I think better communication would be great for my company.

We have a code cutoff deadline coming up. The last I heard it was June 15, which is also the day I leave for vacation. But yesterday, we had a meeting, and my boss started with "as some of you know [which also means "as some of you don't know"] our deadline is now June 25." I don't know when this was decided, but it would have been nice to know as soon as it was decided.

I decided to remind my boss about my upcoming vacation because we talked about this months ago. He looked a little panicked when I brought this up. The director looked a little panicked, too. "When are you back? And this is June?"

Employees going on vacation is inevitable. I thought I was doing them a favour by giving plenty of notice, so my boss -- a manager -- could be prepared and plan ahead.

I'm a little pleased that he forgot. "Oh right. We'll have to talk about this tomorrow."

Of course we didn't talk about it! (What is there to say?)

And during today's design meeting, it seemed like there was more work coming up for me that had to be done prior to my departure. And the director said "well! Guess you just can't take that vacation!"

His jokes always fall flat. They sound serious!

One time I joked that I didn't get the Starbucks treatment for my interview (like every one else), and he said, "we'll be sure to take you there when we let you go." Inappropriate and dumb? Yes.

I wish I would get a job offer already!!