Small work rant (that may turn into a large work rant)

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One of my bosses at work (who is a female, by the way) absolutely HATES when people take time off work. I think she has a complex that she works harder than everyone else and everyone else is a slacker compared to her. She complains whenever someone had PTO scheduled and makes comments like "Well, they really shouldn't take PTO before an exam." And "Well, they really shouldn't take PTO after an exam," and "Well, they really shouldn't take PTO in the month of August." She hates it when people stock up on PTO and then take a 2 week vacation (although she just did it last month). She makes totally inappropriate comments like "Well, I guess it's ok that she take two weeks off since she is going on vacation with her family." Hey, it's personal time off of work. You don't get to JUDGE whether it is appropriate or not. If I want to take all my PTO days to sit around the house alternating getting drunk and nursing a hangover, that's my own business. (I would personally pick at least a different locale to do that though. Getting drunk around the house for 3 weeks would be pretty boring.) This woman also emailed me (expecting a response) last summer when I was in Hawaii for a week. I actually DID get the email because email was the only way I was in touch with Lee on the ship. But, to EXPECT people to respond when you KNOW they're in Hawaii. Come on.

Anyway, that initial rant is just background to what is happening now. Obviously, if this woman hates PTO so much, she REALLY hates maternity leave. She has two kids and brags about the fact that with her second child she returned to work after three days. I personally don't think that is something to brag about.

She has been giving me a hard time about my upcoming maternity leave since she first found out about my pregnancy. This is clearly not "right" (or legal). Especially since... This is going to be shocking... She is in charge of our Human Resources department!!!! I can't think of a better person for THAT role (insert heavy sarcasm).

Anyway, at first she just kept complaining because I hadn't informed her of when I would be out on maternity leave. Um, you know my due date and I said that I planned to work up until the baby came... Beyond that, you might need to ask God & the baby.

Then she was asking me disapprovingly how much time I planned to take off. Full 12 weeks baby! I don't care if you like it or not. It's the law.

Now that I am down to (hopefully) one more full week of work, things are ramping up. Yesterday she wrote an email saying that a project "of mine" was near the deadline and was concerned that I hadn't worked on it. I wrote her back to tell her 1) I was not assigned to that project (listing the people who ARE) and 2) the project doesn't even BEGIN until July 1st. IN YOUR FACE!

Today she has been asking if I have transitioned one of our common clients to the person that is taking over for me. I have sent him a 3 page (single space), DETAILED to the point that it makes me nauseous, explanation of what he will need to do for the client. And she was Cc'd on the email. Yet, she is still harrassing me that "THIS TRANSITION MUST BE SEAMLESS." Well, to be honest, I've done what I can do to help this guy, and at some point, I just can't be held accountable if he totally screws the pooch on the client.

SO, at this point, I am SO ready to just get the hell out of here and have this baby and not check my work email. (Or check it but not respond. Haha!) Sorry for the huge novel. I commend you if anyone actually made it through the entire thing. But, if nothing else, it made me feel a lot better. Although, these are the days that a Bud Light would be even better than a hateful blog!

Back to work. Urgh. Hurry up baby!