This weekend I once again realized that working for “Da Man” sucks. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy what I am doing. I decided to take advantage of the 30 days of paid vacation thing they have over here in Germany and took Friday and Monday off. We had guest in town over the weekend and I wanted to help my wife get the house ready for our visitors.
With my mind already in long weekend mode by mid afternoon Thursday the phone rang and my boss called, telling me a big announcement could come on Friday and it would be better if I canceled my day off. To say I was disappointed was an understatement. My list of chores was long and with people coming in it definitely needed to get done. By the time I dragged my tired ass out of bed Friday morning my mood was at a low point. Running late my mobile rang just as I was ready to leave the house Friday morning with my boss on the other end telling me the announcement was postponed – SCORE! Vacation after all!!
The downside of Friday’s day off – announcement was to be Monday or Tuesday. Well, last night checking if I could stay home today I was told announcement on Tuesday, with a pre-conference that I could dial in later in the day. Like the trained monkey that I am I dutifully kept checking my blackberry all day and staying away from longer projects which I might need to interrupt for this spur of the moment meeting.
When 5pm rolled around I got a call from my Boss again – pre announcement meeting postponed until tomorrow. Is it just me, or am I on a really short leash regarding work. Being a free spirit for most of my life I am not liking the idea of being a trained monkey on call 24/7 one bit… what will happen when it’s missing the first day of school, graduation, or other major life event because of a meeting that might or might not happen.
