The past year or so has been awful. There has been so much that has happened, but I've not posted about it because, well, there's just so much!
Manager and supervisor are bullies. There's no other way to put it. They think nothing of reprimanding people in front of others in a departmental meeting. When I pointed it out in a private meeting, I was told they did it because they wanted the others to not do the same things wrong.
I pretty much can't do anything right. There will be situations where they immediately say I'm in the wrong, complete with scathing emails. When I show proof that the situation is completely opposite of their jump to conclusions, there are no apologies for raking me over the coals.
I'm doing more customs related stuff than transportation now, which is good, but the additional customs stuff is for someone else (The Golden Girl) who does the transportation side for these customers. If she gives me customs clearances to do, I MUST have them done the same day. Non negotiable. If I can't for whatever reason, I have to document why. There was something the past few days I couldn't get cleared due to incorrect info from an airline. I spent so much time on it. My stuff got pushed to the side. They don't care. If I can't get stuff done, it's my problem. They don't care why. The fact that I had issues I was spending tons of time on doesn't even come into play with them.
The end of the workday today was the last straw that's starting me to seriously look for something else. The Golden Girl has to do some billing for the first time on a customer I used to handle the transportation on. She decides to come to me right at 5 as I'm getting my coat on. I had somewhere to get to. She literally shakes files in my face and demands I help her with them. My computer was already shut down (I'd have to look up information to help) and I was already punched out (we have to punch in and out online). I'm struggling with all my layers and asked if we could do it Monday as I had somewhere to be. She was not happy.
Went out to my car and was just driving away when manager calls. She reams into me for not being "nicer" and why wouldn't I help The Golden Girl. I told manager I had plans and why was it OK for The Golden Girl to decide she needed help at 5pm on a Friday. I'm told "that doesn't matter" and she as she took a breath to start in on me again, I simply said "goodbye" and hung up.
Mind you, The Golden Girl is almost always out the door right at 5. She has a 3 year old kid and is always running out the door to get him from daycare. I've tried to ask her something before at 4:55pm and she's told me she can't, has to go get her son. Yet, when she decides she wants help at 5pm, I'm supposed to bend over backwards?
At this point, things are so bad that I might end up getting fired before I find something else, but if I don't find anything, I'll ride this pony as long as I can for the money.
I don't have to do just customs brokerage stuff. I'm qualified to do global trade compliance. The only move I might consider making is back to Michigan, where I'm from. I love my Great Lakes diving, so I'm not going to move from here.