How screwed am I?
I have always made things work. But going into this job I was told a hand-off would occur. Instead the only person that knew what development had going on, processed, etc apparently disappeared before I got here.
No information, guidelines, general instructions on what to work on have been given but in being just given free range to the old files, database system, and upon inquiry the old email of the guy who managed this last I have discovered a lot of issues the past two days.
We had a meeting with my direct manager and the COO my second day, today, and that was very vague as well. They seemed surprised about the discrepancies I discovered.
The COO said "well, maybe we should __ a list so we know the responsibilities of the role" while looking at my manager
My manager turns to look at me and says "yes thats why she (should do it)"
Im just trying to make things work so I let the shock roll over me as I nod in agreement and write that down.
Additionally one of the issues was that I found a pile of checks from months prior that were never added to the CRM, when I asked my manager about it my first day she said "well, this is what Ive been waiting for you for cuz we havent been able to figure this out." She then referred me to an excel sheet "that would answer it" that instead was entirley unrelated to the checks and had its own unresolved issues of unallocated for donation pledges from months prior.
It feels like im just going down endless rabbit holes to answer questions/solve issues and end up finding more issues to fix.
So...
They never gave me instructions
I found a bunch of issues that I feel like I can resolve if given enough time probably?
They told ME to create a write up of how to do my job, on my second day after absolutley no instructions.
But? It is honestly a dope job. And a big step up. So, idk. Imma play it the best I can. But I am pretty flabbergasted.