So 2 colleagues who love their programs and their schools have told me they are looking for other jobs. I will admit to looking, there is nothing close to what I make in my field right now. I am needing to stay put but the situation is getting more toxic quickly. We were having some improvement, that went backwards.
I am going to read my book about managing up and the non-violent communication book, however I am dealing with people who are running the show but not my direct supervisor. So unless I can send something through him to convince them on some issues I have no clue what to do. I interviewed a great candidate, I was supposed to share her as a floater however based on transportation she is not able to get to other sites than mine. My sup asked for me to write up a document showing why I needed her so he could try and get her for my site. I talked it through with him, wrote up and sent the document in under 2 hours, and then today he came to my site and kept talking to me about it as I was literally walking out the door for my evening class. We also already agreed to work towards coaching out my one struggling staff person, how the heck can I do that when I don't have enough staff? And I can't talk about it on site, it is a very private conversation. They have also slashed our staffing limits for days that we run full day camps, yet there is no written policy at this point. I was starting to calm down and then a colleague I am supposed to be working with told me her staff is not allowed to work for me, at all, for these camps. WTF! I need that in writing.
My next step is to just follow up every conversation with an email to document, then if I have requested something more than once I will copy in his supervisor. Not sure that is going to help at all, but at least I have a trail. I am significantly worried about my exit plan and maintaining my basic salary at this point.