Mofos
One week from today, I go on vacation for a week. All my managers and supervisors know this. (slightly over-managed...just a touch) We have a whole new batch of customers coming on board as of September 1 - the day before I leave. I had to re-program several reports to include and split out these new customers so that we can monitor their processes directly. This has been a major undertaking on my part since I am the only one in my department that can do this level of work, and I have no assistant or back-up (brilliant, huh?).
So, I have had to reject other requests, with the explanation of why I can't do ad hoc requests at this point in time. I thought everyone understood. But that's what I get for thinking.
Since I gave my first rejection last Friday, I have been pounded with at least 10 "emergency" requests - most of which are also related to my re-programming tasks. These people simply do not understand that if I do not get these reports changed before I leave, then all the new customer data will not get reported. Can you say "duh?" It's not like I am trying to explain a formula for cold fusion, this is simple common sense.
Fortunately, I am a little smarter than these people. I had started my reprogramming early and am actually 99% finished. I just hope I don't forget something (which happens a lot lately) and leave a nasty bit of data dangling off the deep end somewhere.
I also believe that one of my managers is just trying to see how far she can push me until I lose it and start calling her names that will land me in HR. She has a habit of bringing me insanely massive data requests at 4:55 pm. Oh, yeah, I can surely get a year's worth of data in less than 5 minutes. We only process about 1.5 million records a year, no sweat!
For Halloween this year, I think I will rent a Superman costume and don a pair of horn-rimmed glasses similar to Clark Kent's. I will be the transformed hero: Supergeek. Faster than ethernet. Able to jump to conclusions in a single query. More powerful than a dual-core CPU!
Now that's just way too fuckin' geeky.
So, I have had to reject other requests, with the explanation of why I can't do ad hoc requests at this point in time. I thought everyone understood. But that's what I get for thinking.
Since I gave my first rejection last Friday, I have been pounded with at least 10 "emergency" requests - most of which are also related to my re-programming tasks. These people simply do not understand that if I do not get these reports changed before I leave, then all the new customer data will not get reported. Can you say "duh?" It's not like I am trying to explain a formula for cold fusion, this is simple common sense.
Fortunately, I am a little smarter than these people. I had started my reprogramming early and am actually 99% finished. I just hope I don't forget something (which happens a lot lately) and leave a nasty bit of data dangling off the deep end somewhere.
I also believe that one of my managers is just trying to see how far she can push me until I lose it and start calling her names that will land me in HR. She has a habit of bringing me insanely massive data requests at 4:55 pm. Oh, yeah, I can surely get a year's worth of data in less than 5 minutes. We only process about 1.5 million records a year, no sweat!
For Halloween this year, I think I will rent a Superman costume and don a pair of horn-rimmed glasses similar to Clark Kent's. I will be the transformed hero: Supergeek. Faster than ethernet. Able to jump to conclusions in a single query. More powerful than a dual-core CPU!
Now that's just way too fuckin' geeky.
posted by Gern at 6:04 PM
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