Just not fair!!!!

Just when I think I am getting this mymomzilla shit under some form of liveable control something else has to come along to tip things over yet again. It's geting to the point where I/we are feeling more and more like losers or like we are cursed for some reason. I hear all of the time that everyone goes through shit in the course of their life. That everyone faces obstacles that they either overcome or perish by. My biggest obstacle to date has been mymomzilla and all that she represents. I am at a point where she is concerned where I feel content in the course I have chosen and the results of that course. So what's my problem now?

My wife worked extremely hard for the last 15 years to advance her career and prepare her for bigger and better things. When her boss retired at the end of last year my wife, who had been groomed for the position was made acting Director of her department in governement. A very good position with lots of responsibility and even more work. She has worked tirelesssly in her first six months on the job and has received accolades from both her staff and the community for what she has done in such a short time. "So what's the problem, it all sounds good to me?" you ask. At the same time as her taking the position there was a change in the person who would be her direct supervisor. This is where my education in the political machine started and believe me I am somewhat blown away by what I have seen and learnt of how our provincial government works. It seems to be lawless and shameful. Between the Director positions and the Ministers responsible for those departements are several positions of authority. There are the Assistant to the Minitster, Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Minister possitions to name a few. These are what are considered high ranking civil service positions and unless I'm mistaken are made by appointment. The ADM (Assistant Deputy Minister) supervises all of the Directors of programs that fall under their specific department in government. The previous ADM knew my wife and her work and was 100% behind her taking on the Director position. He was in fact part of the grooming process for the previous number of years. Regardless, he was moved to a different department almost directly after her getting put into the Director position. The new ADM has a history of being a terrible manager. So bad she was ousted from her last position for what she was doing. Unfortunately two things hold true here. 1) Once appointed to government there is no being gotten rid of. They simply assign you somehwere else. This woman was supposedly put into exile until she learnt her lessons better. She fooled everyone by cooperating for however many years it took her to get back in the good books and be appointed as an ADM again. The truth is she learnt nothing except how to play the game. She is a life-long card-carrying member of the ruling party and by god she is going to make good on collecting for her years of service to the party. That is the least of the problem.

This woman, for whatever reason is punishing her by doing what in mind is both unconscionable and may in fact be in contravention to the labour laws. She has stonewalled her work by sitting on documents until past deadline or claiming not to have received them at all when in fact they were sent up well before deadline. She has, against union policy undermined all of the directors in her department by meeting with the administrative staff and directing them to bypass their Directors and report directly to her. She has done her best to make my wife look bad at every possible oportunity. She quickly made a point by insisting that all documents produced by my wife be signed as "Acting Director" rather than "Director." She has undermined her in front of the community they are both suposed to be working for. At the same time she virtually handcuffed her by telling the entire community that her position would open for competition in the near future. People were flabbergasted when she said that but more importantly these are the same community people that the Director, whomever it is, must get into some serious negotiating with. Now how are these people suposed to negetioate in any kind of good faith when they don't even think the Director has the authority to make any kind of decisions? She has spoken volumes by ignoring my wife and her program.

Now, with out any kind of discussion/warning/heads up etc. she has posted my wife's position on-line, in the local paper and in a national paper. This is unheard of. Not that we didn't expect to see her job posted as protocol would dictate but to not say anything to the incumbent is unheard of. People who have spent over 20 years in governement are saying they have never seen or heard anything like this before. As if this was not shock enough there is not a damn thing she can do about this except to decide wether or not to put her name forward in the competition for HER job. She has vacillated from applying for and winning this job only to use it to find something else, to not applying at all and finding something else. Niether of us are worried about money as she has already had other offers but she is highly committed to the job she has and the program she directs. The decision would be a no brainer if she hated her job, but to even consider forwarding her name means she must consider what working for this person in a more permanent situation would be like. One thing that everyone seems to agree on is that she will not change and will likely make things worse over time. So to win the position means winning what? Years of an abusive power freak.

What really riles me is that no one has said "I can't believe she is doing this. Someone has to stop her!" What she is doing is wrong and should not be tolerated in any working situation let alone government. It makes me sick to know that my tax money goes to pay this bitch so she can fuck with my wife like this. There is no justice and good people really do seem to finish last.

FUCK THEM ALL! It's like dealing with mymomzilla all over again although I am in my wife's position of watching and experiencing peripherally.