14-7-2009 - Ready to go on maternity leave & never look back

My mood while writing this blog: ok

** WARNING THIS IS KINDA LONG, SORRY **

9 DAYS and counting until I go on maternity leave and I couldn't be more excited. Not only is it going to be closer to the time where I will get to see my little girl but I will be out of this hellish place I have called work for almost 4 years. I had been talking with Jason over the weekend and was on the brink of actually considering coming back to work here since it is good money and I have established a spot for myself as far as a little seniority. We had actually talked about moving closer to this place so I could get to work easier yadda yadda yadda......Then yesterday happened.....

So yesterday I get to work and am having a decent day here, it has been busy but not too stressful so I have been feeling like my last bit of time here has been managable. I had been dealing with a customer on a situation for over a month now on getting him an stupid air compressor ordered a specific way. I had to do through my resale department and had been dealing with a vendor, going back and forth because no one could give me a straight answer. Being a good salesperson I was I was following up and asking questions and basically letting the vendor know my frustrations because I was getting the run around and my customer was hounding me for answers. All the while telling my regional sales manager updates, FWDing emails to him, etc etc. So yesterday I voice to him that I am frustrated once again because the stupid vendor still has not given me a straight answer and the customer is knocking on our door wanting answers. Once again my sales mgr says he will call the customer (which he had yet to do for a week or more) to settle him down. Some how my mgr gets upset with me because I am getting pissed off at the vendor for not getting the answers we need and he causes a scene in front of the whole office. He tells me I need to chill out on this situation because Im not understanding. I am sitting there thinking is he frickin serious?!?!?! I understand what the hell the customer wants. I understand that the vendor is not giving me a straight forward answer. I understand that he (mgr) is a fucking flake and hasn't called the customer up until today to give him any updates himself and that I have been fending him off making excuses as to why there is no status on his order. I have been dealing with this situation for over a month now so I think I understand what the hell is going on. Then he mutters under his breath "Unbelievable" and is in his office just being a dick. At this point I am really upset because not only did he act like a total asshole but he did it in front of the office which there were other people sitting in. So I excuse myself to the bathroom and cry a little....

I come out of the bathroom composed and get back to my work and just keep my mouth shut. While I was in the bathroom my stupid superviser, the type that likes to kick ya while your down, had sent me a email about me needing to make sure to check the voicemail every morning because there was a messege from a customer. I am sitting there furious at this point because first of all he knew I was already upset and second of all was it really necessary to hit me up with an email at that moment?? I respond back, Wow that's funny because I check the voicemail every morning and there was no messege. Mind you he is sitting across the room from me about 10-15 feet away and I can see him over a small partition wall LOL He likes to feel important so he send emails LOL

So I am even more irritated that I was but at least I was done crying and was just trying to get through the rest of the day. Not 10 minutes later my sales mgr feels the need to come out and make a speech... great. He starts out by saying, "Well I have to come out here and say some things because I have a sales person pouting over here (points to me) and some things need to be addressed"... OMG why the hell would he do that? That to me is so unprofessional and rude. I am not sitting here pouting. Yes I was upset but I wasn't sitting here pouting about it. I was pissed about it LOL more than anything and then he wanted to ice the cake I guess. He went on and on about how we need to do a better job and sales are hurting this year and customers don't like to hear our sob stories about being busy or tired and blah blah blah. During this whole little "speech" my superviser is sitting in the background texting away LOL This place is such a joke.

On top of everything my superviser has been harassing me about when I am coming back and if I was planning on coming back in 4 weeks LOL 4 weeks!?!? Yeah so I have the baby in 2 (if I go on time) and then find someone to watch my 2 week old child?? Oh and while I am doing all that I will have to find daycare for my son that will transport him to and from kindergarten etc. YEAH RIGHT. I told them I wanted to take 8 weeks or the maximum time allowed. So then today he comes at me showing me some break down that maternity leave is offered out as 6 weeks for normal delivery and 8 weeks for c-section and then I wouldn't get paid after that if the dr said I needed to take more time and would go under the family leave medical act or something. Little do they know I am only acting like I am coming back.

After all these things on top of the write up I had a month or so ago I am not going to come back to this place. Especially not when I already have to travel almost an hour 1 way and my son would be out by my house going to Kindergarten. I wouldn't be able to deal with him getting hurt or something and it taking me that long to get to him when the school might call. So basically I am going to look for other work while I am on leave and take as much time as I can. I will only come back if I absolutely must but you best believe I am going to figure something out before I have to come back.

There is no way I am interested in coming back to a place that runs like this where the superviser and the regional sales manager are wiping each other's asses only to make themselves look better to their superiors. But we will see if they can do the work I had been doing because people are already saying that I will be missed while on leave, and how will they do as well without you.... They may be saying it just to be nice because I am sure business will go one without me and they will figure something out. But I have a feeling it will be rough for a bit without me. There is a reason I have been on top of the customer service reports the last few years in a company that is nation/world wide. There is a reason my customers enjoy working with me (except one LOL) so obviously I have made some impact on this company and like to consider that I will be missed. And I could care less after I am gone if they really do or not.

Sorry this was so long. I guess I had a lot to say. Thanks for reading.

Have a fabulous day ladies <3