The Wishy Washy Idiot

We are working on a big reforecast for the second half of this year. We are down to fine tuning it. We have a board meeting on the 3rd of August. We are all stressed.

Each department manager (6 of them) had to reforecast for their budget. I had to do my dept, the capex budget and the whole balance sheet. I am also the one to combine all the pieces together and get them ready to distribute to the "Idiot" and the "Doctor".

The Doctor made some cuts. I fixed them. Now we are trying to tweek the numbers to give a better margin. So this is where the Idiot nearly made me cry out of frustration. He gives me a formula to use. I use it but the numbers are not coming out like it should. It should be decreasing, but instead it was increasing. We argued back and forth. He even yelled at me saying it's simple math. This is his formula now that's not working. He's such a micro-manager that it must be done the way he wants. I finally said I was going to do it my way.

Guess what?!? My way worked!!! Of course I am the woman. Using his math was my downfall. Will I use it again? Never. He's an asshole. He had me feeling like shit for a good chunk of the day.

I don't know how long I can stay at this company with him as my boss. The Doctor always let you get to the results your way. He doesn't micro-manage. He's the type to say, "I don't care how you do it. Just get it to me when I ask for it.". He trusts you. Idiot doesn't trust anyone. He probably doesn't even trust his mother. Today, if I drank, would be a day I'd want to get wasted.

The clock is ticking. Tic Tok tik tok.........

Profile #3 - The Doctor

He's not really a doctor but the man who hired me. He is the co-founder of my company and the coolest person. He does have a lot of quirks that sometimes irritate you, but it is overcome by his wonderful personality.

He is a big gadget freak. He's so into technology, he even betas stuff that's not even on the market. He always gets the newest and latest gadgets. He's owned every iPhone starting with the iPhone 3. He's own owned every iPad too. For computers, he's owned all systems. He currently just purchased the latest MacAir and uses a 27" iMac. For a businessman he doesn't bother with PCs at all. However, when I started, he used a Sony Vaio.

One quirk he has is AADD: adult attention deficit disorder. Don't know if that's a true one, but we made it up for him. If you don't say what you need in the 1st sentence out of your mouth, you lost his attention. If he's not holding a meeting that he's in, he won't not retain anything. You have to email him a summary.

Another quirk is his speech. He stammers when he's irritated and reverts to a childlike diction. For example: Question: Why did he do that? Doctor would ask this way: Why he do that for?

Other than these quirks, he is fun to work under and with. Not like the idiot. If Doctor started another company, I would work for him again. That's how great he is. For a while I had him trained to buy me orange sodas every day. He never took any money from me, it was his treat.

He pushes hard but it doesn't feel like it. As he pushes, he also takes care of you. He makes sure your comfortable. He'll get you food if you are hungry. Couple of us have been stuck at work with him to midnight everyday for a week to handle a system conversion. Even though all of were stressed out, he appreciated us and our efforts. We had food and car services home. Not on the company's dime either. That is his character. He warm hearted. If we have to let people go, he feels for them. He doesn't like it. He gets a bit sad and depressed. He's a good guy.

If you ever meet this man, you will never want to work with anyone else again. He's that great.