so... i caught a big windfall and landed this killer program director job for the summer, from the same place i work during the year. it's great.. except...

my boss is SO passive aggressive. and i've known that all along, but i've never really had to deal with it upfront. For example, i have 70 little kids enrolled in our program, and my boss tells me a week before the program is set to start that the buildings we'll be using are going to be under construction, and the outdoor lawn area we also use, is off limits. instead they're going to give us a 10x10 awning in the parking lot.

frankly, that's UNACCEPTABLE, and i refuse to tell parents they're spending their money (it's an expensive program) for a crappy awning.

my boss is soooo passive aggressive, and VERY hesitant to ever do anything, or spend any money. but with the deadline fast approaching we need solutions. my boss won't even call the construction company and even ask to delay the project, nor is she willing to spend money on a trailer (like a classroom trailer, not a trailer-park one) or anything else to solve this. not because she doesn't care, but because shes so... "we'll see.. things might work out... " about EVERYTHING.

mind you this space issue is only issue #1 of like a million i'm fighting her on.

so... i realize that i'm the one who's going to be responsibile for the failure/success of this program, and it will fail if i don't get some answers from her, but i also dont want to push it, as i know i got VERY lucky to score this job, and barely got it in the first place.

i've been super practical and polite thus far, and have been VERY flexible (really.. VERY) on smaller to medium issues, but i've put my foot down on this one, hoping for results, and it's getting me nowhere.

p.s. she has no superiors i can talk to. she's the boss of bosses. and i care about this program so so much, and really have my heart in it, and can't bear to watch it fall apart or fail because of all this administrative dropped slack.

please help....

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Eurgh, that is just pure laziness. That kind of disregard for other people annoys me to the very core. The power is in her hands, but it sounds as though she simply couldn't be arsed to make a few telephone calls to make things a whole lot easier for you.

I suggest you write your boss a formal (but personal) letter, outlining your frustrations in the most professional way possible. I mean, come on, you have to make her see how unreasonable she is being (I know you've tried and tried, but keep in mind that you haven't failed yet). Make it clear to her how IMPORTANT the programme is to you, and point out that she is the deciding factor in how successful it's going to be. If parents get pissy about a second-rate awning, the responsibility will all be on YOU. And why? Because the construction couldn't be delayed a little while longer ...Perhaps you could offer to organise everything for her? Ehe...