Job related question-- 63.4 -> 49

[mulberry]

Hi all,

I have worked at the same job since finishing school three years ago. It is at a small company in a creative field, and has a lot of perks (close to my house, casual dress, somewhat flexible hours). The only problem has been the owner-- my boss-- who is mentally ill and prone to emotional breakdowns. She often acts irrationally, cries hysterically in the office, and then switches and goes into screaming fits over small details. This happens on and off-- it's cyclical. So far I've been able to put up with it because it only happens about once a month for a few days and it's only directed at me every so often. However, my only co-worker, who took the brunt of it, recently walked off the job because she couldn't take it anymore, and my boss hired the daughter of an old friend as a new employee. She will be paying the new woman much less than me and is asking me to train her to do my job. My boss says she will then have me do the job of the woman who quit. However, I'm a little suspicious she is getting ready to let me go once I've trained the new woman-- which wouldn't be a bad thing, exactly, as I have some creative projects I would like to work on and I can afford to live on unemployment benefits for a few months. I live in a city where it is not hard to find a job right now.

I asked, "What will come of things for me at my job in the next few months?" and got 63.4 -> 49.

63.4 seems rather ominous to me... But also fits the situation at the company, because my boss has been having personal financial problems and bleeding the company itself dry to deal with it. The business is doing fine, but we've had to delay payroll a few times because she had raided the coffers first for her own purposes.

I guess I am wondering just how ominous 63.4 is, what people's personal experiences with it have been, and if it means I should start looking for a job now because things will soon be very bad, rather than wait to be let go? This is a very bad time of the year for job searching so it might be moot anyway. I'm not sure she would let me go either...her usual modus operandi is to drive people to quit so she won't have to pay unemployment benefits. She definitely wouldn't let me go until September, as she takes most of the summer off for vacation and won't want to look for a new employee before then nor have the new woman in the office alone while she is gone.

Ideas? Thank you, everyone!

 

[ginnie]

I think 63.4 > 49 signifies that your mind will be full of doubts. But a 63.4 situation can go on for a very long time, so there is no reason to act on it at this time.

Also, just thought I'd add this: The way she raided the company's coffers and that delayed the payroll is something that happens at such a small firm. It's her company and she probably feels the money belongs to her, so why not take it. I used to work for a small company and the exact same thing happened all the time. That boss was crazy, too! Such behavior is not business like, and it becomes another thing to worry about ...

Why not try to take the stance of an observer. Try to observe if her mental illness is getting worse or is staying about the same. There are pluses and minuses to every job, and only you will know when you've had enough of this one ...

 

[mulberry]

I just realized I never updated this thread-- the following months at that job were nightmarish, though bearable. My boss repeatedly made financially risky decisions that caused me much stress as I tried to balance the books and make day to day things work. There was also just a general feeling of rot to the place, and to my own psyche as I tried to deal with it, that did not feel good at all.

Ultimately I left the position for something much better, and I got out relatively unscathed. It took about a year for my psychic wounds to heal though--I had nightmares about the job for a solid six months after leaving and still have trouble walking down the street where I used to work.

I think 49's role as background showed that a great movement and molting was needed for me to get out of that quagmire.

 

[tia_bnb]

I just realized I never updated this thread-- the following months at that job were nightmarish, though bearable. My boss repeatedly made financially risky decisions that caused me much stress as I tried to balance the books and make day to day things work. There was also just a general feeling of rot to the place, and to my own psyche as I tried to deal with it, that did not feel good at all.

Ultimately I left the position for something much better, and I got out relatively unscathed. It took about a year for my psychic wounds to heal though--I had nightmares about the job for a solid six months after leaving and still have trouble walking down the street where I used to work.

I think 49's role as background showed that a great movement and molting was needed for me to get out of that quagmire.

I feel like I am in a similar situation, and asked today if I should leave/resign or stay (i know i should have asked one question but..) and got this answer (63.4->49)