The art of the snub

There are a lot of problems with this new part time role. So much so that I am back to semi-regular posting. One of the major problems was the recruitment process - it seemed unbalanced that while I had to present my best and most professional side to the firm to get hired, they presented their deceiptful, incompetenet, disorganised and inexperienced side to me (don't ask me why I then stupidly accepted their belated offer).

The main culprit was one of the jumped-up snotty blondes in HR who'd been in the job a minute and was waaaay younger than me but has managed to snub me in subtle ways ever since I started (and thanks for not passing my bank details onto payroll so I was paid a week late, bitch).

Then last Friday I receive an appointment request for an 'informal chat' with above-mentioned anal-retention poster girl to talk about 'how you are getting on' and 'your feedback on the recruitment process'.

So cruel. I have so much to say, and could say it so well but what's the use when the person I want to complain about is the person who is getting my feedback? I can't picture gummyblonde taking down notes about her inefficiency and duly handing them onto her team manager.

I did the only thing I could to honestly express my opinion of the recruitment process- I emailed Buffy-the-Competence-Slayer 15 minutes before the 'informal chat' to say I was too busy (on the internet but whatever) and could we make it for another time.

I hope she bumps into me when I'm on my way out shopping at the appointed hour.

Is it me? No, it's definitely you.

I should have known there'd be trouble in this new firm from the day after my first interview when the imbeciles in the HR department blocked the offer from the department that really wanted me to work with him. I should have known that being told I was blocked for saying something THAT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SAY in the interview was a clear sign that I wasn't wanted at that firm, for whatever reason.

Because I'm stubborn and I wanted to rub HR's face in it, I managed to get the job anyway (that's what makes me dangerous....despite the contempt and endless bitching, I am a brilliant legal secretary).

Now, a month in, there are small signs that certain people are still trying to make me leave:

- my secretarial co-ordinator has stopped talking to me. At all.

- my float department leader has taken me off her group email list as well as twice ignored my emails to her requesting confirmation of vacation approval procedures

- the person I'm meant to be working for has been in the office 2 days out of 6 (and given I only work two days a week, that's a lot)

- the other person I work for, when I approached him to say hi and ask for access to his calendar, said 'oh, it'll take a while to set up. I don't really have anything much on my calendar' (well, maybe but I am your SECRETARY and I need to know about that one meeting a week anyway so I can tell people where you are. A week later and he still hasn't given me access. Paranoid? Well, the other part time secretary who works for him has access. Go figure.

- They forgot to pay me last Thursday.

Ok ok I get the hint.