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Originally Posted by jewels
Chances are that if she's 60, she's been there a long time and is anxious to pension out. Perhaps she views your position as her assistant, so maybe you should clarify with someone above her to find out if this is so.
Whenever I've had someone above me treat me with disrespect, I straighten them out very quickly. I simply let him/her know that although I'm not the same paygrade or of the same authority, I abide by the same rules and use the same toilet.  That being said, two can play her game. You could always use that extra half hour of lunch as ammo. (Did I really say that? ) |
I will clarify some information guys, since a lot of folks are emphasizing her being with the company for x amount of years. She has worked at the deans office for 2 years, my roommate who is a senior at TAMU has worked here longer than she has. So when it comes to her having seniority based on time elapsed that does not give her anything. Her age and her working full time are the only differences between the student workers and her. We all do the same jobs, usually us. I view her as dead weight taking up space and oxygen in my office.
I believe they have such a problem keeping student workers because when you're learning something that doesn't take 2 or 3 brain cells to rub together to figure out and someone is acting like its a seriously difficult task, it's not motivating. If I were to leave, they would have no one to work for them Tuesdays and Thursdays and therefore would be forced to do the copying and delivering themselves. I would need a payraise inorder to stay at this job through the summer into next year. If the management were actually doing their job I would believe they would see that the reason students don't stay more than a semester would be because they don't want to deal with an uneducated grandmother telling them to do their job as well as hers.
Often times Jan interrupts what I'm doing something and adds on four more tasks. I don't mind doing what I'm asked, but I do mind constantly being interrupted while I'm doing them., that wastes my time and it throws me off my mindset.
I have looked into other jobs on campus however I'd like to finish out the semester here and leave because I'm going to do summer school and therefore not just "quit" and hopefully get a good recommendation out it.
I'm lifeguard certified so I'm already on the trail to finding another job that gets me out of this hole. I worked in Lubbock at the Texas Tech Aquatic Center last semester. Loved my job, was good at it and I was respected. I expect to find something similar here.