I want to thank those who have commented on my last post. I really appreciate the kind words of encouragement. I know the decision we are making wont be easy but it will be for the best and Jehovah will help us to do what we need to do to serve him better. I love you all. Thank you! If you are coming here and don't know what I am talking about, please refer to the last post.
So we are obviously still planning on going to NY. I still havent received my passport from the British government. I think they are holding it hostage. They must want to keep me in the country cause they love me so much! I am calling them tomorrow about it. Also, the manager at HSBC never called me back. His exact words "Will get back to you no later than Monday." and yes that was the Monday that just passed. I called today and they sent him a reminder. What a crap bank. I want my money! I want to start planning our Italy trip. I cant believe it coming up so fast. I need to start booking things.
So anyways, I am going to talk a bit about work. There is a situation going on which is a bit odd. There are four of us that do the same job as Sales Support Executives. If you dont know what is, we basically provide support for the sales teams of the company. I am responsible for the sales team of the West of England. So there is this one guy who gets paid 3 grand more than us other three. 3 GRAND more a year. Ok supposedly he has more experience. Here is the problem....he STINKS at his job. Completely and totally. I could go on and on about why but the main reason being he is REALLY unorganized and doesn't really care. That is the plain truth. I mean our job is not hard, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to do it but it is EXTREMELY demanding. You have about 4 departments depending on you at once because proving support for our group is just the tip of the iceberg. We also work for Marketing and each have our own individual projects we are responsible for. Basically the boy is completely untrustworthy. You cannot rely on him for help. He messes up often and his own team has said that they cannot rely on him. So the money issue REALLY upsets me cause I work my butt of and get paid way less every month. I have known this for months that he makes more than us and it has been a sore spot until last week when it all came to a head. One of us was on holiday and the other had to cop out for the whole week due to family issues. He did not offer to help once. Not ONCE. I did my job, Sophy and Deons without him helping me at all. I went home SO stressed Thursday and cried when I got home. He had the nerve to say "Mel, you seem really off this week. Why are you struggling to get your work done. I havent had a problem at all." This is from a man who works 5 days a week and still is struggling to finish things on Monday morning the next week when I work 4 days and my work is completely done when I am gone for the weekend on Thursday. So that was IT for me. I talked to the girls about it cause they are really sick of him as well but they didnt want to say anything. So before I lost my courage I emailed my HR manager and asked to speak to her. It was making me physically sick. I told I wanted to speak to her. She is really cool and asked me to join her for a cup of coffee. So we met yesterday afternoon and I told her 1. I wanted to go full time in Sept (we need the money) and 2. About Mark. I told her straight out that he is awful at his job and the fact he makes a substantial amount more than the rest of us is bothering us. I was really professional and told her I do not have a problem with him personally at all. Its just his work that bothers me. I gave her a few examples. I told her I didnt want to get anyone in trouble. She thanked me for coming to her, she was really grateful. She was shocked by what I told her and really disturbed when she heard how upset us girls are. So she asked for my permission to speak to my manager Heidi about it and I gave it to her. She immediately got in touch with Heidi and they were in a LONG meeting. When I was about to go home Heidi followed me in the bathroom and thanked me for bringing this to her attention. I told her I felt a bit bad and she said not to. She was really glad someone said something because she cant see everything. We all work in the same office (6 of us) in a very SMALL office but she isnt always there to see what goes on. The other girls would never have said anything but they did email Sandra (the HR manager) to agree with all I said today so that was good. I dont want him to get fired. I just want him to up his game and help us out more if he is going to get paid more. A few months ago the girls were hating on him and plain out rude and I took him aside to talk about it and he acknowledged what I said. He has been told by the managers that he needs to improve a few months ago but hasnt. So I am curious to see what will happen. As I told them, more than anything I just needed to get it all off my chest. I cant talk about it with the girls and then not do something about it. So I will let you know what happens. Please share your thoughts about this if you would like.