Random update

I wanted to take a day off this weekend, but work is a little crazy, so I'll wait until Friday when I return to Canada.

I told my boss that I found my co-worker "not very good to work with". I don't think he'll do anything, but I've made him aware of my feelings and gave specific examples of his shortcomings. My boss agreed with me that it wasn't acceptable. I did request that another post-doc (who is feeling very micro-managed) switch projects with my wretched co-worker, but I doubt that will happen. I feel I have done my part though.

In good news, I have three new people on my project and they are all good but very green. I'm half stopping my research and just working on training. They are all very clever, 2 are very dedicated and hopefully I can set things up so things run well in my absence. I'm trying to figure out how to get across to them that they will need to push my bad co-worker.

The main issue is that the three new people are working on supporting projects, while useless-dude is in charge of the main experiments (with them helping out). This would make total sense normally but in this case, the others will need keep things going. My plan right now is to approach the one guy on my project who knows how I feel about useless dude and level with him about how I need the new people to take much more of a leadership role than usual.

(Only one person knows because I am trying not to poison the new people with my bitching. (I've complained to 2 people in the lab that I have known for a couple years and my boss) This guy knows through my friend in the lab, as they have discussed lab dynamics.)

Anyhow, I feel better, a bit overwhelmed, but a lot better.