Working mom problems...

DebbieM422 · August 2013

I am training a temp to fill in for my maternity leave, she's been with me all this week and will be for the next two weeks. Why, oh why, am i awake at 3am tossing and turning afraid that she's going to ruin everything? I keep having ridiculous thougts that I'll check in with her weekly to make sure that she's completing things accurately and that I'll come back early to make sure?

I have to keep reminding myself that, in this instance, work is not the priority, right?

IrishPiratess · August 2013

heh. Ive resolved myself to the fact that in my industry, we all do things slightly different, and that when I get back things aren't going to be done "my way". I just have to figure out what was done, and pick up wherever my team leaves off.

Curls218 · August 2013

My work is being divvied up between my coworkers and I've started this week leaving detailed notes on exactly where everything stands at the end of each day so that I can leave and not have to worry about anything. But I definitely have a project or two that I am stressing over leaving with someone else!

I'm also convinced that I'll get back in December and nothing will have been done lol

PrettyInPearls23 · August 2013

I'm in the middle of implementing a new software project and it's not looking to be up and running before I have to go on leave. The guy who will be left in charge is a complete idiot and I have a feeling that my project will get put on the back burner for me to pick up when I come back in 10-12 weeks.

Thankfully the temp we have to cover the rest of my workload is fantastic. I just hope that I've gotten her well prepared before I go on leave. I'm paranoid that I'm going to have to leave suddenly and have a bunch of loose ends hanging.

Mags04 · August 2013

I've been training my temp for a few weeks now. I have say she has been really ticking me off lately. I'm reviewing her work while I'm in the office and if I notice she needs to make a correction on something she gives me an bitchy attitude when i show her the change. Plus she wears this awful body lotion and the smell makes me feel like I'm going to throw up.

mmdd20 · August 2013

I am having the opposite problem. My temp starts next week and all of a sudden I have this fear that he is going to come in and do a much better job than me. I know I work very hard and am extremely good at what I do, but we are bringing in someone who was recently laid off and knows our systems already. He is also single, no family, no kids, and trying to earn a full time job back here, I am just worried he can come in and put in the extra time/effort that I am not always able to do given the fact that some days I need to leave at 5, etc.

I know I shouldn't think that way, but it is hard not too.

NicknShan · August 2013

Well, on the bright side, you get a temp! I have no one stepping in when I leave which makes me lose sleep over the mess I am sure I will return to. I am also not looking forward to being bothered at home... which I am confident will happen.

Hopefully your temp is a bright one and can allow you to forget about work when you are at home.

starinyte · August 2013

PrettyInPearls23 said:

I'm in the middle of implementing a new software project and it's not looking to be up and running before I have to go on leave. The guy who will be left in charge is a complete idiot and I have a feeling that my project will get put on the back burner for me to pick up when I come back in 10-12 weeks.

I could have written this myself. The only difference is, this project HAS to be ready for launch before I get back because we have a hard deadline of end of September (or heads will roll). I'm currently solely responsible and my back up is showing zero interest in getting up to speed before I leave. I am equal parts worried and stressed out about it.

DFico21 · August 2013

Yup, no temp for me either, my boss will do my bookkeeping work and the other work is divided up between my co-irkers. I would actually love to be a fly on the wall when my boss has to deal with all their mistakes everyday like I do. She is actually doing some of it right now and has already had to talk to them about 3 mistakes today!

I will not think about work while I am off - I have a strict policy on this. I bust my butt when I am here and give 100% but when I am off I give 100% to myself.

hungryhippo · August 2013

Curls218 said:

My work is being divvied up between my coworkers and I've started this week leaving detailed notes on exactly where everything stands at the end of each day so that I can leave and not have to worry about anything. But I definitely have a project or two that I am stressing over leaving with someone else!

I'm also convinced that I'll get back in December and nothing will have been done lol

@Curls218 - how much time does it take you each day to leave detailed updates about projects? I'm lucky if I get this done once a week! This is what's keeping me up at 3am... the feeling that I'm not leaving enough info accessible to everyone.

Babybabybabyohhhhhhh · August 2013

My sub keeps talking about how nervous she is to take over my class and how she is bad at classroom management. Ughhh I hate that I can't be there but I know I won't even be thinking about it when I'm with my baby everyday

LBib · August 2013

On Tuesday we had a senior management reshuffle and two brand new people will be co-managing my team of project managers. My teams mostly have their shit in order but there is a lot of change and transition happening all at once. My old boss is freaking out!

Skalbrecht · August 2013

My work will be divided up...my company just had a mass layoff. I am currently getting a new boss and new assigments at 35 weeks pregnant, while figuring out and covering projects for 2 ppl who lost their jobs last week and finishing my own assignents to transition to my new role. No stress there right?

I walk out at the end of the day and don't look at my email or answer calls past 5. I have zero intention of checking email while I am out on leave to get away from the work craziness, but I'm sure I will break down eventually (will have to do it when the hubs isn't around!). Really trying to separate my crazy work life from my personal and set boundaries for myself!

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Amusjh · August 2013

My boss is in the process of trying to outsource part of my position "for budget reasons". If the council approves his suggestions and contract, then starting October 1st, I won't be doing that part of my job. That scares me, because it could cause me to go to part-time status and I would lose my insurance benefits, not to mention, the lose in wages. My boss keeps reminding me that I am having this baby at a really inconvenient time.

lindseyb624 · August 2013

I feel everyone's pain. I'm currently training my temp, but putting together all of the files and instructions for him is preventing me from just checking things off my list to get done before I'm gone making my list of things I have to explain to him longer. It's a vicious cycle. We hired someone who is a consultant by trade to take over so that we're sure he won't bail for a full time job in the middle of my leave and I definitely went through a phase of being worried he'd do my job better than me. The good news is that personality wise, he's not an amazing fit for the group and he doesn't want a full time job because he enjoys consulting so it makes me feel better. Now I'm just panicking that I'm going to go early. I'm personally ready to meet my little girl, but I'm not ready at work!

kappadeltacutie · August 2013

My boss has asked that I please not go into labor until my EDD (9/16) because a new girl on our team who will be performing a lot of my duties won't be here until 9/9 so we need at least a week of overlap. Yeah...as discussed in a previous thread, I do have wildly inappropriate coworkers. Needless to say considering I am bumping now, work is apparently not my priority either lol!

Curls218 · August 2013

hungryhippo said:

Curls218 said:

My work is being divvied up between my coworkers and I've started this week leaving detailed notes on exactly where everything stands at the end of each day so that I can leave and not have to worry about anything. But I definitely have a project or two that I am stressing over leaving with someone else!

I'm also convinced that I'll get back in December and nothing will have been done lol

@Curls218 - how much time does it take you each day to leave detailed updates about projects? I'm lucky if I get this done once a week! This is what's keeping me up at 3am... the feeling that I'm not leaving enough info accessible to everyone.

As I do things I put post-it notes on them saying things like "VM for so-and-so" or "waiting on official offer, client knows this" or things like that. I work in entertainment where while there are some bigger projects that take longer and negotiations that go on for a while, a lot of it is tied up within a week. So it may be easier than other jobs where there are bigger projects, etc.

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