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~*Service Worker*~

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Abuse at the workplace


I sure know how to pick them....

I have my Friday boss who think you are NOT  a parent if you adopt  (i inherited this article when his dad whom i love decided to hand the reins over to the sons)  but at least the guy isn't  a psycho

my Wednesday client is a LOVE...but totally irresponsible and his off. mgr. and i just do our best and let go the rest, but hes a real sweetheart, otherwise, so i can deal with that..i put the stuff in his box to take care of...out of my hands....He doesn't get all his write offs to me on time??? he pays more taxes....i set the boundary,and he even agreed to it, so did his wife, who tries to help me, but hey, its his choice to cooperate or it costs him...

my other Wednesday client was difficult till he got to know me and now he trusts me and we are good

this Tuesday client that i have had since 2011 is HORRIBLE when hes in control mode....OMG....the office manager and i BOTH are looking for replacement jobs....his MIL got talked into coming back on Mon. and Wed and she is already being abused by him according to off. mgr. whom I get along great with....

Today was a horror show.....he was on off. mgr AND me, riding us all day since he arrived at work at 11am....she told me he had been getting worse so "brace youself"  i said "ok" and today was the day i had to do the bank statement and i've been ASKING his wife who does payroll/bills on Fridays to research why some checks havn't been cashed......i found some of the "uncleared" items as duplicates and i voided them out..1 small ccard chg to the tune of $7  i am gonna void out b/c its been "posted" since may...bank would have debited his card by now......the rest?? I got to ask the wife as I tried to explained to the boss and hes SCREAMING at me  "WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG????"  I explained to him that his wife has had to train TWO employees their jobs since then, one was a bad employee they ended up letting go (she began not showing up b/c of HIS yelling and screaming at her and she became absent more and more and just not doing her job)   and now they are training the MIL, who replaced miss "takes the day off"   well, wife is and she can only do so much in a day.....

i told him these WILL get resolved by end of year for SURE......its not a big thing....anyway, he is SCREAMING at me that HE IS THE BOSS and i am looking at him and i say  "everyone knows that you are the boss, who is implying that you are NOT????"   it just seems that he "forgets" that he and at times his wife, go into the books and "mess with" stuff that i have to come in and fix....Wife puts wrong check number on her paid bills and payroll so i have to research that....they "delete" stuff rather than put a note to me or void it so i have a trail to investigate....the deposits on the books that she does RARELY match the bank statement so there is MORE research for me to do..and they wonder why i let a few small un cashed checks slide for a bit??? ...why have me if he wants to be a technician and a bookkeeper....i am slowly training the wife how to do stuff, but its difficult b/c this is NOT her forte.....

Today was the topper, though...he DEMANDS that i come in on Fridays to over see and research with his wife...I tell him i work Fridays....he says, YELLS    "WELL I CANT USE YOU THEN"   I says  "ok, if u want it that way?? so be it"...so i start to walk away and i can see he is not happy with where this is going, he says to me  "you have been here for so long'  and I FELT like saying  "yea, too long"  but instead of said  "i can come after work on Fri. like in the afternoon if you want...its your choice..otherwise I will clean up my stuff and go"  he said  "oh yea, that will work"   I am panicking b/c I NEED this abusive job to make ends meet....i mean , anyone who says being poor is "ok" and one should be content is not seeing the whole picture....I HAVE to stay, being abused, because I can't afford to walk away......So. upshot is i will come in on Friday after I do bank statement if there are ????s and wife and I will resolve any issues....face to face...which this part i did agree, but i thought she only worked mornings and i can't give up a steady job friday mornings for this psycho.....i gotta play the percentages.....Friday can be a challenge, but it is EVERY week and busy time i make decent money.....also i do stuff on the side for dad an he pays me very well.....so i am NOT gonna give up Friday,  BUT mr. Tuesday said wife is there all day, so i can show up in afternoon and teach her more an also resolve questions

I am looking to replace this....i got my ad out....i am gonna burn my candles and pray to my angels and the universe an claim a healthier way to make  a living.....this tuesday guy is on job site so much it was "doable"  but now he is very sick and in the shop more so that means more abusing us girls......off. mgr and i agreed that hes getting worse and being "in house" more, its only gonna get worse......i am not gonna just sit and hope it quiets down....I am gonna try and hang on till i can find something else, a replacement then i am giving my notice.......used to be, I could walk away, find a replacement real fast....not now...not the way thngs are now...it takes a long time to find even PT, contract work.....i am gonna  advertise,  use my visuals, see it in my head....this has GOT to change .....i can only change me, put out the energy as i advertise , visualizaations, etc.....just THROW the energy out there......i was there till 430  listening to him scream and throw fits......he can't keep help....and he wonders  why we all stay away from him.....he was so brutal to MIL the last time and somehow wife talked MIL into coming back but i know that is not gonna last....i called monday and got her and she sounded very upset and unhappy....off. mgr told me today he was really brutal to her and MIL......today was my turn.......

wish me luck getting out of there wiht a sane new client.....he can be so nice, but his raging is just too triggering to me.......I can't work with folks w/anger issues who go into fits of rage in the workplace.....

