i can get a million e-mails from the IT guy at the new old job about shit that doesn't pertain to me (such as e-mail signatures and other shit like that i don't have to do because i don't really work there), but i can't get access to the motherfucking server or a PC that's set up for me.
today, i did all of five minutes of work. i was there for four hours. my "boss" seemed upset when i asked her if i could leave, and i said, um, i'm a contractor, and i'm sure corporate (now that there is a corporate) probably wouldn't appreciate me billing them for me sitting on my ass and not doing what i'm actually supposed to be doing because there's nothing for me to do. she said i shouldn't worry about that and bring a book. riiiiiiiiiiight. because when i first started there back in '05, the owner expressed concern to my boss about me reading at my desk, so my boss told me to not read a book at my desk because it's freaking out the owner.
also, what freaking company would give an independent contractor carte blanch on billing downtime?
the funny thing is, every time i tell somebody that i'm worried about all my downtime, because i've had a lot, is something along the lines of "well, the old proofer always just sat and did nothing," to which i always respond with "yeah, but he was full time; i'm a contractor. significant difference."
going back to my non-server-accessing computers at work, the traffic guy IMed me today, once i got home, and asked if the IT guy had fixed my computers. i said a very blunt "no". then he said he e-mailed the IT guy about it. right. that's going to fix everything. because the fact that my "boss", the hr lady, and the AE that's the CEO's daughter have all complained about it to him, no, you doing, mr. traffic and my fellow independent contractor, you e-mailing him is going to get it done. why didn't i think about that before?!?! omfg!
yeah. they're going to be lucky if i don't sever this contract before the three-month mark, because i already feel like jumping ship. no mixed metaphors. gah.
solamente yo
- mando
- Austin, Texas, United States
- um ... not much to say. i'm a copy editor. i like the words "nifty" and "egads." i tend to alienate people with my vast knowledge of obscure and useless trivia. i inhale gore vidal and comic books. the chicago manual is my bible. i'm a vegetarian. i enjoy drinking and the meat purveyors (and sometimes drinking with jo walston). i like to ramble. tada?
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