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The graphics dept has a new guy. Not just a new guy, but he's
the new manager. We were introduced to him in a meeting Monday
morning.
He knew the 3 of us by name and job duties but I had never
seen him before. When he was introduced as the new manager I
was so thankful that I didn't think to look to Grunt to see his
reaction.
After the meeting, when Rob and Grunt away I asked the Space
Cadet if Grunt knew Rob was the new manager. "I think so,
he was called into a meeting late Friday." Must have been
after I left.
I asked Rob the same question later in the week. He said Grunt
was told Friday afternoon and "freaked out about it."
It was understandable that he was upset but in all honesty, I
had no confidence in him to manage/supervise the dept. I knew
a 4th person was being interviewed for but the general attitude
was that they would sit at the empty station and help out with
magazine ads.
Was secretly hoping that the new person would become the manager.
During my evaluation a week or so ago with the sexy COO I let
it be known that I was unhappy having Grunt as manager and gave
a few examples why I was unhappy. He also brought up that Grunt
felt threatend by the Space Cadet's experience and creativity.
Since I was also up for a raise I didn't think it was a good
time to say, "replace Grunt or I'm leaving" which is
what I was prepared to do. That's how bad it had become. I figured
if there wasn't a new manager by this time next month I would
be using sick days to interview.
So I'll stay and see how it goes. At least the new guy says
he'll give me more creative jobs. But then that could be lip
service.
~*~
Oh, yeah, I got the raise. Sexy COO called me into the conference
room, looked through a three ring binder and said, "You
were making $X, now your making $Y dollars."
"Ok." I said
"That was easy." he said and turned a page in the
binder.
"Were you expecting an argument?"
"Uh...yes I was."
"I'm sorry. But I didn't know we would be having this
meeting so I didn't prepare anything."
"That's ok." he said and smiled.
"Well," I said. "Monday I learned how to make
paths and masks in Illustrator. Can I get $Y.50"
"No." he said without missing a beat. Never has
a mouth looked so sexy while saying that word. "'A' for
effort but no."
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