this goes on all the time...these people know that jobs are hard and they know they can abuse employees and get by with it....and companies w/under 20 employees ON PAYROLL, full time, don't fall under the title 7 act of civil rights....also i am contract....this sucks...i really can't afford to "walk"  i make good money and just CANT afford the loss........even in my field its hard....lots of competition, not a whole lot of them good...experienced...honest...ethical....hard working...good work ethic which i have shown for 30 plus years  but they will work for cheap...do their damage and then they are gone and they are taking the jobs away from us real good workers.......not enough work to go around..........dunno what i am gonna do....just try to detach  (that word is beginning to make me angry b/c it seems i am being hit up with that a lot and i am tired of it)  just try to keep doing my best which is hard when i am under fire....if i can't take it i'll have to leave and i can't cut back anymore stuff......there is nothing left to cut back.......not gonna think that...gonna think abundance....think of a new pleasing , happy way to make a living.........time to invoke the positive forces to aide me....

off mgr and I are gonna help each other out...if i hear about an HR job, i will tell them to call her...she wants FT or 30 hrs. week,  i am looking for 2 more mornings.....she is married and husb has good job, so she COULD walk but wants money b/c she like extra money.....i cant walk...if this crap keeps up, though, her husb will pressure her to walk and that is gonna be bad b/c she is a good worker...we work gr8 together and she makes my life easier with the receivables so nicely done.....

 

thanks for listening..........

 



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Just a quick thought....if he needs you on Fridays,can you charge him more? You are the professional. This dude is screaming for boundaries. So rude. Hope it resolves fortunately for you.

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aquamom23 wrote:

Just a quick thought....if he needs you on Fridays,can you charge him more? You are the professional. This dude is screaming for boundaries. So rude. Hope it resolves fortunately for you.


 naww it does not work that way...i will charge same rate which is good, and i will stop by afternoon, when hes GONE and work with wife who is nice...teach her some stuff and it may translate to more money till i can find a healthier place....AM at my weekly job.....after lunch at this one..........yea, hes a ragaholic I think.....i really think hes got some anger issues....wife told him when he wanted her to quit her dental  reception job,  she said  "if i work for you, we divorce"  she can do Fridays but THAT IS IT.....she nearly divorced him a few years back over this anger shit......and ya know?? he can be REAL nice...gave me TWO  BIG indoor plants.....i mean he can be real nice....i am wondering if he is bi-polar.....dunno, but he reminds me of my ragaholic mother.....i can't do this...walk on cracked egg shells wondering when dr. jekyl is gonna turn into mr. hyde......dunno how hes managed to keep his wife this long......oh well....by the way.....WELCOME to alanon....i see you haven't been on long and here i am wrapped up in this stressful 3 months or so and i didn't even welcome you to the group.....sorry for the over site....your pic is very pretty.....u r gonna like it here...lots of good folks and crazy ones like me



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I talked w/my sponsor and we did a list of things i can do while i , hopefully not long, wait to make my change....Things to do physically and mentally to take care of me......I told her my responses and she said my being calm and not "taking the bait' kept it from getting worse....she told me to just do my job, avoid him when i can....but she also reminded me that if it starts impacting my mental health , I need to choose me and just trust that i will be ok....hard for one who doesn't really believe....I'm going to go to the places where I know people and network myself....I am spreading it around that i am looking to fill 2 mornings per week....

someone said that the universe is of abundance and I believe that...I think they said it on Deb's post...not sure, but i thought about that...man made lack....the universe is of perfect abundance, health, love and self expression....I am going to dig deep, to my best within me to lead me to a happier way of making a living...even if it means a areer change...i am open...if it is fun and meets my needs i am open........

its 4am..that is how bad he triggered me....i feel a bit better after talking w/my sponsor.....shes my rock....my ballast when the winds try to blow me away.....

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It sounds like you have good plans in place....smooth transitions are what I aim for when I am making changes.  I wish you good luck!

 



-- Edited by PP on Wednesday 22nd of October 2014 07:28:45 AM

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Cheers for the welcome, this board feels like a type of family.one that understands and tries hard to achieve human goodness,flaws, bumps and all. I love the amazing women here, which is not to exclude the menfolk in any way at all, its just helpful to me to read and connect with feminine wisdom. I admire that you live your own life neshema, and that you have a trade. That's real cool to me from my current vantage point on the mountain. Mr Tuesday is but a bump on the road! Alanoners have scaled mountains. Now we got tools....works if you work it...glad to meet you!


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Sounds exactly like the owner of the first rehab I worked at. The entire staff turned over as a result of his yelling and screaming tantrums. And this is someone who parades himself as a model of sobriety with 32 years sober....I think he stopped going to meetings and the dry drunkies set in....

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Rose good for you looking elsewhere for employment. No one can stay well in a place like that.

Was a good vent that is for sure.

Hope you find something soon. when people are weird to me, in my head I say not my problem. Can you imagine how bitter and horrible he must feel inside? ugh.

