Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Another day at the office

Work has become such a depressing place to be. I wish I could find a new job because I need to get out. There's only one problem though, my boss is my father. That's right, I work at a family business. Don't get me wrong, working as a family member in a family business has its perks, but lately the negatives have been way out-weighing the positives.
The root of the problem, both for me and the business, is my father. He is such a negative guy; he's negative about everything. If an employee messes up, or a customer does something to upset him he takes it personally. In his mind he feels that they purposely do these things to say "F-you" with their actions. However, that's not the case. Most of the time the employees make an honest mistake.
The problem is when an employee does something the boss doesn't like he doesn't address the issue when it happens. Instead, he bottles up his feelings which usually turns into anger. Then every time the employee makes the same mistake, which they don't know they are making because the boss hasn't addressed the issue, the boss becomes more and more mad. Then the employee who was making the same mistakes will do something minor and the boss will blow up at them. The employee usually has no clue why the boss tore their head off. The boss really makes a hostile work environment where every one is walking on egg-shells.
Almost all of the employees are afraid to ask the boss any questions because he usually gives off this vibe that the person asking the question is stupid for asking the question.
I really wish I could get him to go to therapy, but my half-assed attempts have been ignored.
There's way too much to write about my work situation. This will definitely be a work in progress.

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