It has been an absolute cluster-F of a week. We're coming up on the end of a big project next week, so its all testing and meetings about issues and all sorts of shit. My friend on the IT side says everythings f'd and their going to have to slip the date again. I hope not, because if it slips again its going on top of my vacation.
Then on top of that, the team leading this huge project for some reason decided it was best to make everyone in the entire org go to some training for 6 hours a day, yesterday and today.
THEN, on top of that, the people on that team are so swamped none of them are going to the training that they scheduled and paid out the ass for, and so they scheduled tons of meetings on top of it for me as well.
I was literally quadruple booked on my calendar at several times today.
So I'm scrambling to make sure all my i's are crossed and my T's are dotted and my dotted line manager tells me he has a problem. And I'm like oh crap, last time this happened he almost had a heart attack and ended up in the ER. Well, I think he learned from that, because this time he said that he was getting too many tasks assigned to him for this project we were supposed to be working on together, and he needed help.
And honestly, thats the first time he's actually said he needed help. Which is some major progress for this guy, as far as management goes. So I said well tomorrow lets sit down and figure out what tasks you can split off for me. But I did make sure to tell him like look dude, we were supposed to work this together and you just took it and ran and then never asked for help until you were overwhelmed. Let that be a lesson.
Then on top of that, we've got a guy leaving, so on top of everything else I'm gonna have to help fill those shoes and train a new guy.
I think I'm taking half a day on friday to decompress. I'll do my morning meetings, get baked and then go work in my garden.