Where are we going again?
The Handbasket » Page 'Fear'

Fear

Dear friends …

I'm up later than usual, fretting. My relationship has been breaking down between my "new" employer and me for some time … week by week, it gets worse. I often fear that I am a bad judge of such things, or that I'm over sensitive, or my skin isn't thick enough … but, no … this is just abusive.

On some level, my "new boss" thinks that because she is paying me an outrageous amount of money, she can treat me any way she likes. She is inordinately threatened by me. This morning, she tore me a new asshole for essentially doing my job. Last week, she accused me of almost being late for a meeting (I was 15 minutes early), for parking in the wrong place (I was parked correctly) and for wearing jeans to a business meeting (I was wearing black dress pants). She is paranoid, stressed out beyond my apparent comprehension, and way out of control.

Or like on Monday and Tuesday – she is perfectly normal.

I'm either going to get canned soon for looking at her the wrong way, or I'm just going to walk away. Crazy-making. I have to get out of here and am filled with a surprising amount of fear about that.

I hate feeling like this.

Read and post comments

Like this post? Spread the word!
delicious digg google
stumbleupon technorati Yahoo!

2 comments to “Fear”

  1. Every since the bad experience I had with my last corporate job, I've felt that nothing is worse then being in a poisonous work environment. Your new gig sounds like it's turning into one. Take care, V – watch out for yourself. And perhaps explore your options, just in case. Keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out okay for you!

  2. Wow! Sounds like an awful situation filled with raging insecurities and fears – her's not yours. Exit strategy time. Now, how can you maximize your exit?

Leave a comment

XHTML - You can use:<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

Top of page / Subscribe to new Entries (RSS)