I may need some help...or a slap!

With this blog post I will probably piss off many a people but seriously I don’t care.


Lately, I have been dealing with ignorance beyond words.

Work has been a killer. I have been swamped beyond swamped. I was personally responsible for over 2 million dollars worth of sales and renewals last year and am on target for 3 million this year. I have discussed with my VP that it is beyond what any one person can possibly handle on their own.

He agreed that I need help.

In case, you missed it, 6 months ago, I was transferred to another department. My job did not change only where I sit and who I report to did.

Anyway, BigBoss and LittleBoss decided that it would be a good idea to move someone from another group to help me as soon as they could. This was done with no discussion with me until after it had happened. They transferred the person that was not performing in their job.

I have been training this individual for 2 MONTHS. Not weeks, months, and I am pulling my hair out.

Backstory – I have my degree in Elementary Education and certifications in Math and Special Needs. I could teach a special needs 4th grader algebra and I cannot teach this person how to think before he acts.

Today, for an example, he sent an email in French thanking a woman for her inquiry and order forms to a group coordinator that was concerned that the order that she placed 2 weeks ago has spelling errors in the names. THIS WAS AFTER I RESPONDED YESTERDAY AND TOLD HIM SO!!! VERBALLY AND IN EMAIL FORM!

Ugh, I am trying so hard to help this individual to learn the group process and yet he doesn’t listen to anything and just goes forward doing his own thing.

Not intentionally, I hope, he is sabotaging a $3,000,000 money maker for this company and I have no other options.

I know I need to say something but am not sure how or to who. I am up to my elbows in my own work and now fixing all of his mistakes on top of it. I am becoming a bitch and know that the emotions will be worse the longer the situation persist. I have a bad habit of letting my emotions overcome my tone when I talk.

HELP!