Words of advice, words of encouragement, please!
One of my pt jobs is as a tutor for a county council adult ed department. For about 5 years a woman who started as a peer but soon got promotion has been pick, pick, picking at me. Expert in sending thoughtless, sharp emails (and copying them to bosses, often for no reason), expert in hogging the best work for herself, in cosying up to the bosses and in false allegations. This time, this evening, an email which was essentially an accusation that I hadn't done some student related admin correctly and going on about the implications for the 'county'.
Thing is, she is again wrong. I'd followed procedures, informed colleagues, played by the rules. I've written back putting the record straight but otherwise making no comment. Then I wept. Feeling intensely sad - that every so often something like this crops up. My guess is that the little bit of power that this person has has quite simply gone to her head.
Only a pt job but the family needs the salary. It's madly bureaucratic but it's money and I like my students and teaching colleagues.
Will find myself working at the same time as this woman later this week - our paths cross once a week. Don't think I can face it. Wondering if I should contact my boss and explain. I've bent her ear before - she's been indifferent but perhaps she needs to know to hear from me. In a union but there are no reps - I may be one of very few in a teaching union in the department. Don't know where to turn - this stupid thing is going to get heavier and I just want to tell a boss what I've done and leave the rest to them ...
My other job is fine - sane, reasonable people. This one borders on madness but I can't afford to relinquish it.
Thanks for reading -