Us against Them

As the days go on it becomes more and more clear that I have zero control and most of my work largely goes unseen by everyone but users and my Boss. So many decisions about control have been made without even a single hint at asking myself or Boss what we think. I kind of expect to be out of the loop, I'm only a minion, but my Boss has been shoved out of the loop.

Decisions are being made without us being told. Restrictions are being decided without us being told. Everything is being taken out of our hands without us being told. But in the aftermath of all of these decisions, we are expected to pick up the pieces without any information. How do you fix something when you haven't been told what's been done to it in the first place?

Guess work and banding together. That's what me and Boss are reduced to. Network Admin and IT Director have taken the reigns but not bothered to tell us anything. Its us against them.

So we've both made a decision to start doing some serious job hunting. We want out. Our morale is at an all time low and we can't handle it anymore. There are greener pastures in a McDonalds somehwere that would make us feel better than we do here.

I've forgiven Boss for conviently taking off sick during the biggest part of the crisis. I'm unsure he would have been much help anyhow. He paniced when he was faced with something he knew nothing about. Its over. We've banded together.

Just as an aside, I found out yesterday who got the Support Person of the year award. It was Network Admin. Not that he does any support. Currently he has 2 whole offices pissed off at him. Oddly enough those 2 same offices have told me that they voted for me and thought I should have gotten it. I personally think it was rigged. Boss does more support than him and Network Admin barely ever talks to users. I can't see the majority choosing him.