Yet another disappointment

[myveryown_nemesis]

I really hate DH's work right now. HATE it. He needs to get a new job.

We had planned to go to Ocean City, MD this weekend. This morning, as I was doing the last minute packing and walking of dog and ofther miscellaneous trip prep activities, DH was checking his e-mail and attempting to validate the time sheets of his employees.

Let's just say that DH's "last minute" activities went off with a huge hitch. Three of them.

1. He couldn't access the time sheets due to a network problem (this is a recurring problem that no one appears to be willing or able to fix),

2. He learned that one of his employees was hit by lightening in the parking lot, and DH now has to write an incident reports, and

3. He just learned that "work for risk" that he was forced into last spring WILL not be recouped in a current contract, seeing as that contract was dropped by the government.

Number three means that DH will be "made an example of" yet again. Which really sucks, because it's his boss and a coworker (who thinks DH reports to him, but DH doesn't) who created the situation. Dh has been told that he needs to "stop blaming" this co-worker for when things go wrong, but as far as I understand it, this coworker is an ego-centric, manipulative bastard, and DH just keeps getting stuck with the short end of the stick.

Anyway. No trip to OC. Three upset children. I guess I could have taken then with DH, but that's just not the point. We hardly ever see the man -- most weeks, he works Monday thru Friday in SC, then he sleeps all weekend because he's exhausted. We seldom do anything together.

I really think that DH needs to start looking for another job. I don't care if it means moving out of the area -- I just want him to have a "real" job that doesn't steal him from us. He hasn't taken a full week off work in the past three years, and now, he can't even have one damn weekend.

I also think that I need to start looking for work. I am so out of practice with that sort of endeavor that I don't even know where to begin. And that's a whole 'nother journal entry.

Right now, I feel hurt, disappointed, and angry. I know DH likes his boss, but I'm currently thinking that he's an arrogant ass and just as bad as the coworker. Right now, I'm thinking that DH needs to move down the totem pole a bit, get a career that doesn't deplete his family and social life. Right now, I'm thinking that the "road to success" bites, and isn't worth the desitination.

Comments

[firefly124.livejournal.com]

That is just insane. Yes, your DH needs a job where he will be valued and treated as a human being, not a scapegoat.