This is getting easier

I complained to Mike about the work situation and the problem that no one but me seems interested in solving.

His take: training will resolve skill set deficiencies, but the real issue seems to be lack of motivation, both on the administrators' parts (to prep files for Closeout at all, let alone correctly) and on management's part (if the boss doesn't give two figs about the task, why should the underlings?)

No one here wants to change, even for the better. The section flounders along and will keep doing that long after I'm gone. Maybe I'm supposed to learn where and on whom to bestow my best gifts--and not insist on giving unwanted gifts as I have done so often.

My mananger came in this morning after two days' vacation to tell me that the section manager is working on the budget for next year. She wants an estimate for our imaging system's operational costs for next fiscal year and when the bills for technical support come due.

Y apologized for not letting me know she needed this information sooner. Nevertheless she wants the estimates by end of business today, hence turning her failure to plan into MY problem to fix. Which I will, because I still care about doing a good job. But I won't find it so hard to say goodbye to this work situation.

They're also feeling the pinch of other poor decisions: our financial analyst spends her days reviewing and correcting Camilla's abysmal Oracle data entry work. She sighs heavily, exclaims "What is she doing?!?" but checks herself before saying too much to me. It's clear she's frustrated. It's clear C is wrong for the job. It's clear management won't course correct. I'm less sympathetic to the plights they've created.

I give notice next Friday. Woo Hoo!