In Which I Get A Bit ANnoyed

[debka_notion]

I just got a phoen call from Catherine, one of the women from where I work. She says that they're not sure if Amy, teh head of the center, will actually be in on Tuesday or not, and if not, they have no work for me, so I shouldn't come in- I should call around 11 to find out of Amy's in or not (translation: if I left at 11, the earliest I could possibly get there would be 11:45). When I was hired, I was hired for a loose number of hours, but Amy was saying 35-40 hours a week. What I'm getting is closer to 25 this week. Once Amy gets back, it should be better, but still... I'm not incompetent. I can do more than file, sort, and copy: all they need to do is tell me what to do. Heck, when I was working at Youth Continuum, I calculated leins, and worked on the paperwork for a very small grant. I guess I should be glad that I have a job at all for this summer...

On another (more) interesting note- Em left yesterday to return to Chicago. The house is palpably quieter. I'm going to be interested to see how family dynamics shift again, with just the parents and me around.

Comments

[fleurdelis28.livejournal.com]

It doesn't sound like the issue is that you're incompetant; it sounds like you're more competant than they were prepared for.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I think that came out badly- I was trying to suggest that I'm competent, and therefore they could maybe give me tasks that involve more than just labelling folders, or the like.

[fleurdelis28.livejournal.com]

They've probably just never seen a competant employee before, and don't know what to do with one.

Are they aware that you'd be willing to work outside your job description?

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I don't think I have a job description- I was told my job would be to catalog the library (but I can't start that until the guy who did the software comes in and shows me how to use it, apparently), and to do whatever else needed getting done.

[qianian.livejournal.com]

how do you calculate leins?

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

It wasn't hard, although I don't quite remember it now- I think it basically worked out that the amount of the lein decreased 10% eery year, starting with how much money was originally invested in the project (the building, in this case) by the outside funder.