See, this is what I love about my extended online community: people have such clear and valuable perspectives on things that I can't see clearly!
Norm's communication/teaching style isn't really the whole problem in this scenario: the greater issue, I'm realizing, is my feeling of overwhelm in general at being asked to take on a job that takes Norm fully 50 hours a week to do, while continuing to be responsible for the job I already have.
It's coming home to me how untenable and really scary the situation is, because my employer can expect me to work very long hours, and I'm extremely unwilling to do that because I can feel my life trickling out in The World's Tallest Basement...
Gah! What you say is true, though: I can and will set a training standard that I can learn from. I don't think it's beyond Norm's reach. Thank you for the perspective.
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Norm's communication/teaching style isn't really the whole problem in this scenario: the greater issue, I'm realizing, is my feeling of overwhelm in general at being asked to take on a job that takes Norm fully 50 hours a week to do, while continuing to be responsible for the job I already have.
It's coming home to me how untenable and really scary the situation is, because my employer can expect me to work very long hours, and I'm extremely unwilling to do that because I can feel my life trickling out in The World's Tallest Basement...
Gah! What you say is true, though: I can and will set a training standard that I can learn from. I don't think it's beyond Norm's reach. Thank you for the perspective.