Sometimes People Surprise You

This morning I got a text message from my boss wishing my luck on my finals. As an English major, they are all papers, so they are all written and already done, but I was really touched that he remembered today was my last day of classes and I had finals. It is probably because I took the whole weekend off to work on everything, which he was pretty pissed about, but that is besides the point.

Co-workers, I have learned, can be cut throat and mean. They will be the last to congratulate you on a job well done, and the first to jump all over you if you fucked up. Every once in awhile though, they surprise you with some genuine kindness. This is the type of environment I wish the workplace was always like. Everyone working together for the betterment of the company. If that were to happen, then everyone would advance without needing to step all of the other. That is a perfect world that does not exist, however.

Hopefully the Holiday season will create more of these random acts of kindness at work. I will sure try to do my part, not that I can focus on something else besides finals, to try and get over my bitchy attitude and spread some cheer around the office.

Welcome to Disorganization

Too many people with different agenda's and too many personalities from different cultures all in one place. America is suppose to be a melting pot, but this pot just won't seem to hit up enough to melt.

There is no team work, it is all me and I work. We are all guilty of that within my company. This is due largely to the set up that each coach is a partner that is control of there own personal program and its development. This means they do not need to worry about the overall development and profit of the company, just themselves. They do this quite well. Something else they do quite well is bitch about how the rest of the company has no money and that the administrative work does not have the help and supplies it needs to do they work that they require. Well let's see, since we get paid by the profit of the overall company, and the company is not doing well, therefore we do not have the money to hire the help needed to get it all done, and we do not have the money to buy the supplies we need to get it all done, then that means the work is going to be half assed and rushed by people who really don't give a shit because they are getting yelled at from every angle and paid pennies to deal with it all.

Welcome to disorganization.

Homework, School or Work?

I have been hiding in my office trying to get things done and get out early so that I can go home and work on my finals, but that just doesn't seem to happen. As soon as I leave my phone starts ringing and the emails start coming in so that I have to spend an extra hour or two at home working on work things instead of homework. I took the whole weekend off so that I can get all of my stuff done, but I have a feeling most of it is going to be spent on the phone with work answering stupid questions that with a little effort they could answer themselves. I am the only one at my job still working towards my degree while putting in all of the hours I am. One manager has an MBA, the other a PHD in Finace, and both my front desk workers have degrees in English. Why is it, that with all these well educated individuals, they cannot seem to remember what finals week is like and what it takes to find an answer for yourself. Boggles my mind.

Training

We got another new guy at work on Friday. I completely forget he was coming in. On my way to work I was just driving and thinking about everything I had to do that day and was determined to get all of my work caught up, and even get ahead, so that I would be free to take some short days this week and keep on top of my finals. I pull into the parking lot and there is this stranger walking up to the door, suitcase in hand. The word "fuck" just fell right out of my mouth as I realized my day would now be spent babysitting the newbie instead of getting my work done.

Nice kid, good with the parents, didn't exactly pick it up quick, but I explained it rather quickly. Hopefully Monday we'll get a chance to get it all covered.

Things to cover:

1.) Enrolling in class

2.) Dropping a class

3.) Transferring a class

4.) Importance of category 1

5.) Posting a fee

6.) Prorating

7.) Crediting

8.) Statements

9.) Tax records

10.) Camp

11.) Adding a class

12.) Injury reports

13.) Copies

14.) Trifolds

15.) Flyers

16.) Attendance

17.) Adding a class

18.) Partners

19.) Aged Accounts

20.) Misc Tab

21.) Birthday parties

22.) Birthday Party Permission Slips

23.) Open Gym

24.) Refunds

25.)Opening

26.) Closing

27.) Filing

When I have the time I should write down a training manual, but I fear that doing so would take away my job security. If I were to leave and they needed to train someone new, they would be screwed. If I write it all down then they would be fine. Too bad I would most likely be let go if I divulged all my secrets instead of rewarded for a job well done.