Reply #53: my white female supervisor doesn't have a degree

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and i have two. in fairness, she does have a vast amount of experience in non-profit management and finance, and honestly i don't...fair enough. she is a knowledgeable person, she respects my knowledge...so we work fine.

however, i don't think a black person without a degree would have ever been considered for the position.

and then there's her boss...the CFO. this guy knows nothing about accounting, finance or IT, all the departments he oversees, yet he supposedly runs them. and how does he do that, you might be asking, well, he does it in the only way he knows how, like an amatuer.
our accounting system is a complete diaster, and every accountant who sets foot in here tells him that, but he refuses to change because it is the only accounting system he understands...because: he's not an accountant.

likewise, the IT department is in the dark ages: some people are still using Eudora, for pete's sake, and he is barely computer literate.

and the kicker: this guy retired from his main career already.
so...he is here, earning six figures, and HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING. of course, he is white, of course he is privileged, and of course very few people see what is wrong with this picture...it's business as usual.

here we have a man who doesn't need the money, taking a huge salary (by this organization's standards), who hasn't the slightest clue how things he is "in charge of" are supposed to work for the good of the organization, he just knows how they work to suit him. here is a guy who can write a $50,000.00 check to cover payroll, but who only approved a $2,000.00 raise for me after i completed a $500k billing project that had not been done in 4 years. and of course, other people were paid to not do that project. they routinely hire consultants who don't do the work they contracted for, then of course he gives them great references. great.

this guy has cost the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, overbilling, overpayments, bad leasing deals, and just sheer incompetence...and i am not embellishing just to prove my point. it really truly is as ridiculous as i describe.

this guy is wealthy, so he has no sense of fiscal restraint. he allows departments heads to spend money like water, then we have trouble meeting payroll. he double-bills our funders, and he grossly over-inflates revenue and the board continues to let him do it. it's all a big game to him...but this is our livelihood. it's ALL so sickening.

the only saving grace in this situation is that my supervisor is way cool, and she gets it too, and the other bloated incompetent, the CEO is departing soon. We hope the new CEO will come in and make some heads roll...starting with the CFO.

this is my current nightmare.