At work, and I should be working, but I've just spent the last hour and a half reading my e-mail and checking blogs.
I've figured out part of what's been bugging me about our new manager-type. Not that it changes anything, but at least I'm starting to figure out why I'm so frustrated. I constantly get the feeling from him that he thinks he's rescuing (sp?) us from this manager-less abyss. We've been just fine without one for the last 2 and a half/3 months. And before that for another 4 months when we had an incompetant one and just went around him for everything. There have been technical things that I've been pushing for for over a year that I've been told can't/won't happen. For example... being able to record director track, consistent scripting/interactions between crew & "talent" (notice the quotes please!) But now the second he walks in everything is happening. People are bending over backward to do the things I've been asking for for months! I know that it's 'cuz I'm a chick and that really frustrates me! I feel like I'm being relegated to second-class citizen after I've kept this place running since November.
I'm sorry to make anyone out there listen to me complain, but I really need to get some of this off my chest. I'm just really frustrated and don't know what to do and this is a safe place to blow off some steam.