People are getting more and more unable to handle he way our world is going, they strike out. Many times i ask hp if he would send me some angels to help me get thru.

hugs honey, debilyn

what is it? every time one of my mip peoples go thru someone being mean to them I want to come right over and give the creep a talking to????



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Debilyn wrote:

Rose good for you looking elsewhere for employment. No one can stay well in a place like that.Was a good vent that is for sure.

Hope you find something soon. when people are weird to me, in my head I say not my problem. Can you imagine how bitter and horrible he must feel inside? ugh.People are getting more and more unable to handle he way our world is going, they strike out. Many times i ask hp if he would send me some angels to help me get thru.hugs honey,

debilyn what is it? every time one of my mip peoples go thru someone being mean to them I want to come right over and give the creep a talking to????


 ((((((((((((Deb))))))))))) U R one in a MILLION...having your own trials and caring about all of us.....love ya.........I have this ANGER , over having to stay till i find another job, putting up w/abuse....I am soo angry that i have to "take it" till i can leave......I just can't leave $200 minimum a month , can't do it no matter how i try to work budget, so here i am , knowing I must, i am willing to give up to send away, to cast away this anger....i don't want it, and i don't want to feel THIS angry, I actually kinda shut down when he was going off on me......its like i just dissociated..i was aware, but it was like I "went away"   just like in the old days.....I knew i had to keep my cool b/c anyone that raging , i don't know what they are gonna do #1  and #2, I NEED MY JOB.........NOBODY shoudl have to live with abuse.....but here i am., having to stay till i can leave and be able to take care of myself.....

you know i have to say this...I judged..."got on" folks....me..on my high horse giving advice to my fellow recovery mates.   "oh you gotta leave" and when they CANT leave just yet, I would get on them....almost beat them up with the program.....I want to apologize to anyone I did that to...here or anywhere else....Now I am stuck in it..Now i am having to work w/a psycho,  CANT leave just yet b/c of finances.......i am angry at my being so powerless over this......so i have THAT to work on as well......I actually remember  dissociating when he was shrieking and screaming at me.....bullying me....I did the "escape" thing...I shut down....it was that bad

you guys and gals who can't leave just yet, I totally "get it", now..  sometimes one has to "defer" their escape until they CAN  are ABLE to leave...I feel so bad about being any way judgemental/pushy/beating up with the program  anyone who is stuck in this situation and cannot  leave when "neshema"  thinks they should leave...I so relate to you, any of you stuck in a bad situation b/c you want to eat and pay your bills and not end up in the poor house....

i just wanted to apologize to anyone if i did that...I can be a pushy broad and i mean well, but the way i come accross sometimes...and like I am not looking at the situation through the other's telescope, just my own, limited one...I see abuse and I go into this mode of "LEAVE"  but sometimes we CANT....NOT now.........NOBODY should have to live this way and i believe karma will "school" him for what he did to me  but i am not gonna obsess over him and the assault,

i am gonna use ALL my energy to find my center..find my peace....and GET THE H*** OUT of there..........give notice???....I am gonna put ME and MY safety first...if they want me right away, I will tell the wife that her husband is just not safe to work for and I have to leave...I will, in the meantime make sure everything is nice and clean and shiney for the next poor girl who ends up there b/c this guy cannot keep anyone....but there again...i will make sure work is up to date, clean...tidy....b/c I am gonna be walking I HOPE, soon.......and even to this person, i want to do what is right, but I am putting ME and my mental health FIRST

Love to Aqua, Paula, Mark, and our other super moderator, Debilyn for validating me...........Deb, when you said you want to "talk" with the ones who hurt your MIP'rs, I had to smile at that.....



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I emailed his wife and told her (a stretch of the truth b/c i do't want her knowing i am looking)  that i wanted to stay, do what was within reason to put out good performance (this excelating abuse is starting to affect my work)  , but he is screaming at me, bullying me and I cannot work with that...I confided in her (we get on REALLY well) that i and other females suffered workplace abuse years before and it really did serious damage to me and I would NOT let this happen to me again....i advised her i would do what was reasonable to perform at my best, but the screaming/bullying has to go b/c it is unsafe work environment.....I even told her that at times  I would "clock out" early just to avoid him and thus some things didn't get done.....I also told her i never brought questions  to him b/c of his bullying reactions....

also this am, the off. mgr called me and said hes "at it again" with her this morning....shes gonna check out  trend recruiters in her town , shes looking, just like me...he is still at it......i have to hang on till i find a replacement so maybe I can  avoid him and just work w/wife , if i can swing it.....Just not have any contact with him...

I need to hunker down and work my 1st 3 steps and also invoke HP to help me escape....whatever i have to do...help me escape..even if it means big change...i need a healthy way of making a living....

I know this post is not alanon , but I need help and am gonna reach out to sources necessary to get myself back in balance

Sorry this whole thread is not alanon, but I needed some comfort and I need my sponsor and support from some trusted recovery mates where we can talk on phone....my mental state, being bullied like this, he did a job on me......i CANT do abuse/bullying.......I WANT to just WALK away but finances, as usual, I am trapped  for now....



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