Thank you all for your comments and guidance. To those of you who have suggested that I stay and do not give up, I have to say that it is very well to 'rise to the challenge' and it is not something very difficult for me considering my experience. However, you will also agree that sometimes age makes a person very difficult to change or to even speak to! In my case, the lady director does exactly that. She does not want to have any communication with me. Then, how is it possible to make any progress?
Secondly, the manner of her speaking, as some of you have rightly pointed out, is very derogatory. I am made to feel like a 'raw fresher' in her words.
Anil, I completely understand the importance of going through files, but the files in question here are OLD, we are never going to use that aspect in this business again...they are CLOSED files, hence my finding the exercise futile.
Besides, and most importantly, all my experience has always taught me, and also as Anil rightly pointed out the professional relationship that an EA shares with his/her boss is quite different from other positions. You need to work very closely with your boss to be able to be the right link between him and his contacts or deal with other employees in the plant/factory, etc. But, here, the boss's wife has specifically asked him not to give me 'any jobs'. How can I then work well....or rather how am I going to work at all? Going through old correspondence to understand the business is part of the job, but in my case, according to my Lady Boss, it is the ONLY JOB. How can I derive any satisfaction from this?
Won't my other professional EA skills in which I am so good at go all rusty if I am not going to use it at all? The next generation of Management is the boss's son-in-law based in Mumbai and I have a strong feeling that is where the ops will move once the baton is handed over. In my present scenario, I cannot relocate. Hence my concern for the future.
I have to also say a special Thank you to (Cite Contribution), TajSateesh and Raj Kumar Hansdah for going through my predicament carefully and offering such valuable wisdom, that is most important of all, practical and one that can be put to use. My self-esteem had taken a nose dive in this organisation, but now I feel much reassured. Thanks again.
Secondly, the manner of her speaking, as some of you have rightly pointed out, is very derogatory. I am made to feel like a 'raw fresher' in her words.
Anil, I completely understand the importance of going through files, but the files in question here are OLD, we are never going to use that aspect in this business again...they are CLOSED files, hence my finding the exercise futile.
Besides, and most importantly, all my experience has always taught me, and also as Anil rightly pointed out the professional relationship that an EA shares with his/her boss is quite different from other positions. You need to work very closely with your boss to be able to be the right link between him and his contacts or deal with other employees in the plant/factory, etc. But, here, the boss's wife has specifically asked him not to give me 'any jobs'. How can I then work well....or rather how am I going to work at all? Going through old correspondence to understand the business is part of the job, but in my case, according to my Lady Boss, it is the ONLY JOB. How can I derive any satisfaction from this?
Won't my other professional EA skills in which I am so good at go all rusty if I am not going to use it at all? The next generation of Management is the boss's son-in-law based in Mumbai and I have a strong feeling that is where the ops will move once the baton is handed over. In my present scenario, I cannot relocate. Hence my concern for the future.
I have to also say a special Thank you to (Cite Contribution), TajSateesh and Raj Kumar Hansdah for going through my predicament carefully and offering such valuable wisdom, that is most important of all, practical and one that can be put to use. My self-esteem had taken a nose dive in this organisation, but now I feel much reassured. Thanks again.