation for the entire upcoming week I would have to stay on another full week and supervise Ronda.

At least I won't have to see his sorry face this upcoming week...

In case I don't write tomorrow, wishing all of you a great weekend!!!