work

Work has been interesting lately. Two people were fired last week, so the production manager and I have been sharing the duties of shipping, sales orders, and invoicing. In the meantime, we haven't had time to do the jobs we were doing before last week. And since both people who were fired were the only ones who knew the ins and outs of shipping, it's been a struggle to make sure everything is being done properly, especially when it comes to international shipments that require customs forms and commercial invoices. Not to mention all the other little tasks those two people did that we're still not quite clear on who is supposed to be doing them now. Per usual, every problem in the company is blamed on the most recent person(s) fired.

It's getting easier as I get more familiar with the process, but I'm still unsure of myself. We're teaching another production person to do orders and invoices, so the production manager can go back to printing. But I have a week's worth of timesheet logs to input, and I haven't done any graphics work in as much time. I've also been answering the phone fairly regularly and dealing with customer service issues -- a task I loathe, especially since many of the questions could easily be answered by the two people who were fired.

But the boss seems to think I'm doing a great job so far, at least until my first screwup, so that's a motivational boost. Nonetheless, it's a confusing and disorienting time at work right now. I'm just trying to go with the flow and keep my head above water.